Before the five-match Test series against Australia, Gautam Gambhir had stated that he wanted India to be adaptable according to the situation. However, Hogg feels that the Indian team was only playing in an aggressive manner.
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"The one thing that Gautam Gambhir said earlier on to that he wants his players to be adaptable, have that aggressive brand of cricket but when they have got to save the Test match, they’ve got their defensive game as well. And I really haven’t seen that in the Indian team do that as we’ve gone forward," Hogg said.
India have naturally aggressive batters in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, and Nitish Kumar Reddy. Pant smashed a quickfire 61 off 33 balls in the second innings of the Sydney Test on a pitch that was doing plenty for the bowlers.
Gautam Gambhir's statement on India's adaptability
"We want to be the team that can score 400 runs in a day and can bat for 2 days to save a Test match as well. And that is the growth and adaptability that we are looking for. And that is what Test cricket is really. We have batters in the dressing room who can do both," Gambhir has quoted as saying by India Today.
T20 cricket is believed to be one of the main reasons behind the Indian batters' lack of defense. The players play a lot of T20 cricket and often back themselves to score runs quickly rather than staying at the crease for a long time.
Brad Hogg on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's future
"So, is it Gautam Gambhir that’s got to go or a new head coach brings in his own coaching staff or is it the assistant coaches that have to go as well. But I think through that particular period, you’ve got Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in there as well," Hogg noted.
The upcoming Champions Trophy will be important for Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and might decide their future. Both the players are under huge pressure after their decline in form recently.
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