John Wright on India Playing XI: Indian team in the year 2003 world cup Reached the finals but India was defeated by Australia. India was captained by Sourav Ganguly in the 2003 World Cup and the coach of the Indian team at that time was former New Zealand legend John Wright. The pair of Ganguly and John Wright together gave a new style to Indian cricket. Even though the Indian team could not win the World Cup title in 2003, the full credit for the way the Indian cricket team performed went to captain and coach John Wright.
Now when once again India and Australia are in the World Cup final (IND vs AUS World Cup Final), former coach John Wright has reacted. The former coach has given advice regarding the Indian XI, in fact, John Wright has reacted on the social media platform X and has rejected any possibility of change in the Indian XI. Wright has advised the Indian team management through his post not to make such a mistake. The former Indian coach believes that India should not think about changing its eleven in the final.
John Wright wrote in his post, “There is a lot of talk about bringing Ashwin in the Indian XI in place of Siraj on Sunday. This can be a very difficult decision. Without the cover of Hardik, with only two fast bowlers of such a big size, It would be a big risk to enter the game.”
Plenty of talk about Ashwin in for Siraj Sunday . Would be very harsh MS even if it it’s likely to turn square . Be a huge risk to go into such a big game with only two seamers with no Hardik as cover #INDvAUS #ahmedabad #ICCCricketWorldCup
— John Wright (@johnwright15) November 17, 2023
Let us tell you that the World Cup final between India and Australia will be played in Ahmedabad on 19 November. Indian bowlers have shown amazing performance in this entire World Cup. Especially Mohammed Shami has created a stir with his bowling. Shami is currently the bowler taking the most wickets in the World Cup. Let us tell you that till now Shami has succeeded in taking a total of 23 wickets in his name. On the other hand, Siraj has not proved to be very lethal in this World Cup. Siraj has taken a total of 13 wickets in the 2023 World Cup.
By the way, it is being said about the Ahmedabad pitch that it may be slow and the spinners may get the advantage. Till now, a total of 4 matches were played in Ahmedabad in this World Cup in which more runs were scored in the match played between England and New Zealand. Apart from this, 3 more matches were low scoring. India played a match against Pakistan on this ground in which Pakistan, playing first, scored 191 runs, which India won by 7 wickets. Siraj took 2 wickets in this match.