Former India batter Robin Uthappa believes that with the national side getting many quality players, they need to see the direction of their approach in the shortest format, especially with the Men’s T20 World Cup set to be played in West Indies and USA in less than a year now.
Ever since India won the inaugural 2007 Men’s T20 World Cup in South Africa, of which Uthappa was a member of the M.S. Dhoni-led squad, the side is yet to win the coveted trophy, despite the creation of the Indian Premier League (IPL) a year later.
Their next-best finish has been being runners-up in the 2014 edition of the tournament in Bangladesh, while their outdated brand of cricket in the 2022 Men’s T20 World Cup saw them crash out in the semifinal stage after being handed a ten-wicket thrashing by eventual champions England.
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“If you look at it, we do have a platform of plenty. There are enough people to represent the country and the quality is very, very high. Sometimes when you have so many high-quality players, there can be a headache which other countries don’t have.”
“It about how we decide to navigate through it as a team management and what is the approach the leadership group have and what will be critical to India’s success in the shortest format in the coming years?”
“They need to figure out which way they want to go because there’s so much quality in players coming through the ranks, that it becomes quite challenging to see who gets an opportunity,” said Uthappa, an expert for JioCinema, in a select virtual media interaction.