Former Australian cricket team spinner Brad Hogg feels the Indian selectors were right by dropping “age” players like Ajinkya Rahane and Ishant Sharma for the postponed fifth Test against England to be played at Edgbaston from July 1-5. decided. Let us tell you that India is currently leading 2-1 in the Test series.
The Rohit Sharma-led side has seen some newcomers like Shreyas Iyer and the famous Krishna. Hogg said that Rahane and Ishant have not been performing well and the time has come for the Indian team to give opportunities to the youngsters. Responding to the question on his YouTube channel, he said, “I think it is great that the selectors have dropped Ajinkya Rahane and Ishant Sharma from the Test team. They are old and are not performing up to their potential. You have to go ahead and bring the youth into the team. They have to rotate so that they gain experience with people who are already experienced.”
Seeing the transition smoothly in Team India, Hogg said that players like Shreyas and Famous will get an opportunity to improve their skills further, which will be good for Indian cricket. “Iyer will spend a few years learning how to bat with Kohli, playing longer formats and being able to develop a game plan. Apart from this, Krishna will get the support of Bumrah and Shami. So it’s a good policy to rotate the players.”
India lead the five-match series 2-1 and just need to avoid defeat to win the series. The fifth and final Test was to be played at Old Trafford in Manchester last year. However, the match was postponed due to the COVID scare and the venue has also been changed.
Then the command of Team India was in the hands of Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri was the coach. While England captain Joe Root was the coach and Chris Silverwood was the coach. Now the captain and coach of both the teams have changed. Rohit has become the captain in place of Virat and Rahul Dravid is the coach. The England team is headed by Ben Stokes in place of Root. The coach is Brendon McCullum.