India’s performance against South Africa in the fifth ODI was simply dismal and shambolic. So much so, that even skipper MS Dhoni said that India’s entire performance was the problem and not just a few overs. Former Indian pacer Atul Wassan has branded India’s series loss to South Africa in Mumbai as a “massacre”. Wasan said that the Indians were not just defeated, but humiliated.
“I wouldn’t just call it a loss, its capitulation, you’ve been annihilated. You know and your bowlers go for such a leather hunt, it’s a cause for worry; you are all champions. In the recent past even the rules have changed. What happened was a massacre,” Wassan was quoted saying to ANI.
“Brilliance of AB de Villiers I can understand and De Kock finds Indian bowling attack very tempting .But having said that, there was no discipline in the bowling. It was a batting pitch. 350 was I think on par. If it would have been a 350 score India would have been in with a chance,” Wassan said, stressing on the dreary show by the Indian bowlers.
“But also the way you have chased down, you have lost by more than 200 runs. I think this is hurting the most. It’s shocking for me that we have lost the T20 series , we have lost the one-day series and it doesn’t look very good for the Test series coming up,” Wassan pointed out.
Wassan, in general, did not criticize Dhoni, but said that his captaincy was a bit defensive. “I think as a captain, I can’t find any flaws because normally it’s a joint decision. Only once or twice you have to make decision on your feet when you have to bring on a bowler .Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. But general approach to his captaincy has been defensive. I think we have to seriously look at our bowling,” Wassan said.