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POLL : Seeking the right team combination for World Cup


SK_IH

Right team combination for World Cup ?  

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  1. 1. Right team combination for World Cup?

    • Combo A - two wristys, two seamers, 1 all rounder
    • Combo B - one wristy, 3 seamers, 1 all rounder 
    • Combo C - two spinners (one phoney Jadeja), 2 seamers , 1 all rounder 
    • Combo D- two spinners, two seamers, relying on Shankar-Jadhav to finish the 5th bowler quota 
    • Any other (please specify)


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The WC  squad of 15 has been announced :

 

  1. Virat
  2. MSD
  3. Rohit
  4. Dhawan
  5. KL Rahul
  6. K Jadhav
  7. Dinesh Karthik
  8. V Shankar
  9. Hardik
  10. Jadeja
  11. Bhuvi
  12. Bumrah
  13. Shami
  14. Kuldeep
  15. Chahal

 

On the basis of those selections , there can be multiple team combinations, which can be following :

Combo A - two wristys, two seamers, 1 all rounder

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Rohit ,  Dhawan, Virat, Vijay Shankar, MSD, K Jadhav, Hardik, Kuldeep, Shami, Chahal, Bumrah, 

Combo B - one wristy, 3 seamers, 1 all rounder 

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Rohit ,  Dhawan, Virat, Vijay Shankar, MSD, K Jadhav, Hardik, Bhuvi, Kuldeep, Shami, Bumrah, 

Combo C - two spinners (one phoney Jadeja), 2 seamers , 1 all rounder 

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Rohit ,  Dhawan, Virat, Vijay Shankar, MSD, K Jadhav, Hardik, Jadeja, Kuldeep, Shami, Bumrah, 

Combo D- two writys spinners, two seamers, relying on Shankar-Jadhav to finish the 5th bowler quota 

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Rohit ,  Dhawan, Virat, Another batsman, Vijay Shankar, MSD, K Jadhav, , Kuldeep, Shami, Chahal, Bumrah, 

 

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Combo A for me. You have 7 bowlers and 7 batsmen. Your one main bowler may get tonked so you need 7th bowler to cover up. In any case, I would be more comfortable to divide 20 overs among Hardik, Jadhav and Shankar rather than two of those. We need Hardik at number 7 just for his hitting ability. 

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Between A and B. We shouldn't blindly go for two wrist spinners. Chahal will be hammered on non-spin tracks. An option should be kept open between Chahal and Kumar. There will be two all-rounders including Jadhav and one of Pandya/Shankar. 

 

My teams, 

 

Team 1:

 

Rohit

Dhawan

Rahul

Kohli

Jadhav

Pandya

Dhoni (:facepalm:)

Kuldeep

Kumar / Chahal

Shami

Bumrah


Team 2:

 

Rahul

Dhawan

Kohli

Dhoni (:facepalm:)

Shankar

Jadhav

Pandya

Kuldeep

Kumar / Chahal

Shami

Bumrah

 

Team 3: 

 

Rahul

Dhawan

Kohli

Dhoni (:facepalm:)

Shankar

Pant

Pandya

Kuldeep

Kumar / Chahal

Shami

Bumrah

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First XI:

 

Dhawan

Rohit

Kohli

Shankar/Jadhav/Dhoni/Pandya (unsure of the batting order)

Bhuvi

Shami

Kuldeep

Bumrah

 

So combo B works for me...I don't consider Jadhav/Shankar as proper all rounders like Pandya. Sure they can roll their arms and be effective back ups but that's about it.

 

I will use Bhuvi like how England uses Willey....7/8 overs front up when ball is new and there is some swing available. This way Shami/Bumrah can be used more in middle/death overs. We need Bhuvi the number 8 batsman...pretty sure we will have match situations where it will be incumbent on a main batsman batting with the lower order to chase down a manageable score in the final 5/10 overs. We would need someone like Bhuvi who can at least rotate the strike and give confidence to the batsman at the other end. Also with Bhuvi at #8, our batters can up the ante with more freedom while batting first, rather than the case where we have 4 duds from 8-11. 

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First 3/4th of the tournament we need only 1 wristie. Then as wear and tear on the pitches increase, as temperatures soar we can think of playing Chahal...he can make his way in place of an under-performing quick. Will be a mistake to play Kulcha right from the word go, tracks won't be supportive enough. 

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Yup India is so orthodox in their approach that they always try to sneak in 2 spinners irrespective of pitch conditions and against whom we are playing. Same mistake we did in ct17 where a 3rd fast bowlers was required. Ideally in eng we should start with 3 fast bowler + all-rounder + Kuldeep.

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On 3/11/2019 at 12:39 PM, Stan AF said:

Bhuvis inclusion into the squad is frankly terrifying. He bowled like **** yesterday. Didn't look like taking a single wicket and got hit around like a dog on the streets. Such a waste.

He bowled well up front, was more economical than bumrah early on. Every one got hit in the end and not because of their inability but because of dew. I won't judge anyone based on that. Nothing you can do when there is dew. Dew is also partly responsible for drops and midfields. It happens a lot whenever outfield has dew. Leather balls becomes too slippery and difficult to control.

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1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

Rohit, dhawan, Kohli, Shankar, Dhoni, jadhav, pandya, kuldeep, chahal, Shami/BK, bumrah

Can Shankar play at no4, look at no4s around the world. India might be having the weakest no4 and no 5 in Dhoni.Jadhav is not the great either.

 

 

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