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‘Kabhi ek baat par tik liya kar’ – Fans react to Ravi Shastri’s ‘Don’t Blame IPL for WTC final loss’ statement

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Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has said that IPL shouldn’t be blamed for India’s loss in the WTC Final. Since India’s loss, the fans and former cricketers have been blaming the scheduling of the league before the WTC Final. A lot of them feel that there should have been enough gap between the league and the Test Championship’s summit clash.

Meanwhile, Shastri believes the cash-rich league has provided a lot of talented players to the Men In Blue. He added that the league also given some top-class Test cricketers to the national side.

“I do not think the IPL is one bit of a disturbance. If Indian cricket is where it is today, you must thank the IPL. I know people will not like it, but I say it from the heart. You must thank the IPL. It has produced so many cricketers who have moved on to being top-class Test cricketers. From Hardik [Pandya] to Jasprit [Bumrah] to Rishabh [Pant]. So many young players like [Yashasvi] Jaiswal came through the IPL. And then people start looking at what they have done in First-Class cricket, rather than the other way around. It is a massive stage. It is the golden goose. So, never point fingers at that goose. See how we can get more eggs. How it can be used in the best possible way to do exactly what you are saying,” Ravi Shastri said in an exclusive interview with The Week.

Before selecting a Test team, one must look at red-ball records – Ravi Shastri

Notably, in the same interview, the 1983 World Cup winner said that even though the IPL has given some good white-ball players, the selectors shouldn’t get carried away. He further added that the players’ red-ball records must be checked as well

“Because of the IPL, you see an abundance of high-quality, young, white-ball players. But, one should not get carried away by that and think they should be automatic red-ball choices. No, I would rather see the red-ball record. I would sit with the selectors and find out more about who the [red-ball performances] were against, in what conditions, what are their strengths, what is the temperament of the bloke like.

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