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NDTV
9 hours ago
- Sport
- NDTV
Shubman Gill Sent Brutal Make 'Attitude Adjustment' Message After India's 1st Test Loss vs England
Team India's catching was all over the place in the 1st Test against England in Leeds. The visitors dropped eight catches in total and gift-wrapped the match they dominated for the large part. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the main culprit as he grassed half of those chances. Former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Brad Haddin feels the Indian players need a change in attitude, as far as their fielding is concerned, including captain Shubman Gill. Haddin pointed out that all the great teams in the past have had one thing in common; they were all high quality fielding sides. "Every great team, no matter what year you're playing, the one stand out feature they've always had is that they've been a great fielding team. And I think that is one legacy Gill has start to leave now on this team. He needs an attitude adjustment. If you want to field well and compete the whole time, it's only attitude. You can do all your technical work off the field and have as many coaches as anyone, but it won't matter. Even in the IPL this year, the catching was horrible. And that could be a byproduct," Haddin said on the LiSTNR Sport podcast. While highlighting the importance of fielding, Haddin dragged 14-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi in to the debate. He suggested that if Suryavanshi wants to establish his name, he would have to improve on his fielding. "Take the young kid [Vaibhav Suryavanshi] from Rajasthan for example. Everyone is talking about how well he batted, and it was unbelievable. But if you're going to be a great player, he's got to work on his fielding, his presence in the game. The one thing I would say to India is find a way to be the best fielding team in the world because you got the talent everywhere else," he added. Haddin also shared his views on India's twin batting collapses in the first Test. "What hasn't happened for the first time is India's batting collapse. There's a lot of pressure on that top order. If you get through them, they will run through the remaining," Haddin pointed out.
Mint
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Mint
All it needs is attitude adjustment to become a good fielding side: Haddin
Sydney, Jun 28 (PTI) Former Australia keeper-batter Brad Haddin believes the Indian team, led by Shubman Gill, needs an "attitude adjustment" as the visitors try to find a way out of their fielding woes in the ongoing five-Test series in England. Indian fielders, especially Yashasvi Jaiswal, dropped several catches as Gill's side lost the opening Test at Headingley by five wickets to go 0-1 down against Ben Stokes' team. The 47-year-old Haddin, who played 66 Tests and scored more than 6,500 runs across formats for Australia, said that all the great cricket teams across different eras had good fielding as their distinguishing feature. "Every great team, no matter what era you are playing, the one standout they've always had... they've been great fielding teams. And, I think, that's the one legacy (Shubman) Gill can start to leave now on this team," said Haddin in his Willow Talk podcast. "It needs an attitude adjustment if you want to field well and compete the whole time, it's only attitude," Haddin added. Young opener Jaiswal, who was fielding in the slips and gully region, crucial catches off the bowling of Jasprit Bumrah, leaving the pace spearhead frustrated. Indicating that Indian players' poor fielding was evident during this year's Indian Premier League, Haddin said the catching had left a lot to be desired during the two-month-long T20 tournament. "In the IPL this year, the catching was horrible. Yes, we talk about talented bowlers, batsmen, but it was the catching that was a real problem." He said that there was nothing stopping India from becoming the best fielding side in the world given the kind of talent they had. "And the one thing I'd say to India, is find a way to be the best fielding team in the world because you've got the talent everywhere else," he said. India will hope to overcome their shortcoming and level the series when the second Test gets underway in Birmingham on July 2.
Indian Express
11 hours ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
‘Jadeja can't be effective in England': India must be willing to lose matches and change spin mindset, says Brad Haddin
Former Australia wicket-keeper Brad Haddin questioned the role of Ravindra Jadeja as the lead spinner in India's Test line-up in England after his underwhelming performance in the first Test defeat at Headingley earlier this week. With wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav sitting out, Jadeja played as the sole spin option and was marked to play a key holding role against the Englishmen. However, Jadeja failed to induce any pressure until late on day five when the ball occasionally spun from the footholes. As England gunned down 350 of the 371-run target on the final day, the 36-year-old left-arm spinner conceded 104 runs in 24 overs at 4.33 for a solitary wicket. Haddin reckoned that the declining all-rounder was not India's most effective spin option in the conditions and said Jadeja could, at best, play a supporting role as the second spinner abroad. 'Are we seeing the decline of Ravindra Jadeja? I mean yes, he is effective in Indian conditions and how hard it is to play left-arm spin in India, but I don't think he is the best option to have in the team spin wise,' Haddin said on the Willow Talk podcast. With veteran Ashwin retired and Jadeja's overseas performances on the wane, Haddin said India must be look at more attacking tweakers and be willing to sacrifice a few matches to unearth new heroes. 'I don't think Jadeja can be effective. Yes, he is good all-rounder and he could play as a second spinner – hold at the other end. But I think they need to be more attacking, be willing to lose a Test match with some inexperienced bowlers but change their mindset at the way they go about it,' Haddin added. Haddin also suggested that India must rope in left arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav into the XI alongside Nitish Kumar Reddy to reduce the impact of benching Jadeja. 'I would look at Kuldeep. Someone who is an attacking spinner, who can get wickets. You've got a couple of hold-in bowlers. Siraj can play that role, but I think they need to be a bit more bold in their selection of bowlers,' he said. 'If Reddy plays, then you don't have to play Jadeja and bring the attacking spin option. I think that's one thing they've got to look at, especially away from home,' he added. Former England batter Mark Butcher had lambasted Jadeja's bowling after the first Test. 'I could not believe how poorly Jadeja bowled, really,' said Mark Butcher on the Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast. 'I'd likened it to owning a hammer but punching nails in with your fist instead – not landing the ball in the rough at all until, basically, it was too late. That was extraordinary, really. 'You talk about experience, and Jadeja has all the experience in the world. Somehow, it didn't seem to click to him or Rishabh Pant, the keeper, that it might be a good idea not to keep missing the rough all day to the left-handers,' he added after Jadeja's match figures read 47 overs, 172 runs and one wicket.
Indian Express
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
‘Shubman Gill needs an attitude adjustment': Brad Haddin says India captain responsible for improving fielding standards
India's new Test captain Shubman Gill will be held responsible for raising the fielding standards of his side following the horror show against England in the first Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy match in Headingley, according to former Australia wicket-keeper Brad Haddin. The visitors dropped eight catches across two innings in an eventual five-wicket defeat. Despite impressive batting performances in both innings, India were made to pay for the blunders on the field behind a profligate pace attack that struggled to assist spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. Chasing down a venue record total of 371, their second-highest chase ever, England were led by Ben Duckett's scintillating 149 in the fourth innings. The southpaw opener was dropped in both innings of the match, while tallying 211 runs and was later adjudged the Player of the Match. Speaking on the Willow Talk podcast, former Australia wicket-keeper Haddin felt the Indian skipper needed to lay down the marker for his side to follow in terms of being a dominant team on the field. 'Every great team, no matter what year you're playing, the one standout feature they've always had is that they've been a great fielding team. And I think that is one legacy Gill has start to leave now on this team. He needs an attitude adjustment,' said Haddin. 'If you want to field well and compete the whole time, it's only attitude. You can do all your technical work off the field and have as many coaches as anyone, but it won't matter. Even in the IPL this year, the catching was horrible. And that could be a byproduct,' he added. Haddin added that India's transitioning Test side is heavily reliant on the top-order for runs this series, after two brittle collapses hurt the side from comfortable positions in the Test. India went from 430 for three to 471 all out in the first innings, while adding only 31 runs for six wickets in their second essay to set the target. 'What hasn't happened for the first time is India's batting collapse. There's a lot of pressure on that top order. If you get through them, they will run through the remaining,' said Haddin.
News18
13 hours ago
- Sport
- News18
'Shubman Gill Needs An Attitude Adjustment': Ex-Cricketer's Stunning Remark
Last Updated: Brad Haddin criticizes India's catching in the first Test, calling it an 'attitude' problem. He suggests new skipper Shubman Gill needs to address this for a lasting legacy. Brad Haddin believes India's catching issues in the first Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy were more than an on-off and instead an 'attitude' problem in the set-up. He feels that new skipper Shubman Gill requires and 'attitude adjustment' from the team if he has to leave a memorable legacy with his tenure. India spilled as many as 10 catches at Headingley as England turned the tightly-contested match into an easy five-wicket victory to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Most of those drops came from young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant, but regular safe-hands like Ravindra Jadeja also faltered. 'Every great team, no matter what year you're playing, the one stand out feature they've always had is that they've been a great fielding team," Haddin said on the LiSTNR Podcast. 'And I think that is one legacy Gill has start to leave now on this team. He needs an attitude adjustment. If you want to field well and compete the whole time, it's only attitude. You can do all your technical work off the field and have as many coaches as anyone, but it won't matter. Even in the IPL this year, the catching was horrible. And that could be a byproduct," he added. While India's batting coach Sitanshu Kotak brushed the incident aside as a rarity, former India great Ravichandran Ashwin attributed it to the difficulty in adjusting to the Duke's ball — harder and bigger than the one used in India, the SG — in cold conditions. The retirements of seniors like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, and exits of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, have not only left the team in a batting transition but also uprooted the years-old slip cordon system. 'Lot of pressure' Haddin also believes that come the second Test on Wednesday (July 2) at Edgbaston, India's top order will be under immense pressure because of the double failures of the middle and the lower order at Headingley. 'What hasn't happened for the first time is India's batting collapse. There's a lot of pressure on that top order. If you get through them, they will run through the remaining," said Haddin. About the Author Cricketnext Staff First Published: June 28, 2025, 08:13 IST
