NEW DELHI: Many former players and fans are upset with captain Virat Kohli after a one-day series defeat to Australia. Cricket experts have questioned the leadership skills of Ekhohli, especially as the bowling force’s Yashpreet Bumra has not been used as an address. In the new ball and first spell, Boomera bowled 2 overs and scored just four runs. But in just 10 overs, he had the opportunity to bowl another over. “I don’t understand the plan to bowl just 2 overs in the new ball,” Gambhir said. It was important for us to take wickets to break through such a strong batting line-up of the home team. It was not right for the leading bowlers to get just 2 overs at a time like this. Usually in a one-day match, the bowlers are given a chance to bowl 4-3-3 in 3 spells or a maximum of 4 overs. Gambhir has questioned what kind of captaincy is keeping the main bowler away from bowling. This is not T20 cricket, I don’t know why. No captain in the world would have given Bumra just two overs in the opening spell. “It’s definitely a weak captaincy,” Gambhir said. India had to play players like Washington Sundar or Shivam Dubey. “It simply came to our notice then. New Delhi: Ashish Nehra, one of the international cricketers, is also dissatisfied with Virat Kohli’s six-captaincy as the Indian bowlers struggle on the tour of Australia. Although the bowlers did not get help on the Australian pitch, Virat Kohli did not take Nehra easily to change bowling again and again. Calling Kohli an unprepared captain, Nehra said Mohammad Sami and Yashpreet Bumra had launched a bowling attack for India. But 2 overs later, Boomerang was removed from the attack and Navdeep Saini was replaced. Kohli did so to change Sami’s side, but did not remove himself from Saini’s attack. Similarly, Kohli seemed to be in a hurry as he chased down 365 runs in the first innings. Kohli has repeatedly chased 350 in the past. So this is not going to be a big deal for him. “It simply came to our notice then that he was chasing 45 runs,” he said.
