Has Pat Cummins World Cup 2023 Win and IPL 2024 Loss Push India Into a Coaching Disaster?

ByAnupam Pandey,SportsCafe Editor

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The Indian team has not been the same since the T20 World Cup 2024 final victory. The change in the team's Head Coach from Rahul Dravid to Gautam Gambhir has been a disaster for the Indian fans. Within a year, several big players have also stepped down from the international format.

Has Pat Cummins' World Cup 2023 Win and IPL 2024 Loss Push India Into a Coaching Disaster.

A foreign cricketer could have an impact on the future of the Indian cricket team. This was not believed by any Indian fan, but now, Pat Cummins, the Australian captain, has made them believe it. As India now prepares for the Australian tour,

But this time, Rohit Sharma won't be leading the team in the ODI format. The coach, Gautam Gambhir, has made changes to the line-up, which now involves Shubman Gill as the captain. Fans still think that Cummins has destroyed the Indian team by winning the World Cup 2023 final and losing the IPL 2024 final.

1. World Cup 2023 Final

The last time Indian fans truly were happy was before the World Cup 2023 final, which took place in the Narendra Modi Stadium. India went against Australia in the final clash, being undefeated. for being the best coach and having a great World Cup campaign.

Pat Cummins looked very confident ahead of the finals. In the Press Conference, he also talked about silencing the big crowd which will be supporting India. India had a great start in the final match till Rohit Sharma lost his wicket to Glenn Maxwell.

Following this, India also had a great partnership between Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. But Cummins stepped in once again, as he took the wicket of Virat Kohli through an inside edge which went to the stumps. The Indian team was only , and it seemed to be a defendable score.

At the time, the Australian team stood at the score of 47/3, making the Indian team think that the game was in their hands. But Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head made a partnership, good enough to help the team win the game. Even after being undefeated in the League stages, India lost the final against Australia.

2. IPL 2024 Final

Pat Cummins was acquired by Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of the IPL 2024 season. For his captaincy in the World Cup, he was also appointed as the captain of the team for the season. Cummins first led Sunrisers Hyderabad to the playoffs, with the team with 8 wins in 14 matches.

Later, he also led the team to play the finals of the tournament. But this time, things might not have been in favour of Pat Cummins, as his team went against the Kolkata Knight Riders. With Sunrisers Hyderabad batting first, it was expected that the team would get a good start.

Mitchell Starc, KKR’s most expensive buy of the season, paid in the finals by taking the wicket of Abhishek Sharma. Travis Head was also not able to perform well on the big stage, as Sunrisers Hyderabad all out at the score of just 113 runs.

Since the target was small, Kolkata Knight Riders went on to win the same by 8 wickets. Gautam Gambhir was seen as a potential new coach for the Indian team, as his team went on to defeat the Cummins-led SRH in the finals. This is where the real challenges started to began for the Indian cricket team.

3. Beating Cummins Brings Coaching Shake-Up

Rahul Dravid, who was the Head Coach of the Indian team, had his stint to end after the T20 World Cup 2024. He helped the team to win the title, and it was a happy scenario for the Indian team and fans. After that, , and the BCCI started looking forward to the new options.

The selectors had their eyes on Gautam Gambhir, who helped KKR to defeat SRH in the finals. Due to this reason, Gambhir was appointed as the new Head Coach of the Indian team in July 2024. Fans got excited as the GG era began, but things took a turn real quick.

4. Gambhir Era Brings Tough Transitions

When the era of Gautam Gambhir as a Head Coach started, fans had many expectations. But no one knew that a Head Coach would bring in some decisions which made them regret supporting him. The Indian team in the Test format, losing the Home series to New Zealand and the away series to Australia.

At this time, questions were being raised about the Coaching skills of Gautam Gambhir. But this eventually led to some retirements from the Test formats. Eventually, players such as Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Cheteshwar Pujara announced their retirements from the Test format.

This had broken down the fans to a great extent, as they won't be seeing RoKo together in the Test format anymore. But, they still had hopes for the 2027 World Cup, which is to be played in South Africa. The BCCI its squad for the upcoming tour of Australia, where fans hoped Rohit would return as a captain.

They were shocked to see another drastic change, as Shubman Gill has now replaced Rohit as the captain of the team. With such changes coming in with Gambhir as a coach, fans wonder what could have happened if Cummins lost the 2023 World Cup final and won the IPL 2024 final instead.