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'Make the guys secure first' - Yuvraj Singh slams Indian team management

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Yuvraj feels the lack of trust in his replacements - Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Vijay Shankar, Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik - was the big reason for India's failure at the 2019 World Cup, a tournament in which he felt India had no business exiting before the final. He warned India against doing the same with Pant in the lead-up to next year's T20 World Cup in the light of public criticism of his batting by captain Virat Kohli, coach Ravi Shastri and batting coach Vikram Rathour.
 

He argued that the same lack of clarity, which led to lack of stability, hurt India at the World Cup, where India failed to recover from a top-order collapse in the semi-final against New Zealand. "I was dropped, then Manish Pandey came in, then one-two other players came in, then KL Rahul came in," Yuvraj said. "KL was tried, then Raina came back, then they went with Rayudu. Rayudu played for eight-nine months, he scored 90 in NZ, Man of the Match, and your team should have been set there. Then before the World Cup, you lost to Australia 3-2, Rayudu had a bad tournament, suddenly Vijay Shankar came in.
 

"And the highest score by an India No. 4 at the World Cup was 48. I don't really understand that. The captain, coach and selectors should have known that No. 4 is a very important spot especially in conditions in England, where the ball seams. The No. 4 batsman has to be technically strong and has to be given a number of opportunities.
 

"Vijay Shankar didn't have that experience. Rishabh Pant didn't have the experience. Dinesh Karthik, who was experienced, was sitting out and suddenly goes to bat in the semi-final. I really don't understand what the think tank was thinking. If you want to get the best out of somebody, you have to make them feel secure. A player can never perform when he's insecure. That was the big reason India didn't win the World Cup. I thought India and England were the best teams in the World Cup. There was no reason why India shouldn't have played the final."
 

Yuvraj said he saw shades of himself in the big-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman Pant, but felt the youngster needed more support and understanding from the team management. "The big hitters are always talked about, but I had support from [Sourav] Ganguly and there was nobody criticising me every day," he said. "Everybody is criticising him. When things are not happening, talk to him, try to understand his mind. I feel that Rishabh's issue is his mental make-up. How do you get the best out of his mental make-up? He has made runs in the Ranji Trophy and has scored two away Test hundreds; 150 in Australia, one in England. He's played some big knocks. He's shown his talent, he's been fantastic in the IPL. He's played eight-ten ODIs, so what are you expecting of him?
 

"Obviously he didn't pick the best shots to hit, but how will you get out his best? You can't suppress him and get his best. You will have to put an arm around his shoulder, praise him, take him to the nets. You will have to sit with him in the evening, talk to him over dinner: 'what's going on in your mind?' Somebody like the batting coach should take that opportunity to get the best out of him. Statements like "fearless and careless" is not going to help anybody's case. It is going to spoil his mental make-up."
 

There was a dig at the selectors too. "That is the decision the selectors… well, selectors actually don't make that many decisions… the team management has to sit with the chief selector and decide let's make the guys secure first. If we lose, it's okay. If we lose again, it's still okay. The team is not that bad. It will still win. They need to groom guys."
 

Yuvraj also called for more support for wristspinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal as India opt for less attacking spinners who provide depth in batting. He said it was "stupid" to aim for depth at the cost of proper bowlers.

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27711366/make-guys-secure-first-yuvraj-singh-blames-team-management-india-world-cup-2019-loss

FINALLY SOMEONE HAS CALLED OUT THIS SCUM OF A TEAM MANAGEMENT FOR ALL THEIR WRONG DOINGS! CAPTAIN "VIRUS" KOHLI AND HIS ALCOHOLIC COACH NEED TO KEEP ON GETTING NAMED AND SHAMED LIKE THIS! I HOPE MORE AND MORE CRICKETERS AND EXPERTS KEEP CALLING OUT THESE ASSHOLES FOR TRYING TO DESTROY YOUNG CAREERS! 

Thank You Yuvi :hatsoff:

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"Make the guys insecure first" - that's the current TM's motto. Seriously, that's how Kohli is running things. He keeps harping about who responds well to the pressure. He is the one who creates the pressure with his selection tactics and of late,with public verbal barrage against specific players by his henchman bewda.

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well said & take a bow   Yuvraj Singh, one of  the prime reasons for our 2nd world cup win for pushing some  sense into the throats of these dumb ass morons . And it is strange that so called super stars are still keeping mum. These frauds in the TM should be strongly criticized left right and centre. Either they show some sense  or     **** off for the sake of the team. The team is not these frauds' private property. 

 

As Yuvi states, it is understandable if India lost the final vs  ENG, but to lose to  NZL  in semi is just because of the incompetence in every sense of the TM, no other reasons for that

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21 hours ago, SecondSlip said:

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27711366/make-guys-secure-first-yuvraj-singh-blames-team-management-india-world-cup-2019-loss

FINALLY SOMEONE HAS CALLED OUT THIS SCUM OF A TEAM MANAGEMENT FOR ALL THEIR WRONG DOINGS! CAPTAIN "VIRUS" KOHLI AND HIS ALCOHOLIC COACH NEED TO KEEP ON GETTING NAMED AND SHAMED LIKE THIS! I HOPE MORE AND MORE CRICKETERS AND EXPERTS KEEP CALLING OUT THESE ASSHOLES FOR TRYING TO DESTROY YOUNG CAREERS! 

Thank You Yuvi :hatsoff:

wow, Yuvi making so much sense...just goes to show you can never predict based on an individual's own career how good a reader of the game, man-manager or coach he will turn out to be. It is usually the guys who have had to fight some technical limitations or have endured ups and downs in their career, who provide some of the best insights into other players' games. I never considered Yuvi as a potential coach due to his lackadaisical approach, but he might make a good selector - has the weight/superstardom to stand by his beliefs & resist whatever the reigning superstar player of the time might throw at him.   

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Think about this.

 

If Tendulkar came into this team as a kid, he would have been kicked out by Kohli and Shastri.

 

They are keen to destroy all the youth in India so as to protect their share of money and endorsements.

 

Im ashamed of Indian cricket, first time ever. I can accept losing games, but not when it is because our team selections sabotage the result.

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With this Yuvraj has burnt all his bridges with Kohli and Shastri but credit to him for speaking up for Indian cricket and not going by personal relations.

 

The most disappointing thing is Kohli and Shastri have been two of our most celebrated teenage cricketers who had the backing of their captains during their early years, esp at times when public opinion was totally against them, . Without that support would they have go on to have such long careers? To see them have almost no faith in younger players is so disappointing and frustrating.

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5 hours ago, jusarrived said:

I can bet they are waiting for Vihari to fail now , so that they can bring back some uncle .

Bigger concern for Kohli should be his own test form. Average of 44 in last 12 months, at the peak of his batting. By his standards, those are average returns. Another few failures and tongues will be wagging 

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47 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Bigger concern for Kohli should be his own test form. Average of 44 in last 12 months, at the peak of his batting. By his standards, those are average returns. Another few failures and tongues will be wagging 

Hopefully am wrong , but we may have seen the best of Virat already. I don’t see the drive in him he had in his early days . It’s almost as though he’s got nothing left to prove . 

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8 hours ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

With this Yuvraj has burnt all his bridges with Kohli and Shastri but credit to him for speaking up for Indian cricket and not going by personal relations.

 

The most disappointing thing is Kohli and Shastri have been two of our most celebrated teenage cricketers who had the backing of their captains during their early years, esp at times when public opinion was totally against them, . Without that support would they have go on to have such long careers? To see them have almost no faith in younger players is so disappointing and frustrating.

Kohli is the one majorly to blame here...Shastri has tried to say & do the right thing at times - like when he said Kuldeep would be no. 1 spinner overseas. But I think Kohli just steam-rolls him whenever he wants. And Shastri is a survivor, he will never take a principled stand like say Kumble...whatever happens, Shastri will always have a plum job in Indian cricket, as a commentator, team director, coach....whatever! He lives for the good times, everything else comes second...  

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