Follow UsIn a scathing attack, former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar feels that the selectors have lacked the vision to take India forward. Following a heavy loss in the World Test Championship (WTC) final, many have criticised Team India for a toothless performance against Australia at The Oval. Vengsarkar also believes that being the richest board in the world is of no value if the focus remains only on the Indian Premier League (IPL).
“The unfortunate part is that the selectors I have seen over the last six-seven years neither have the vision, deep knowledge about the game or cricketing sense. They made Shikhar Dhawan India captain [when tours overlapped and main players were unavailable]; it is where you can groom the future captain,” Vengsarkar told Hindustan Times.
“You haven’t groomed anybody. You just play as it comes. You talk about the richest cricket board in the world, where is the bench strength? Just having IPL, earning crores of rupees in media rights, it should not be the only achievement.”
It has been 10 years since India won an ICC trophy and it was expected that Rohit Sharma will help the side end the drought. However, India played the T20 World Cup last year and most-recently the WTC final, where India did not lift the trophy. With the ODI World Cup set to be played at home later this year, it gives India another chance to finally win the tournament they last won in 2011.