India brought three changes to the squad, as Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, and Akash Deep were brought into the squad. This resulted in Mohammad Siraj, KL Rahul, and Kuldeep Yadav being dropped from the team. Sunil Gavaskar talked about it and said,
I don’t see a lot of teams making three changes unless there are injury concerns. Washington Sundar inclusion which actually tells you they are worried about their batting.
Later on, during the second session of the game, Sunil Gavaskar also talked about the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, where he said,
He is a defensive captain, he is a negative captain.
Social media reacted to the comments being passed by the former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, related to the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and the team’s choice to bring Washington Sundar in the squad due to pressure.