The National Cricket Academy head and India’s stand-in coach for the South Africa ODI series VVS Laxman feels that “it’ll be difficult for the selectors to get the right team going into the 2023 50-over World Cup”.
VVS Laxman On India’s Preparation for World Cup 2023
The 13th edition of the men’s Cricket World Cup is scheduled to play in India during October and November 2023. Notably, this will be the first time the competition is held entirely in India.
At present, a full-strength Indian squad under Shikhar Dhawan is playing against South Africa in India while another set of the squad under Rohit Sharma travels to Australia to get part in ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
“It’s worked well so far as a backup coach, it started from the Ireland series, the one England T20I (1st match), and the Zimbabwe series. Obviously, need to cover up for Rahul Dravid given his work commitments and the T20 World Cup coming up now,” said Laxman in a chat with host broadcaster Star Sports.
“We have a good bunch of cricketers, they are all looking forward to the series, the competition between them is good, and we are spoiled for choices considering the amount of talent we have. It’ll be difficult for the selectors to get the right team going into the 2023 50-over World Cup,” he stated further.
Further talking about the competition within the Indian squad, Laxman said: “All the youngsters are doing well, they know that they’ll not get too many opportunities once the main players return, but this is a chance to perform well and keep themselves in the hunt when the strongest side is being picked.”
India has lost the first ODI against South Africa by 9 runs and will play the second match of the series on October 9 in JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi.
