Michael Vaughan, the former England captain, feels the current Indian T20I team doesn’t seem to be complete. India is currently trailing 1-2 in the five-match T20I series against England which is being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Vaughan feels that the constant chopping and changing that is being done to the Playing XI, is making it difficult for India to find their best combination and that they are missing two big names which can make them complete.
India made one change to their Playing XI for the third T20I on Tuesday, bringing in Rohit Sharma to open the batting with KL Rahul and leaving out Suryakumar Yadav, who one game ago, had made his India debut.
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The former England captain felt that India needs Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja to complete the puzzle and the additions of two senior players completely change the way this team operates.
Bumrah is missing from the T20Is as he was granted leave for his wedding, while Jadeja is rehabbing from his dislocated thumb suffered during the SCG Test.
"You're up against the best team in the world and it very much reminded me of England in the Test series. Chopped and changed everything, and they are not that great a Test match team. This Indian T20 team is not that good," Vaughan told Cricbuzz.
“It's as good as it should be so when you get things that work, keep it. Keep it till the next game. I do think Bumrah, Ravi Jadeja… put those two into this team and they just make it so good. You get an extra bowling option and a left-hand batting power with Jadeja and a world-class performer in Jasprit Bumrah,” he added.
Vaughan didn’t agree with the shuffling done in the batting order for the 3rd T20I, as Rohit Sharma opened with KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan batted at 3 and Kohli came in at no. 4.
"India, I didn't quite understand with the bat in hand how they changed two players who had done so well in the last game. Ishan Kishan, who had opened the batting goes to three and Virat Kohli who played brilliantly at three goes to four. Surely, you keep the substance of what had worked in the previous game, you maneuver a KL Rahul in the middle of the order," the former England captain said.
(Cricbuzz inputs)
