Jonty Rhodes reflects on India's disappointing performance Down Under

Former South Africa cricketer Jonty Rhodes on Saturday opened up on Team Indias disappointing performance at the recently concluded BorderGavaskar Trophy 202425 against Australia and said that expectation was really highRhodes was speaking to ANI on the sidelines of the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2025 at Bharat Mandapam in New DelhiTeam India conceded a disappointing 31 defeat to Australia in the recently concluded BorderGavaskar Trophy 202425 and lost the opportunity to qualify for the World Test Championship WTC Final at LordsSpeaking to ANI Rhodes said that Test cricket in Australia is really tough and not too many teams had the liberty to clinch consecutive wins on Australian soilWell Test cricket in Australia is really tough I mean not too many teams have gone there in one consecutive away series in Australia and I think the Indian team had done that in the past So maybe the expectation was really high When most teams travel to Australia everyone knows its going to be a tough series so maybe the Indian fans had forgotten that touring and playing in Australia is a very tough scenario both on and off the field because theres always a lot of verbal and some confrontation between players Rhodes told ANIThe former cricketer added that one cannot blame one or two players for Indias poor performance at the BGT seriesSo to lay the blame on one or two players is always quite difficult Cricket we know is a team sport but yes you need everybody to be contributing So its a case of understanding what is good for the team what is good for the country and making sure everybodys in agreement For me to sit here as an individual and go this player should and shouldnt I dont have that opportunity to criticise or judge anybody he addedSkipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli came under fire for an underwhelming BorderGavaskar Trophy campaign and overall a very disappointing 202425 season of Test cricket Sharma 31 runs in three matches and five innings at an average of 620 and Virat Kohli 190 runs in five matches and nine innings at an average of 2375 with a century lacked big time with the bat Virat fell for the outsideoffstump trap throughout the series most notably by pacer Scott Boland who dismissed him four timesThe ongoing 202425 season of Tests has been miserable for RoKo Rohit and Kohli While Rohit scored just 164 runs in eight matches and 15 innings at an average of 1093 with best score of 52 Virat scored a shambolic 382 runs in 10 matches and 19 innings at an average of 2287 with just a century and fifty eachWith ANI inputs