India head coach Rahul Dravid has claimed that the side's batting depth is a cause for concern.
Team India coach Rahul Dravid faced some damning questions especialy his side's batting failures in regards to their rare T20I series defeat at the hands of the West Indies on Sunday. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Dravid said that there's plenty of work to be done in regards to the current Indian team in order to solve the 'batting depth' conundrum that has troubled the Men In Blue for a long period of time. (More Cricket news)
Axar Patel, India's 'designated no.7' remains the only all-rounder in the batting line-up, with the likes of Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mukesh Kumar, who are purely pacers and can hardly bat down the order. In comparison to the other sides, England and Australia and moreover the West Indies, a possess a long tail that can bat as well as bowl.
"I think in terms of our squad here, probably it did not allow us the flexibility in some ways to be able to change the combinations a little bit. But I think going forward, we have got to look at certain areas in which we can get better. Finding depth in our batting has been an area we are trying to address. We are trying to do the best we possibly can but that is certainly an area we can look at, how we cannot weaken our bowling attack but ensure we have a certain amount of depth in batting," Dravid admitted.
"As these games are going on, and scores are becoming bigger and bigger, if you look at West Indies, they had Alzarri Joseph coming in at No. 11 and he can hit a mean ball. So you have sides that have that depth. Obviously, we have some challenges on that front and we need to work on that. It's certainly something that this series has shown us and we need to build on that depth," he further explained.
Hardik Pandya's side lost the series 3-2 to West Indies and with the T20 World Cup next year, Rahul Dravid and company have a lot of work up their sleeves to solve all the issues till then.