India crashed out of the T20 World Cup 2021 with a win, so to say, beating Namibia and still falling short of semi-final qualification. For a country that has won the inaugural T20 World Cup 2007 at the right time, nothing can be done about improving the curriculum in 2021, other than planning to learn from the present for the future. Virat Kohli as T20 captain and Ravi Shastri as coach come in the last category. The future has been handed over to the newly appointed India coach Rahul Dravid for a two-year term.
Rohit Sharma, the vice-captain in 2021 and the lower-middle-order batsman in the 2007 squad, is a common link between the two teams.
When the dust of defeat (against Pakistan, New Zealand) settles and there is a long-term development under the new head coach, the current opener has enough experience of India and Mumbai Indians performances in the T20 format to be harnessed. can be done. Input
Rahul Dravid unanimously appointed head coach of Indian cricket team
He was making his World Cup debut 14 seasons ago, like all teammates including captain MS Dhoni, when his side was gone with the 2007 World Cup title. History doesn’t win matches in 2021, execution of a game plan and making the best use of available players is more effective in keeping one step ahead of rivals. India’s World Cup players were on par in both cases. There was no shortage of effort, although the difficulty in clicking as a team was evident.
The recent UAE leg of the IPL ensured that local conditions were not alien to the big teams, with the best players contracted with various high-profile franchises in IPL 2021, including Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) and his World Cup teammates. She was Three of the four semi-finalists – England, Australia, New Zealand – benefited from the exposure. India did not know for reasons that knew them best.
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The leadership role at MI enhanced Sharma’s batting, so is expected to score runs after his rise as India’s T20 captain. He is also a strong contender to captain the ODI team in the 2019 World Cup in England on the back of his brilliant batting, but that discussion may stop for some time. The priority is to bring all the players, especially the senior Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, on the same wavelength as Dravid’s thinking.
The interaction with the newly appointed head coach will help both of them present their views on what did and didn’t happen in the T20 event from match team selection to shot selection. Outgoing team captain Kohli, blunt in his post-match analysis in the UAE, may not like the mirror placed over his face. India underperformed in familiar conditions and in the overall tournament show, would have struggled to finish in the first four.
Going into the 2019 World Cup in England and the ongoing T20 tournament under Kohli, the big matches have come with less highly experienced players, often enough to finish before the final. Interestingly, the overseas tours of Australia, England instilled confidence in Team India’s potential in the ICC event. Wins over Afghanistan, Scotland, Namibia after two early losses were a late wake-up call for the team.
Expressing views on what kind of players Dravid wants as captain of the team and getting the leeway to implement decisions can be an important step towards changing the way he thinks. Kohli had already announced his decision to step down from T20 captaincy to focus on his batting. This approach can also work in favor of the team in the 50-over format as both the teams have the same frontline players.
Twenty20 changed from the 2007 season when Dhoni’s moves were considered innovative at the World Cup level in 2021, where squads with stupendous individual talent like two-time T20 world champions West Indies were knocked out before knockouts. Sharma is seen as a more adaptable batsman than others for India, more flexible as a captain for MI, whose performances as a team in the pre-Covid season in the IPL take into account the qualities of the players. Had happened.
Being one of the many explosive stroke players in the 2007 team along with Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Dhoni, Sharma has done enough to become one of the best batsmen in cricket across all formats. Though the Kohli stroke player has some equal in T20, 50 overs or Test cricket, it is time to look beyond him for the captaincy so that India can benefit from re-focusing on the crease for many more seasons. A self-motivated pro, the intensity he brings to the game is unmatched.
Rahul Dravid will probably do better or even better than me: Ravi Shastri
Under-19s, the teams produced by Dravid so far in India A displayed aggressive intent as a team rather than an aggressive personality. Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane (Test captain’s win in a spectacular series over Australia) are leaders who have been sculpted in this mould. Indian cricket is privileged to have batches of players drafted by a widely respected cricketer from Kohli’s pre-Kohli era, when match-winners let their bat or ball do the offensive.
India’s new coach was among senior players backing Dhoni for T20 captaincy when the selectors needed a response ahead of the 2007 World Cup in South Africa. The wicketkeeper with a shrewd cricketing mind and calm face led Team India in two limited overs formats. Virat Kohli earned his momentum on the strength of performances in big matches and the players adjusted to a new style of leadership.
India’s first Sourav Ganguly, having been an extremely competitive captain in the form of Anil Kumble, demanded a lot from both his teammates and those included in the national team. After a restrained, controlled Dhoni, then an expressive, explosive Kohli as captain, let us leave it to Dravid which way to go.
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