India suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 against Australia. Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar wants India to defeat Australia in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024 just for revenge. Australia won the ODI World Cup title for the sixth time in history and extended their existing record of most World Cup titles by a nation in cricket.
Rohit Sharma and company were on a 10-match winning streak, but failed to win the final against Australia. It has been 11 years since India won an ICC trophy and their last victory was in the 2013 Champions Trophy under the leadership of MS Dhoni. The Men in Blue will get another chance this year when they participate in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 scheduled for June 2024.
Cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar wants the Men in Blue to beat Australia in the T20 World Cup to avenge the heartbreaking loss in the final. Jokingly, he said that if India beats Australia in the T20 World Cup, it will improve his mood as it took him some therapy and a lot of time to recover from the loss against Australia in the World Cup final. ODI.
Sanjay Manjrekar said: “I want to see India beat Australia for one simple reason – it will really improve my mood. After that loss, we were there watching it live. It took me a couple of weeks of long therapy to get back to this job. The therapy is complete, but if India beats Australia in that World Cup I don’t think I will need it anymore. That is why it is very important for India to beat Australia and then also England.”
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The T20 World Cup 2024 will be jointly hosted by the West Indies and the United States of America. India will have another chance to win an ICC trophy. The wait has lasted 11 years and they have another chance to win an ICC trophy. The Indian team has been eliminated at crucial stages of ICC events. England knocked them out of the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in 2022.
The Men in Blue will get another chance at the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 to win an ICC title. If they can beat Australia and England, then revenge for the last two failures will also be completed. England defeated them in the semi-finals of the 2022 World T20 by a huge margin of ten wickets. This time, the Men in Blue will be at full strength as Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are fit. These two missed the 2022 World Cup due to injuries.