Gautam Gambhir and Harshit Rana (Agency Image)

Former Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik Questions were raised on the Gautam Gambhir-led team management after fast bowler Harshit Rana was promoted earlier. Shivam Dubey During India’s disastrous batting performance in the third T20I against England at Trent Bridge. India’s target of 202 runs was quickly resolved after Axar Patel was out on the last ball of the fifth over, leaving the visitors at 52/5. Instead of sending Dubey, the team management opted to promote Harshit Rana, which was a move Karthik Left stunned during commentary. Karthik said on air, “Are you serious? Harshit Rana is ahead of Shivam Dubey? You can’t be serious.” Dubey eventually came to the crease after two overs but failed to save the innings, getting out after scoring only two runs in four balls. passion tongue. Karthik admitted that he did not understand the decision to delay Dubey’s arrival, suggesting that it has raised questions about the team’s trust in the all-rounder. He said, “Do they (team management) not trust Dubey enough to send him at this level? Instead, they have promoted Harshit Rana ahead of him. I am not sure this is the right way to do it.” The selection decision came during one of India’s worst ever batting performances in this format. Phil Salt smashed a blistering 70 off 44 balls as England collapsed to 201/7, while Sam Curran scored 41 off just 24 balls on the challenging surface at Trent Bridge. Despite Vaibhav Suryavanshi hitting two early sixes in his innings of 13 runs in five balls, India’s reply never gathered momentum. The visitors collapsed from 23/0 to 76 in just 11.4 overs, with Josh Tongue contributing 4/28 and Jofra Archer 3/29. The 125-run defeat was India’s biggest defeat by runs in T20 Internationals, surpassing its previous biggest defeat of 80 runs against New Zealand in 2019. This is also India’s second-lowest all-out score in the format. The defeat gave England a 2–0 lead in the five-match series after the opening match was washed out due to rain. India have now lost their last four T20 matches after a 2-0 series defeat in Ireland. captain Shreyas Iyer He described the performance as “atrocious” after the match and admitted that his team “completely needed to go back to the drawing board.” England captain Harry Brook praised his team’s all-round performance, saying, “We did well with the bat. It was wonderful to take him to the bowling.” To avoid losing the T20 series, India will now have to win the remaining two matches.