Limited overs matches not ideal credentials for Tests, says Chandrakant Pandit

Ex-Mumbai captain and successful manager Chandrakant Pandit, who has guided a 41-time Ranji Trophy champions, Rajasthan and Vidarbha to win a inhabitant championships, felt it was a wrong pierce to go into a initial Test but Cheteshwar Pujara

Ind vs Eng: Limited overs matches not ideal credentials for Test series, says Chandrakant Pandit

Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket’s excellent domestic manager during a moment, reckons India faltered with their credentials for a opening Test opposite England and that led to a 31-run detriment during Edgbaston on Saturday. “We contingency play during slightest 3 to 4 side games before to a large five-match Test array to assistance removing used to English conditions. Though we played a few games in England and Ireland, they were singular overs matches and that can’t be deliberate as ideal credentials for a Test array of this magnitude. We positively lacked good credentials while streamer for a Test challenge,” Pandit told mid-day on Monday.

The ex-Mumbai captain and successful coach, who has guided a 41-time Ranji Trophy champions, Rajasthan and Vidarbha to win a inhabitant championships, felt it was a wrong pierce to go into a initial Test but Cheteshwar Pujara. “We need a actor like Pujara in a personification XI. He’s a specialised Test batsman who possesses a best technique to opposite pitch bowling. The best thing about Pujara is that he is not unfortunate to do something; he has a lot of patience. We need a batsman like him to stay on a wicket,” pronounced Pandit.

Meanwhile, Pandit, who guided Ajinkya Rahane when he was Mumbai’s coach, felt there is zero wrong with a India vice-captain. “I have no doubts about Ajinkya’s technique. It would’ve really helped had he had a few use games underneath his belt. A batsman’s chances of committing mistakes are high when he is not scoring runs. Once he gets some runs, Ajinkya will be as efficient as Virat Kohli and can minister in a identical way,” pronounced Pandit, 56, who done his Test entrance during Leeds in 1986.

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