Mumbai: Indian team manager Ranjib Biswal has given the players a clean chit despite the poor show in the Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean.
Biswal submitted his report to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCI) here on Saturday. Sources within the team management said that the report blames failure to play short-pitched bowling on the bouncy Bridgetown wicket as the biggest cause of defeat.
The report has suggestions about the need to play more on bouncy wickets and how the players failed to implement the team plans in the Caribbean.
According to the report, there was neither evidence of any post-IPL fatigue affecting the players, nor evidence of any player being unfit or lacking commitment.
"I have submitted the report to the BCCI about the T20 World Cup in the West Indies. The BCCI is looking at the report and they will get back to you," Biswal told reporters after spending close to one and a half hour and the BCCI headquarters.
"There are certain issues which I have recommended to the BCCI and I hope the Board knows how to react to that and I hope, the Board reacts to that," he added.
Biswal once again denied media reports of Indian players being involved in a bar brawl in the West Indies after crashing out of the World Cup.
"That incident never took place. It was just a verbal talk and there is nothing substantial to that. There was an argument because the boys, who went there (to the pub) for dinner, were harassed by some Indian fans. There is nothing much about it," he said.
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