The legendary India captain Kapil Dev believes that, given the demanding World Cup schedule, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) isn’t doing enough for its players. Kapil, the 1983 World Cup champion captain, said that India would play its group stage games at nine different locations. The BCCI is anticipated to make some modifications to the World Cup schedule in the next days, according to board secretary Jay Shah, despite the fact that the schedule has already been released.
“India has 11 games, and the amount of travel they must undertake…Dev asked The Week during an interview, “Who created that fixture?
You are going to Dharmashala, then to Bengaluru, then to Kolkata,” Dev replied, seeming irritated by the unbalanced travel itinerary. playing at nine different locations.
The illustrious all-rounder said that the BCCI should provide the athletes the necessary resources, such as chartered planes for travel during the World Cup.
On June 27, the ICC World Cup schedule for the remainder of the year was released. On October 8, Australia, the current World Test Champions, will face India in their first match. The game will be place in Chennai, Tamil Nadu’s MA Chidambaram Stadium. After playing Afghanistan twice, the team will return to Delhi before playing Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. From October 8 until October 15, all of these contests will be played inside a single week. Dev believed that the board needed to “improve” since they weren’t doing enough to get the greatest performance out of their athletes after viewing the rigorous schedule.
He feels optimistic about India’s prospects in the World Cup, despite the fact that the squad lost back-to-back semi-final matches in the 2015 and 2019 championship tournaments.
The former captain said, “We are still playing well…,” when questioned about India’s 10-year ICC title drought.We have advanced to the semifinals.”
According to Kapil Dev, the squad just has to clear the “final hurdle” to take home trophies. On October 5, the 2023 World Cup is scheduled to get underway with a matchup between England and New Zealand, the winners of the previous tournament. It would be intriguing to watch whether the Rohit Sharma-led team could finally break their ICC trophy drought at home after a decade.
With a 2-1 series victory against the West Indies, India got their World Cup preparations off to a strong start. In order to test the bench strength while guys like Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson shone with the bat for them on the Caribbean tour, the team management rested senior stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
