India lost both Kohli and Pujara in the space of 10 balls, which put a lot of pressure on the team: Sachin Tendulkar

India’s knockout woes continue as the team failed to deliver in the final of the World Test Championship. During the course of two years, India produced a lot of stunning performances in the purest format of the game. Thus, they finished at the top of the points table in the World  Test Championship and confirmed a berth for themselves in the final of the tournament.

However, a rain-interrupted WTC final saw the Blackcaps performing well in all three facets of the game and lifting the illustrious Test mace. India’s eight-wicket loss against the Kiwis in the showpiece event has resulted in a lot of veterans and pundits from the cricket fraternity carrying out an analysis of what went wrong. 

The new edition to this list is of former Indian skipper and batting great Sachin Tendulkar. The veteran took to his official Twitter handle to congratulate New Zealand for scripting history. Sachin also commented on India saying that they will be disappointed by the performance.

“Congrats @BLACKCAPS on winning the #WTC21. You were the superior team. #TeamIndia will be disappointed with their performance. As I had mentioned the first 10 overs will be crucial & lost both Kohli & Pujara in the space of 10 balls & which put a lot of pressure on the team,” the former Indian skipper wrote.

Congrats @BLACKCAPS on winning the #WTC21. You were the superior team.#TeamIndia will be disappointed with their performance.

As I had mentioned the first 10 overs will be crucial & 🇮🇳 lost both Kohli & Pujara in the space of 10 balls & that put a lot of pressure on the team. pic.twitter.com/YVwnRGJXXr

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) June 23, 2021

India’s batting unit disappointed on the reserve day

Sachin believes that losing Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara in the span of ten balls on the last day was the biggest setback for the Indian team. India started the reserve day with an overnight score of 64 for two and were hoping to put up a total of somewhere around 200 for the NZ team.

However, early in the morning  Indian skipper Virat Kohli had to march back to the pavilion as Kyle Jamieson bowled a short of a length delivery outside off and got the Indian skipper dismissed. As India was trying to cope up with the loss of Kohli, they were hit with another blow as Jamieson picked his second wicket of the day in the form of Pujara. 

After losing two main wickets, everything went negative for the Indian contingent as they kept losing timely wickets. India could succeed in posting just 139 runs as the target that NZ easily chase and became the World Champions.