Sunil Gavaskar warns Rohit Sharma of India’s inability to win an ICC trophy in last 10 years
There is no hiding from the fact that India has not won an ICC trophy in the last 10 years with the last one coming under the captaincy of MS Dhoni when Man in Blue won the Champions Trophy in 2013 in England.
Since then, India has played two 50-over World Cups, four T20 World Cups, and reached the final of the World Test Championship twice in as many editions but the trophy has eluded the team on every occasion.
Many people thought that a change in captaincy would also change the fortune of the team in ICC events but the situation hasn’t changed much under new captain Rohit Sharma. More so India has also started losing tournaments they were once assured of winning like the Asia Cup where the team faced a group stage exit in the last edition in UAE.
Gavaskar Speaks on trophy drought
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar has now warned Rohit Sharma and said that the Indian captain will be judged through the number of trophies he wins “At the end of the day you are judged by the number of trophies you have won, the number of wins you have. Winning these two tournaments will make him one of India’s greatest skippers,” Gavaskar said.
The former Indian opener also shared his views on the preparedness of the Indian team for the upcoming World Cup in India. He raised concern over the lack of batters who can bowl in the team.
Lack of all-rounders
“More than anything else, luck of the day is very important and if you look at the teams (in 1983, 1985, and 2011), they all had top-class all-rounders. You had batters who could bowl 7-8-9 overs and bowlers who could bat down the order. That was the biggest plus of those teams. You see MSD’s team also: Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, and Virender Sehwag could all bowl. It was the biggest plus. So, any team that has all-rounders (will hold the edge). “You look at England who won last year’s T20 World Cup, look at the all-rounders they had. So, all-rounders are the key element,” said the 1983 World Cup-winning team member.
