Shastri, whose tenure with the Indian team ended after the final world Cup In the match against Namibia on Monday, it was said that the players needed a long break between the IPL and the World Cup.
“One thing I would say – this is not an excuse, but it is a fact. When you are in a bubble for six months, this team, this team has a lot of players who play all three formats of the game. Shastri Namibia said in a conversation with the media after the game.
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“In the last 24 months, they’ve been home for 25 days. I don’t care who you are, if your name is Bradman, if you’re in a bubble too, your average will come down because you’re human,” he said. .
The Indian team came to the IPL in the UAE after a four-month long and grueling tour of England. captain Virat Kohli has also talked about how bubble life is not sustainable in the long run.
“It’s not something where you just put petrol in the back and expect the guy to go ahead in overdrive. It doesn’t happen. So I guess it’s a tough time.”
“That’s why I say life isn’t what you achieve, it’s what you achieve. That’s what this team has done. They’ve shown the drive to stay there, no complaints. But quick.” Or later, the bubble will burst. So you have to be careful,” Shastri said.
Before the match against Namibia, Shastri told Star Sports that players have become mentally and physically weak after being in a safe environment.
“I am mentally exhausted but I expect that at my age but these people are physically and mentally exhausted. Six months in a bubble…
“We wanted a big difference between the IPL and the T20 World Cup… (because) when the big games come, when the pressure is on you, you’re not as active as you should be,” he said. .
Shastri became the director of the Indian cricket team for a period of eight months from the tour of England in 2014 to the 2015 World Cup. He was dropped in 2016, but was appointed the head coach of the Indian team on July 13, 2017. Kohli To form a broken partnership.
The highlight of his tenure was winning back-to-back Test series in Australia.
Ravi Shastri, who completed his very important stint as India’s head coach, feels that Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli is “ready and capable” to take over the T20 captaincy and sharing the burden of leadership is not such a bad idea in the post-COVID-19 world.
Rohit, who will take over the T20 captaincy from the New Zealand series, is also being roped in to lead India in the 2023 ODI World Cup and a formal announcement in this regard could be made at the earliest.
“I think you have found a very capable person in Rohit. He has won so many IPLs, he is the vice-captain of the team, he is ready to take on that job,” Shastri said.
He, in fact, welcomed the idea of Rohit moving on to the shorter formats and Kohli taking over the captaincy in Tests.
“I think many captains is not such a bad thing because with bubbles and so much cricket being played, players need to be turned around and given space to spend some time with their families and see their parents. needed.
“When a boy doesn’t go home for six months his family can be with him but you have parents and other families and if you don’t get a chance to see them, it’s not easy at all, so I guess That’s not such a bad thing,” he said.
Shastri believes that despite their indifferent performance in this edition of the T20 World Cup, India will remain a very strong team in the shortest format in the near future.
“… Because a lot of young players come in IPL and Rahul (Dravidian) will have their own ideas on how to take this team forward. I still see it as a very good team.”
Injured due to lack of bowling options: admits Shastri
In the roundabout, Shastri admitted that the lack of back-up bowling options hurt the team Hardik Pandya Wasn’t fully fit to bowl the full quota of overs.
“It always helps when you have one or two guys in the top-order who can bowl. We had in the past and unfortunately we don’t have much now and so that might be the way to go – this For sure we are some boys who can swing their arms.
Explaining his point of view, he said, ‘Even if there are four overs between them, it will help.
There was a gap between IPL and T20 World Cup
Shastri did not support the general theory that India were not playing too many T20 matches as a team, which was the reason for the defeat.
“The cricket itinerary is so full that they can only do one thing at a time. At least they played some T20 cricket. I just wish the difference was a little bit more. That’s it.”
so, did he talk BCCI About the brass issue? Shastri was dismissed.
“Look, it’s not my job, first of all. It’s already been done, it’s something I’m sure administrators, not just for India, BCCI, you know, it’s other people around the world There are also those who must be watching this.
“Before the big tournament to make sure there’s a bit of a gap, so that people are mentally refreshed and ready to play.”
But can an Indian player opt for rest without feeling insecure about his place?
“Absolutely. The communication has become free. We have managed the players. You know the training methods and everything and … we were never short on communication, everyone was free to speak, someone as a junior No one was supposed to be senior—no junior on this side, everyone had the freedom to express themselves.”
“Emotional”, but leaving this team in a better position
He admitted that he felt “very emotional” to be part of the set-up for nearly six-and-a-half years.
But does he feel that there is something missing in his experience?
The straight-talking coach said, “I don’t see the missing parts. When I took over there were 10 parts missing. Now there are only two.”
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