Ajit Agarkar: Team India find ways to win with different players
Updated On: 10 June, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Former Team India pacer Ajit Agarkar spoke on what has been India’s strength during the past two years of World Test Championship
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Ajit Agarkar. Picture/ Ashish Raje
Former Indian cricketer Ajit Agarkar in a recent chat with a sports channel weighed in on the much-awaited and first World Test Championship final which will be played between India and New Zealand. While the 43-year-old pacer talked about Team India`s plus points with variety in the team, he also highlighted the challenges they would face against the Kiwis in the WTC final.
Speaking exclusively on Star Sports` show Game Plan, former Team India pacer Ajit Agarkar spoke on what has been India’s strength during the past two years of World Test Championship, "I think a couple of things, resilience or just belief in your ability or in your own team. Look at the England series at home, we expected India to win. Yes, the conditions suit their (India) wicket or their spin bowling, but they lost the first Test comprehensively. They came back and beat England really well in the next three Tests. Look at Australia (series), they (India) lost that first Test, bowled out at what 36 – losing the host of your first team players, whether it`s your best batsman in the team, Virat Kohli, your best bowler in the team, Mohammad Shami, those sort of losses. By the end of the series, you had a Shardul Thakur, T Natarajan, Mohammad Siraj bowling for you, against a full-strength Australian team and you still managed to find a way to win in those situations. So, the depth in that team – even though there was not a lot of experience – the guys that came in had enough belief that they could turn up. That’s been India’s strength. There have been some tricky situations. Apart from those two Tests in New Zealand, in general, if you look at India’s records in recent times, they’ve always competed, if not won and found ways to win with different players, which has been their strength."
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