ICC World Cup 2019: Harsha Bhogle picks his Indian squad for the tournament

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With the much-awaited World Cup only four months away now, the cricket experts are dishing out their best squads. All the teams are looking to fine-tune their skills ahead of the mega-event and are using the ongoing international games to try out a few things before finalising on the final 15 players for the World Cup. Harsha Bhogle, meanwhile, donned the hat of a selector and gave his opinion on how India’s squad should look like for the 10-team tournament.
 

Harsha picked three openers in his team with Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan picking themselves thanks to their wonderful record for the country over the years in the 50-over format. He interestingly went for KL Rahul as the reserve opener but also felt that he is a border-line selection at the moment and things could change in a month or so. To make things worse, Rahul also bagged a golden duck against England Lions while playing for India A.
 

Harsha Bhogle went with Ambati Rayudu as India’s number four despite his inconsistent performances in the last few matches while speaking to Cricbuzz. He also had Dinesh Karthik ahead of Rishabh Pant in the side. However, he was also quick to clarify that Pant still has a chance to make it to the squad and his performances against Australia at home could determine the same.
 

The pace bowling attack comprised of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami. According to Shami has sealed his place and will be preferred ahead of Khaleel Ahmed who suddenly came into the frame during the home series against the Windies and Asia Cup as the third seamer for the Men in Blue.

Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja are the two all-rounders in Harsha Bhogle’s team with the latter only being backup for Pandya. Jadeja also offers a lot in the field and is a better batsman at number seven which has helped him make a cut in this squad. Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal are the wrist spinners who again pick themselves in this team.
 

Having said that, Harsha was quick to point out that the places of Karthik, Jadhav and Rahul are open going into the final few matches before the World Cup.
 

Harsha Bhogle’s India squad for World Cup 2019: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami.

 

https://www.crictracker.com/icc-world-cup-2019-harsha-bhogle-picks-his-indian-squad-for-the-tournament/

[Khota]

Disagree with the following:

K L rahul (out) rahane (in)

Dhoni (out) Pant (in)

Pandya (out) aggarwal (in)

Edited February 1, 2019 by Khota

[bahubali]

19 minutes ago, Khota said:

Disagree with the following:

K L rahul (out) rahane (in)

Dhoni (out) Pant (in)

Pandya (out) aggarwal (in)

Instead of this Rayadu out Agarwal in.

[Khota]

9 minutes ago, bahubali said:

Instead of this Rayadu out Agarwal in.

I just don't see a role for allrounders that is why I had Pandya out.

[bahubali]

12 minutes ago, Khota said:

I just don't see a role for allrounders that is why I had Pandya out.

What abt Rayadu?

[ShoonyaSifar]

Most likely the team that will get sent in.

 

One change could be Rahane for Rahul 

[Deleted_User_1]

Why we persist with do takey players like Radududu and DK when we have capable batsman in the shed is beyond me!

Edited February 1, 2019 by Audiophile

[bowl_out]

33 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Most likely the team that will get sent in.

 

One change could be Rahane for Rahul 

Why Rahane all of a sudden.. 

I agree same squad. Only Rahul is questionable. Gill/Pant might get in the squad if they do well in the next few ODIs.

 

I also wanted to see Vijay Shankar bat, but he didn't get a chance this series. 

[sandsaims]

Rahane is g3tting the bounty sajdeh push.

[cowboysfan]

Rahul needs to play ranjis for the next 2 years to fix his technique,no earthyl reason to pick a player who is so horrendously out of form.

[Khota]

7 hours ago, bahubali said:

What abt Rayadu?

I am on the fence on this one. he will make runs but his fielding is not upto the mark. I will give slight edge to Raina but Raidu is not the problem in the team. This is a very strong team overall and is capable of winning it all.

[SLICKR392]

8 hours ago, Khota said:

Disagree with the following:

K L rahul (out) rahane (in)

Dhoni (out) Pant (in)

Pandya (out) aggarwal (in)

You are joking, right? 

[Khota]

5 minutes ago, SLICKR392 said:

You are joking, right? 

Serious as a heart attack.

[Ankit_sharma03]

8 hours ago, Khota said:

 

K L rahul (out) rahane (in)

Hilarious

8 hours ago, Khota said:

Pandya (out) aggarwal (in)

are u planning to play with only 4 bowlers 

[Khota]

17 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Hilarious

are u planning to play with only 4 bowlers 

I count six, where are the four coming from?

[Ankit_sharma03]

43 minutes ago, Khota said:

I count six, where are the four coming from?

ur playing aggarwal instead of pandya , so where is the 5th bowler

[Khota]

3 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

ur playing aggarwal instead of pandya , so where is the 5th bowler

You missed the point. You pick the five bowlers from the list of six. Pandya has no place in my lineup.

[Number]

Mr. Obvious Bhogle.

~ And thats how it should be.

~ Unless ofcourse someone is injured.

[Rightarmfast]

What a spineless character this Bhogle is. Just like his commentary, just a waste of a man. Doesnt have the balls to call a spade a spade. Rayadu in because he is an Andhraite just like Bhogle, same with Dinesh karthik, south Indian connection. To top it, he doesnt have the balls to admit Pandya is an utter waste of space. pandya should be given a GPL and kicked out if India wants to have any chance in the tournament. 

[philcric]

Rayudu

Rahane

Raina