Yuvraj, Harbhajan blame 'wrong planning for India's World Cup ouster
Updated On: 18 December, 2019 09:42 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Yuvraj and Harbhajan blame team management for India's World Cup ouster in England and call for better planning ahead of next year's T20 mega event
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Opener Rohit Sharma is dejected after India's World Cup exit at Old Trafford in Manchester last July. Pic /AFP
New Delhi: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Tuesday slammed the Indian team management for the country's World Cup ouster in the semi-finals, saying its planning for the 50-over tournament was "completely wrong". Yuvraj suggested that the management should now ensure that Virat Kohli's T20I World Cup team should be finalised four months prior to the marquee event. In 2019, pre-tournament favourites India went into the World Cup without settling the No. 4 spot and it affected the team as Kohli's men made a semi-final exit from the marquee event.
"In this World cup, they dropped [Ambati] Rayudu and then they had Vijay Shankar, who had some injury and then Rishabh Pant came in. I have nothing against them but both played five ODI games, I mean how do you expect a guy with such less experience to win big matches," Yuvraj said during a session of Agenda Aaj Tak. "What was the think-tank doing? Dinesh Karthik was going through the tournament and suddenly he plays the semi-final and a guy like MS Dhoni is batting at No 7. It was all hotchpotch.
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