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Sreesanth Lambasts Simon Doull For Remark On Indians Worrying About Stats

image-ln1ijqr7Indian batters - Kohli, Kishan, Sharma & Gill (AP Photo)

Former Indian pacer S. Sreesanth recently took a dig at Simon Doull who claimed that India lacks a fearless attitude and plays primarily in the interest of better their individual stats. Doull’s statement caused a great deal of uproar and was met with increased criticism within the cricketing fraternity in India.

The former Kiwi quick-turned-commentator opined that India often struggled to play a fearless brand of cricket at the right time of major tournaments and put a needless amount of emphasis on their individual statistics.

India were outplayed by Kane Williamson's New Zealand in the semi-final of the ODI World Cup. The then-ODI skipper Virat Kohli even went on to openly admit that forty-five minutes of bad cricket resulted in the heartbreaking exit of team India from the World Cup in 2019.

In response to Doull’s controversial opinion, Sreesanth lashed out at Simon Doull and stated that New Zealand were fortunate enough to run MS Dhoni out at the right time. The former Indian speedster did not mince his words and went on to relentlessly attack the New Zealand side. 

Furthermore, he also emphasized that his national side will struggle to cope with the subcontinent conditions and warned that team India will be on top of their game to deliver them a terrible thrashing.

"New Zealand are coming to India. They will get to know if India play attacking cricket or not. We will thrash them. They got lucky in 2019 with MS Dhoni getting run out due to a direct hit. What did you do after playing the final? They made a team like England win the World Cup, who hadn't won a 50-over World Cup until then. New Zealand are never going to win. Yes, they might win in the future, but it will be embarrassing for them this time."

Meanwhile, India has a worrisome track record against the Blackcaps in the ICC events. Barring their solitary victory in the ODI World Cup back in 2003, India has struggled to register a single victory against the Kiwis who have predominantly had the upper over India for the most part.