India‘s dream of ending an ICC trophy drought suffered an enormous setback on Sunday (June 11) on the Oval as Australia clinched their first World Take a look at Championship (WTC) trophy by defeating Rohit Sharma and Co. by 209 runs. And with this, India’s dismal run continues within the ICC occasions.
The final time India efficiently conquered the worldwide cricketing match was in 2013 when the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Males in Blue defeated the sturdy England aspect within the Champions Trophy Closing. Earlier than that, India established their supremacy over the cricketing world as a superpower after clinching the 2011 ODI World Cup and 2007 T20 World Cup. They managed to win all of the cricketing trophies throughout codecs inside six years.
Since then, India have didn’t showcase their robustness within the knockout phases of the ICC tournaments. Regardless of the continual adjustments within the captaincy, India haven’t been in a position to present constructive ends in the worldwide occasions. India have performed eight knockout matches after the 2013 Champions Trophy title trumph, and misplaced all eight.
The pattern clearly means that whereas India have performed good cricket and piped different sturdy nations to e-book their spot for the knockout phases, they failed to offer the ultimate punch both on the semis or within the remaining.
Be it the heart-breaking loss by the hands of Sri Lanka within the remaining of the ICC T20 World Cup in 2014 or the gut-wrenching loss within the semi-finals of the ICC ODI World Cup 2019 in opposition to New Zealand, India haven’t been in a position to get their bearings proper in worldwide occasions.
Within the 2014 T20 World Cup remaining in opposition to Sri Lanka on the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, India suffered a six-wicket defeat regardless of cruising to the finals undefeated.
Within the subsequent 12 months’s ODI World Cup 2015 in Australia, India couldn’t cross the host within the semi-final and had been crashed out of the match.
The 2016 T20 World Cup was performed beneath the management of the brand new captain, Virat Kohli. He was the person of the match and performed a blinder of a knock in opposition to West Indies within the semis. But it surely was not sufficient in opposition to a star-studded West Indies line-up, who went on to turn out to be the Champions.
The 2017 Champions Trophy remaining was the summit conflict between arch-rivals India and Pakistan. After their victory over Pakistan within the league stage, India was thought-about favourites. However Fakhar Zaman performed a match profitable knock and dismantled the hope of Indian followers.
India waited one other two years for the following ICC match. The 2019 ICC World Cup was held in England, and the format was 50 overs. Nonetheless, the consequence wasn’t fruitful as high order but once more failed within the semi-final in opposition to New Zealand.
The following knockout defeat as soon as once more got here in opposition to the Blackcaps, however this time within the longest format. The WTC was launched by the ICC to advertise Take a look at cricket, and ultimately, it was India and New Zealand who might attain the summit conflict of 2021. After two years of laborious work, India slipped once more when it mattered probably the most and misplaced to the Kiwis in Southampton.
The 2021 T20 World Cup held in United Arab Emirates (UAE) proved disastrous as Staff India suffered a group-stage exit after dealing with defeats by the hands of Pakistan and New Zealand within the first two matches.
The 2022 T20 World Cup passed off in Australia. India performed some EXCEPTIONAL cricket within the league stage, together with the well-known victory over Pakistan on the again of Kohli’s epic knock. However England put a halt on India’s march and ultimately turned title holder after defeating Pakistan within the remaining.
India’s newest struggling got here in opposition to Australia once they couldn’t chase down the 444-run goal within the remaining of the second version of WTC.