'It's really going badly': India coach puts onus on players to change mindset
India's assistant cricket coach Ryan ten Doeschate has publicly criticized the team's performance following a series of losses in overseas T20I matches. He urged players to change their mindset and adapt to challenging foreign conditions rather than relying on home-ground advantages.
Why it matters
The comments reflect the high-pressure environment of professional sports and the ongoing struggle of the Indian team to maintain dominance outside of domestic conditions.
NEW DELHI: India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate did not hold back after India's poor run in overseas T20Is continued with another series defeat. After being whitewashed 0-2 by Ireland, India have now lost the five-match T20I series against England 0-3 with one game still to play. Ten Doeschate said India first need to accept that they have not performed well overseas. "We have spoken so much about adaptability, it's easy to say we need to adapt, it's easy to say but really it's a point now where we need to understand the process, what is needed to make those adaptations," Ten Doeschate said."I don't want to stand and defend the players and also be over critical but the onus is on the players to have the mindset to accept that the fact it's really going badly and look at the evidence in front of them," the coach said.It is…
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