MUMBAI: Sandeep Patil, former India player and one-time chairman of the selection committee, said on Wednesday that the 3-0 series defeat against New Zealand needs to be a “wake-up call” for the Indian team. However, he backed them to come good in the five-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia starting Nov 22.
“Unfortunately, we’ve lost the series against New Zealand. But I’m sure they must have learnt so many things from this loss. I hope they repeat their performance of 2020-2021. This series loss was like a wake-up call. It’s not like our team has been playing badly. Few months back they won the T20 World Cup. There are some big players in our team and surely, they will bounce back,” said Patil, who was part of the Indian team that won the 1983 World Cup.
