Twitter comments of former Indian cricketers, criticising team India for poor performance

Former cricketers and fans showered criticism and abuses on Twitter following India’s abject surrender in the second Test inside three days at the iconic Lord’s on Sunday. Tweets were aimed at the current bunch of cricketers after India’s innings and 159-run defeat yesterday which made the scoreline 2-0 in favour of the hosts.  Three more Test matches to follow.

Virender Sehwag, Bishan Singh Bedi and VVS Laxman were among the ones who groaned by the the lack of fight.

Here are few of the tweets of former Indian cricketers:

Very poor from India. While we all want to stand by our team and support them when they don’t do well, going down without a fight is very disappointing to watch. Hope they have the confidence and mental strength to comeback from this.

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 12, 2018

Dismal Indns at Lord’s..everyone remotely connected w/Indn Crkt knows where the problem lies or stems frm..but will not utter a word fr want of strength of character & courage o conviction..which is even more depressing really than the batting debacle actually..!!

— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi) August 12, 2018

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Caught in unfavourable conditions, not reading what the opposition threw saw India lose the Lord’s Test tamely without showing a fight. Hopefully lessons are learnt quickly and the rest of the batsman start applying themselves going forward.

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 13, 2018

India lasted 82 overs across 2 innings. They not learning from mistakes has been very disappointing to watch. Thoroughly outplayed in all departments in this one.

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 12, 2018

Absolutely agree with @SGanguly99! Our entire approach in this Test was defensive. More than anything, we allowed the English bowlers to come out on top by not playing our natural stroke playing game.The #TeamIndia think tank has a lot to ponder over in the coming days. #ENGvIND

— VINOD KAMBLI (@vinodkambli349) August 12, 2018

Recently, India captain Virat Kohli conceded that team combination was ‘a bit off’ in the second Test against England that India lost on Sunday and urged his struggling batsmen to ‘keep it simple’ in the head to save the ongoing series.

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