Former cricketer Kris Srikkanth feels Team India has been overrated in Test and T20I cricket. He lambasted the team for their performance in the first Test against South Africa. India suffered an embarrassing loss in the test by an innings and 32 runs at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.
In a video on his YouTube channel, Kris Srikkanth opined that India is an overrated team in Test cricket and T20Is. However, he praised the Indian team for their performance in the ODIs, especially in the recent ODI World Cup. He expressed that India is a gun side in ODI cricket regardless of the conditions, but lacks in the other two formats. Kris Srikkanth said,
“In T20 cricket India is highly over-rated. ODI cricket, we are a fantastic team. What happens in ODis, in the semi-finals, finals, it’s just a one-off match. It’s a luck factor, a lot depends on luck in these matches. I read Rohit Sharma’s statement, for a cricketer, the 50-over World Cup is a huge achievement. We are sometimes underperforming in the knockout matches, in the semi-finals and the final. But we are a gun side in ODI. Regardless of where we play, be it India, Australia or South Africa, we are a gun side.”
“Test cricket, we are over-rated. We have to make sure… I think it was a phase of 2-3 years… when Virat Kohli was the captain of the team, we were outstanding. We dominated in England, we fought hard in South Africa, we won in Australia. We had a good phase for 2-4 years. Yes, we were dominating in England, in Australia,” he added.
Forget the ICC Ranking: Kris Srikkanth
Former cricketer Kris Srikkanth further expressed that the ICC Rankings are not the indicator of the team’s performance. He expressed several of the Indian players are overrated while some have not performed to their potential. He also pointed out that players like Kuldeep Yadav have not gotten enough chances.
“We have to forget ICC ranking. We are always 1-2, 1-2. It’s a combination of having over-rated cricketers and people who have not performed up to their potential. Or some players have not enough chances like Kuldeep (Yadav),” said Kris Srikkanth.
“If you want to be the best team, you should be capable of being the giants in their home grounds. That is what we did when Rishabh Pant was firing. But you can keep on saying that we scored in Australia, we scored in England. You can sing the same song, you won’t move forward if you rest on past laurels. You have to just look at how you have performed in the last 2 years, last 18 months,” he further said.
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