@Sithara007 I totally agree with you and I felt that BCCI could have planned better and could have asked th player’s to prepare for this final but surprisingly there was no such directive from them and in the end team India lost another final. Lastly team India needs a new young dynamic captain who’s keen to play for the nation first and unless they get such a leader I doubt that they’ll win an ICC tournament anytime soon.
At this point, Kohli and his cronies such as Rohit control the team selection. This need to be changed. Rahul Dravid as the coach hasn't been able to do much against the senior players. There is no accountability within the Indian team and players are retained despite not performing for years on the trot. Players who doesn't have the support from this cabal, such as T Natarajan and Venkatesh Iyer are often overlooked for selection, while undeserving players are selected just because of their closeness to Kohli. Unless this system is changed, India is not going to win any of the ICC tournaments anytime soon.
I believe the selection of any team is best made with the players and coaches working together. But it doesn’t work when there is a certain amount of favoritism/nepotism going on. The Indian team has a lot of players absolutely ready to replace someone who does not perform well. But I agree that recently we are watching players who are not performing as well as they are expected, but still getting more chances. That is not fair to the players who are waiting on the sideline for a chance to prove themselves.
We have also seen that Virat Kohli was not performing well at all for a long period of time. But he still got chance after chance. I would even say that proper conditions for him were created so that he can find his form. Very few players can have the luxury of this type.