Veteran Indian cricket crew wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik mentioned that Rohit Sharma and Co lacked physique language and identified ‘concern of failure’ as one of many foremost causes behind the loss in opposition to England within the first Test match in Hyderabad on Sunday. India dominated main components of the Test match however a superb knock from Ollie Pope and a seven-wicket haul from Tom Hartley clinched the sport for the guests. During the evaluation of the match, Karthik mentioned that there’s a large distinction in tradition between the 2 groups and it appeared just like the Indian batters weren’t free of their minds to play pictures.

“Today, for me, was a very revealing day as to how cultures differ. As we were growing up being Indians, somewhere, the fear of failure is ingrained in us. I genuinely wish all the fans understand why sometimes it can be hard for (Indian) top-order batters to be free in their minds to play shots that they want to play. They want to as well, but the fear of failure just pulls them back a little bit,” Karthik mentioned on Cricbuzz.

Karthik additionally mentioned that the Indian cricketers seemed drained on the finish of Day 3 with Pope enjoying a superb innings and so they lacked the solutions to show the match of their favour.

“A lot of India who watched this Test match got the impression that at the end of Day 3, they were tired and lacked body language. Somewhere, they had been outplayed at different points in time, but India did not have answers to a lot of the questions that England have asked,” mentioned Karthik.

“The intensity which is required sometimes to push on those tough days, yesterday (Day 3) because of what England came up with, I think India did not have answers. The after-effect of that is what we are seeing today,” Karthik added.