Despite having brilliant results across formats, Team India has been struggling to win an ICC event for a long time. In the 2019 ODI World Cup, the Virat Kohli-led Indian team had a strong squad with in-form Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, hard-hitting all-rounder Hardik Pandya, and experienced wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni, and others as well. Alongside this, Kohli’s team had Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja with pacers Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar as well but India failed to reach the final, losing to New Zealand in the semis. And, former India player Deep Dasgupta has opened up on this.

Notably, it’s been more than 7 years since India won their last ICC event and despite having one of the best teams in the world, Kohli has come under the scanner for not winning an ICC trophy as well. In a recent interview on Sports Today, a fan asked Deep Dasgupta if India are chokers in the ICC events. To which, Dasgupta gave an interesting response as well.

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“Think about the choker remark the fact is that India has not won a knockout game in the ICC events since 2013. Again, there is no particular reason for that apart from that fact that maybe taking too much pressure and overthinking just because it’s a big game in an ICC tournament,” Dasgupta said.

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“Also, think of the New Zealand game, I think India should have won that. 2017, the Champions Trophy game (final) against Pakistan, that no-ball, let’s not get into that. We have spoken a lot about that no-ball. Then, in the West Indies Wankhede game (2016 T20 World Cup), the toss played a crucial role. 180 (192) was not a bad score, but the dew factor and all that played a role. There is a reason behind every game, we need to look into them individually. I wouldn’t call India chokers,” Deep Dasgupta concluded.