5 Biggest drawbacks In Indian Cricket since World Cup 2011

It has been more than 11 years since team India won the 2011 World Cup after defeating Sri Lanka in the final match of the tournament. Under the leadership of MS Dhoni, the Men in Blue scripted history as they played excellent cricket throughout the tournament and clinched the prized trophy. It must be noted that the Men in Blue after winning the 2011 World Cup have managed to reach the knockout stage in several World Cup tournaments but have failed to grab the prized trophy. In this article, we will talk about five such setbacks in Indian cricket since they won the 2011 World Cup. 5 Drawbacks in Indian cricket since the 2011 World Cup: 5. Lack of left-arm pacers Zaheer Khan. (Photo Source: Twitter) Unlike the 2011 World Cup when team India had two prominent left-arm pacers Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra, the Men in Blue have not been able to find a permanent replacement for the veteran pacers. Zaheer played a crucial role throughout the tournament and scalped several important wickets for his side. Just like Zaheer, Nehra also took some vital wickets in the competition and he was one of the reasons for India beating Pakistan during the semi-final clash. Nehra also continued to play after the 2011 World Cup and gave many vital contributions with the ball. As mentioned above, team India has tried several left-arm pacers including Barindar Sran, T Natarajan, and Khaleel Ahmed, but these pacers could not manage to secure their place in the Indian line-up. At present, young pacer Arshdeep Singh has impressed everyone with his bowling performance and the left-arm pacer will want to become a regular feature in the Indian playing XI. 4. No permanent number four batter Ambati Rayudu. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images) Team India star batter Virat Kohli batted at the number four spot in the 2011 World Cup with the top three positions occupied by Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, and Gautam Gambhir. The right-handed batter played several crucial knocks for the Men in Blue in the tournament. After the above-mentioned players retired from the game, Kohli took the all-important number three batting spot in the Indian team and has done a commendable job in that position. However, the Men in Blue have not been able to fix a batter to bat at the number four spot. The team management has tried several options including Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, and Dinesh Karthik among others, but none of them have been able to solve team India’s number four batting position woes. At present, Suryakumar Yadav is the chief contender to bat at the spot. 3. Lack of players with all-round skills Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel. (Photo Source: Twitter) Unlike the 2011 World Cup when skipper MS Dhoni had several bowling options as Sachin Tendulkar, Yusuf Pathan, Virender Sehwag, and Yuvraj Singh were more than handy bowlers apart from their batting skills. As a matter of fact, Dhoni used Yuvraj excellently as the left-arm spinner and took several vital wickets for the Men in Blue. At present, the Men in Blue have several all-around options including Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, and Ravindra Jadeja, but these players have not been able to replicate the performances when compared to the likes of Sachin Tendulkar or Yuvraj Singh. The likes of Hardik and Jadeja have performed well for their team, but they have also been in and out of the Indian squad after suffering injuries. However, both Jadeja and Pandya are expected to play a vital role in the upcoming 2022 T20 Asia Cup and try to give a match-winning effort at crucial junctures. 2. Lack of all-format players Shikhar Dhawan. (Photo Source: BCCI/Twitter) As compared previously, team India had a set of players who used to represent the national team across all three formats of the game. The likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh used to play in all three formats of the game. However, the scenario has changed in the current Indian line-up. Team India has set of players for across all three formats of the game. For instance: Shikhar Dhawan has not played for India in Tests and T20Is for long, but he continues to be one of the regular features in the ODI squad. Just like Dhawan, team India’s prominent batter Cheteshwar Pujara has remained a regular feature in the Indian Test team, but the right-handed batter has not represented the Men in Blue for a very long time. 1. Lack of experience Virat Kohli. (Photo Source: Twitter) One of the main reasons for team India’s disappointing outings during the 2019 and 2021 World Cup was the inexperience in the batting line-up. The Men in Blue lost to New Zealand in the semi-final fixture after chasing just a score of 230+ runs in their allotted 50 overs as their top and middle-order crumbled under pressure. The Men in Blue also opted for a very young squad during the 2021 World Cup based on their performances in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Team India crashed out of the tournament after the group stage matches as they lost to their arch-rivals Pakistan for the first time in a World Cup match. The Men in Blue will not want to repeat the same mistakes for the upcoming 2022 T20 World Cup to be played in Australia. India will be under the new leadership of skipper Rohit Sharma who will want to stamp his authority in the international arena.

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