Following India’s five-wicket loss to England in the first Test at Headingley, former India head coach Ravi Shastri has advised current head coach Gautam Gambhir to take a tough stance on fielding lapses. The match saw several costly errors on the field, including dropped catches from players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, which proved decisive in the outcome.
Speaking on Sky Sports Cricket, Shastri said: “Dropping catches is not in his control. That’s where the team as a unit can work harder and get better. These are the areas where you’ve got to be hard at times as a coach, really hard in that dressing room. There are certain things where you tick off a few guys. But, there were a lot of positives in this Test.”
Shastri also addressed India’s repeated batting collapses in both innings and urged the players to value their wickets more. “Similarly, when you come to bat, you’ve got to put a price tag on your wicket. You can’t come out and blow a situation where you can get about 550-600 by just being timid and meek,” he added.
“Take the positives out of the contest.” – Ravi Shastri to Shubman Gill
Despite the loss, Shastri lauded India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill for his impressive performance, especially his century. “Take the positives out of the contest. As a captain, he (Shubman Gill) has done more than what can be asked of him. He got a hundred; there were five hundreds scored in the game. If anything, you want the basics to be done better. There are things that are out of his control,” Shastri said.
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