South Africa vs India 2018: 5 signs that Virat's team is plagued by overconfidence
There is a fine line between being assured and being cocksure. The current Indian team led by the restless Virat Kohli is skewed towards the latter.The expectation that the tour of South Africa would be game-changing and the beginning of India's dominance in overseas Tests has gone south.
Accepted, that the team has kept itself in the game in both the Tests, but only just. Apart from that, there appears no drastic difference between the previous touring Indian teams and the current crop. All the same, the only blatant difference has been with regard to the tall claims made in press conferences and elsewhere.
Here is a look at 5 signs that show that the Indian team is plagued with overconfidence.
Playing musical chairs in the slips
How many specialist slip fielders does a team have? Four, five maybe. The state of the present Indian squad is such that KL Rahul, Dhawan, Pujara, Rohit, Ashwin, Murali Vijay and Kohli himself, all have tried their hand at slip fielding.
It is noteworthy that slip fielding is an occupation that demands both skill and temperament. You may be a terrific fielder in the outfield but that does not make you an automatic choice for the slips. It's high time that the team stops playing around with such an important position. Specific roles must be assigned to individuals, once and for all.