Indian cricket team has participated in three world cups since 2019 and two T20Is and one ODI. One of these impressions resulted in a group-stage exit while in the other two, they went as far as the semifinals.
Meanwhile, South Africa has been the cricket world’s appointed ‘choker’ with New Zealand. However, the legendary Kapil Dev thinks that it is time India should also get themselves familiarised with the moniker. “Yes, we can call them chokers. That’s okay. They come close and then choke,” Kapil Dev said on a TV show on ABP News.
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Notably, Kapil was the first ever India captain to lead the team to a world cup win when he inspired them to a historic triumph at the Lord’s in 1983. He admitted that the Rohit Sharma-led side did play bad cricket but doesn’t want the critics to come down heavily on them.
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“I agree, India played bad cricket, but we cannot be overly critical based on just one game,” he said. Instead, Kapil mentioned Jos Buttler-led England for evaluating the conditions better than India as they won a good toss and opted to bowl first.
“England read the pitch better and played better cricket. We should not be too harsh on our players. These are the same guys who have brought laurels to the country. 168-170 is a good score. But if you don’t bowl according to the pitch, then this is what is going to happen. It is very easy to say in hindsight, but look at the number of shorts balls they bowled,” Kapil said.
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