Edmund bravely attempted to continue but after dropping the opening game of the fourth set, waved the white flag by walking to the net and shaking hands. Cilic, the highest seed in a clear bottom half of the draw, eventually paid the price for his lack of match practice after skipping the U. Theyshould’ve taken some action immediately and should’ve returned to India to continue training,” he said. France wasn’t India’s first option as India headed into the home stretch of their preparations. #EidMubarak” while former Indian batsman posted, “Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating #EidAlAdha. Aariv won the opening game 11-7 before winning the second game 11-8 to take a 2-0 lead in the match. One of the members of the Cricket Affairs Committee told The Indian Express that they did not feel the need to consult Gambhir before retaining Bhaskar as the coach. Sushil, who was in Paris as the government observer, said the team should have returned to India instead. The selectors, however, will have to decide whether to have him as a captain or purely as an opening batsman. Moreover, they made a bright start to what is expected to be a grueling home leg.