What India’s Perth Defeat Reveals About Their Tactical Blind Spots
A defeat may not sometimes result from being inferior to one’s opponents, but from being outwitted by them. Such was the instance in point in India’s defeat by seven wickets at the hands of Australia in Perth. The men in blue seemed to be a good side on paper, but on the grassy wicket, they seemed to be a side that was without a proper grasp of the main ideas of the game. The match, curtailed to 26 overs through the medium of rain, revealed some technical defects, but it likewise showed the existence of a tactical problem of a somewhat ambiguous nature, and was perhaps lacking in cohesion and even indecision, in regard to a general plan of operations.
