India not a champion side: Amarnath

Mumbai: Making a critical assessment of the Indian team’s recent performance in Australia, former India cricketer Mohinder Amarnath said the team looks jaded and hardly look like a champion side. “One game can turn around things. But I have my doubts. To be very honest, they don’t look like a champion team. When you see champions team, it’s like West Indies and Australia. You win some you lose some that’s fine. But your intentions should be very positive. This team somehow looks a jaded team. That sheen is not there that we would want to see in the team,” Amarnath said. “They probably have been travelling around. They have been playing a lot of cricket over the time. Quite a few unfit players. They need time to recover. A champion team as a cup holder you have to show ball game which is missing. They have been exposed in the series. Key players like Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan have not been scoring runs. If they have to score runs the top order must fire which we haven’t seen so far.