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Former India batter Robin Uthappa has flagged a deficiency of relation clarity successful India’s batting attack during a large chase, saying excessive flexibility aboriginal successful the innings made run-scoring much complicated.
India suffered a 51-run nonaccomplishment successful the 2nd T20I against South Africa aft folding for 162 successful 19.1 overs portion chasing a people of 214 astatine Mullanpur connected Thursday (December 11, 2025).
Uthappa said the contented was not the nonaccomplishment of aboriginal wickets but the strategy adopted aft Shubman Gill’s dismissal, peculiarly with a heavy batting line-up astatine India’s disposal.
"When Shubman Gill got out, Axar Patel walked successful with plentifulness of batting inactive to come. At that stage, helium had to play the relation of a pinch-hitter — idiosyncratic you are consenting to hazard aboriginal to get speedy runs and instrumentality unit disconnected Abhishek Sharma,” Uthappa said connected Jio Hotstar.
Instead, Uthappa felt Axar’s cautious run-a-ball 21 failed to easiness the pressure, forcing a displacement successful attack arsenic wickets fell astir him and slowing the pursuit further.
"At the planetary level, batters request wide roles and a wide thought of however they’re going to conception an innings," helium said.
"Flexibility with match-ups aft the archetypal six to 8 overs is fine, but you inactive request a coagulated instauration earlier you tin pursuit a large people — you can’t physique a skyscraper without a base.
"Asking players to hole for aggregate roles successful the aforesaid crippled makes run-scoring much complicated, and that’s wherever India are missing a trick. I don’t hold with being overly flexible truthful aboriginal successful the innings beyond the openers," said the cardinal subordinate of the 2007 T20 World Cup winning side.
