The former Indian fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad slammed the Indian team after their series loss to West Indies. Prasad came up with his tweet and stated about the mediocre performance of Team India in white ball cricket.
The Men in Blue lost a bilateral series for the first time against the Caribbeans since 2016. Seeing such a result, fans were not happy and started to slam Hardik Pandya and his men on social media. The former Team India pacer, Venkatesh Prasad also came up with a tweet to slam the team.
Talking about the Tweet, Prasad wrote: “India has been a very very ordinary limited overs side for some time now. They have been humbled by a West Indies side that failed to qualify for the T20 WC few months back. We had also lost to Ban in the ODI series. Hope they introspect instead of making silly statements #IndvWI.” West Indies failed to qualify for the upcoming 2023 ODI World Cup. So, fans were not happy at all for losing against a team like this despite having players who have vast experience playing IPL.
The ex-bowling coach of the Indian cricket team, Venkatesh Prasad unveiled his sentiments, expressing that beyond the losses, it’s the approach of the team management that has been more distressing for him. He pointed out the absence of the “fire and hunger” for victories in the current Indian white-ball squad, which is now preparing for the upcoming Asia Cup, followed by the ODI World Cup.
“Not just 50 overs, West Indies had failed to qualify for the T20 World cup last Oct- Nov as well. It pains to see India perform poorly and brush it under the carpet, under the garb of process. That hunger, fire is missing and we live in an illusion,” he added.
When asked about captain Hardik and head coach Dravid, Prasad did not mince words to opine that they have been “responsible for the debacle”.
He said: “They are responsible for the debacle and need to be accountable. Process and such words are misused now. MS meant it, guys now just use the word. There is no consistency in selection, random stuff happening too much. India needs to improve their skillset. Their is a hunger & intensity deficiency & often the captain looked clueless. Bowler’s can’t bat, batsmen can’t bowl. It’s important to not look for yes men and be blinded because someone is your favourite player but look at the larger good.”
