India needs more bowling options and needs to bat more forcefully: Robert Vaughan. Following the Men in Blue’s defeat to New Zealand in the opening ODI. Vaughan refere to India as a “dated team.”
Michael Vaughan, a former England captain, has already criticized India’s strategy in the limited-overs format . Recently made another audacious claim. The 48-year-old believed that India’s decision to start the first ODI against New Zealand in Auckland with six batters and five bowlers had a significant impact on the result.
In a recent tweet that went viral, he even poked fun at Wasim Jaffer by calling the current Indian team a “dated ODI team.” Everyone is aware of Jaffer and Vaughan’s amicable online banter. The two frequently make fun of one another in a sarcastic manner, and the same thing happened this time as well. But this time, Vaughan fired truth bombs instead of merely mocking.
“Well played @BLACKCAPS. Made 300 look like 270. Williamson all class as always but Latham stole the show. Not easy for an opener to move down the order and still be successful. India missed a trick by just playing 5 bowlers.”
Jaffer tweet.
“They are a dated ODI team. You need at least 6 if not 7 bowling options,”
Vaughan replied.
In support of his argument, Vaughan garnered attention once more when he commented in a reply to an Instagram post that India needs to be much more aggressive with the bat.
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India’s situation is hampered by a lack of all-rounders.
The top three Indian batters each scored a half-century in the first ODI. But the strike-rate was a topic of discussion, particularly on the flat wicket at the. In the end, it resulted in India scoring 306/7 in their allotted 50 overs, which wasn’t enough considering how small the field was and how well-balanced New Zealand’s batting order was.
Additionally, the absence of an all-rounder in India’s top six players made it more difficult for captain Shikhar to control the scoring rate. Given that the ODI World Cup is less than a year away, it will be intriguing to observe if the Indian batting order changes their approach for the second ODI in Hamilton.