Kumble sounds alarm: India’s Test slump rooted in chaos after Kohli and Rohit exit.

Former great and coach Anil Kumble has pulled no punches in diagnosing the current wobble of the Indian national cricket team in Test cricket, pointing squarely at the whole sale changes triggered by the retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, departures that have left the batting under unsettled. The leadership fragile and the teams confidence frayed.

Kamble says India slide is not form of talent, it’s about instability. Since Kohli, Rohit and (veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara) stepped away from the long format, Kamble notes India’s top order has becoming a revolving door. Of players, position and strategies over the last three and four years you have seen four batters in the top 5 either retired or not picked. The kind of continual change I am sure is unsettling for players too, he said.

 The symptoms are fairly clear. In recent test, India’s no 3 slot has been being passed around hot potato fashion, with 7 different batters tried in the past 14 months. Then add ac shake up Of the top 5 batting position, coinciding with new leadership and coaching, and you get a heady recipe for uncertainty.

 Indeed, the team under coach Gautam Gambhir seems to have lost stability at the heart of its batting order. Precisely when cohesion was called for. kumble flagged how the exit of Rohit and Kohli, both major anchors and former captains, removed not just runs but steadiness, experience and composure from the line up.

 Worse still the slump in test result has been stark. India has just recently suffered a home test lost rear in its history and drop to a 53 year low in one stretch of home defeats. According to kumble alongside the performance fall of the mindset and planning look a drift constant Chopping and changing of roles, batting position and team combination create a climate where players cannot settle in or build rhythm.

 He referred, for instance, to the case for all rounder Washington Sundar being thrown into the no.3 slot despite his ideal position being much lower down the order. For me he should bad at number 7 or number 8. The top order needs to be settled down. Kumble set.

 Kumble wants Unless the structure is settled and the rules defined, even good players will fail to deliver his larger point. Only when the platform is steady can the next generation shine. You cannot rebuild the test site on the fly.

 Why needs repairing?

·         Cement a consistent batting line up, especially at position 1-5, so newcomers get time and clarity.

·          Give the player well defined roles. That is don’t keep shuffling the batters and batting order every test.

·          Reinject leadership stability by filling both the captaincy and senior batters void left by Kohli and Rohit.

·          Rebuild with a long term mindset rather than game to game Tinkering.

 This is a translation movement for Indian cricket. The talents is still there. Kumble does not doubt that. But talent without structure is fragile. As the team moves into a difficult cycle of Test series, what once seemed are comfortable machine can feel vulnerable. The message from Kumble , the Test format needs patience. Continuity and trust and right now all three are missing from India.

 Briefly put, India’s test slump is not only because of bad luck or overseas woes. it is about instability at the top of the order, most of all since two of the country best battles left. Until that changes, the men in blue may continue to drift.