File photo of MS Dhoni with the ICC Champions Trophy 2013© X (Twitter)
It was in 2013 that the Indian cricket team had last won an ICC title – the Champions Trophy – and has since gone empty-handed at the grand stage in international cricket. The likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have tried to lead the team to ICC titles but it remains MS Dhoni who holds the honour of helping India lift their last trophy on the grand stage. But, according to former England captain Michael Vaughan, the ICC Champions Trophy isn’t even a ‘real trophy’.
“India should win a lot more trophies. 2013 was the last trophy India won, right? ICC Champions Trophy? That’s not a trophy really. There is the World Cup and the World Test Championship now, India lost both the finals there. There is so much talent in this country,” Vaughan said on The Ranveer Show.
Since the 2013 event, India have gone at great lengths to win ICC titles. The 2017 Champions Trophy, 2019 ODI World Cup, 2023 ODI World Cup, two different World Test Championship finals. But, the title somehow continues to elude them.
Vaughan, during the show, admitted how baffling it is that India have produced some fine captains and players, yet they manage to remain an underachieving side on the global stage.
“I met Rohit in the World Cup recently. He really got them playing in the modern and aggressive way. He did everything right but had that one blip in the final, and that can happen at times. Rohit has done a remarkable job in getting the team collectively to play in an aggressive way. Ganguly, back in the day, made India hard, made them tough. Virat Kohli, he has given so much love and joy to Test cricket. When he was the Test skipper, I knew the game was in safe place because he is passionate about the format. And of course there is MS Dhoni, no one has been better than him in white-ball cricket. I feel India should be winning every 2-3 trophies that are available,” he said.
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