Since India has qualified for the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8s, the focus has been on the Indian cricket team’s star openers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who have not started on a very good note in the group stages. Still, much like selecting Darth Vader over Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, if these two can perform on the big stage, Sanjay Manjrekar is more than lenient enough to overlook such transgressions.
“Ideally, if you have gone for people like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, then you have gone for experience. You want to take your experienced players in the World Cup to deliver when it matters,” Manjrekar told PTI in an exclusive interview.
The former India player added, “So, I don’t mind if certain players are out of form. Coming into the knockouts, if they play a defining innings in a semi-final or the final to win the title, that’s the kind of expectation you must have from your senior players,”
Super 8 Showdown Awaits: India Faces Afghanistan in Barbados
India then moved to the next round and had relatively easy matches against Ireland, Pakistan and the United States of America and their following match against Canada it rained heavily and no play was possible. Super 8 starts with this game and is being played at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on June 20, 2024, between Men in Blue and Afghanistan.
India Aims for Elusive T20 World Cup Glory, Rahul Dravid’s Farewell Event?
Getting to the final and winning a title the Indian team is capable of doing that in T20 World Cup 2024 and put an end to the prolonged ICC title wait. India last clinched the trophy when they first started participating in it in the very first instance of the event back in 2007 under the captaincy of the current ODI and T20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It’s also going to be the last tournament for Rahul Dravid as he has been linked to leave the post of the Head coach at the end of the tournament after joining in December 2021.