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Team India will be eyeing to end the ICC title drought when the Rohit Sharma-led side will take part in the ODI World Cup at home later this year. The schedule for the upcoming World Cup was announced earlier this week. In the latest update, India will begin their campaign against five-time world champions Australia on October 8. India last won an ICC title in 2013 when MS Dhoni led the Men in Blue in the Champions Trophy, also the last Indian captain. To win the ODI World Cup title in 2011.
The 2011 World Cup took place in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The head coach of the team is Gary Kirsten and the team is led by MS Dhoni. This year, Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma will be aiming to end the ICC trophy drought that has been plaguing them for the last ten years. (Fact Check: Has ICC already released the tickets for the India vs Pakistan ODI World Cup 2023 match?)
During the schedule-unveiling event of the World Cup, Virender Sehwag discussed various topics of the World Cup, including the favorites to win it, India’s chances and many more. Sehwag also shed some light on his former teammate Rahul Dravid’s criticism after India’s recent performance in the World Test Championship final against Australia and also had an interesting comment on his former coach Gary Kirsten.
Sehwag said that players are responsible for the reputation of the coach and claimed that it was Team India that made Kirsten’s career as a coach.
“Once the player is on the field, the reputation of the coach depends on it. If the player performs well, the coach is appreciated, and vice versa. We made it to the WTC finals but no one is talking about the fact that we made it there. Everyone was criticizing our loss in the final. Rahul Dravid is a good coach, but ultimately a player has to do the job,” Sehwag said at an ICC event.
“After we won the 2011 World Cup, we got Gary Kirsten. After this he coached many teams, but could not win anything except IPL. There too Ashish Nehra was doing more work than Kirsten. And it’s actually true, you can see it even while watching television,’ said Sehwag.
“So, for me, the Indian coaching staff should give priority to keeping the players fresh and getting 100 per cent from them. If it goes well, you can see an Indian captain winning the World Cup,” Sehwag added.
