Hectic IPL hurting Team India?
Updated On: 09 November, 2021 08:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Harit Joshi
Former players save MSK Prasad reckon gap between glitzy T20 league and World Cups too short for players to be at their best; ex-chief selector insists two bad games against Pakistan, NZ and dew factor led to UAE debacle
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India captain Virat Kohli during the team’s loss to NZ recently. Pic/AFP
Indian cricket and England football have one thing in common. Despite boasting of world-class leagues, the two nations have not been highly successful at the World Cup in their respective sports. While India won the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup in 2007, a year before the IPL was born, England clinched their one and only FIFA World Cup in 1966, much before the English Premier League was formed in 1992.
When it comes to T20 cricket, IPL is the cynosure that sets gold standards. However, all that glitters is not gold as the Indian team will now have to wait for another T20 World Cup. India have done reasonably well when the franchisee-based T20 league was played after the T20 World Cup. In 2014, India reached the final, losing to Sri Lanka, after which the IPL was held, 10 days later. In 2016, the IPL began a week later after India reached the semi-final of the T20 World Cup [lost to West Indies in Mumbai].
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