TOI Sports Desk
NEW DELHI: India’s recent 3-0 whitewash against New Zealand at home has put the team’s big guns under fire.
Angered by the embarrassing series loss, fans have been demanding retirements of Test veterans that include Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
As India performed poorly with both bat and ball, the performances of team India seniors have been under tight scrutiny.
But former India keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik feels that the calls for retirement of seniors after just a series loss a knee-jerk reaction and urged fans to remain patient.
“What is the hurry boss? One bad series and already calling for the heads. I don’t think so. I think, if they don’t do well in the next 10 Test matches, then we will come back to this question and then it becomes a fair question, considering its going to be another domestic season. For the moment, I don’t think we need to group anyone anywhere,” Karthik said while responding to a query on Cricbuzz on grouping Ashwin and Jadeja with Rohit and Kohli in calls for retirement.
Karthik admitted that India were poor in all the departments against the Kiwis in their series loss and that Indian batters have struggled to cope against spin in recent times.
“A bit of everything. Our bowling was not up to the mark. Our spinners, especially the experienced ones, didn’t gave a great series. Batting, without a doubt, we lack in ability to play spin. The defence game overall around the world has definitely decreased because of the white-ball formats that goes without saying but the Indian players have struggled to cope against spin,” Karthik said.
After the unprecedented series defeat against the BlackCaps, India next face Australia Down Under in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy that starts from November 22 in Perth.