‘Finally Kadwa sach koi tho bol raha hai’- Fans react as Venkatesh Prasad lambasts team India for poor performance in T20I series against West Indies
The Indian Team lost their first bilateral T20I series since 2021.
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Aug 14, 2023 4:56 pm
Venkatesh Prasad and Indian Team
India did not end the T20I series on a high note. They lost the 5th T20I at Lauderhill by 8 wickets. The batting did not click for the Men in Blue as they scored just 165-9 in their 20 overs. In reply, India were mauled by the West Indies batters as Brandon King smashed an unbeaten 85 runs off 55 balls with five fours and six sixes. West Indies brushed off India’s target in 18 overs and took the series 3-2. The fans were very disappointed with India’s performance.
One among them was Venkatesh Prasad, who thundered at India’s dismal performance in a tweet saying, India needs to improve their skillset. There is a hunger & intensity deficiency & often the captain looked clueless. Bowlers cannot bat, batsmen can’t bowl. It’s important to not look for yes men and be blinded because someone is your favourite player but look at the larger good. Based on the Indian team’s performance in the past year, the fans don’t have high hopes of the Indian Team making it to the semi-finals of the World Cup.
Here is the tweet:
India needs to improve their skillset. Their is a hunger & intensity deficiency & often the captain looked clueless. Bowler’s can’t bat, batsmen can’t bowl. It’s important to not look for yes men and be blinded because someone is your favourite player but look at the larger good
India lost the 5-match T20I series 3-2 to West Indies
India were handed their first bilateral series defeat in T20Is since they lost to Sri Lanka 2-1 in 2021. India won 11 out of 12 series barring a 2-2 draw against South Africa in 2022. India had big issues when it came to the T20I format, the batting lineup lacked depth. The bowling lineup lacked variety as India does not have part-time bowling options in their arsenal.
India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey said that Tilak Varma and Yashasvi Jaiswal are being looked at as part-time bowling options but Wasim Jaffer quashed the idea saying that the two can be groomed in the long term, but as of now, they are not fit to bowl at the international level. Constant chopping and changing have not helped the Indian side either.
When it comes to the bowling front it looks a little thin with Yuzvendra Chahal not being at his potent best. Hardik Pandya also put up a lacklustre show with the ball. India also lost the second ODI due to a below-par batting performance in the West Indies. The Men in Blue also lost an ODI series at home to Australia 2-1.
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:
Batsmen can't bat, bowlers can't bowl- that is also the reality. Keepers cannot bat too…
Avesh khan and Umran Malik was not given the chance to play, that’s shows the Indian team management poor strategy, they are just used as a water boys, they could be better than Mukesh kumar and Arshdeeb at any given day
hate to say this but ,it's a YES to everything tweeted! And Hardik Pandya's IPL victory has been taken out of context! It's a shame to lose against a 3rd class team! I mean how can you lose to the WI, for crying out loud! They don't even qualify to win against Afghanistan!
