Who mentioned what – prime 5 professional reactions on India’s 0-2 defeat in IND vs SA 2025 Test sequence ft. Anil Kumble

India suffered an enormous defeat in opposition to South Africa within the second Test on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday, November 26. The Rishabh Pant-led aspect misplaced the match by 408 runs, getting whitewashed 0-2 within the two-match sequence. Notably, the hosts misplaced the opening Test by 30 runs in Kolkata.

The Proteas started the second Test on a optimistic notice, posting 489 of their first innings. Senuran Muthuswamy slammed a century, scoring 109 off 206 balls. Marco Jansen additionally scored an excellent 93 off 91 deliveries. Wicketkeeper-batter Kyle Verreynne added 45 off 122. The trio helped the crew stretch their whole from 247/6 to 489 on Day 2.

In response, India have been bundled out for 201, with Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scoring with 58 off 97 deliveries. Marco Jansen emerged because the main wicket-taker with six wickets, whereas Simon Harmer bagged three.

In the second innings, the vacationers declared at 260/5. Tristan Stubbs starred with the bat, scoring 94 (180). Chasing 459, India have been bundled out for 140 in 63.5 overs, with Ravindra Jadeja top-scoring with 54. Simon Harmer took six wickets, whereas Keshav Maharaj scalped two.

It was the second clear sweep in opposition to India in a house Test sequence following a 0-3 loss to New Zealand final 12 months. Following the defeat, a number of former cricketers, together with Anil Kumble, Irfan Pathan, and Harbhajan Singh, slammed the crew.

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Anil Kumble

Former India captain Anil Kumble slammed the crew administration for therefore many chopping and adjustments of their enjoying XI and batting slots. The cricketer-turned-analyst hinted that the Test crew lacks imaginative and prescient following the retirement of high-profile gamers like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravichandran Ashwin.

Speaking to JioStar (through The Times of India), Kumble mentioned:

“Test match cricket requires a different mindset, you can’t really have so many all-rounders, so much chopping and changing, so many changes in the batting order, in the team itself. Every second game, you have a new player coming in, a couple of guys get dropped.”

“India needs to sit down and think. You can’t forget these results. When stalwarts retire, you need a vision. You can’t throw players in and hope they develop when you have only one or two experienced names left,” he added.

Murali Kartik

Former India spinner Murali Kartik not directly talked about head coach Gautam Gambhir, questioning what went mistaken for India this time round since they infused youth, in contrast to the 0-3 defeat in opposition to New Zealand. While citing the instance of Dhruv Jurel, he additionally requested why there’s fixed chopping and altering of batting positions within the Test crew. He instructed Cricbuzz:

“There is a lot of pressure on poor Gambhir. But this is the same coach under whom you won the Champions Trophy and drawn in England. Yet, only two series won out of six, and that was against Bangladesh and the West Indies, so the pressure is mounting. When we lost 0-3 to New Zealand, we had Virat, Rohit, and Ashwin, and didn’t fare well. We didn’t play well at all. Now this is a young team, so is that an excuse, or do you still say, when you can win other tournaments, why not at home? We need to find the right personnel.”

“Dhruv Jurel batting so well down the order suddenly gets bumped up the order, and everybody felt he can get picked just as a batter alone. But given that responsibility, he hasn’t gotten runs in this series. I know the pressure is on Gautam, but we need to get the right personnel and have a thorough game plan going forward,” he added.

Harbhajan Singh

Legendary spinner Harbhajan Singh urged Team India to begin enjoying on higher wickets whereas declaring their losses within the first two World Test Championship finals. The cricketer-turned-commentator additional requested the selectors to not choose gamers in Tests based mostly on T20I stats. He mentioned on his YouTube channel:

“When you discuss concerning the World Test Championship cycle, what number of occasions have you ever received it? You haven’t received it, as a result of there you get pitches that final 5 days. And then the whole lot will get checked: your self-discipline, your recreation, the whole lot. So if somebody feels irritated listening to this, allow them to really feel it. It doesn’t matter to me.

He continued:

“But one way or the other, for the betterment of Indian cricket, I believe India ought to neglect what has occurred within the final 10 to 12 years, what pitches they’ve performed on. Leave these wins behind. They look good in information, fantastic, however begin enjoying on higher wickets to save lots of the long run technology of Indian cricket.”

“The older greats of Indian cricket are great because they knew how to play five-day matches. Anyone can play T20. A T20 player cannot play Test cricket. The kind of temperament needed to play Test cricket requires effort, hard work, discipline, and I feel that for many years this has been missing,” he added.

Irfan Pathan

Like Anil Kumble and Murali Kartik, former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan slammed the crew administration for consistently altering batting positions. He additionally identified the crew’s obsession with all-rounders within the enjoying XI and India’s challenges in opposition to spin of late. The 41-year-old mentioned on his YouTube channel:

“In T20 cricket, it’s comprehensible that gamers come up and down the order. But when you do the identical factor in Tests, you’ll not be set. I do know Washington has a variety of means, however when you play him at three and eight, he himself will likely be confused, and in Test cricket, you want stability. If you don’t present that stability to gamers, performing on the prime degree for them will develop into tough.

He added:

“Our method in opposition to spinners may be very poor, and we have now to enhance it. Harmer went forward of our spinners. He had an excellent variation. South Africa defeated us at dwelling, even with gamers like Rabada not being there.

“Recently in England, India had saved a Test in difficult conditions. There, they had at least five pure batters. Five specialist batters. Here, you have only three specialist batters. How will you save the game and bat the whole day? You will not be able to. You need pure batters, and you need to make that change. If you have so many multi-role players, then where specialists are needed, you will suffer.”

Parthiv Patel

Former India wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel slammed the Gautam Gambhir-led teaching employees, saying they picked a mistaken enjoying XI. Like Irfan Pathan, Patel believes India didn’t choose correct batters, including that in addition they lacked specialist bowlers within the second Test. He instructed Star Sports:

“There are two issues. One is the error of the coach. The batters and bowlers are doing their job. But the query is, are we enjoying with the suitable XI?”

“Does India want so many all-rounders in Test cricket? I imagine that Test cricket is a recreation of specialists. You should have six batters. The smartest thing is you’ve gotten a wicket-keeper batter who’s among the many finest and who has a mean of above 40. Then you want 4 bowlers and one all-rounder,” he added.