Gavaskar slams India\\\'s \\\'abject surrender\\\'

India's massive 266-run Test defeat to England drew widespread condemnation on Friday with former captain Sunil Gavasker accusing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team of ‘abject surrender’ in Southampton. ‘To lose this Test even before lunch on the final day showed zero resistance whatsoever,’ Gavasker said. ‘There was no fight and that is a disappointing aspect,’ added the former record-breaking opening batsman, who is now a television commentator. ‘India's loss was an abject surrender.’ The result allowed the hosts to record their first win in 11 Tests and levels the five-match series 1-1 after they had conceded the lead in the previous Test at Lord's. Gavaskar said the ‘sloppy’ display by Dhoni's tourists had given England the chance to overcome the morale-sapping loss at Lord's. ‘India had England on the ropes at Lord's,’ he said. ‘I don't know what they did in the five intervening days before the game but they were sloppy on the field at Southampton. ’This has been the problem with the Indian team since the 1930s -- the complacency,’ according to AFP.