Team India slumped to 78 all-out on the first day of the third Test at Headingley, Leeds. None of the batsmen except Rohit Sharma occupied the crease for a long time and gifted their wickets.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain said that there are holes in the Indian batting. He added that Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja are batting higher than they should be.
"There are other areas of concern for India. As I said before this game Rishabh Pant looks a place too high at six in England against the moving ball. It's a luxury they can afford in-home conditions but not here. The same goes for Ravindra Jadeja at seven. What Wednesday confirmed is that there are holes in this India line-up and they were exploited brilliantly by England on another great day of Test cricket," Nasser Hussain wrote in a column for Daily Mail.
The former cricketer added that India would have been better if R Ashwin played the match.
"And I think they have selected wrong here. Looking at the way this pitch has played they would have been a stronger side for having Ravichandran Ashwin at eight instead of one of the four-seamers.
Particularly with five left-handers in the England team.
Did Kohli get it wrong in deciding to bat? That's a difficult one because it is usually a good pitch here but Root was planning to bowl if he'd won the toss because history tells you the surface gets better and better," Hussain wrote.
The 53-year old also criticized Team India for having a long tail in England.
"I have said India's batting looks fragile and I still cannot believe they are going into a series in England against a Dukes ball with such a long tail. And that still applies despite what Bumrah and Mohammad Shami did at Lord's.
Now India is going in with four No 11s. It cannot be the way to go in England - you can always lose a couple of early wickets, as they did on Wednesday, and your No 8 in Shami has to start looking for his pads," concluded Hussain.
(With IANS inputs)
