sunil gavaskar: This is the reason why India did not win the ICC tournaments; Sunil Gavaskar reveals the reason for India’s failures in the icc tournaments

Former India captain and cricket observer Sunil Gavaskar has blamed the lack of good all-rounders for India’s inability to win ICC tournaments in recent days. Gavaskar pointed out that the Indian team that won the 1983 World Cup, the Indian team that won the World Cup in 1985, and the Indian team that won the ODI World Cup in 2011 had many all-rounders.

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“There is only one reason why India is disappointed in ICC tournaments (ODIs, T20s). If you look at the teams that won the 1983, 2011 World Cups, or the 1985 World Championships, they were all full of great all-rounders. In the past, there were plenty of batsmen and bowlers who could bowl.”

We need the best all-rounders in numbers 6, 7 and 8. There were such people in the team that won the world tournaments. The likes of Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina were good batsmen and bowlers. This is the main weakness of the Indian team for the last two to three years. As a result, Captain Bolerian has no significant option. The team has also lost flexibility, “Gavaskar told Aaj Tak.

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At the same time, Hardik Pandya emerged as one of the leading all-rounders in the Indian team, but injuries hampered his career. Meanwhile, Team India tried all-rounders Vijay Shankar and Shivam Doobe, but none of them became match-winning all-rounders. Venkatesh Iyer is currently being tested for the role of India all-rounder. Let’s wait and see if this experiment will be successful.