India Cricket Team Overhaul: India T20 Captaincy: IND vs NZ Live – Even after the sacking of selection committee, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is not happy. The board is furious and has not forgotten India’s abject 10-wicket thrashing in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022. BCCI are now keen to implement three big changes for team India and is ready to take some harsh calls. Follow IND vs NZ Live Updates with InsideSport.IN
- Selection committee sacked
- Split captaincy
- Different Coaches
India Cricket Team Overhaul: FURIOUS BCCI rolls out 3 BIG changes for Team India after T20 WC debacle, Check OUT
India Cricket Team Overhaul: BCCI unimpressed with the results, ready to make big changes – A 10-wicket thrashing in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup was a rude wake-up call to BCCI. While all other losses in ICC semi-finals and finals of ICC events India put up a fight, the 2022 hammering was not acceptable to BCCI. Worst, India were lagging in the power play and had the worst strike rate among the top-playing Test teams. Few selections of players in the T20 WC were questionable.
Skipper Rohit Sharma not hitting the straps in the power play, and also not making correct captaincy decisions, not liked by BCCI. Different coaches is also one thing the board is serious to introduce due to the volume of cricket India play.
1. Selection Committee sacked
The Chetan Sharma-led selection panel were shown the door by BCCI after repetitive mistakes in their tenure as selectors. The panel’s contract was about to end on December 2022, but BCCI decided to end it now, due to India’s poor showing in the showpiece event. “There had to be a change and have to admit there were a few wrong decisions in selection. We needed a fresh start,” the board official said.
Selectors messed up big time by picking Harshal Patel, over someone who could bowl out-on-out pace. The Chetan Sharma-led selection panel also rushed Jasprit Bumrah to come back into the team after his injury. Also, the selectors brought KL Rahul to open even after the vice-captain missed playing two to three months of cricket before the World Cup.
There was no lack of part-time options, unlike England and New Zealand who had two to three at their disposal.
2. Split Captaincy
England have had huge success implanting split captaincy, and other teams like Australia and South Africa have followed suit. India is also set to adopt split captaincy and is willing to give T20 captaincy reins to Hardik Pandya. With Rohit not getting any younger, and playing three formats, the board is ready to lessen his workload and phase him out. Pandya is identified as the T20 captain, owing to his supreme success in IPL, and also due to his work ethic. BCCI has already begun planning Pandya is likely to be the official captain in the T20 format.
“For T20 cricket, there is no harm in having a new captain. Because the volume of cricket is such that for one player, to play all three formats of the game is never going to be easy. If Rohit is already leading in Tests and ODIs, there is no harm in identifying a new T20I captain and if his name is Hardik Pandya, so be it,” Ravi Shastri in a media gathering organized by Prime Video.
India Cricket Team Overhaul: FURIOUS BCCI rolls out 3 BIG changes for Team India after T20 WC debacle, Check OUT
3. Different coaches
Ravi Shastri blasted Rahul Dravid for taking so many breaks during his coaching stint. Shastri said coaches already have 2 month’s break during the IPL window, and that is enough. For the unreserved, Dravid is also not touring New Zealand, as VVS Laxman has stepped into the coaching role. “I don’t believe in breaks. I want to understand my team and players, and then be in control of that team. What do you need that many breaks for, to be honest?” Shastri said.
Ashwin defended the decision by saying that Dravid and the rest of the support staff deserve a break due to excessive brainstorming and planning during World Cup.
With India playing all three formats continuously, BCCI is thinking of having different coaches, at least for one format.
India Cricket Team Overhaul: FURIOUS BCCI rolls out 3 BIG changes for Team India after T20 WC debacle, Check OUT
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