The Indian team has been continuously targeted since after losing back to back games in the T20 World Cup. They need to win all their remaining games to give themselves a chance to make the semi-finals. Meanwhile, former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has said that the Indian team is currently divided into two camps in which favours skipper Virat Kohli and the one which is against him.
Speaking in a video on his Youtube channel, Shoaib Akhtar said that there may be two camps within Indian team, one of which may be against Kohli. The former fast bowler also said that everyone should respect Kohli as he is a great cricketer, despite him making some bad decisions in the first two games.
The Team Is Looking Divided: Shoaib Akhtar
“Why I can see that there are two camps within the team? One is with the Kohli and one against Kohli. It’s crystal clear. The team is looking divided. I don’t know why this is happening. Maybe it’s because of his last T20 World Cup as a skipper. Maybe he made wrong decisions, which is true. But he’s a great cricketer, and we have to respect him,” Akhtar said.
Akhtar further criticised the Indian team for not showing the fight against The Kiwis. Their shoulders dropped even before the game started and it looked like the team had surrendered already. Various cricket experts said that India were struck by the fear of failure given their recent history against New Zealand in ICC matches.
“Yes criticism is important because they played bad cricket against New Zealand and had the wrong attitude. Yesterday, after they lost the toss, everyone’s heads were down.”
“They had no idea whatsoever. India, you only lost the toss by that time, not the whole match. They were just present there, and had no gameplan whatsoever.” Akhtar signed off.
India will play Afghanistan in their next fixture on November 3 in Abu Dhabi and against Scotland and Namibia in Dubai again.
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