ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag was very critical of the current team India during the press conference. With the T20 World Cup approaching, everyone wants to know what needs to be changed in Indian squad as they had just lost the ODI World Cup final.
Who better to answer this question than the inaugural T20 World Cup winner himself? Sehwag won the 2007 T20 World Cup and talked about how the Indian team is missing that fearlessness.
He also touched upon the fact that how the Indian side has not won any ICC trophy since 2013 even after having a strong squad every time. Virender Sehwag talked about how the ICT needs to take risks to win something.
‘Winning Mentality Is Missing’
Sehwag stated, “If I look back at the last ODI World Cup final that we lost to Australia, nobody played fearless cricket between the 11th and the 40th over; we hit only one or two fours.”
He further stated “I can give my example. When I was part of the team. From 2007-08 to the 2011 World Cup, we used to treat every match as a knockout match. A World Cup semifinal; if we lost, we were out. So from 2007-08 to 2011, we won a lot of tournaments and prepared for the World Cup. Maybe the Indian team can do that and play every match as if it is a knockout match, that if we lose, we are out. So the mindset changes.”
“I think that mindset is needed in that dressing room. When you go into a knockout match, you play fearlessly, with bravery, play with some risk. That, I think is lacking,” he concluded.
ICC T20 World Cup 2024 In Sights
Indian team would like to get their hands on the T20 trophy in the upcoming months. BCCI has just announced the 15-man squad for the upcoming tournament and it is a strong team.
If every player is able to perform and handle the pressure there is no team strong enough to stop this Indian side.
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