Generally, when India is travelling to England for an overseas test series, all the attention of the media and social media users is generally on the series. Such has been the kind of impetus that this series had been packing over the years.
But cut to this year, the situation is the exact opposite as not many people even know that the test series between India and England started today.
Incidentally, the first match of the ongoing series between India and England has officially started today with India being put to bat first.
However, due to the lack of superstars like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, not many people are interested in watching this series live and the lack of an anticipation is clearly showing.
When Kohli and Rohit are a part of the squad, then there is a lot of attention and debate happening on social media. But with both the superstars retiring from the test format, just a few weeks back, there is no anticipation about this series now.
Even the Telugu social media space, which is generally very attentive to cricket is very dry today.
It is becoming overwhelmingly clear that without Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli team, India does not have too much star power in the arsenal. The current crop of Indian players are not even in a position to bring audience to the screens.
But at the same time, there is a bundle of talent, including Yashashwi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharshan, Nitish Kumar Reddy and others who can add their own value to the squad. Only if one of these players become superstars will be possibly see the return of anticipation on Indian cricket.
