Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif has dropped a bombshell as he has slammed skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid alleging that the staff management meddled with the pitch for the World Cup 2023 final. Kaif, who was a part of the Hindi commentary staff for the final, stated that he was there on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and he saw the pitch change inside these three days as India requested for a gradual pitch however that backfired for the Men in Blue as Australia received their sixth World Cup beating the hosts by six wickets in the summit conflict.
Team India might submit solely 240 runs in the World Cup 2023 final and despite the fact that the Men in Blue had Australia three down for 47. However, submit that it was all Travis Head present because the left-hander ensured heartbreak for the Indian followers in the finals twice in the identical yr after giving a participant of the match efficiency in WTC final.
Speaking to The Lallantop on the pitch for the final, Kaif stated, “Emotions the. 2003 mein inse (Australia) hum haare the. Main waha 3 din tha. Rohit Sharma shaam ko aaye, Dravid dono shaam ko aaye. Pitch pe gaye, ghume kaisi pitch hai. Ye 3 din lagatar hua hai aur maine pitch ka rang badalte hue dekha hai. Cummins hai Starc hai, inke pass tezz gendbaazi hai, toh inko naa slow pitch do aur waha galti hui. 100%. Chahe log kitna bhi bole ki curator apna kaam karta hai, hum kuch nahi bolte, bakwaas hai (Both Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid came in the evening to inspect the pitch. They stood behind the pitch for every hour for three days, and I saw the pitch changing its colour. ‘They have Cummins and Starc, who are fast bowlers, so give them slow pitches’ and that’s where they faltered. People saying that the curator makes the pitch and no one has a say is just rubbish. This is the truth, even if people don’t want to believe it).”
Kaif talked about that the host nation has each proper to order the curator for no matter floor they want, nevertheless, admitted that the Indian staff did it an excessive amount of and gave credit score to the Australian skipper Pat Cummins for being courageous sufficient to bowl first in a final and get the end result in his staff’s favour.
(*3*) Kaif added. “Cummins took the learning from Chennai that batting is tough at the start in a slow match. Nobody fields first in a final, but Cummins did. We messed up while doctoring the pitch.”
Apart from Virat Kohli‘s 54 following skipper Rohit Sharma’s quickfire 47 off 31, no different batter provided a lot resistance. KL Rahul did rating 66 runs however these got here in 107 balls and did not assist the staff’s trigger because the Men in Blue ultimately bundled out for 240, which wasn’t sufficient.
