Sunil Gavaskar criticised the Rohit Sharma-led team after the first session of Day 5 of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at The Oval on Sunday, June 11. India lost to Australia in the first session of Day 5, and Rohit Sharma was the captain of the team. India had already lost to New Zealand in the first WTC final, which took place in 2021. Kane Williamson was in charge of that team.
Australia beat India by a score of 209 runs to win the ICC World Test Championship for the first time. The Pat Cummins-led XI controlled for most of the game, so India didn’t have many happy times.
Australia scored 469 runs after being asked to bat first. India was then out for 296 runs, giving them a 173-run lead in the first inning. Australia’s second inning ended with them at 270 for 8, so India had to score 444 runs. The team led by Rohit Sharma was bowled out for 234 runs and missed out on another chance to win an ICC event.
India hasn’t done well at many ICC events in the past. Since the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013, the Asian giants haven’t won a big ICC trophy. Even though the Men in Blue always make it to the semifinals and finals of these tournaments, this is clear.
After India lost the WTC finals twice in a row, Sunil Gavaskar, a former cricket player who is now an analyst, questioned the team’s method and choice of players for the final match.
After the team lost to Australia in the WTC final, he also questioned the team’s managers about their plan for the game. “You have to be completely honest from the start and say what your plan was. Was your strategy appropriate for the World Test Championship Final? Was your method for picking the team, deciding whether to bat or bowl, or whatever, a little too cautious?” On Sports Today, Gavaskar said.
We’ll never win anything else but the Asia Cup. Sunil Gavaskar
He also said that India should try new people and let them fail on the big stage instead of keeping doing the same thing over and over.
“You have to ask all of those things. Look, we won’t win any titles, except maybe the Asia Cup, if we keep putting things under the rug. “If tough decisions have to be made, you make them, and if there has to be a failure, let it be done by someone who is new to the job,” he said.
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