What did Dilip Vengsarkar say?
In the last two years, Team India had captained Shikhar Dhawan on several occasions in ODIs. This was done when Rohit, Virat and Rahul were out. Dilip Vengsarkar was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times, ‘The unfortunate thing is that the selectors I have seen in the last 6-7 years have neither vision, nor deep knowledge of the game, nor understanding of cricket. He made Shikhar Dhawan the captain of India. This was the time where you can groom the captain of the future.
Where is the bench strength?
He also says that Indian cricket has not been able to prepare the bench strength. Vengsarkar, who was part of the Indian team that won the 1983 World Cup, further said, ‘You have not prepared anyone. You just play as you come. You talk about the richest cricket board in the world, where is the bench strength? Just having IPL, earning crores of rupees in media rights, should not be the only achievement.
Waiting for ICC trophy since 10 years
The Indian cricket team has been waiting for the ICC trophy for 10 years. The last time the team won the ICC Champions Trophy title was in 2013. In the same month, India lost against Australia in the finals of the World Test Championship.