ICC World Cup 2023: Ian Bishop Explains Why India Has Failed To Win An ICC Trophy Since 2013

Former West Indies player, Ian Bishop spoke on Rohit Sharma-led India’s 10-year drought without an ICC trophy ahead of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 in India. Bishop said that the Men in Blues will win somewhere in the future.

While giving an interview to OneCricket, Bishop talked about India’s World Test Championship (WTC) 2023 Final performance against Australia and said that Rohit Sharma’s side was in a better position until they faced Pat Cummins’ side.

“Hard to really pinpoint any one thing. The World Test Championship finals were played in England. And there’s an acclimatization process, just a small example that you need when you go to England to compete well. And the two times they’ve made it, New Zealand were already playing Test cricket in England, and so they were ahead of the game. And then they encountered Australia there, and India had to fly in and turn things around in a short space of time,” Bishop said.

You need your group of fast bowlers healthy: Ian Bishop to Indian Cricket Team ahead of ICC ODI World Cup 2023

The 55-year-old Caribbean further added and said that the squad needs to keep their fast bowlers healthy and well functioning if they want to win ICC tournaments.

Bishop further added and said that the Men in Blues will win in the near future and now they just need to adjust themselves.

“The other thing is you need your fast bowling resources if you’re going to win ICC tournaments and trophies in the west. You need your group of fast bowlers healthy and functioning well. And I think combine that with the obvious batting talent, I think they’ll win one somewhere along the line. They just need to align all of those,” former West Indies player on India’s chances of winning ICC ODI World Cup 2023.

The ICC ODI World Cup 2023 will start on October 5th and the first match will be between England and New Zealand. However, India will start their campaign on October 8th against Australia.

The high-voltage match of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 between India and Pakistan will take place on October 14th at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and the match will kick off at 2:00 PM IST.