Team India’s big weakness came before the World Cup
Team India’s performance in ODIs so far this year has been excellent. India has won the third consecutive ODI series against the West Indies but the Indian team Middle Order Batsman Very Poor Purfomr Team India’s big weakness. Earlier, India had made a clean sweep to England at his home and in February to the Caribbean team in the series held in India.
Just on the tour of South Africa, India had to lose the ODI series. Apart from the experienced players, whenever the youth got a chance to play, they proved with their performance that the bench strength of Team India is very strong. The recent ODI series against West Indies is also proof of this.
Even in the absence of senior players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and KL Rahul, India defeated West Indies in the ODI series at their home. But the big weakness of the team is enough to increase the trouble for the Indian team before the 2023 ODI World Cup. After all, what is that weakness of Team India? will tell you.
India losing an average of 4 wickets in the middle over
Even though the Indian team has won 3 consecutive ODI series this year. But, batting in the middle order is still increasing the trouble for the team.
In the second ODI against West Indies on Sunday, India scored 170 runs in 11 to 40 overs but also lost 5 wickets with it that Team India’s big weakness.
In the first ODI, in the same period, Team India had added 175 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.
This year, if we talk about the performance in the middle over (11 to 40), then on average, India has lost 4.18 wickets in the middle over in every innings, that Team India’s big weakness. In 11 ODIs played this year, India has lost a total of 46 wickets in the middle overs.
It is necessary to remove the weakness before the World Cup
Team India will have to overcome this deficiency before next year’s ODI World Cup, for which it is necessary for batsmen like Virat Kohli to come in form because he is an important link in the Indian middle order. If their bat plays, then the pressure on the batsmen coming at numbers 4, 5, and 6 is automatically removed and they are able to bat freely.