England ended their tour of India with a 3-0 whitewash in the ODI series. The final ODI in Ahmedabad saw the visitors lose the match by a massive margin of 142 runs. Pacer Jofra Archer, who played the first ODI in Nagpur, was snapped by the cameras enjoying a short nap. Commentator Ravi Shastri spotted this and said, “Nice time for a nap. Well, it’s that kind of trip for England.”
Jos Buttler and his side haven’t had a great preparation for the upcoming Champions Trophy. Brendon McCullum, who took over as the coach of the white-ball side as well, saw his team lose the T20I series with a 4-1 margin. On Wednesday, chasing 357 runs to win, England saw Tom Banton and Gus Atkinson top score with 38 runs each. The failure to put up a huge individual score hurt the visiting side.
Rohit Sharma seemed a happy skipper at the end of the game. The 37-year-old said, “I don't see there was anything wrong we did this series. Obviously, there are certain things we are looking at to improve and I am not going to stand here and explain those. It is our job as well to keep some consistency within the squad and the communication is clear. Obviously, any champion team wants to get better every game and move forward from there."
Jos Buttler seeks positive after dismal tour of India
England skipper Jos Buttler tried to look at the positive side after his team lost the ODI series. Buttler said, “We were outplayed by a fantastic team. Our approach with Bat is the right one, just that we haven't executed well. They put a great score on the board. Shubman played a great innings. We got off to a great start again but a familiar story again for us. Need to find a way to bat longer. We were up against a really good side that keeps challenging.”
Indian coach Gautam Gambhir, meanwhile, has made a defiant statement. The 43-year-old lauded his team for their efforts after the 3-0 series win over England. Cricbuzz quoted Gambhir as saying, “That's the way cricket is meant to be played. I know a lot of people talk about it, but that's the way we've got to play the game and that's the way cricket should be played. It's not about the batting order. It's about who can create what impact.”
“And it's about, if you have the option of putting a quality left-hander in the middle, why won't you do that? Why would you want to have the top five as right-handers?" further added India’s coach Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday.
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