Former Indian captain Anjum Chopra on things going wrong for Indian team, said, I do feel that Indian team is a work in progress in terms of playing T20 cricket. They still haven't been able to crack that code individually and collectively as to how to play T20 cricket. Certain players, starting with Harmanpreet Kaur, because she plays in the middle order or probably sometimes at the top order, she knows exactly when she has to pace the innings. But I can't say the same for everyone else. It's not just because they've lost in the World Cup. I've said these words even before that Indian team is a work in progress.
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00:00Okay, let's break it down. I do feel that Indian team is a work in progress in terms of playing T20 cricket.
00:08They still haven't been able to crack that code individually and collectively as to how to play T20 cricket.
00:15Certain players, starting with Harmanpreet Kaur, because she plays in the middle order or probably sometimes the top order, she knows exactly when she has to pace the innings.
00:24But I can't say the same for everyone else. And it's not just because they have lost in the World Cup.
00:29That's why I am saying. I think I have said these words even before that Indian team is a work in progress.
00:34When they played their first match against New Zealand, I thought they were a little underprepared.
00:39And possibly, they didn't expect New Zealand to come hard at them, which is again very wrong because when you are playing a World Cup,
00:47you have to expect every team that they are also in the World Cup scenario to win it, not just to participate.
00:52So, that was wrong. Then, once that realization happened, when New Zealand started hitting the way they were,
00:58when they were attacking the ball, I felt that, you know, the awareness that they have to quickly turn things around and maybe bat much better than what they fielded.
01:08That realization didn't happen. And the shell-shock approach from the first two overs till the 40th over was just there, very much visible for the Indian team.
01:19Once they had that setback, coming against Pakistan was just about winning for them, which I thought was a very defensive approach.
01:29And you can expect that also to happen because you have just lost the first game. Now, you are trying to stay in contention in the tournament.
01:38Then against Sri Lanka, there was a slightly much better performance but not a convincing performance.
01:43Individually, again, I am talking about. And by the time Australia came, you needed your entire all units to fire.
01:49Australia will not give you opportunities to come back in a contest or maybe give an iota, especially when they know that they were missing their captain.
01:57So, in totality, I thought they were behind the game rather than being ahead of the game and that was there throughout the tournament.
02:06So, individually, I don't think they had arrived the way. If you want to win a world championship, you arrive for it.
02:14Yes, Australia is a stronger team. We all know that. But at least arrive for the tournament in a style or in a manner that you are there in it to win it, not just to participate.