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‘India may have lost grip on Border Gavaskar Trophy’: Ravi Shastri, adds ‘two seniors and a youngster’ under scrutiny | Cricket News

‘India may have lost grip on Border Gavaskar Trophy’: Ravi Shastri, adds ‘two seniors and a youngster’ under scrutiny | Cricket News

Former India coach Ravi Shastri has said ‘poor shot selection on either side of the middle session’ on Day 5 of the Boxing Day Test may have cost India the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Without taking any names, Shastri also said the dismissals ‘involving two senior players and a youngster’ will be ‘scrutinised’ and added ‘it doesn’t help when one of it involved the captain who is struggling’. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have been criticised for their performances in the fourth Test, which India lost to hand Australia a 2-1 advantage going into the final Test of the series. The Sydney Test begins on Friday, January 3. EXPRESS EXCLUSIVE: Gautam Gambhir cracks whip on Team India’s chaotic dressing room: ‘Bahut ho gaya’, The Indian Express reports Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, Shastri said: “…it was amazing to see the Indian crowds having travelled from all parts of the globe to come experience Test cricket at its best at the ‘G. Unfortunately for them, some poor shot selection on either side of the …