Former Indian cricketer and DDCA official Atul Wassan expressed his anger at the Indian players after the team crashed out of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 with an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat against England in the second semi-final at Adelaide Oval on Thursday (November 10).
As India hasn’t yet won any World Cup tournament since the 2011 World Cup, the former pacer said that the players are not much affected by this fact, as they are already getting a lot more money and fame for facile wins in bilateral series and in the IPL.
He also said that this has been hugely contributing to Team India’s inability to win the ICC trophy over the years.
Launching a scathing attack on the Indian cricket team’s star players, Wassan said that a current lot of players remain unaffected by the failure to win World Cups and that until the policy of picking players because of their name and fame stops, India can’t win the trophy.
Atul Wassan said on ABP News: “The threshold for satisfaction has gotten really low. Despite losing, these players will be superstars. They've been rewarded a lot more for a lot less, facile wins. On IPL wins, they have become superstars. If a player performs well in a bilateral series, he is given four contracts.”
He continued, “They think that even if they lose the World Cup, nothing is lost. Life goes on. All this fame that surrounds an Indian cricketer should be categorized. You need to understand that a lot of this is due to fans and the media. That we praise them so much for trivial achievements in bilateral series, players feel they have achieved everything.”
Wassan signed off by saying, “We haven't won one ICC tournament in 9 years. If you pick the top 15 cricket stars in the world, 10 will be Indians - be it in terms of endorsements, name or fame - but without anything. The trophy cabinet is empty at the end of the day."
