After India conceded a loss to England despite gaining a mammoth 190-run lead in the first inning, former England skipper Michael Vaughan bashed Rohit Sharma and co. Vaughan labeled the India cricket team the ‘biggest underachievers’ in all of the sport after they lost the IND vs ENG 1st Test by 28 runs.
Writing about it in his column for the Telegraph, Vaughan highlighted how India has all the money in the world, an abundance of talent, and great infrastructure but still hasn’t won an ICC trophy in the last 10 years.
“I’ll be unpopular for saying this, but the India team underachieve more than any team that I’ve seen in sport. They’ve got far too much talent, far too much money in the system – the pathway, the A team series around the world, the infrastructure – and yet they underachieve. Yes they won those two series in Australia, but they haven’t won an ICC event since 2013.”
Despite criticizing Rohit Sharma and co. for their lackluster performance at the big events, Vaughan still backed them to win the series. However, before signing off, he questioned how the pitches in the next Tests would play after this surprising loss in Hyderabad.
“I still think India are favourites to win the series, because they will react. You go back to the series in South Africa over the New Year – they were blown away in the first Test and then they won the second Test easily.”
“But India will be second-guessing themselves about what pitches to prepare. I don’t know how the pitches can turn any more than this one did – it ragged. I said before the series I thought India were better off preparing a flatter wicket than one with more turn.”
