The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly is confident that Team India will soon be clinching an ICC title soon, given each year from 2022 to 2031 has a global tournament lined up. The Indian team has failed to win an ICC trophy since 2013 when they won the Champions Trophy in England under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Following that, the team has lost the 2014 T20 World Cup final to Sri Lanka, the 2016 T20 World Cup semi-final to West Indies, the 2017 Champions Trophy final to Pakistan, 2015 and 2019 ODI World Cup semi-finals to Australia and New Zealand, respectively.

The Indian team also failed to win the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship 2021 final against the Kiwis. In the 2021 T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), India failed to even make it to the semi-finals in what was the first instance since 2012 that the team crashed out as early as the group stage of an ICC event.

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With a change in leadership – India has adopted split captaincy by naming Rohit Sharma as the captain in limited-overs cricket and Virat Kohli carrying on with Tests, and Rahul Dravid has become head coach, Sourav Ganguly feels that India’s title drought will end soon.

During a recent chat with News18, Sourav Ganguly said, “From 2022 to 2031, there will be a world championship every year and India will be a contender. I have always believed they can win. They had a semi-final loss in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. In 2021, they lost in the group stage itself [T20 World Cup]. But like any other Indian cricket fan, I believe India will win some of those tournaments. However, they can’t win everything.”

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He further elaborated, “It’s very difficult to predict the future, but India is a great side. We have a very good coach [Rahul Dravid] and the team is in able hands with a new captain [Rohit Sharma] as well. So, we wish them all the best. And they have been successful in the last five years; I don’t see any reason why they can’t now. I wish them the best and hopefully, we can reach greater heights in the years to come.”