Yuvraj Singh slams Indian team’s planning for 2019 World Cup
Yuvraj Singh questioned the team management's thinking behind picking 'inexperienced' players in Vijay Shankar and Rishabh Pant for middle-order roles at the World Cup.
Yuvraj Singh questioned the team management's thinking behind picking 'inexperienced' players in Vijay Shankar and Rishabh Pant for middle-order roles at the World Cup.
Lashing out at those defending Pakistan's performance in the World Cup on the basis of the fact that the team won its last four matches, Waqar made it clear the team should never have been in such a position.
The 10-team tournament, which saw England shade New Zealand by the finest of margins and win the Cup for the first time, had five teams from Asia.
Even though the Black Caps managed 15 runs, thanks to James Neesham's remarkable hitting, it was England who were declared winners on account of hitting more boundaries in their innings.
The competition has seen some high scoring clashes and gigantic sixes. With players like Chris Gayle, Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Hardik Pandya, Jos Butler and David Warner in the lineup, it would be criminal to expect a six-deficit tournament.
Virat Kohli and the team management have been at the receiving end of harsh reactions since India crashed out of the World Cup after experiencing an 18-run defeat against New Zealand in the first semifinal.
As per reports, the aeroplane was spotted many times with the banner trailing behind the moving plane. The plane was, reportedly, circling overhead during the Australian innings.
Notably, Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan is number three on the list of leading run scorers with as many as 606 runs in eight innings. However, Bangladesh did not manage to qualify for the knock out stage of the tournament.
On Wednesday, India lost by 18 runs to the Black Caps at the Old Trafford in Manchester. Chasing 240, India were bundled out for 221 to bow out of the competition.
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 has already been under the shadows of wet weather and has witnessed quite a few matches being washed out- the highest number ever at a single edition of the mega tournament.
