India have over-rated cricketers and people who have not performed up to their potential: Kris Srikkanth

After Michael Vaughan called India an underachieving side that doesn’t “win anything”, another former international cricketer has slammed Team India for not performing to their potential. Former India opener Kris Srikkanth has said that India is an “over-rated” cricket team in Test cricket as many players from the current side have failed to live up to their expectations.

Srikkanth’s rebuke came after India suffered an innings and 32 runs defeat to South Africa in the Centurion Test. He added that India did well in Tests under Virat Kohli who left captaincy in January 2022.

“Test cricket, we are over-rated,” Srikkanth said in a video on his YouTube channel.

“I think it was a phase of 2-3 years…when Virat Kohli was the captain of the team, we were outstanding. We dominated in England, we fought hard in South Africa, we won in Australia. We had a good phase for 2-4 years,” Srikkanth said.

The ex-India player added that India need to forget the No. 1 ranking in ICC and focus should be on getting the results.

“We have to forget ICC rankings. We are always 1-2, 1-2. It’s a combination of having over-rated cricketers and people who have not performed up to their potential. Or some players have not enough chances like Kuldeep (Yadav),” Srikkanth said.

“If you want to be the best team, you should be capable of being the giants on home grounds. That is what we did when Rishabh Pant was firing.

“But you can keep on saying that we scored in Australia, we scored in England. You can sing the same song; you won’t move forward if you rest on past laurels. You have to just look at how you have performed in the last two years, last 18 months.”

Srikkanth also did not spare the limited-over side and added that India are an overrated side in T20Is as well.

“In T20 cricket India are highly over-rated. ODI cricket, we are a fantastic team. What happens in ODIs, in the semifinals, finals, it’s just a one-off match. It’s a luck factor, a lot depends on luck in these matches.

“I read Rohit Sharma’s statement, for a cricketer, the 50-over World Cup is a huge achievement.

“We sometimes underperform in the knockout matches, in the semifinals and the final. But we are a gun side in ODI,” he shared.