The Indian selection committee has recently announced the T20 World Cup 2024 squad. It’s a fact that India has been desperately searching for their second World Cup title for the past 16 years. If India wants to clinch another title, the team needs to avoid repeating a few mistakes made in past selections.
Let’s revisit the top three mistakes India made in their past T20 World Cup team selections, and hopefully they will not repeat them this time.
Selection mistakes India made in T20 World Cups
Yuvraj Singh selection conundrum in 2014 T20 World Cup
Yuvraj Singh’s selection was a significant blunder made by the India T20 selection committee. Despite being considered a big-ticket player, he wasn’t in good form in 2014 when he was called up for the T20 World Cup. In that 20-over World Cup, he played four matches and scored 100 runs with a poor strike rate of 98.03.
India performed well until the semis, but his slow innings of 11 runs off 21 balls in the finals against Sri Lanka proved that he didn’t deserve a spot in the World Cup squad that year.
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Varun Chakravarthy over Yuzvendra Chahal in 2021
Chakravarthy’s selection also sparked a lot of criticism, as in the 2021 T20 World Cup, he was selected over Yuzvendra Chahal, who deserved it more. Chahal had been overlooked despite being the world’s No. 1 spinner at the time, yet the selectors opted for Chakravarthy. It’s a fact that Team India struggled significantly because of this decision, failing to progress beyond the league stages.
It’s fair to say that his performance was one of the reasons India lost. UAE pitches, known to favor spinners due to their sluggish nature. But still he failed to capitalize, conceding 71 runs in 3 matches and remaining wicketless.
No quality pacers boarded Australia flight for 2022 T20 World Cup!
In every big tournament, it is an evident fact that batters help to win the games, but bowlers help the team to win the tournament. India made the biggest blunder when they left for Australia in the T20 World Cup 2022 without taking quality pacers.
Before the World Cup, India’s star bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, got injured and had to withdraw. Australia, a place known for pace and bounce, and India went without some serious young pacers.
The team went there with Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who were not enjoying good form at that time. India struggled without them. As a result, India somehow crossed the league stage, but they suffered in the semis and lost the game to England by 10 wickets, who later became champions.
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