The Indian Team have what it takes to win the 2023 World Cup at home, according to the former captain of India and World Cup champion, Kapil Dev. The legendary all-rounder said that team India has a large enough talent pool to field three different groups for three different formats, and that the selectors’ sound judgement should be trusted to decide how often to change the starting eleven.
In an interview with Gulf News, the 64-year-old stated, “I think we should leave it to the cricket board what they (selectors) plan. So many cricketers are coming, so everyone should get a chance to play. From what I can see from the outside is that they will have three teams – one each for T20Is, ODIs and Tests. That way, you can have a bigger pool.”
They should have one set of teams for a period of time: Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev also expressed his displeasure with the Indian think-decision tank’s to exclude Suryakumar Yadav from certain games. He stated that if the player named Man of the Match is dropped the next day and someone else comes in, he as a cricketer does not understand the thought process.
Suryakumar Yadav, who has yet to score a fifty in his last ten ODI innings, was left out of the ODIs against Sri Lanka earlier this month before being named to the squad for the dead rubber third ODI against Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram.
“Having said that, they should have one set of teams for a period of time. You can change an odd person I can understand that. But if your Man of the Match (Suryakumar Yadav) is getting dropped the next day and somebody else comes in, we as cricketers don’t understand that,” he said.
Suryakumar Yadav replaced Shreyas Iyer in the first ODI against New Zealand after he was injured and ruled out of the series. In the game, he scored 31 runs (26). India defeated New Zealand by 12 runs after Shubman Gill scored a double century and Mohammed Siraj took four wickets.
The team led by Rohit Sharma also went on to win the second match of the series with a dominant 8-wicket margin. With this, they sealed the series 2-0, with a match yet to be played.
