Sanjay Manjrekar blamed the Indian batsmen’s poor technique for the team’s 1-4 loss in the Test series in England. The former Indian Test batsman praised the bowlers adding they kept getting India back in track but the batsmen didn’t perform well.
“Interestingly, it was the batting that let India down this time (in England), the bowlers kept getting India back in the match and the batsmen kept letting those chances slip”, Manjrekar said while delivering the ninth Dilip Sardesai Memorial lecture at the Cricket Club of India.
“It wasn’t temperament that was letting these batsmen down. In South Africa and in England it was purely a technical problem, specifically defensive technique,” he noted.
“The only way to get more people to watch Test cricket, increase its viewership, popularity and thereby it’s quality is day-night Test matches,” said Manjrekar.
“Why aren’t we playing more day-night Test matches, when it’s a no-brainer that it will draw more viewership,” Manjrekar wondered.
