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I used to like these tours since most of our main players rested and our youngsters as well as fringe players got lots of chances. But we haven’t toured in the past 4 years, so we have missed out on seeing lots of new indian cricketers in action! I hope we tour again soon so we can see some future Indian players representing the country! 
 

If we were to tour Zimbabwe tomorrow, I would take a young squad with KL Rahul as captain and Shreyas Iyer as vice captain! Rohit, Dhawan, Kohli, Jadeja, Shami, Bumrah and Chahal will all be rested. 
 

My squad would look something like this: 

 

1. KL Rahul (C

2. Mayank Agarwal 

3. Shubman Gill 

4. Shreyas Iyer 

5. Manish Pandey 

6. Rishabh Pant (WK

7. Hardik Pandya 

8. Shreyas Gopal 

9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 

10. Kuldeep Yadav 

11. Navdeep Saini 

 

12. Prasidh Krishna 

13. Axar Patel 

14. Prithvi Shaw 

15. Suryakumar Yadav 

16. Ishan Kishan (WK

 

This squad is more than enough to whitewash Zimbabwe 5-0! What would be your 16-man ODI squad if we were to tour Zimbabwe tomorrow? :icflove:

Posted

We have toured west indies after 2016 t20 wc, 2017 ct loss & 2019 odi worldcup. We probably need big phainta from opposition (say aus tour or t20 worldcup) and then we will see our great experienced players making it to zimbabwe squad in few weeks.

Posted
1 hour ago, SecondSlip said:

My squad would look something like this: 

 

1. KL Rahul (C

2. Mayank Agarwal 

3. Shubman Gill 

4. Shreyas Iyer 

5. Manish Pandey 

6. Rishabh Pant (WK

7. Hardik Pandya 

8. Shreyas Gopal 

9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 

10. Kuldeep Yadav 

11. Navdeep Saini 

 

12. Prasidh Krishna 

13. Axar Patel 

14. Prithvi Shaw 

15. Suryakumar Yadav 

16. Ishan Kishan (WK

 

I'll take Shaw over Mayank.  

 

Manish Pandey ? No thanks. The guy's 31 and is unlikely to play the '23 WC and he's a dud in T20s. So no wt20 either. Will much rather have Jaiswal or some other u-25 bat. 

 

Dube, D Chahar and Bishnoi/Markande over Pandya, Bhuvi and Kuldeep. 

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Norman said:

 

I'll take Shaw over Mayank.  

 

Manish Pandey ? No thanks. The guy's 31 and is unlikely to play the '23 WC and he's a dud in T20s. So no wt20 either. Will much rather have Jaiswal or some other u-25 bat. 

 

Dube, D Chahar and Bishnoi/Markande over Pandya, Bhuvi and Kuldeep. 

No,Dube plz i would rather play Pandya and let him improve his batting(bowling as well to become a little more trustworthy) and evolve.He hasn't sealed his spot yet ,i see too many ifs and buts with his selection across formats,he is a certainty in lois though,but still needa to evolve,i feel his best is still to come and his ceiling is quite higher,needs to play more .Indian loi side needs him more than our current top 3

Edited by Suhaan
Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, SecondSlip said:

I used to like these tours since most of our main players rested and our youngsters as well as fringe players got lots of chances. But we haven’t toured in the past 4 years, so we have missed out on seeing lots of new indian cricketers in action! I hope we tour again soon so we can see some future Indian players representing the country! 
 

If we were to tour Zimbabwe tomorrow, I would take a young squad with KL Rahul as captain and Shreyas Iyer as vice captain! Rohit, Dhawan, Kohli, Jadeja, Shami, Bumrah and Chahal will all be rested. 
 

My squad would look something like this: 

 

1. KL Rahul (C

2. Mayank Agarwal 

3. Shubman Gill 

4. Shreyas Iyer 

5. Manish Pandey 

6. Rishabh Pant (WK

7. Hardik Pandya 

8. Shreyas Gopal 

9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 

10. Kuldeep Yadav 

11. Navdeep Saini 

 

12. Prasidh Krishna 

13. Axar Patel 

14. Prithvi Shaw 

15. Suryakumar Yadav 

16. Ishan Kishan (WK

 

This squad is more than enough to whitewash Zimbabwe 5-0! What would be your 16-man ODI squad if we were to tour Zimbabwe tomorrow? :icflove:

Let KL be in middle, he is settled there 

Also why isnt shaw in XI he did better then mayank in NZ odi series

Edited by Ankit_sharma03
Posted
  1. Shaw 
  2. Samson 
  3. Gill
  4. Iyer
  5. Rahul
  6. Pant 
  7. Hardik (depending on his workload)
  8. Rahul chahar
  9. Prasidh
  10. Rajpoot
  11. Saini

Extra- Players who do well in next 2 ipl as even if ZIMB tour happens it can only happ in may june 

Posted
50 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

No,Dube plz i would rather play Pandya and let him improve his batting(bowling as well to become a little more trustworthy) and evolve.

 

We need to use Pandya wisely as he's very injury prone. As you said, he's arguably the most important player for us in white ball cricket. 

 

I agree Dube wasn't that good in the few chances he got but we have to persist with players like him for a little longer. If he improves his batting, he could be a ready-made backup for HP. Will much rather have him than the krunals and the Axars. 

Posted
1 hour ago, adi B said:

Didnt we tour them like 3 times in 4 years from 2013 -16 ?

We are due a tour but surely not before 2022

 

Yes. 2013, 2015 and 2016. 

Posted
1 minute ago, Norman said:

 

We need to use Pandya wisely as he's very injury prone. As you said, he's arguably the most important player for us in white ball cricket. 

 

I agree Dube wasn't that good in the few chances he got but we have to persist with players like him for a little longer. If he improves his batting, he could be a ready-made backup for HP. Will much rather have him than the krunals and the Axars. 

Dube was seen as a backup to Pandya but as seen he doesn't seem to be his alternative,maybe he improves his batting immensely,then we may have a shot at him

But Pandya bowls with pace and can hit(he is seen as a genuine AR)

What i have observed in Pandya is he has huge potential in batting, some of the shots he plays will put top ARs to shame, unfortunately he seems content with his current ability

His batting and bowling both are unreliable,not because he is playing at no.6,7.He seriously needs to come of age now,he should play more , captains shouldn't bowl him for all 10 overs

Posted

I think we were due a tour this time but corona happened.  My preffered XI

Shaw

Paddikal

Gill

Shreyas (c) 

KL

Nitish Rana/Pant

Hardik

Rahul Chahar

Prasidh

Mavi/Nagarkotti (about time they show what they got)

Saini

I'd back this team to beat our senior team as well.  Zim stand no chance. 

 

Posted
27 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

Because last time we toured Zimbabwe. Axar Patel embarrassed thala not once but twice. So thala has requested no more tours of Zimbabwe.

 

Thala was just 3 runs away from losing the T20 series against Zimbos. :phehe:

 

He can't thank Barinder Sran enough for saving him from that beizzati. 

Posted
6 hours ago, Gollum said:

Maybe they are being punished for their ICC vote against us. 

 

I think we should have parallel series against Zim and Afg/Ire and field young squads. BCCI has no vision. 

I agree...

 

Even if we lose couple fo matches against minnows...it shouldn't be taken seriously...

 

This way...we will continue to nurture young talent....

Posted
3 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

I think we were due a tour this time but corona happened.  My preffered XI

Shaw

Paddikal

Gill

Shreyas (c) 

KL

Nitish Rana/Pant

Hardik

Rahul Chahar

Prasidh

Mavi/Nagarkotti (about time they show what they got)

Saini

I'd back this team to beat our senior team as well.  Zim stand no chance. 

 

Paddikal has to earn his spot...

 

To be honest, I haven't seen anything special in him....

 

I know he is going thru some wonderful form .... but he has to show the same for atleast 3 years ...

 

We have many players who has golden run for 2 years and disappear into oblivion...

 

 

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