India winning the 3-1 series? Tendulkar predicts Big, offers advice to Shubman Gill & Rishabh Pant
India had won a series of tests for the last time in 2007 and approached the 2021 series, which ended with a 2-2 draw.
Many experts have already made their India-England series predictions, but then don’t hold much weight. But whatever Sachin Tendulkar says, holds utter importance. The Master Blaster feels that the Indian team under Shubman Gill‘s leadership can pouch the series 3-1. Talking to ESPNcricinfo, he said, “I have settled for 3-1 to India.”
3-1 Series Win On the Cards?
One should not totally rule out the result, given India had drawn the series 2-2 the last time around, and were leading 2-1 after a long-long break in the series. Having said that, he did speak about the Indian batters, and what they should, and should not do. He started with Gill, saying, “My advice to him [Gill] would be that he should not worry about what x, y, z says …
“I think what he needs to think about is what was discussed in the dressing room – when they are planning something, are they going according to that plan and whether the decision being made is in the interests of the team – that is what he needs to think about and not about the outside world.”
Rishabh Pant Needs to Have Flexibility in Mind
Tendulkar offered some valuable advice to struggling Rishabh Pant as well, who really needs to come out good, if India has to be in any sort of contention. He had a tough Australia tour, and then his IPL wasn’t great either. He [Pant] should support its instinct most of the time, “said Tentulkar.
“But there will be situations where he will have to slow down his game in the interest of the team. I know that everything he will do, the rest of the time will also be in the interest of the team, but the approach must be different. He must have this flexibility in his mind.”
The legend did not stop there and said that the pants should be allowed to play as it does, with the exception of a single exception. “Otherwise, nine times out of ten, if I am the captain, I will say:” Get out and play your game, why worry about anything. “If you are trying to save the game, that’s when the approach changes a little, but otherwise I would tell it that you are going out and you are yourself and do what you feel in the best interest of the team.”
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