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Previous India captain Sunil Gavaskar has brought up that the justification behind India not winning an ICC competition beginning around 2013 is the absence of all-rounders in the group. Sunil Gavaskar expressed that the Indian group of 1983 World Cup, 1985 World Championship and the 2011 World Cup had a great deal, all things considered. He communicated his musings after the principal ODI among India and South Africa which the guests lost by 31 runs.
Batting first, Proteas posted a sum of 296/4 as Temba Bavuma (110) and Rassie van der Dussen (129) scored hundreds of years. In answer, India were cruising at 138/1 with Shikhar Dhawan (79) and Virat Kohli (51) batting at the wrinkle. However, their wickets one after another ended up being a defining moment of the game as the group lost the wickets of Shreyas Iyer (17), Rishabh Pant (16), Venkatesh Iyer (2) and Ravichandran Ashwin (7).
Just Shardul Thakur scored unbeaten 50 runs. India is presently following by 0-1 in the three-match series and will play the following game on January 21. They will be enthusiastic about evening out the series and taking it to the decider.
“There is just one motivation behind why this group has been left frustrated in ICC competitions (ODI and T20I). Assuming you take a gander at the groups that won the 1983 and 2011 World Cups or even the 1985 World Championship of Cricket-winning side, they were generally brimming with extraordinary all rounders,” Gavaskar said while addressing Aaj Tak.
India had hitters who could bowl and the bowlers who can bat, says Sunil Gavaskar
The previous India captain additionally added that the Indian groups in the past had hitters who could bowl and bowlers who can bat. He refered to the case of Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina who could bowl in the center overs and furthermore give pivotal forward leaps to the group. Strangely, Yuvraj won the Player of the Tournament grant in 2011 World Cup for his overall abilities.
“There were many players who could bowl and the bowlers could bat. The numbers 6,7 and 8 requires all-rounders which this multitude of triumphant groups had. Any semblance of Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina could bowl and bat quite well. This is the one inadequacy that the Indian group has over the beyond a few years, because of which the commander has not had numerous choices and the group has needed adaptability,” Sunil Gavaskar said while reacting to a watcher’s inquiry over absence of equilibrium in this Indian side.
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