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India needs to find ways to move beyond semis, says Sourav Ganguly
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday lashed out at Indian team management and selectors. Here is what he said
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday lashed out at Indian team management and selectors and said India needs to find ways to go beyond semi-finals in the big tournaments. While presenting the example of England’s transformation from 2015 to 2019, Ganguly insisted that stability is required in the selection of the team.
"I'm opposed to too many players being moved around. I'm for stability, not a stop-start type of an environment," Ganguly told The Print.
"We haven't won a global tournament since the 2013 Champions Trophy.” “We have to find a way to move beyond the last-four stage. Look at what England did in the recent World Cup. Learning from 2015, they transformed themselves into world beaters." He added.
The 47-year-old also remarked that there is a need for more impressive performances from the players,
"We don't need cameos only, we need match-winning innings or spells. Learn from Virat, Rohit (Sharma) and (Jasprit) Bumrah... Mohammed Shami too."
Earlier, Sunil Gavaskar also showed dissatisfaction with the selectors,
"That they selected the team for West Indies without first having a meeting to select the captain brings up the question of whether Virat Kohli is the captain of the team at his or the selection committee's pleasure," Gavaskar wrote in the Mid-Day newspaper.
"To the best of our knowledge his appointment was till the World Cup. After that, it was incumbent on the selectors to meet even if it was for five minutes for his reappointment."
