Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh believes that the performances from Indian team should have been better rather than blaming the result of the toss. Harbhajan Singh reacted to the comments made by bowling Coach Bharat Arun in the post-match press conference where he said that not winning the toss proved a decisive factor in India’s unimpressive performances in the first two games. He further stated, the team should have been better prepared for the challenges and lack of concentration and poor performance was the only reason why India have to pack their bags early.
Speaking to Sports Tak, the 41-year-old was quoted as saying, “I heard Bharat Arun saying that had India won the toss, they could have done this and done that. All that is up for a later discussion. If you had though that you wanted to bowl first or bat first, well… didn’t Chennai Super Kings win the IPL after batting first? They did score 190, so you have to make runs. Let us accept the fact that we didn’t play well as we should have and we did not live up to expectations”.
The member of the 2007 World Cup-winning team, Harbhajan said that dew was an important aspect but not winning the toss shouldn’t have bothered Virat Kohli’s side. The 41-year-old further added that his former team Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in the similar conditions not long ago.
A decade ago the veteran spinner was also part of the India team that won the World Cup despite losing the toss in the final.
“It’s easy. There is no if and but involved, things like ‘if we had won the toss, we would have won the match as well’. It doesn’t work that way. There are teams who did not win the toss but ended up winning the match. Such things are said by teams who aren’t as developed. But India is a strong unit, a champion unit,” said the former spinner.
India will close their World Cup campaign against Namibia and will bid farewell to Ravi Shastri as Coach of Team India. The occasion also marks the final match for Virat Kohli as the skipper of T20 team.
