'It was just too much': Manjrekar tears into Gautam Gambhir's tactics

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has taken a swipe astatine caput manager Gautam Gambhir pursuing India’s crushing 76-run decision to South Africa nationalist cricket squad successful their Super 8 opener of the T20 World Cup successful Ahmedabad. The loss, the heaviest ever for India successful T20 World Cup history, has pushed the defending champions to the borderline of elimination and severely dented their nett tally rate. Widely backed to go the archetypal broadside to successfully support a T20 World Cup crown, the Suryakumar Yadav-led outfit present look must-win games to enactment live successful the tournament.

Manjrekar questioned respective tactical decisions, peculiarly the elevation of Washington Sundar to No. 5 during India’s unsuccessful pursuit of 188 aft aboriginal wickets.

The determination came aft Sundar was preferred implicit vice-captain Axar Patel, a enactment that had already sparked debate, though squad absorption described it arsenic a tactical call. Speaking connected Stump Mic connected CNN-News18, Manjrekar utilized a pointed analogy to picture Sundar’s expanding relation successful the XI. "Kailas Jeevan, determination utilized to beryllium a medicine by that sanction backmost successful the day. If you had a headache, you would usage it. If you had a tummy issue, you would instrumentality it.

It was an all-in-one remedy. Gautam Gambhir seems to person an all-in-one solution for everything too, Washington Sundar," Manjrekar said connected CNN-News18's Stump Mic portion analysing India's batting performance. "If there's a batting problem, Washi. If there's a bowling problem, Washi. He was promoted up the bid to No. 5 today, and past Rinku Singh and

Hardik Pandya

walked successful astatine No. 7. It was conscionable excessively much," helium added. South Africa capitalised connected India’s vulnerability against changes of pace, with Lungi Ngidi troubling the batters done well-disguised slower deliveries. Manjrekar stressed that this country requires urgent attention, singling retired skipper

Suryakumar Yadav

. "Forget accelerated bowling, absorption connected playing the slower balls. They are not capable to grip slower balls oregon spinners. The skipper is struggling the astir against slower deliveries," helium said. India present crook their absorption to a decisive clash against Zimbabwe nationalist cricket team. Not lone indispensable they triumph to support their semi-final hopes intact, but they volition besides request a broad triumph to repair the harm inflicted connected their nett tally complaint successful Ahmedabad.