The Indian cricket team, which has been yearning for the ICC trophy for the last ten years, lost the World Test Championship final (WTC Final) to Australia on Sunday. I remembered
India last won the ICC title in 2013 when they defeated England in the Champions Trophy final under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Along with India’s defeat, former head coach Ravi Shastri’s statement also went viral which he said while doing commentary. The former all-rounder had said that winning an ICC trophy is not easy but Mahendra Singh Dhoni made it a lot easier.
Under Dhoni’s leadership, the Indian team won the T20 World Cup in 2007, the ODI World Cup in 2011 and the Champions Trophy in 2013. Along with this, Dhoni also got a chance to lift the then ICC Mace given to the best Test team of the year. Several fans expressed their feelings on Twitter by sharing a picture of Dhoni with the three global trophies and the mace. The anger of the fans on Twitter also came out on the selection of wicketkeeper Shrikar Bharat.
Question on Rohit’s captaincy
A Twitter account created by the name of Pulkit mocked Bharat and wrote, “Khiladi aisa bano ki koi aapse kuch hope laga ke na sithe.” This tweet immediately went viral. People also raised questions on Rohit Sharma’s captaincy and fitness on social media. After the defeat of the Indian team, fans were seen advising Hardik Pandya to replace Rohit as captain, at least in limited overs format.
A Twitter handle named Lisa wrote, “The time has come to remove lazy, unfit Rohit Sharma from the captaincy and make Hardik the ODI captain of India.” This is the only way India can win ICC trophies.
Not only Rohit, the Indian fans demanded the ouster of the top four players of the batting order. Former India captain and veteran opener Sunil Gavaskar’s statement also started doing business on social media.
Gavaskar looked very upset with the way Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara got out after playing bad shots. He also criticized Man of the Match Travis Head for not bowling a bouncer.
Gavaskar said, “We will now go to play the West Indies. We won there 2-0 or 3-0 it doesn’t matter because they are a weak team. Didn’t get success.
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