Ex-Player of India Venkatesh Prasad Responds To Fan's "Chokers" Query For Team India
Former pacer of team India Venkatesh Prasad recently summed up the Rohit Sharma-led side bittersweet 2023 in international cricket. Taking to social media platform X, Prasad pointed out how India dominated other teams during the recently concluded World Cup on home soil but fell on the final hurdle, losing the final to Australia. Prasad also rued India's defeat in the World Test Championship final to the same opponents. It's been more than a decade since India last won an ICC trophy, and a fan asked Prasad whether the Indian team is the "new chokers of world cricket.".
While highlighting India's back-to-back Test series wins in Australia, Prasad refused to give the team the "chokers" tag. However, with India's ICC title drought extending for another year, Prasad feels there is something wrong with Indian cricket.
The fan asked Prasad, "Sir, do you also think that Team India has become the new champions of world cricket?? as we have just lost the 10th consecutive ICC knockout in the last 10 years.”
Prasad replied, saying, "Chokers not, we have won 2 Test series against Australia in Australia, the last one in 2020-21 after 36 all out, which I consider one of India's greatest, especially with more than half first choice players missing. But there is certainly something not right about not winning any major tournament in 11 years."