Nonetheless, the staff’s current performances have been beneath scrutiny as Rohit Sharma and co. haven’t been in a position to deal with stress effectively. Be it with the bat or ball, the staff hasn’t had an all-round efficiency shortly.
Former India all-rounder and World Cup-winner Yuvraj Singh on Thursday raised issues over Staff India‘s problems with dealing with stress in crunch video games.
Taking to X (formally Twitter), Yuvraj wrote, “All of us need a repeat of 2011 in #ICCWorldCup23 BUT In 2011 #TeamIndia shined beneath stress. In 2023, Once more, the staff is beneath stress to carry out. Do we have now sufficient time to show this round? Can we use this stress to turn out to be a ‘Recreation changer’?
Responding to Yuvraj, former India opener Virender Sehwag, in his personal distinctive means, mentioned that the Indian staff is not going to be taking stress on themselves and as a substitute placing it on the opposition. The World Cup winner additionally identified the truth that since 2011, the hosts have gone on to win the event.
“Ayi baat stress ki, toh iss bar hum stress lenge nahi, denge! Like champions! Peechle 12 saal mein, host staff world cup jeeti hain! 2011 – We received at Dwelling. 2015 – Australia received in Australia. 2019 – England received in England. 2023 – Hum Toofan Machayenge!
Former India captain and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly additionally weighed in on the dialog saying that Rohit has a stable staff at his disposal and India have gotten an enormous probability to win at residence.
“Is #TeamIndia favorite as a result of the World Cup is held in India or as a result of we’re taking part in with energy and confidence @virendersehwag? Sure, we received towards Aus in Aus, drew sequence towards England however then we misplaced to them each in large match conditions. I believe we have now a stable staff and an enormous probability, however we do must get again to our profitable methods earlier than the #ICCworldCup23,” Ganguly wrote.
The World Cup begins from October 5 with the conflict of list-time finalists England and New Zealand. India play their first match on October eight towards Australia.