The Indian cricket team is having a tough time on the field as the wait for an ICC title continues. Rohit SharmaIndia recently suffered a defeat against Australia in the final of the World Test Championship 2023 at The Oval when the Men in Blue lost by 209 runs. The ICC trophy cabinet has been empty since 2013, despite making it to the knockout stages on several occasions. With India facing some tough questions over who will step forward with current skipper Rohit Sharma in the future, a former World Cup winner has come under severe criticism in this tournament. Indian selector.
In a conversation with Hindustan Times, former Indian cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar has given blunt statements. The former selector said that the selectors have no vision for the future and lack understanding of cricket.
“Unfortunate thing is that the selectors I have seen in the last six-seven years have neither the vision, nor the depth of the game, nor the understanding of cricket. They made Shikhar Dhawan India captain (when India’s matches overlapped and key players were unavailable); This is where you can groom the captain of the future,” Vengsarkar told Hindustan Times.
just doing IPL…this should not be the only achievement’
The 1983 World Cup winner also said that the Indian management has not groomed anyone for the captaincy role and winning the IPL should not be India’s only achievement. “You haven’t groomed anyone. You just play as you come. You talk about the richest cricket board in the world, where is the bench strength? Just having IPL, earning crores of rupees in media rights, that should not be the only achievement. , “They said.