Former pacer Venkatesh Prasad has made scathing remarks over Team India’s performance in the recently concluded T20I series against West Indies. The Hardik Pandya-led team lost the five-match series 3-2, as they lost the decider by eight wickets on Sunday, August 13 in Lauderhill, Florida.
Team India lost the first two T20Is against West Indies, but made a comeback to level the series after four matches. However, they couldn’t win the decider, handing West Indies a series win. In a series of Tweets on ‘X’, Venkatesh Prasad slammed Team India skipper Hardik Pandya and the management. He expressed that the captain often looked clueless on the field.
“India needs to improve their skill set. There is a hunger & intensity deficiency & often the captain looked clueless. Bowlers can’t bat, and batsmen can’t bowl. It’s important to not look for yes men and be blinded because someone is your favourite player but look at the larger good.”
“They (captain and management) are responsible for the debacle and need to be accountable. Process and such words are misused now. MS (Dhoni) meant it, guys now just use the word. There is no consistency in selection, random stuff happening too much,” he added.
India needs to improve their skillset. Their is a hunger & intensity deficiency & often the captain looked clueless. Bowler’s can’t bat, batsmen can’t bowl.
It’s important to not look for yes men and be blinded because someone is your favourite player but look at the larger good— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) August 13, 2023
Hope Team India introspects instead of making silly statements: Venkatesh Prasad
Former pacer Venkatesh Prasad further pointed out that India lost to a West Indies side that failed to make it to the Super 12 of the T20 World Cup last year, and also lost to Bangladesh in an ODI series. He expressed that the team should introspect rather than make “silly statements.” Venkatesh Prasad tweeted,
“India has been a very very ordinary limited overs side for some time now. They have been humbled by a West Indies side that failed to qualify for the T20 WC a few months back. We had also lost to Ban in the ODI series. Hope they introspect instead of making silly statements”
“Not just 50 overs, West Indies had failed to qualify for the T20 World Cup last Oct- Nov as well. It pains to see India perform poorly and brush it under the carpet, under the garb of the process. That hunger, fire is missing and we live in an illusion,” the pacer wrote in another tweet.
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