http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s demise - Cricket News Update
The new South African captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers, spoke at a sponsorship announcement at Johannesburg, giving his opinion that excessive cricket may have toned down India's hunger for the game.
De Villiers, whose reign as new captain of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in October, believes that reaching summit is difficult but staying there is even harder.
De Villiers said, “It's difficult to reach the top and stay there. They won the World Cup, which was massive for them, but then they've had a tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 and a few injuries and maybe the hunger to
win games goes down a little.”
According to him, a team's desire to win helps them perform consistently; however, team India might have lost the desire after having played cricket without a break since winning the 2011 World Cup.
Shortly after the conclusion of the mega-event, Indian players were involved in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL), following which they went on tour of the West Indies, before heading for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Indians were left with a depleted side even before they embarked on the tour of England. Once the series got underway, further injuries surfaced, severely affecting the squad. Their bowling department was
particularly hampered by these injuries, as the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143 had to abandon crucial Test matches.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Kirsten-c58527, the former coach of Indian team and now head coach of South Africa, also shared his thoughts and said that Men in Blue have an excellent batting line-up and bowling has always been their weaker
link. The South African coach, pointing towards his stint with the Indians, said that he was aware of this fact and somehow found a way to handle that.
Kirsten said, “They are a great cricket team, with a great captain and one of the best batting line-ups in the world which is why they were No. 1. But we always knew that we were bit short on the bowling
side and that was something that we learnt to manage.”
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