India’s dominant performance in the first ODI against Sri Lanka, where they won by 67 runs, was marred by a warning from former India cricketer and analyst Wasim Jaffer.
Jaffer took to Twitter to point out a potential weakness in India’s batting lineup, stating that the team lacks depth in their batting after the number 7 spot.
Here’s a snippet of what Wasim Jaffer tweeted.
The Men in Blue put 373 runs on the board in the first ODI, with every batter contributing to the total. Openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill scored fifty-plus runs, and Virat Kohli brought up his 73rd international hundred and 45th ODI hundred. However, Jaffer noted that in the last three overs of the innings, India only scored 17 runs, a weakness that he believes could cost them in future matches.
This warning comes ahead of the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka, set to take place today at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. While the Indian team’s performance in the first match was impressive, Jaffer’s warning serves as a reminder that they will need to address this potential weakness if they hope to maintain their dominance in the series.
His warning highlights the importance of India’s lower-order batting and their need for players who can score runs in the later overs of the innings. It will be interesting to see how the Indian team responds to this warning. It will be interesting to see if they can address this potential weakness in their batting lineup during the remainder of the series.