Nottingham ki wo raat bhulane layak thi. Trent Bridge mein jo 'atrocious' performance Team India ne di, usne fans ka dil tod diya aur Captain Shreyas Iyer ko gusse se bhar diya. Ab sawal ye hai ki kya Bristol mein recovery hogi ya phir England baazi maar le jaega? Series 1-0 se England ke haq mein hai aur India ke liye ye 'do or die' situation hai.
To kahani ye hai ki:
India is on the brink of history, but not the good kind. 2018-19 ke baad pehli baar aisa ho sakta hai ki Team India back-to-back T20I series haar jaye. Nottingham mein jo execution tha, wo bilkul zero tha. Shreyas Iyer ne khul kar kaha ki batting, bowling aur fielding teeno departments mein hum 'awful' the. Iyer ke liye mushkilein kam nahi ho rahi hain: jab se unhone Suryakumar Yadav se kaman sambhali hai, unhe pehli jeet ka intezar hai. Pichle 11 matches mein unki team 10 haar chuki hai, jisme IPL ka record bhi shamil hai.
Doosri taraf, Gautam Gambhir ka kehna hai ki ek raat mein team buri nahi ban jati. Is squad mein 7 aise khiladi hain jo World Cup winner hain. Lekin boss, Bristol mein stats nahi, performance bolegi. England ki team Harry Brook ki captaincy mein world-class ban chuki hai. Unhone pichle 21 mein se 18 matches jeete hain. Agar aaj wo jeet gaye, to ye pehli baar hoga jab England kisi T20I series mein India ko dhool chatayega.
Analysis & Numbers
- Adil Rashid ne Ish Sodhi ko peeche chhod diya hai aur ab wo T20Is mein 166 wickets ke saath doosre sabse bade wicket-taker ban gaye hain.
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ki batting technique par Phil Salt ne chuski li hai, unka kehna hai ki Jofra Archer ka pace jhelna asaan nahi hone wala.
- Bristol ka maidan India ke liye lucky raha hai; humne yahan pichle 4 matches mein kabhi haar ka swad nahi chakha.
- Shivam Dube ka form chinta ka vishey hai. Nottingham mein unhe number 8 par bhejna samajh se pare tha, aur short ball par unki weakness phir se expose ho gayi.
- Gautam Gambhir ki strategy 'High Risk, High Reward' hai, lekin jab reward zero ho to risk par sawal uthna lazmi hai.
The Guru Gyan Verdict:
Dekhiye, dosti apni jagah aur cricket apni jagah. Team India ko agar ye series bachani hai to unhe England ke pace attack, khaas kar Jofra Archer aur Josh Tongue ka tod nikalna hoga. Hum Pakistan ki tarah panic nahi karte, lekin execution mein itna ganda lapse accept nahi kiya jayega. Sanju Samson ya Washington Sundar ko lakar batting depth badhani hogi. Bristol ki choti boundaries par Abhishek Sharma aur Ishan Kishan ko aag lagani hi hogi, varna series haath se nikal jayegi.
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