Mohammad Kaif, former India cricketer, has taken a huge dig at the Indian team after their 1-3 series loss debacle in Australia in the recent BGT 2024-25 series. India lost Tests in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, while won in Perth and drew in Brisbane due to rains.
After this,the Indian team’s focus will shift to white-ball cricket as they will prep for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan and Dubai. Before that, India will play 5 T20Is and 3 ODIs against England at home starting January 22.
Mohammed Kaif launched a stinging attack on Team India after they lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1 in Australia. Kaif stated that India has become a white-ball bully and that all will be forgotten once they win the Champions Trophy against Pakistan.
“23 tareekh ko Pakistan ko hara kar saari waah waahi aap loot loge (After beating Pakistan February 23, you guys will take all the credit). Everyone will say that we are a champions side in the white-ball. But if India wants to win the World Test Championship (WTC), we need to build a strong Test side.
We have to learn how to play on turning tracks, in Australia we will have to learn to play on seaming conditions. The truth is that we are just white-ball bullies. We are lagging too far behind. “If we have to win WTC, then players will have to give importance to domestic cricket. They need to play on the turning tracks, they will have to practice on the seaming tracks, otherwise, we will not be able to win,” Kaif said on X.
Kaif also said that the 3-1 loss should be taken as a wake-up call and India need to focus on Test cricket.
“This 1-3 loss should be a wake-up call. We need to pay more attention on Test cricket. It’s not just Gautam Gambhir, who is at fault. All players are equally to blamed for this.
“All players get the chance to play in the Ranji Trophy, but it gets tiresome for the players and they prefer to skip it. They don’t play Ranji Trophy, they don’t play practice matches then how will they become better players? And WTC will keep eluding you. I am telling you the truth. Whatever happened was right. Now it’s time to work on our Test cricket,” he said.
