Ex-Indian Pacer Zaheer Khan is critical of India's batting despite winning the 2nd Test.
The former pacer of the Indian cricket team, Zaheer Khan, has highlighted the batting frailties of the host in the ongoing series against England. He said it was only because of the individual brilliance of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill that India won the second Test. Indian batters didn't fire as a collective unit in the second Test as the home side rode on opener Jaiswal's first innings 209 and Shubman's 104-run knock in the second essay, besides pacer Jasprit Bumrah's sensational bowling effort to secure a series-levelling 106-run win.
Zaheer said, "There are a few concerns when you look at the team—batting is something that they will be talking about because under these conditions, on this sort of surface, we have seen India do better.”
The Indian cricket team set England a 399-run target, and despite Zak Crawley being the only one breaching the half-century mark, the visitors were able to score 292 runs.
Zaheer added, "You look at England's second innings; there is only one half-century, and they still managed to get close to 300. That is what collective effort can do. We have seen two brilliant innings—Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill—but with the bat, there is a lot of work to be done," Zaheer added.