Team India The Perennial Losers Abroad

After a poor batting performance cost them the first Test at Birmingham, an absolutely horrible and unpardonable batting display in the second Test at Lord’s resulted in a humiliating innings defeat...

- Bhavesh Bhimani

Another overseas tour. Another simi-lar tale. Team India, it seems, will never mend their ways when they tour abroad. And it is no surprise that the Indian cricket fan is abso-lutely seething in fury after their latest dismal performance in the Test series in England. After a poor batting performance cost them the first Test at Birmingham, an absolutely horrible and unpardonable batting display in the second Test at Lord’s resulted in a humiliating innings defeat for the visitors.

While winning and losing is a part of the sport, what has really been shocking is the lack of application and utter disregard for the format shown by the Indian batsmen. Talented and established batsmen like Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane have been dismissed to ordinary shots and have not applied themselves at all. It seems Captain Virat Kohli, who had a poor second Test, is the only one who has shown some intent. The rest have been ordinary. In fact, even the bowling unit, which was pretty fantastic in the first Test, was inconsistent and mediocre in the Lord’s Test.