"Problem Lies In Senior Players": Ex-India Selector's Take On WTC Final Loss

16.06.2023 - 05:39 sports.ndtv.com

With India losing World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at The Oval in London, former India team selector Sarandeep Singh said there "was some slack in captaincy" and that Ravichandran Ashwin should have been part of the playing XI.

India lost the ICC World Test Championship title for the second time after reaching the finals. Australia defeated India by 209 runs at The Oval on June 11 and made history by becoming the first-ever team to clinch all major ICC trophies. "We can say that there was some slack in captaincy.

We have the habit of Virat Kohli's aggression. When the team is down, the captain boosts their morale but Rohit Sharma is completely different," Sarandeep Singh told to ANI.

The former India player also said that the choice of playing XI was wrong. "It was not Rohit Sharma's mistake...we lost the WTC final, and all are upset.

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