Nasser Hussain advised England to focus on their batting unit rather than relying on Joe Root all the time.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain opened up on England's batting struggle against India in the ongoing five-match Test series. The hosts lost the second Test by 151 runs after India bowled them out for 120 runs on the last day.
Hussain said England can't rely too much on only one batsman, skipper Joe Root. He added that they had a good opportunity to go 1-0 up in the series when India lost Rishabh Pant in the second innings, but the home team couldn't capitalize.
“England did play a lot of good cricket at Lord’s, let’s not forget that. When Rishabh Pant was walking off on Monday, we all thought it could be 1-0 to England. India do have frailties in their batting.”
“But England can’t win Tests with just one player in Root getting runs. Robinson has been an incredible find when there have been so many injuries to bowlers. So let’s not write them off just yet, but they desperately need others to score runs,” Hussain said in a conversation with the Daily Mail.
The renowned commentator also talked about the drama in the second Test when both the teams had a verbal spat a few times. He said it was all good from Virat Kohli and the boys as they didn't cross the line.
“No. I love the way Kohli plays his cricket and this India side will not be bullied. The theatre and drama was exceptional. You don’t want people to get physical but we didn’t see that at Lord’s.”
“It’s a heated game and there is a lot on the line. I loved what was going on out there over the five days. It was box office – Test cricket at its absolute best,” he said.
(With Daily Mail Inputs)