Dilip Vengsarkar blames Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid indirectly for loss in NZ Tests?

Former Indian batsman Dilip Vengsarkar minced words when talking about Indian team's shocking defeat in New Zealand. Indian team visited New Zealand at end of January and established dominance in T20I format where y won all five scheduled matches of shortest format. Proceeding to longer formats, India were handed a surprising defeat when hosts won all three ODIs in series. biggest plundering came in Test series where New Zealand won both Tests with much ease and left Indian batsman with a lot of puzzling questions.

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Dilip Vengsarkar calls out Sourav Ganguly BCCI and Rahul Dravid NCA for Kiwi failure

Speaking to a prominent Indian newspaper, former Team India batsman Dilip Vengsarkar expressed that answers for Team India's failure in New Zealand lies with manment of team by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and National Cricket Association (NCA). Dilip Vengasarkar felt that losses that senior team has faced in New Zealand should t be overlooked due to focus shifting towards upcoming T20 World Cup.

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Talking about Indian batting, Dilip Vengsarkar did t feel that India lacked a punch in its bowling attack but a definite lack of form in batting lineup was evident. Indian batting great felt that lineup was over-reliant on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma and rest of team lacked a sense of identity and purpose. Vengsarkar proceeded to reflect on how he feels that current Indian line-up is far too volatile for any confidence to set into minds of batsmen or than Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

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Vengsarkar also critiqued India A system for its ineffectiveness and how India A tour of New Zealand had bad timing. Just when India began to tour New Zealand, young India A side also toured New Zealand and played a few games to test India's bench strength. India lost first New Zealand Test by 10 wickets and second one by 7 wickets. India will w host South Africa for three ODIs in March before IPL 2020 begins on March 29.

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