‘With Hardik Pandya Injured, it Became a Massive Problem’: Ravi Shastri Reveals What Cost India Couple of World Cups

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Ravi Shastri enjoyed success as the head coach of the Indian team during his term of office. The 60 -year -old player formed a good partnership with former Captain Virat Kohli as their partnership to help achieve great success in the test cricket. The Indian team is a force that must be taken into account in the red ball cricket when they play the dominant cricket in foreign conditions that make them one of the best sides of the world cricket.

However, during Shastri’s term of office, India failed to win the ICC Cup in the White Ball Criket. India was eliminated in the semifinals from the 2019 ODI World Cup, while they failed to reach the last four in 2021 T20 WC which was his last task as head coach.

In Odi the second between India and Western Indies, Shastri is in the comments box where he said that he asked the selection to find a reserve option that was suitable for Hardik Pandya who was vulnerable to injury in recent years. Former Indian head coach stated that India failed to find players who made them need several World Cups.

I always want a man who can be a bowl in the top-6. And with Hardik injured, it is a big problem. And the cost of India. The price of India is several World Cups. Because we don’t have anyone who can be a bowl in the top six. So, that is responsibility. We tell the voters, ‘Find someone’. But then, who is there? “Said Shastri in Fancode.

Hardik faced a lot of criticism because of his bowling fitting during the 2021 T20 World Cup as a result he took a short leave from the cricket after the tournament. He returned to the 2022 IPL where he showed off again again. He scored 487 runs in 15 matches with an average noble 487. He also reached bowling fitness and claimed eight wickets in the title winner campaign. The 28 -year -old player took responsibility on his own shoulders and promoted himself in the sequence of blows at numbers 3 and 4 to provide balance in the arrangement of players.

All-rounder flamboyant gets a place back in the T20i series against South Africa and impress many people with its appearance with both and the ball. Meanwhile, a British tour where he made everyone how important he was for the Indian team in the white ball cricket.