Soon to be officially elected as BCCI Vice President, Rajeev Shukla has revealed that President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah have taken note of India’s poor performance against Australia in the first Test in Adelaide and are doing what it takes to secure the team. improve from now on. On Saturday, India was eliminated by 26, its lowest test total in history, as Australia won the first test by eight wickets to go 1-0 up in the series.
Shukla, a former president of the Indian Premier League, revealed that the board members are unhappy with India’s performance and its members are in contact with the team’s management in Australia regarding what should be done in the future.
“We are not happy. It has not been a good score and we are very concerned. BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah are concerned and both are working on some plans through which performance can be improved. They will obviously be in contact with the team management. I am quite optimistic and I am hopeful that in the next test match we will definitely do better, “Shukla told ANI.
Shukla also gave an answer on whether the BCCI has plans to send the head of the NCA (National Cricket Academy), Rahul Dravid, to Australia to help the Indian batsmen in the remaining three tests. Following the chaotic collapse of India’s batting, former India batsman and selector chairman Dilip Vengsarkar, in an interview, urged the BCCI to ‘rush’ Dravid, a successful former India A and U-19 coach to Down Under, but Shukla cleared the air, saying no such decision has been and will be made.
“No one will fly to Australia, our performance in the first inning against the hosts was good, we even took the lead but in the second inning we collapsed, it happens sometimes, after that all the corrective measures have been taken and I think our players are capable of improving performance and will definitely look at the conditions of the wicket in Melbourne and consequently the composition of the team will be worked on, ”he added.
Shukla weighed in in Virat Kohli’s absence and said the India captain’s emptiness will be felt, but he backed the Indian team to come back strong.
“The Australia tour has always been a challenging tour and if you look at the previous performance, it was very difficult to face the Australian bowlers. Now the Indian team is showing a very brave front and has started playing and doing good races in Australia. Virat’s absence will be there, but other players are also very competent and I think the team will definitely do very well, ”said Shukla.
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