Why have we been underperforming in ODIs since 2016?
Watching Pakistan win the Champions Trophy and now Zimbabwe squaring the series and going for a series win in Sri Lanka leads me to ask why we seem to have stagnated in our best format.
It seems like we (both the team and the fans) are still living off what we achieved in 2015 because since then we've only won a series against Afghanistan at home (which was way closer than it should have been), lost at home against England, drew a series against a subpar Sri Lanka team (which seeing how Zim are faring was a series we really should have won) and then had a Champions Trophy campaign which is being painted as a success but really we only won one match and did not even turn up for the other games.
It seems like people aren't really bothered about these results and a lack of progress in general. I know the obvious answer is a lack of series and matches since 2015 but digging a little deeper what are the issues plaguing the team - the coaching, the captaincy, complacency and resting on your laurels or a lack of motivation?
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