Former cricketer Venkatesh Prasad came down heavily on Rohit Sharma led Team India after they slumped to their second loss in the three match series against Bangladesh. This meant they had lost the ODI series–their second such loss in 7 years on Bangladesh soil. It all began when a spirited Mehidy Hasan Miraz led his team to a formidable 271 run target after being down 69/6 after they batted first in Mirpur in the second ODI.
This loss comes on the back of T20 World Cup losses in 2022 and 2021 where team’s cricketing strategies had come under fire. The team was said to be slow in the opening powerplays which was called outdated in the face of modern day T20 gameplay. Reiterating the same point, former cricketer Venkatesh Prasad asked Team India to soul search. On Twitter, he posted how India’s white ball strategies are decade old.
“India is innovating in so many fields across the world. But whn it comes to playing limited overs cricket, our approach is a decade old. England after the 2015 WC first round exit took tough calls and turned around to become such an exciting team, India need to take tough calls..”
“And change approach drastically. We haven’t won a T20 WC since the IPL started & last 5 years have been poor in ODIs apart from winning inconsequential bilateral. Haven’t learned from our mistakes for too long and far from being an exciting team in limited overs cricket. CHANGE”, he further added.
