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What went wrong with India's ICC T20 World Cup campaign?

Everyone knew we had minnow level bowling and As far as Batting it performed well enough except england no one was better than us in batting that too when our openers were failure, India have so much prodigious batting prodigy still can make Top 2 Team out of 4 in batting but same can't be said in bowling. we are at Bangladesh's level in t20's bowling , Selectors are also blameable for this debacle it's not like we hadn't tall and fast bowlers ,Thers are atleast 7-8 bowlers who are145 Around but they didn't give them chance , Because We Had Malcom mcgraw Akram Bhuvi kumar, Axar The darter and Ashwin the most astute brain.
 
A side which boasts some of the top performers in the T20 world has once again not reached the final of this tournament.

What went wrong?

Bowling was never going to be India's forte but the batting should have done better.

Bumrah got Injured - that was the biggest blow.
They didn’t take Umran and shut the door on themselves by sticking with Ashwin instead of Chahal

Rohit was also out of form but that means nothing - they have one megastar after the other in their batting line.
 
Nasser Hussain, former England captain, reacted to the social media trolls who often target him for favouring Pakistan over India when it comes to criticising international cricket.

Speaking on Sky Cricket, Hussain said that he received a lot of hate on social media when he criticised India’s timid approach in the big games.

The former England skipper added that the trolls argued that he doesn’t criticise the Pakistani team in the same manner in which he analyses Indian cricket team.

Hussain then explained the reason behind not going after Pakistan’s batters by praising Indian cricket’s depth of talent.

The 54-year-old former England batter said that Pakistan do not have the likes of Suryakumar Yadav or Hardik Pandya to rescue them if they lose wickets up front.

“Twitter was going ballistic saying 'how you go on about India and not Pakistan'. It's a completely different thing. Pakistan don't have the batting depth as we saw in the last few overs in the final. They don't have players like Suryakumar Yadav, or Hardik Pandya to come in and smash it,” Hussain said on Sky Sports.

The trolling of Hussain started when he lambasted the Indian top-order for not scoring quick runs in the power play and first 10 overs of the game in the T20 World Cup.

However, Pakistan, who also had a similar approach throughout the tournament, escaped the criticism from the former England skipper.

Hussain further mentioned that he didn’t talk about Pakistan’s slow batting because they had the best bowling attack in the tournament and even if their batters manage to reach a par score, their bowlers kept them in the game but it wasn’t the case for India.

“Also, Pakistan have the best bowling line-up. So, if they get par, even less than par, they are still in the game. If India get par against England on a pitch like Adelaide, you are out of the game,” Hussain concluded.

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India's bowling takes the brunt of the blame. I dont know why they play nothing players like Axar Patel, who reminds me of Mo Hafeez when he was just starting off his career. For most of his career, Hafeez was a nothing player till he improved his batting towards the last year or so when he started scoring runs.

In Australia, they should have played Chahal or Yadav. And they need to get rid of Boobie Kumar, and bring in Umran. There only decent bowlers were Shami and Arshdeep who is a supertar in the making.
 
"Not Captaincy, But..." Irfan Pathan's 4-Point Formula On What Needs To Change In Indian Cricket

The manner of India's exit from the T20 World Cup 2022 has put most players in the spotlight. Be it the skipper Rohit Sharma or veterans like Mohammed Shami and Ravichandran Ashwin, their roles and spots in the team have been questioned by many former cricketers and experts. Some have even asked for a change in captaincy in the T20 format. However, former India all-rounder, Irfan Pathan, doesn't think changing the captain is the need of the hour at the moment. Rather, he feels what needs to change is the approach towards the game.

A number of former cricketers and fans have put forward the name of Hardik Pandya as India's next T20 captain, especially keeping the T20 World Cup 2024 in mind. Irfan, however, isn't in favour of such big changes considering Rohit only took up the job a year earlier, after Virat Kohli quit the team's captaincy following the 2021 T20 World Cup.

In a tweet, Irfan explained what changes should be made in the Indian cricket team going forward.

He tweeted: "Indian cricket going forward 1) Openers playing freely, At least one of them. 2) Wrist spinner (wicket taker ) is must. 3) Tear away fast bowler. 4) please don't think changing captaincy will give us changed result. It's the approach what needs to change."

Earlier, Irfan had also pointed out the 'risk' of making Hardik Pandya the captain. The all-rounder hasn't had an injury-free history. Irfan, hence, fears what happens to the team and plans if Hardik picks up an injury right before a big tournament.

"So, I'm not saying that if you change the captain, you change the result, if you go like that, you're not going to change the result. And with Hardik Pandya, you need to understand, we all need to understand, that he's a fast-bowling all-rounder. He has injury issues as well. What if he is your captain who is getting injured right before the World cup? And if you don't have any other leader ready, you'll be in a mess," said Pathan on Star Sports.

"So, what I personally think is that Hardik Pandya is a leader, who has done very well in the Gujarat Titians, won IPL, won the championship trophy. You need to find not one, but two leaders going forward to build their mark. You know just like we talk about openers - we need to have a group of openers, we also need to have a group of leaders," he had further said.

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"In T20 Cricket, You Will See...": VVS Laxman On Road Ahead For India After World Cup Semi-final Loss

Stand-in head coach VVS Laxman on Thursday said India will be looking to pack the side with T20 specialists as it seeks course correction after yet another World Cup failure. England, who won their second T20 World Cup title in Australia on Sunday, have set the benchmark with their fearless brand of cricket. They bat till number 11 and in the final against Pakistan, they had as many as seven bowling options even in the absence of lead pacer Mark Wood.

Speaking to media ahead of the New Zealand limited overs tour, Laxman said multi-dimensional players are the need of the hour in T20 cricket. "In white ball cricket, you need specialist players and going forward, in T20 cricket, you will see a lot more T20 specialists. T20 cricket has shown us over the years that you need multi-dimensional cricketers," said the current NCA chief ahead of the opening T20I on Friday.

"We have bowlers who can bat and batters who can bowl. More number of bowlers who can bat allows the team to have depth and batters to have freedom to go out and express themselves.

"I think that's the need of hour and more and more teams will get that into their selection process and identify multi-dimensional players." The next T20 World Cup is two years away but India will hit the reset button with the three games against New Zealand, followed by as many ODIs.

In the absence of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya will lead the side against New Zealand and he is seen as the future captain of the T20 unit. Virat Kohli and K L Rahul are the other top-order batters who have been rested for the series.

"T20 cricket requires to play with a lot of freedom and clarity of thought and whatever time I have spent with these players and watch them grow in international cricket, that is their strength. It is important to play with that freedom but also you need to assess conditions and fulfill the needs of the team," said Laxman.

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It was moving on from Kohli/Shastri aggressive fast bowling culture to Dravid’s trundler approach, over reliance on KL Rahul potential
 
It was moving on from Kohli/Shastri aggressive fast bowling culture to Dravid’s trundler approach, over reliance on KL Rahul potential

But didnt the trudler approach work during dhonis time?
 
1. Rohit -KL opening pair single handedly destroyed.

2. Rohit Stupid Sharma captaincy.
He didn't learn anything even after Asia Cup, same selection mistakes, same bowling rotation, ..same crap

3. As usual poor from BCCI selectors and Dravd-Rohit duo.
 
When a team hasn't won any ICC trophy for close to a decade after being constantly pampered by the icc by giving them preferential schedule and venues, then the issues related to constant failure are beyond bad team selection or top order being too conservative. Problem is IPL and how it is structured. IPL involves 7 Indians players in any team, which means atleast 70-80 Indians players are getting full time games in a league. This means the competitiveness level of IPL is very very ordinary and gives false sense of confidence to Indian players and fans about their strength. What commentators often describe as a very competitive league night be true because 7 Indian players in each team makes all the teams very mediocre and thus competitive with each other. Secondaly, with IPL providing job security means most Indian youngsters are happy with full time jobs in their ipl teams and they don't have to work extra hard anymore. They are comfortable with their roles and batting/bowling positions in their teams and aren't flexible anymore. All top Indian batsmen open or come at no:3 in IPL, whereas indian team needs someone at 4/5/6/7. Even hardik once he became captain in IPL started coming in at 3/4 and it's only a matter of time before he will start doing that in Indian team. Everyone wants to get into the Indian team based upon the exploits at 1/2/3/4 positions in their respective IPL teams. Finally, bowling less said the better. With tiny little IPL grounds, most bowlers are focused on not going for sixes, unlike international games, teams don't get bowled out in IPL often.
 
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If India had the batting then the approach might have worked but they simply don't have the bowling so they must get 20 rums above par.
 
Yuzvendra Chahal and Harshal Patel, who featured in most of the T20Is for India leading up to the T20 World Cup, didn't find a place in the XI at any stage of the tournament.

Chahal is India's second highest wicket-taker in T20Is, yet he hasn't featured in any T20 World Cup match since making his debut in 2016. He wasn't even a part of the squad during the 2021 World Cup and even though he was selected this time, he didn't get any game time.

Harshal Patel, on the other hand, featured in 23 T20Is for India leading up to this World Cup. But he didn't find a place in the XI either. It's quite surprising that two bowlers who have played so extensively for India weren't considered good enough to play even one match during the mega event. Now Indian keeper Dinesh Karthik has revealed the reason and the thinking of the Indian team management behind this decision.

"They didn't sulk or get upset once because they were very sure. At the start of the tournament, they were told that under these conditions, we would be playing you; otherwise, it might be difficult. So, they were very aware and were preparing in such a way that when they get an opportunity, they would try and do their best, but there might be a chance that they ended up not playing," Karthik said.

"So, when that clarity is there from the coach and captain, it makes the job easier for the player because you just start looking inward and thinking, okay what do I do to start preparing better. That is what they were doing, and had they been given a chance, they would have given their best. This is a very high-intensity tournament. As mentioned, he played a lot of matches for India, and he knows the feeling of being dropped," he added.

Although India performed quite well in the Super 12s, they suffered a crushing 10-wicket loss to England in the semi-finals and that has drawn widespread criticism from all corners. Some major changes could be seen in the T20I squad in the coming time ahead, and it has started with the BCCI opting to get a new selection panel on board soon.

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India were hugely unimpressive in this world cup. To be honest they were lucky to be in the semi final. Barely scraped past us off the last ball with no balls and free hit flying off the stumps, helped by rain / someone tripping over against Bangladesh. Just a couple of these random things had gone the other way and they wouldn't even be in the semi final.

Came as no surprise to me when they were humiliated by 10 wickets in the semi final. Felt a bit like when Brazil got smashed by Germany a couple of football world cups ago. You just knew it was coming. It was one of the reasons I also wanted India in the final! Could just sense that law of averages was going to dish them out a smashing after their luck in the group stage.
 
It'd have been better had we crashed out in group stages itself, like we did in last year's edition. SA were far better and deserving than us, save for their game against NL.
 
Team India's wait for an ICC title extended as Rohit Sharma and Co. endured a ten-wicket hammering against England in the semifinals of the recently-concluded T20 World Cup. Disappointed with India's lackluster show, fans and experts slammed the entire unit and senior spinner R Ashwin, who had a subpar outing in Australia, shared his views on the team's campaign at the T20 showdown.

Ashwin acknowledged the fact of fans being disappointed, and stated that no excuse can take the feeling away. Speaking on his YouTube channel, the carrom-ball specialist noted: "Everyone would have felt bad seeing Team India not win the tournament or reach the final. I agree, it would have been shattering. I don't think any excuse will make you forget it. Definitely, it is a disappointing moment. But we all have to move on."

He, however, urged the fans to appreciate India's efforts, stating reaching the semifinals “can be considered as an achievement.” He also mentioned that players too are disappointed with the outcome, something which is incomparable.

"We can't call it a disappointing campaign. We lost in the semi-finals. Reaching the semi-finals and finals can be considered an achievement. But from an Indian fan's point of view, and the expectations they have of this team, I totally understand the disappointment from the fans.

"But we players are at least 200-300 times more disappointed than what you all went through."

A week after the T20 World Cup, the team is ready with its next assignment, which is a full-fledged limited series in New Zealand. Senior pro Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Ashwin have been rested for the series as Hardik Pandya is leading the Indian brigade in the shorter format.

The opener in Wellington, which was scheduled to play on Friday, got abandoned without a single delivery being bowled due to incessant rain. The action now moves to Mount Maunganui, where the two sides will lock horns in the second T20I, scheduled to be played on Sunday.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...-t-call-it-disappointing-101668848557259.html
 
It'd have been better had we crashed out in group stages itself, like we did in last year's edition. SA were far better and deserving than us, save for their game against NL.

Until SA stops mixing politics they don't deserve it either. This was mega choke. You do not lose to a minnow in a must win match. Both India and Pakistan fans know how it feels from their humble 2007 exit. You fail to make it past to the next round because you lost to a minnow.
 
The semi final performance from India against England was just strange.

It was like India were playing their Twenty20 cricket at a pace from the 2000s when it was originally conceived, and had forgotten about the much evolved brand of ultra aggressive T20 cricket from the late 2010s and early 2020s.
 
The semi final performance from India against England was just strange.

It was like India were playing their Twenty20 cricket at a pace from the 2000s when it was originally conceived, and had forgotten about the much evolved brand of ultra aggressive T20 cricket from the late 2010s and early 2020s.

If you had opened with Jason Roy and Burns you would have played the same way like you forgot how to play T20. Rohit's IPL strike rate in 2022 in powerplay is 110, Rahul's power play strike rate in IPL 2022 is 100. When you pick two of the worst power play players of 2022 IPL that is what happens. A guy like Prithvi shaw who has strike rate of 150 in power play is not in the side. Even Buttler had power play strike rate of only 133 in IPL 2022. His best season ever.
 
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England's star performer from the semi-final, Alex Hales in a virtual media chat shared his thoughts on the encounter, where he also underlined where India fell short in the knockout tie. Hales noted that it was not poor bowling, which cost Men In Blue the game, in fact he feels it was batting, where India missed out. His comments were a dig at Rohit's remark who had said after the semi-final loss, “We were not upto the mark with the ball, we couldn't turn up today.”

"To be honest I think India were 30 runs short. Adelaide is a really high-scoring ground with shorter boundaries on both sides. Chasing a total of 160 or 170 is a little bit easy at that venue and credit to our bowling who bowled exceptionally well because I was expecting India to put up a total of around 190.

"Chasing 170, you always feel comfortable at Adelaide. Jos and I were carrying the momentum to attack in the powerplay from the previous games. We wanted to attack from the start and the conditions supported us brilliantly. I don't necessarily think it was poor bowling from India, I think it was just a chasable target for us," said Hales.

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The BCCI brass will review India's underwhelming performance in the T20 World Cup with skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid on January 1, according to BCCI sources. NCA chief VVS Laxman, who has been with the Indian team in Dravid's absence, is also expected to be part of the meeting. The meeting in Mumbai is scheduled ahead of limited overs against Sri Lanka beginning on January 3.

England had hammered India by 10 wickets in the World Cup semi-finals, extending their barren run in ICC events since 2013 when they won the Champions Trophy under M S Dhoni's leadership. The last world title came at home in 2011.

"Head coach Rahul Dravid and NCA head VVS Laxman are expected to analyse India's performance with BCCI bosses. The roadmap going into 2023 World Cup is also expected to be discussed," said the source.

The selection panel led by Chetan Sharma were shown the door post the World Cup but a new panel is yet to be formed.

The committee was sacked in November but it continues to track the ongoing Ranji Trophy and also picked the team for three T20s and ODIs against Sri Lanka.

The Cricket Advisory Committee, which was formed earlier this month, met in Mumbai on Friday to shortlist the list of candidates for the selectors' posts.

The panel comprises Ashok Malhotra, Jatin Paranjpe and Sulakshana Naik.

Chetan Sharma and Harvinder Singh have reapplied for the job while the others who have applied include former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad and former India wicketkeeper Nayan Mongia.

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