IND vs ENG / These were the flaws in India's WC preparations, the big players kept resting

IND vs ENG | India's performance in the T20 World Cup 2022 was better than the T20 World Cup played in the UAE last year. There is no doubt about it, as the team traveled to the semi-finals, but the crushing 10-wicket defeat in the semi-final at the hands of England brought back memories of the day in the hearts and minds of Indian fans when the team was defeated last year. In their very first match of the T20 World Cup, Pakistan suffered a similar embarrassing defeat by 10 wickets. Losing a match by 10 wickets in any format of cricket is shameful, but in the shortest format, if you get such defeat twice in consecutive World Cups, then big questions are bound to arise on the team's preparation, selection.

Rohit and coach Rahul Dravid got a big responsibility

In the T20 World Cup played in the UAE last year, when the Indian team was knocked out from the early stages of the tournament, people questioned Kohli's captaincy and many believed that Rohit should be made the captain as he had He has the experience of winning titles in the T20 format and he will help India win the title with the help of his experience. Rohit Sharma was chosen as the new captain of the T20 team soon after India's campaign ended in the T20 World Cup 2021. Because Kohli had already told before the World Cup that he would step down from the post of captaincy after the World Cup and with the end of the World Cup, the tenure of team coach Ravi Shastri was also over, so Rohit was replaced by Rahul Dravid. Who was made the new head coach of the team. In such a situation, both of them had a big responsibility of preparing the team to win the title within a year.

More experiment dipped the team of Team India

But if we now look at the preparations made by the Indian team within the last one year, then many shortcomings are seen in it. This is because in all the T20 series that the team has played during the last one year, in some series, many key players including the captain were rested or were out due to injury. In many series, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya were made the captains of the team. Indian captain Rohit Sharma was seen saying the same thing series after series that the team is doing new experiments and even in the matches of the World Cup, the team had to pay for being out of the tournament.

Strong start for India under Rohit's captaincy

After the T20 World Cup 2021, the Indian team played the first series against New Zealand, in which India defeated the Kiwi team 3-0. After this, India played the T20 series against West Indies in February, in which Rohit was the captain of the team. However, his partner KL Rahul was not a part of this series and Hardik Pandya was also out due to injury. In this series too, the team won 3-0. After this, the team played a T20 series against Sri Lanka before the IPL, in which Suryakumar and Kohli were rested. Although captain Rohit was with the team. Here too the team won 3-0.

Pant and Hardik were made captains

After the IPL was over, the African team came on a tour of India for the five-match T20 series. Rishabh Pant was made the captain of the team for this series, which took place just 4 months before the start of the World Cup, and Dinesh Karthik was called back in the team on the basis of his strong performance in the IPL. KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar and Jasprit Bumrah were rested. After this, one team of India left for Ireland and the other team went on a tour of England, in which the main players of the team returned. The team played two T20 matches on the Ireland tour and under the leadership of Hardik Pandya, the team also won.

Many experiments done just before the World Cup 2022

India toured England three months before the start of the T20 World Cup 2022, where the team played a three-match T20I series. The Indian team was also seen experimenting against England. Pant Rishabh Pant, who played two matches in the ongoing World Cup, was seen opening in that series and one thing to note here is that Chahal was a part of this series and took 4 wickets in two matches. India won this series 2-1. After this the team went on the tour of West Indies, where the team played a 5-match T20 series. Kohli was missing from this series as he went on a long break. While KL Rahul was out due to injury.