Rohit & Co start T20 World Cup campaign against Ireland in renewed quest for glory
superstar Indian cricketers would look to break away from their archaic template when they take on a plucky Ireland in their opening game of the T20 World Cup on Wednesday. India are a bit undercooked with a lot of confusion still persisting about what could be the best combination on a drop-in virgin strip. As is clear from the games so far, scoring won’t be a walk in the park like it was during the IPL the last couple of months.
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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have individually laid their hands on global silverware but some other ‘once in generation’ cricketers, including Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja, have not and they would be eager to finally lift one.
This team wouldn’t want to be the Brazil football team of 1982 and 86 when stars like Socrates, Zico, Careca, Falcao and Alemao couldn’t win the FIFA trophy. The most poignant sight of last year’s ODI World Cup was a forlorn Rohit, after the final, desperately trying to hide his welled-up eyes from the TV cameras as he quietly climbed the steps of the dressing room. There was also Kohli, who after scoring those 765 runs, could only get a fleeting blank gaze towards the podium where the trophy was kept.
The best players sometimes don’t add up to become the best team and while India have put faith in their most experienced lot, it can’t be simply wished away that this current batch has faltered at the final
