When it comes to the ICC events, 2013 was the last time India managed to walk away with the silverware when Dhoni and company trumped over England in the latter’s backyard to clinch the ICC Champions Trophy.

Former Indian captain, Sunil Gavaskar believes that it is high time that the Rohit-led battalion stands up and decides to take the upcoming ICC events head on. He had a special request for the Men in Blue, especially with two World Cups in two consecutive years straddled perfectly by the WTC final (if India makes the cut) and the Asia Cup in between.

Talking to Sportstar, Gavaskar said, “When you see a champion being felicitated, you also want to be one. And when your athletes are improving their personal bests, that is when you know everything is on the right track. There are two titles that I’d like the Indian men’s team to win — one is the World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup is the other. There is, of course, the Asia Cup in between these two. If that comes back to India, nothing quite like it.”

He also spoke at length about Indian women’s defeat against Australia, adding, “Australia has been a stumbling block for quite a while. The women’s team will need that one big win like the men’s squad in 2018-19 in Australia.”

With an action-packed few months post the IPL ahead for Team India, with the Men in Blue poised to clinch a place in the WTC final, one of those wishes might soon come true. Later on in the year, India will be in their own backyard for the ODI World Cup.