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Indian Batsmen Need To Learn To Adapt, Move Feet: Anshuman Gaekwad
Feet movement is the malaise plaguing Indian batsmen at the moment, and the ability or inability to move the feet is all part of the mindset, said Anshuman Gaekwad, a former India batsman who stood tall against a barrage of short-pitched bowling by the West Indies pace attack in the 1970s.
"Back in our day, we didn't have any fast bowlers or bouncy wickets at home when we landed up in the West Indies. We had nothing. These boys have at least played in all these countries where these conditions are prevailing," Gaekwad, who opened the innings in that Kingston Test and was part of the Indian Test team between the mid-70s to mid-80s, told IANS.
Indian batting's recent collapses, in New Zealand and Australia following some below-par batting performances in England in 2018 have set the tongues wagging.
This batting line-up was supposed to have mastered all conditions having toured overseas, including Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa quite recently and more frequently than earlier teams not just with the Indian senior teams but also on A tours.
But their inability to play the moving ball has been exposed time and again with the latest being the debacle at Adelaide Oval where they were shot out for 36, their lowest total in Test history and just 10 more than the lowest-ever Test score of 26 made by New Zealand back in 1955.
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