Sunil Gavaskar: Bhuvi’s death overs bowling, a real concern

The legendary Sunil Gavaskar feels senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumarrsquos poor show at the death overs is a ldquoreal concernrdquo for India going into next monthrsquos T20 World CupAlso ReadGavaskar doesnt find Virat Kohli singling out MS Dhoni to be fair on the other Indian playersNo dew factorBhuvneshwar has leaked quite a lot of runs at the death in the last few matches His 16run 19th over allowed Australia to pull off a record chase of 209 in the first T20I in Mohali on Tuesday night ldquoI donrsquot think there was too much dew We didnrsquot see the fielders or bowlers trying to use the towel to try and dry their fingers Thatrsquos not an excuse We didnrsquot bowl well For example that 19th overthatrsquos a real concernrdquo Gavaskar said on Sports TodayldquoSomebody like a Bhuvneshwar Kumar is going for runs every single time when he is expected In 18 deliveries he has bowled in three matches against Pakistan Sri Lanka and now Australia he has given away 49 runs ldquoIt is almost three runs per ball Somebody with his experience and calibre you expect he will give 3536 runs in those 18 deliveries That really is an area of concernrdquoFormer head coach Ravi Shastri also came down heavily on India for their ldquosloppy standard of fieldingrdquo in the first T20I Defending 208 Indian fielders dropped as many as three catches including that of Cameron Green 61 off 30 balls and Matthew Wade 45 not out off 21 ballsAlso Read Thinking about the game is as important a factor as skills Bhuvneshwar KumarShastri slams poor fieldingldquoIf you look at all the top Indian teams over the years there is youth and experience I find the youth missing here and hence the fieldingrdquo Shastri who was in the commentary box said ldquoIt means that as a batting side you have to get that 1520 runs game after game because if you look around the field where is brilliance There is no Jadeja Where is that Xfactor ldquoWhat I was disappointed today with was the standard of fielding I mean it looks sloppy and I think you need a big upping of the ante when it comes to the fielding if you have to beat big sides in big competitionsrdquo Shastri saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever