Kapil Dev labels Team India as ‘chokers’ as Rohit Sharma & Co. exit from T20 World Cup 2022

World
Cup-winning
India
legend
Kapil
Dev
also
labelled
Men
in
Blue
“chokers”
as
they
bowed
out
of
the
tournament
following
a
10-wicket
drubbing
by
England
in
the
second
semifinal
in
Adelaide.
England
decimated
India
by
reaching
the
target
of
169
in
just
16
overs
with
opener
Alex
Hales
and
captain
Jos
Buttler
slamming
unbeaten
half-centuries.

India
are
the
most
under-performing
white-ball
team
in
history:
Michael
Vaughan

“I
will
not
go
into
the
details
and
slam
them
because
these
are
the
same
players
who
have
gotten
us
a
lot
of
respect
in
the
past
but
yes,
we
can
call
them
chokers.
That’s
okay.
There
is
no
denying
it
—
after
coming
so
close,
they
choke,”
Kapil
told
ABP
News.

The
1983
World
Cup-winning
skipper,
however,
said
fans
should
not
be
too
critical
of
the
team’s
performance
in
the
semifinals.

“I
agree,
India
played
bad
cricket,
but
we
cannot
be
overly
critical
based
on
just
one
game.
“See,
now
that
the
match
is
over,
it
is
unfair
that
we
should
come
down
this
hard
on
the
Indian
team.
Yes,
they
did
not
play
well
and
criticism
is
justified.
But
as
far
as
today’s
match,
all
we
can
say
is
that
England
read
the
pitch
better
and
played
better
cricket.
Kapil
said
the
youngsters
must
come
forward
now
and
take
the
team
to
the
top.

“I
would
say
that
the
team
needs
to
look
ahead.
It’s
time
for
the
younger
players
to
come
forward
and
take
charge.”

India’s
performance
since
CT
2013

Team
India
won
2011
World
Cup
and
followed
it
up
with
the
2013
Champions
Trophy
win
under
MS
Dhoni’s
leadership.
India
defeated
England
to
claim
the
Champions
Trophy
in
2013.

Since
then,
they
have
qualified
for
the
knockout
stages
of
the
2014
T20
World
Cup
(final),
2015
ODI
World
Cup
(semifinal),
2016
T20
World
Cup
(semifinal),
2017
Champions
Trophy
(final),
2019
ODI
World
Cup
(semifinal),
2021
World
Test
Championship
Final,
the
2022
T20
World
Cup
(semifinal),
but
lost
all
of
them.