‘Yeh tho kuch nahi karke dikhaya’ – Fans react as Ravi Shastri feels India will not make it to the 2023 ODI World Cup semi-finals under Rohit Sharma
Team India were not able to win their maiden World Test Championship title at the Oval. They lost to Australia by a big margin of 209 runs. Australia were better than India when it came to all departments are they proceeded to lift their first WTC title. India could not get momentum back in the game even after they reduced Australia to 76-3 at one stage in the first innings. When India collapsed to 234 after they were 179-3 in the second innings, a lot of scathing comments were said.
“People had a misconception that under Rohit Sharma India will win world events. I don’t see India qualifying for semifinals in ODI World Cup under him.” Shastri said after India’s loss to Australia. Notably Shastri was the coach of the Indian team when India won back-to-back tours in Australia against Australia in 2018 and 2021. India had also beaten Australia at home recently in March when the two sides played at the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
If they needed extra days to prepare for the World Test Championship final, then they should have missed a few IPL games -Ravi Shastri
Shastri further elaborated that India had missed a trick with regards to their preparations in the WTC final. He opined that India had to come to England early and prepare for the big clash so that they could put their best foot forward and get acclimatised to the conditions. At the post-match presentation, Rohit Sharma had also pointed out that he would have ideally liked 20-25 days of preparation leading up to the WTC final.
Shastri said if the players needed extra time to prepare for the WTC final then the Indian players would have had to miss a few IPL games. “That’s never going to happen. Let’s be realistic. You’re going to get 20 days, but if that’s the case, you got to miss the IPL. The choice is yours (players),” Shastri said on Star Sports.
Shastri further reiterated that the Indian Cricket Board needed to review the situation going forward. “It’s up to the establishment as well. I’m sure the Indian Cricket Board is going to review this in the future. If the WTC Final is going to come after the IPL, in month of June, for that season, if your team qualifies for the final, there should be certain clauses put in for the franchises,”
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:
Simple Give Captiancy back to kohli bench Rohit Start with Ishan and Ghill Bring back Bumrah Bhuvi Combo back in Odi instead of trying fantasy Team for each series Players need regular Games to maintain their form consistently
— sidd0907dr (@sidd0907dr) June 11, 2023
Build for the future. Hardick should be appointed captain and Rohit will have to earn his spot like all other players. Jaiswal and Gill to open the ODI let's go young players. The "seniors have not done anything"
— Nilesh Mehta (@sunnym4915) June 11, 2023
Rohit Sharma is good captain but he need sacrifice is opening position. Even Kohli also this two are senior player in team They need to push youngest up the order and They need to play down the order to balance in batting They can't put pressure on youngest
— BABU (@BABU62057903) June 11, 2023
With the current Indian team we don't look like winning any trophy in the near future middle order is still not reliable for 50 over World Cup and there is ambiguity at the opening slot with Rohit Players like Kishan and Iyer are good but we also need someone who could anchor
— Hitesh (@Hitesh88574098) June 11, 2023
https://twitter.com/DeepakK0301/status/1667997004163678208?s=20
Dude don't call yourself a fan if you can't take some criticism, they are jst overated bunch of players who get everything the want from money to everything under the sun, but when they play poorly, they can't take it. FO
— Riggy (@riggy_05) June 11, 2023
Does it mean we remain happy by qualifying for finals ? Unfortunately Rohit has poor body language throughout with zero aggression. He was sleep walking
— old monk (@sumanmitra4) June 11, 2023
The kind of money and influence we have we should be leading cricket World not lose finals and lose semifinals
— Riggy (@riggy_05) June 11, 2023
All these discussions are a waste of our time . When it comes to the world Cups every player needs to give more than their best . But no one is giving atleast their best
— Jayanth Kumar (@jayanthk04) June 11, 2023
Time will show that, wait for it. We made it to the finals where twice where 10 other test playing nations could not. That itself is a record in itself.
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWebTechno | GenZDealZ (@AkshayiWeb) June 11, 2023
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