Former players slam Team India’s ‘outdated approach’ against Bangladesh

NEW DELHI: As Bangladesh took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-ODI series against India, Rohit Sharma and his men faced flak for their approach.
India lost the 2nd ODI against Bangladesh by 5 runs on Wednesday, and former players Venkatesh Prasad and Virender Sehwag slammed the team’s “outdated” approach.

Prasad urged the think tank to make “tough calls”, while Sehwag urged Rohit Sharma and Co to “wake up”.
“India is innovating in so many fields across the world. But when it comes to playing Limited overs cricket, our approach is a decade old,” Prasad wrote in a series of tweets.
“England after the 2015 WC first round exit took tough calls and turned around to become such an exciting team, India need to take tough calls…
“And change approach drastically. We haven’t won a T20 WC since the IPL started & last 5 years have been poor in ODI’s apart from winning inconsequential bilateral.
“Haven’t learned from our mistakes for too long and far from being an exciting team in limited overs cricket. CHANGE,” he added.

That India have not won a major ICC title since their Champions Trophy triumph in 2013 was once again highlighted by Prasad.

Sehwag also took to Twitter to describe his anguish: “Cryptos se bhi tez gir rahi hai apni performance yaar. (Our performance is falling faster than cryptos). Need to shake up – wake up.”

India earlier lost 0-1 to New Zealand in a rain-curtailed ODI series and will look to secure a consolation win in the third ODI in Chattogram on Saturday.
(With inputs from PTI)