Outgoing head coach of the men’s senior team Ravi Shastri spoke on the sidelines of the stadium for one last time as the Indian coach in an interview with Ian Bishop. In a pre match interview to the Trinidadian, Shastri spoke about how they would have liked to have a bigger gap between the Indian Premier League and the T20 World Cup, indicating that bio-bubble fatigue might have been a big point of concern for the Indian team, coming into the World Cup.
He further added that the Indian team was missing the x-factor in the team and they didn’t really try to win.
Reflecting back on his tenure, Shastri stated that “winning in red ball cricket across the globe” was his biggest achievement as a coach and that India had overachieved under his tenure.
“Always labelled as big bullies at home but this team has shown that they are more than that,” Shastri said about the Indian team.
India are scheduled to play Namibia in their final Super 12 game on Monday, 8 November evening in Dubai. This will mark the end of Ravi Shastri era under whom India rose to prominent highs in red ball cricket but fell short in the ICC white-ball tournaments. Rahul Dravid is set to take over Shastri from the New Zealand series scheduled to begin right after the T20 World Cup.