T20 World Cup: Harbhajan Singh slams Bharat Arun – Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has slammed Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun for his press conference comments after he hinted that toss played a crucial point in each of their games. The Mne in Blue suffered a humiliating group-stage exit despite entering the T20 World Cup as favourites with losses against Pakistan and New Zealand. Arun when questioned about the losses said that toss and bio-bubble fatigue were the reasons, with Kohli failing to win the coin toss in both games. Follow all T20 World Cup LIVE updates on Insidesport.in.
T20 World Cup: Harbhajan Singh blasts Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun, asks team to not hide behind excuses
Speaking on Sports Tak, Harbhajan Singh slammed Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun for giving excuses following India’s exit from the T20 World Cup. Bhajji said that while toss was crucial, a team has to play well, citing Chennai Super Kings’ example, pointing out how despite batting first, the team went on to beat Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL final not too long ago.
Harbhajan Singh said, “I heard Bharat Arun saying that had India won the toss, they could have done this and done that. All that is up for a later discussion. If you had thought that you wanted to bowl first or bat first, well… didn’t Chennai Super Kings win the IPL after batting first? They did score 190, so you have to make runs. Let us accept the fact that we didn’t play well as we should have and we did not live up to expectations.”
T20 World Cup: Harbhajan Singh blasts Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun, asks team to not hide behind excuses
Harbhajan Singh added that once coaches start giving excuses, it sets a bad precedent for the team. He added that the team should own up to their defeats and not hide behind excuses. He said, “It’s easy. There is no if and but involved, things like ‘if we had won the toss, we would have won the match as well’. It doesn’t work that way. There are teams who did not win the toss but ended up winning the match. Such things are said by teams who aren’t as developed. But India are a strong unit, a champion unit.”
He added, “If coaches give such excuses, it’s really wrong. Let us admit we did not play well, which can happen. Not a problem, but going forward, it should be a learning that we should not give out such statements and try to play better.”
T20 World Cup: Harbhajan Singh blasts Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun, asks team to not hide behind excuses
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