With IPL culmination on October 15, Virat Kohli's men had less than two days to regroup and gear up for the T20 World Cup that kicked off on October 17.
England were the pre-tournament favourites and played like one for the majority of the Super 12 stage. However, their loss in the final group game to South Africa showed that they were not an invincible outfit.
The T20 World Cup game against Namibia was Shastri’s last day in the office as the head coach.
Shastri, whose tenure with the Indian team ended after the final World Cup game against Namibia on Monday, said the players needed a longer break between the IPL and World Cup.
Virat Kohli played his last match for India as T20I captain against Namibia on November 8 during the T20 World Cup 2021.
Ravi Shastri, who completed his highly eventful tenure as India's head coach, feels that Rohit Sharma is 'ready and capable' to take over the T20 captaincy from Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli said that it was the right time for him to relinquish T20 captaincy so as to manage his workload after India failed to qualify for the T20 World Cup semifinals in a disappointing campaign.
Under Kohli and Shastri, India scripted history by becoming the first Asian team to beat Australia in a Test series in their own backyard.
India reached the target of 133 in 15.2 overs with Rohit Sharma (56) and KL Rahul (54 not out) stitching 86 runs for the opening stand to set up the win in their final Super 12 match.
Team India were 'mentally and physically drained' during the T20 World Cup and didn't even 'try to win' as it wasn't switched on during pressure situations in big games, says outgoing head coach Ravi Shastri.
The outgoing India T20 captain backed Rohit Sharma to succeed as his successor, saying the team is in good hands.
Roy sustained a calf injury in England's defeat to South Africa in their final Super 12 match in Sharjah. Roy looked to be in a lot of pain and could not walk back to the dressing room on his own. He was seen on crutches after the game.
India paid the price for losing back-to-back games against Pakistan and New Zealand early on as Virat Kohli and his men failed to reach the semifinals of the showpiece event.
India failed to make it to the semifinals of the ICC event, paying heavily for the back-to-back early losses in the Super 12 stage.
India were knocked out of semifinal contention after losing their first two Super 12 games against Pakistan and New Zealand at the ongoing showpiece in the UAE.
Despite winning against Namibia by nine wickets Virat Kohli's India had to resort to an early exit in the T20 World Cup 2021.
Arun, head coach Ravi Shastri and fielding coach R Sridhar will end their tenure with India's campaign in the T20 World Cup.
Malik has been playing international cricket since the last century when some of his current teammates were not even born, but still he is regarded as one of the fittest in the current Pakistan team, capable of winning a match single-handedly.
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