Gary Kirsten blames IPL
India coach Gary Kirsten may attempt to convince his top players to turn their backs on Indian Premier League riches in the future in a bid to boost his side’s international prospects.
The World Twenty20 holders were bundled out of the competition at the Super Eights stage after Sunday’s defeat to England and Kirsten believes a combination of niggling injuries and lower-intensity cricket in the IPL were contributing factors.
“The one thing that didn’t play into our hands here is that we had a bunch of cricketers who were quite tired when they arrived,” said South African Kirsten.
Kirsten further added India had two relatively low intensity group games against Bangladesh and Ireland. But the standard of cricket and the quality of cricket has been higher than what was experienced in the IPL.
“I sense there’s a reasonably big gap between what’s happening at the IPL level and what’s happening internationally.”
“But we had a lot of players with niggles coming into this tournament. A lot of those niggles were picked up during the IPL. We lose contact with our players during IPL because they are connected to and responsible to their franchise.”
“The next World Twenty20 is only something like nine months away and we’re keen to start setting up our plans and strategies.
“We got it wrong in this tournament and we need to go forward from that.”
India coach Gary Kirsten may attempt to convince his top players to turn their backs on Indian Premier League riches in the future in a bid to boost his side’s international prospects.
The World Twenty20 holders were bundled out of the competition at the Super Eights stage after Sunday’s defeat to England and Kirsten believes a combination of niggling injuries and lower-intensity cricket in the IPL were contributing factors.
“The one thing that didn’t play into our hands here is that we had a bunch of cricketers who were quite tired when they arrived,” said South African Kirsten.
Kirsten further added India had two relatively low intensity group games against Bangladesh and Ireland. But the standard of cricket and the quality of cricket has been higher than what was experienced in the IPL.
“I sense there’s a reasonably big gap between what’s happening at the IPL level and what’s happening internationally.”
“But we had a lot of players with niggles coming into this tournament. A lot of those niggles were picked up during the IPL. We lose contact with our players during IPL because they are connected to and responsible to their franchise.”
“The next World Twenty20 is only something like nine months away and we’re keen to start setting up our plans and strategies.
“We got it wrong in this tournament and we need to go forward from that.”
