'Pichli baar yeh bola tha to wc haar gaye the' - Fans brutally troll Kapil Dev for his 'India can field 3 teams in 3 formats' remarks

1983 World Cup winner Indian skipper Kapil Dev has recently come up with a big statement on the Indian cricket team. The 64-year-old stated that India has a much bigger pool and can field three teams at a time in all three formats of the game.

Advertisment

“The flip side of changing the team frequently allows many cricketers a chance to play. In the future, I can see India will have three teams, one each for Twenty20, ODI, and Tests. That way you can have a bigger pool also,” said Kapil Dev to Gulf News.

“Yes, they should have one set of players for a period of time. You can have the odd person changing, I can understand, but man-of-the-match getting dropped and someone else coming in, as cricketers, we don’t understand that,” said the former skipper while referring to the snubbing of Kuldeep Yadav from the playing XI of the second of the two-match Test series against Bangladesh.

“Yes, we have a team, but there are other teams also who can win the World Cup. To win the trophy, you need a stroke of luck, the right combination, and on top of that the main players should remain fit, that’s the most important thing. When they play so much cricket, injuries are going to take place and I hope when they get to play the tournament, they don’t get injured,” he concluded.

Advertisment

Although Kapil Dev’s statement of playing 3 teams at a time in all three formats of the game didn’t go down well with the Indian cricket fans and they looked unhappy with this statement from the former legendary skipper.

The fans immediately took to Twitter and trolled the Haryana Hurricane and subsequently, the fans also reminded a similar sort statement by Hardik Pandya two years back when India lost in 2021.

Here’s how fans slammed Kapil Dev for his statement:

Bhai pichli baar yeh bola tha to wc haar gaye the. Thoda aaram se Kapil bhai

— Suyash Bafna (@7SUYASH_) January 22, 2023

India ki 10 team ban sakati hai jab bilateral series india me hota hai lekin jab icc tournament hota hai tab pata chalta hai ek hi ban jaaye jo cup jeet sake to badi khushi ki baat ho

— Gautam Yadav 🇮🇳🏹 (@YadavGautam72) January 22, 2023

Phir bhi jeet toh nhi paa rhe 2013 se

— Suresh12raj (@suresh12raj) January 22, 2023

Hmm iss line ke baad hm 2 World cups haar gye the

— सक्षम¹⁸ (@18kingVk) January 22, 2023

Haa bc sahi he yahi chiz hardik bola tha ek semifinal final to nikalti nahi apan se bate badi badi krwalo ! Players he achee koi doubt nahi he pr bilateral or WCS me fark hota he pressure to jhel nahi skte koi ?

— Hitesh Rathod (@HiteshR40850533) January 22, 2023

But what is use of 3 teams, if u can't win wc

— Akshay (@akshay_132727) January 22, 2023

Once hardik pandya said this



We lost Asia cup and world cup after that

— Shoronjeet Banerjee (@shoronjeet02) January 22, 2023

Pandya ne bhi Asia kaha tha

Fir. Back to back to icc tournament. Loss. And aisa cup also😭😭😭



Hope abb ye wali panouti na lage

— cricket lover (@finalstep15) January 22, 2023

Pehle ek trophy to jeet jaao 2013 ke baad koi trophy to jeeti nhi jaa rahi or 3 teams ki baat karwa lo bs inse 🤬🤬

— _deepak.jain1827 (@Deepakjain1827) January 22, 2023

You mean one with KL, then Zimbabwe and Ireland are good

— Logic Searcher (@searching_logic) January 22, 2023

Speaking of the Indian team, they are currently in action in the ongoing three-match ODI series against New Zealand. The men in blue have already taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 with two straight wins in Hyderabad and Raipur ODI. Now, both teams will lock horns in the third and last ODI against New Zealand at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.