India could be 100 per cent prepared for ODI World Cup 2023 if Virat Kohli was captain: Rashid Latif

Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has expressed his considerations concerning the efficiency of Asian groups, together with India and Pakistan, within the upcoming ODI World Cup. Latif is of the opinion that the previous world champions might wrestle to compete with the power-hitting abilities exhibited by different high worldwide groups.

Latif has additionally argued that Indian group are usually not properly ready for the ODI World Cup, and the reason being that Virat Kohli will not be on the helm of the nationwide aspect.

During a dialogue on the Cricket Baaz Youtube channel, Latif highlighted that groups corresponding to England, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa are anticipated to introduce modern methods within the upcoming 50-over match, which is scheduled to happen in India from October 5 to November 19.

“The one area where I feel Asian teams will struggle to match these sides are particularly in the middle overs when a fast strike rate is required even in 50-overs,” said the former wicket-keeper batter.

“The English, Australian and New Zealand batters have turned to reverse sweep and swap pictures in opposition to the spinners into one thing very deadly these days,” he additional added.

Latif additionally commented on India’s current efficiency within the T20 sequence in opposition to West Indies. He believes that India’s loss might be attributed to the group’s incapability to permit new gamers to correctly settle into their roles. He criticised the Indian group administration for his or her frequent adjustments within the center and decrease order batting line-up, which he believes has prevented new gamers from establishing themselves.

“Indian team management has experimented with several players and if I talk about their batting the middle and lower order say from 4 to 7 they just have not allowed any new player to settle down with frequent changes,” Latif mentioned.

“If they had allowed Virat Kohli to continue as captain, India would be 100 percent ready for the World Cup by this time,” he additional added.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Aug 16, 2023