'A bit of a generational change' - Clark on India's recent struggles - video Dailymotion

Former Australian bowler Stuart Clark weighs in on India's recent form after a stunning home loss to New Zealand.

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00:00They're probably at the point to where they're sort of starting to go through a bit of a generational change with their batting with

00:05Rowat and Virat not being you know, they're probably on the on the latter side of 30 now

00:09They've been around for a long period of time

00:11They're not in the best form that they've ever been in so that's starting to you know, cause them some concerns

00:16Boomer he's been injured. He's back. He's world-class. There's no question about that. But can he get through five test matches?

00:23Siraj has been around. Mohamed Shami being out with with an Achilles injury is a big problem

00:28Because he's been really good in our conditions every time he's come out here

00:32So there's some questions again around the Indian cricket team

00:35You know

00:35How much does that form in India dented their confidence because like all things in sport if you if you're confident about what you're doing

00:42That makes a massive difference to the way you play if you're worried about you haven't got any runs

00:47Which is I haven't get any wickets on we're not winning

00:49You start to second-guess yourself and it's just natural that that happens and their coaching staff will be trying to talk that out of them

00:54But you know if they come to Australia get belted up in Perth

00:57Same thing conversely if Australia turn up and they get belted up then that it probably sets the whole tone for the series