“Why is it that everyone who comes in new wants to change the old system?” - Ajay Jadeja questions decision-making of Hardik Pandya & others

Ajay Jadeja recently questioned the likes of Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma about why they wanted to change the old T20 cricket system.

The former India captain pointed out that all of the above skippers had looked to bring a change in Team India’s approach in T20Is. Jadeja went on to ask what was wrong with every previous system.

Speaking on Cricbuzz, Jadeja said:

“Why is it that every captain, at least three years I can think of that when Virat Kohli took over he wanted to change the way the Indian team played? Rohit Sharma took over, he wanted to change the way the Indian team played. Now, Hardik Pandya has taken over, he wants the Indian team to change."

He continued:

"Why is it that everyone who comes in new wants to change the old system? What is the system problem there?”

The statement came after India lost by 16 runs while chasing 206 in the second T20I against Sri Lanka.

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Dinesh Karthik explains to Ajay Jadeja why captains want to change Team India

Dinesh Karthik believes that not being able to win the T20 World Cup since 2007 is the reason why the new captains want a change in Team India. He also feels that while Kohli brought a change, it was only in Test cricket.

The veteran further claimed that Rohit's valiant efforts bore fruit during the bilateral T20I series, but failed at the T20 World Cup.

“The answer is in the fact that we haven’t won any multi-nation tournament," Karthik said in reply to Jadeja. "Since 2013, we haven’t won an ICC tournament. I don’t know in 2014 somebody would have come and said that I want to change something because we won the Champions Trophy. Here we haven’t won a T20 World Cup since 2007.”

“Virat Kohli said that he wants to change but I feel his major change came about in Test cricket," he added. "The way we played, bowled, and the attitude towards fitness."

"Rohit Sharma made a valiant effort in this T20, where in the bilaterals preceding the World Cup, we did play in a way, which was very aggressive," Karthik went on. "Until we made that habit for ourselves, it’s never gonna come suddenly in one big game.”

Hardik Pandya and Co. will now look to secure victory in the series decider against Sri Lanka in Rajkot on Saturday, January 7.