India should allow their players to play in foreign leagues: Michael Vaughan

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan feels that India needs to allow its players to participate in the T20 leagues around the world. Vaughan’s comments came after India slipped to their second consecutive defeat. After losing to Pakistan in the tournament-opener by 10 wickets, India suffered an eight-wicket defeat against New Zealand on October 31 to mess up their qualification chances.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) does not allow its players to play any league outside India. Taking to Twitter, Vaughan wrote: “India should take a leaf out of all other countries … Allow their players to play in other leagues around the World to gain experience.”

On Sunday, the batting unit failed to click, as India could only manage an underwhelming 110/7 in their designated overs after being put in. During the chase, all India could manage was just two wickets before New Zealand gunned down the target with 5.3 overs to spare.

With fixtures left against Afghanistan, Scotland and Namibia, India still have a chance to make it further in the tournament. Although for a team that started the event being termed the favourites, India have done nothing to live up to that billing.

India should take a leaf out of all other countries … Allow their players to play in other leagues around the World to gain experience … #India #T20WorldCup

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 31, 2021

Skipper Virat Kohli admitted that the team was not brave enough against New Zealand and did not show the right attitude on the field. “To be brutal upfront, I don’t think we were brave enough with bat/ball. We obviously didn’t have much to play with the ball. We were just not brave enough in our body language when we entered the field and NZ had better intensity, body language,” Kohli said.

“Every time we took a chance, we lost a wicket. It’s most often a result of hesitation of whether you should go for a shot or not. When you play for India, there are loads of expectations. We are watched, people come to the stadium and everyone who plays for India needs to embrace that and cope with it. We haven’t done that in these two games, and that’s why we haven’t won,” he added.