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Sanjay Manjrekar on Nitish Kumar Reddy: Australia won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 by defeating India by six wickets in the fifth and final Test played in Sydney on January 5. With this victory, Australia was successful in winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years and entered the final of the World Test Championship. After India’s 3-1 defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar has now criticized the team selection strategy. According to him, India ignored the specialist players and gave preference to all-rounders, due to which the balance of the team got disturbed.
Manjerkar raised questions on team selection
Sanjay Manjrekar clearly said that India has suffered a big loss due to the departure of specialist players. India was gradually moving away from specialist players. This method has never been successful for long in the history of Test cricket. Jadeja’s place in the team is understandable, but it was not right to give preference to players like Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
Sanjay Manjrekar advised that India should return to its old and tried formula. Now they should stop and think about their strategy. The team should give priority to specialist batsmen and bowlers.
Questions have also been raised on the role of captain Rohit Sharma.
Sanjay Manjrekar has also raised questions on the role of captain Rohit Sharma. He said, Rohit needs to be more involved in team selection, even though coach Gautam Gambhir had a different mindset. Rahul Dravid was in favor of giving chances to specialist players. Rohit should have maintained this winning mentality. The captain needed to play a strong role in team selection.
Performance of all-rounders in Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25
Nitish Kumar Reddy: 5 matches, 298 runs (average 37.25), 5 wickets (average 38)
Ravindra Jadeja: 3 matches, 135 runs (average 27), 4 wickets (average 54.50),
Washington Sundar: 3 matches, 114 runs (avg. 22.80), 3 wickets (avg. 38.66)
