Friday, 16 June 2023

WTC loss: Let’s not fool ourselves, India gave up on Test cricket long back

Virat KohliIndia's Virat Kohli stretches as he waits to walk on to the pitch just ahead of the start of play on the fifth day of the ICC World Test Championship Final between India and Australia at The Oval cricket ground in London. (AP)

India doesn’t take too long to get over Test match defeats. Unlike the long spell of national self-loathing after a World Cup or World T20 setback, the mourning of a World Test Championship loss is much shorter and more silent.

There is outrage but no effigy-burning. There is the usual call for mass sacking of seniors but those voices lack sting. There are those mandatory post-mortems but the scrutiny isn’t intense nor does it throw up any credible solutions.

Since WTC finals follow the IPL, fingers do get pointed at the T20 league but it remains the cat that can’t be belled. The cricket community too has a sense of guilt. After sitting spell-bound till the wee hours to watch MS Dhoni lift the trophy, you can’t overly blame IPL.

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WTC loss: Let’s not fool ourselves, India gave up on Test cricket long back

Virat KohliIndia's Virat Kohli stretches as he waits to walk on to the pitch just ahead of the start of play on the fifth day of the ICC...