Chennai:
It has been 2 weeks since the T20 World Cup cricket series. However, the criticisms against India have not subsided. There are various demands to change the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and to change the head coach Rahul Dravid in the Indian team.
In this case, Ravichandran Ashwin, who played in the Indian team in this T20 World Cup, has now presented criticism.
Speaking about this on his YouTube page, he said:-
When it comes to T20 cricket, wins and losses are by very small runs. You can lose just one ball or win just one ball. More important than this is the power play.
A lot of matches are decided on the power play. If a team scores 30 runs at the end of the power play and the opposition scores 60 runs, the game is over. But it is a fact that many do not know that the power play decides the game. There are many places in T20 cricket to experiment. But in important matches we have to know our strength and do it fully.
This is what he said.
All this points to Indian openers Rohit – KL Rahul. India was the 4th team with the lowest strike rate in the power play of the series (95.85 ). Just one boundary off 9 balls. That means Rohit and KL Rahul have scored less than one run per ball.
Rohit – KL Rahul scored only 88 runs in 6 matches. Their average partnership is just 14.66 runs. In the semi-final, India were 38/1 while England were in a strong position at 66/1. Ashwin seems to have indirectly mentioned this.