Indian bowlers learnt nothing from overseas trips: Sunil Gavaskar

Brisbane Once again slamming the Indian bowlers for their poor showing in Australian conditions ahead of the World Cup former captain Sunil Gavaskar said that thebowlers have learnt nothing from their past experiences on foreign toursSunil GavaskarAfter failing to take 20 wickets in the 20 Test series defeat against Australia the Indian bowlers once again failed to defend a 267run total in the triseries opener against the hosts and Gavaskar is not at all impressedThe problem I think is that Indian bowlers have learnt nothing from their overseas experiences over the years in limitedovers cricket So that is a worry We are just hoping that when the World Cup comes the fact that they are the defending champions will give tremendous motivationAt the moment it just looks to me as if even the bowlers are bowling well within themselves They have had a long tour the Test series and they dont want to stretchthemselves to such an extent that they might cause some injury to themselves going into the World Cup Gavaskar told NDTVBut like a true optimist Gavaskar still hopes that Mahendra Singh Dhoni and company can take inspiration from their England performance where the bowlers came good to make a mark in the 50over showpiece event They handled themselves really well in England So I am hoping that they will be able to find the same rhythm that hadin England and restricted them to win the series 41If that happens then India will be a formidable team said the cricketerturnedanalyst Gavaskar also pins his hopes on Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami to come out all guns blazing when the situation arises My first choice bowlers would be Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami I would go in with these two I would go inwith Stuart Binny and I will go in with two spinners as wellBecause for the simple reason that Bhuvneshwar can also bat a little bit he is also a very good fielder Shami can also tonk along a bit and he is also a very good fielder With Binny and the two spinners they all bat So I am looking at a team which will have batting depth Considering the pitches where you are going to play on where the batsmen might just flounder a little bit like they did at the GabbaSo if they have the batting depth then it sort of covers all my bases said the former opener Gavaskar also opines that the Indian thinktank is looking to slot Virat Kohli at No4 in the ongoing triseries and the World Cup If you actually have a look at the last ODI series India played against Sri Lanka you will find that after a couple of games when Virat was not performing he was dropped down the order And again I think he was batting at No4 when he got a hundredSo eventually I have a feeling that they are looking at Virat as a No4 batsman and they will either have Ajinkya Rahane if they open with Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan he opined The former opener certainly has an advice in store for very talented Kohli who has failed to get into double figures in the two games gone byWhat hes doing wrong is that he is trying something different at this moment He is looking to go on the front foot and then jumping on to the backfoot well within the crease What that is doing is that his head is bobbing up and down In cricket the head has to be still if your head is still then you are able to judge the bounce betterUnfortunately because he is jumping and have a look at both his dismissals His jumping is putting him off balance The two ODI losses notwithstanding Gavaskar stillbelieves that the Men in Blue have it in them to defend the World ODI crown Yes they are I am pretty confident Look qualifying for the knockouts should not be a problem Once you get into the knockouts then its the luck of the day that countsSometimes you play and miss sometimes the luck not going your way you edge that ball So all those things is going to be an important factor But if India qualify by winning most of their league games then they will certainly be in the right frame of mind to defend the World Cup he concluded