Gill Needs An Attitude Adjustment: Haddin Urges Indian Captain To Elevate Fielding Standards

After losing the first test, a lot of questions are being raised on the captaincy and approach of the new captain of the Indian team, Shubman Gill, not only by the fans but by the former cricketers too. No one can ignore the fact that the Indian team committed blunders in the first test, dropping catches and misfielding one after the other; these things became the key reason why the team lost the first test in Leeds and started the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy with a defeat.

Former Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin believes that new captain Shubman Gill needs to fix his attitude if he wants to establish himself as a captain in the team during his tenure.

India dropped more than 10 catches in the Headingley test, and England easily won the test by 5 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the series. The players who were highlighted for dropping the most catches were Yashasvi Jaiswal and his wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant. Not only this, even the player whose hands are considered safe in fielding also made a lot of mistakes in fielding. Yes, we are talking about Ravindra Jadeja; he too made mistakes in the first test.

Talking about this, Bradd Haddin said,

"Every great team, no matter which year you are playing, one of their characteristics has always been that they have been a great fielding team. And I think Gill will have to start leaving this legacy in this team now. He needs to change his attitude. If you want to field well, you just have to change your attitude. You can do all your technical work outside the field and have as many coaches as you want, but it won't make any difference. Catching was very poor in IPL this year as well."

Haddin thinks that there will be a lot of pressure on India's top order in the second test match, which is to be played from 2 July, just because of double failures in the middle and lower order in Headingley.

He said,

"This is not the first time that India's batting has collapsed. There is a lot of pressure on the top order. If you beat them, they will beat the rest of the batsmen."

After the retirement of Indian senior players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma and the exit of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, not only has there been a change in the team's batting, but the slip cordon system that was in place for years has also ended.