India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin has shared his views on India’s lack of an ICC trophy since 2013 and said that simply because former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the crew to a World Cup win in his first try as a captain doesn’t imply it may be assumed the identical for others which have adopted or come earlier than.
“It’s easy to say you haven’t won this and so on. After the 1983 World Cup, the great Sachin Tendulkar played the 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, and 2007 World Cups. He finally won the World Cup in 2011. He had to wait for 6 World Cups to finally win one,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel. “Just because another stalwart MS Dhoni came and won a World Cup as soon as he took charge, doesn’t mean it’ll happen to everyone, right?”
The off-spinner additional urged the followers to be affected person with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli on the identical accounts.
“These players (Rohit and Virat), didn’t play in 2007. Rohit Sharma missed out on the 2011 World Cup. Only Kohli played in 2011, 2015, 2019 and now he will play his fourth World Cup in 2023. ‘He hasn’t won an ICC tournament’ they say. He has won it in 2011, he has won the 2013 Champions Trophy. Rohit Sharma has also won the 2013 Champions Trophy. So, we can give them space guys. They are playing bilaterals, IPL, and so many other matches. When it comes to ICC tournaments, you need those crucial moments to go your way,” he stated.
Since successful the 2013 Champions Trophy in England, India have featured in three ICC finals (2014 T20 World Cup, 2017 Champions Trophy and 2021 World Test Championship) and 4 semifinals (2015 ODI World Cup, 2016 T20 World Cup, 2019 ODI World Cup and 2022 T20 World Cup) however haven’t been in a position to win clutch knockout video games to go all the best way.
With the ODI World Cup being performed at residence later this yr, Rohit Sharma and co. will likely be below stress to finish the continuing trophy drought. Keep their residence document intact in bilaterals, the lads in blue whitewashed Sri Lanka and New Zealand within the three match sequence earlier this month.
