Let's attempt to find the positives for Ind (T20WC22)

[zen]

With unoptimized (and uninspired) selections including trundlers, TTFs, focus on experience, a top 3 that does enough in regular games while failing in knockouts, inflexibility, mundane captaincy, etc., India again finds itself in a familiar territory where it would need to rely mainly on individual brilliance to make an impression in the upcoming WC 2023. 

 

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

Standby Players: Mohammad Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.

 

Whether we agree or not, Ind is expected to start with a line up like below:

 

Rohit

KL

Kohli

SKY

Sir Don

DK (or Pant)

Axar

Harshal (or Arshdeep)

Bhuvi (or Arshdeep)

Bumrah

Chahal (or Ashwin)

 

Hooda is likely to warm the bench unless someone is unfit. 

 

 

Anyways, let attempt to look at the positives (some of them may appear gimmicky): 

 

• The batsmen have been playing together for long so understand each others' strengths & weaknesses
• The top 3 are learning to be aggressive (at least they accepted that they were not aggressive earlier)
• Harshal can be seen as the 3rd spinner (a fastish one) who could work if the pitches are dry with long boundaries (the slow dipper can still fool batsmen looking to go big)
• Bhuvi can swing the ball (use him wisely)
• Arshdeep can bowl yorkers 
• There are some good fielders 
• Many of these guys are considered to be the best players of T20s (even based on past records) in Ind (No matter how clueless, the selectors would still know something about picking a squad)
• We have proven results in bilaterals, which are played more often than multi-team events
• Ind is the #1 rated T20 team

 

 

Please list more, ...

 

 

Now it is time to stop worrying, sit back, and enjoy the world cup, which in Aus is good to watch. India still has a few fun to watch players in the 11. You could see some innovation esp. from sides like Eng. NZ is likely to up the fielding standards. SA has players who have been threatening to explode for a long time so maybe they finally can, WI could play fearless cricket, and so on!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 24, 2022 by zen

[wanted_desi]

If they lose badly, maybe they will kick out Rohit, Kohli, and KL. 

 

But who i am kidding? They will just drop Chahal, Bhuvi and Harshul and Karthik. They already got scapegoats prepared. 

[tweaker]

Bumrah,

Will be biggest positive.

 

Rohit,Virat ,Kohli

Two of the three must click in most matches,One of them should bat along with Surya,Hardik ,Karthik,

 

Hardik

Should contribute either with bat or ball

 

Dinesh Karthik

Should be the wicketkeeper and finisher,the team management should not experiment more with Rishabh Pant.

 

Axar Patel

Axar patel should be the spinner,batting is plus

 

Surya 

He should be used well ,most probably between Hardik and Karthik.

 

Arshdeep

Arshdeep should partner Bumrah,has shown good temperament in the death over .Bhubaneshwar should not be consider due to experience.

 

Ashwin

Instead of Chahal.,Ashwin should be considered ,batting plus.

 

Harshal 

As there is no option in squad he should be selected and used well.Bumrah  and Arshdeep.should bowl in the death

[tweaker]

The team should be

 

Rohit

Rahul

Virat

Hardik

Surya

Karthik

Axar

Ashwin

Harshal

Bumrah

Arshdeep.

 

Bowling 

 

Bumrah

Arshdeep

Hardik

Axar

Harshal

Ashwin

 

Bumrah ,Arshdeep should open Harshal should finish his quota in the middle.

Out of Hardik,Harshal,Ashwin,Axar who bowl well should finish his quota

 

Surya should be used well,he will come good if used properly.

[cricketfan28]

Biggest positive for me is sarma , his tuk tuk became bang bang  and he looks determined to win it. Not sure about kohli and rahul.

[coffee_rules]

Dropping Chahal and having Axar And Ashwin

 

Pick DK over Zpant

 

Have Pandya at #4 after Kohli. He takes time and does tuk tuk for 10 balls even if he comes in the 17th over. Let him knock some balls around in the middle overs. Sky , DK and Axar can finish, esp while setting a score

[zen]

38 minutes ago, wanted_desi said:

If they lose badly, maybe they will kick out Rohit, Kohli, and KL. 

 

But who i am kidding? They will just drop Chahal, Bhuvi and Harshul and Karthik. They already got scapegoats prepared. 

Already started … maybe paid PR at work

Edited September 24, 2022 by zen

[speed_thrills]

Opposition batsman would be busy hitting our trundlers out of the park, so fielders will remain fresh all the time.

[zen]

7 hours ago, speed_thrills said:

Opposition batsman would be busy hitting our trundlers out of the park, so fielders will remain fresh all the time.

Hopefully, throwing the ball back to the bowlers would not be too draining!

[AuxiliA]

1. Batting looks good. Kohli is somewhat back in his old form. Rohit is more aggressive. Pandya playing like he was expected to do. DK seems good for short finishing cameos. The TM finally realised that they need to fire all cylinders when batting. 

 

2. If both Bumrah and Arshdeep play, we probably have the best (or atleast the most economical) death bowling pair in the world. Also, Axar has been bowling well right now. 

[jf1gp_1]

Positive has to be batting, most batsmen have runs behind them and they are clicking as a batting unit.

 

Bowling in middle overs has been fine. Its the final 5 where return of Bumrah will certainly give us the boast needed. Axar in the few games he has played has looked good. So if Bhuvi at top can get his act together, axar in middle and Bumrah with Arshdeep can still be a decent bowling lineup. 

 

Catching has been so poor that and only way forward is up. 

[nevada]

Positives - Bumrah is back. Rohit seems to be finding the right balance between attacking stroke play and being able to score a bit more than a cameo. Pandya's batting is looking promising. His knock in the first game was amazing. Hope he can play such impactful knocks for us in the WC. 

[tweaker]

What exactly is Rahul contribution

Positive or negative.

 

Rohit is playing aggresively,Virat has find form,Hardik ,Surya have performed in some matches.

[speed_thrills]

9 hours ago, zen said:

Hopefully, throwing the ball back to the bowlers would not be too draining!

I am sure arrangement of ball boys for this purpose is part of BCCI's workload management policy.

[SRT100]

There is no positives when Kohli screws our country as always with his presence. Not only does this loser not score, he eats up deliveries.

 

Our side would look and feel a lot better having both DK and Pant in it. Instead because of the arsehole that is Kohli we can only have one of them.

[IndianRenegade]

Positives

 

After the customary early exit I can sleep early. 

[Adamant]

51 minutes ago, SRT100 said:

There is no positives when Kohli screws our country as always with his presence. Not only does this loser not score, he eats up deliveries.

 

Our side would look and feel a lot better having both DK and Pant in it. Instead because of the arsehole that is Kohli we can only have one of them.

I know he has fractured your face with multiple bat hits but still you should let it go. 

 

He was easily our beat batter in Asia cup even without the Afghanistan match. 

 

But how can I expect anything from someone who has 80 iq

[SRT100]

8 minutes ago, Adamant said:

I know he has fractured your face with multiple bat hits but still you should let it go. 

 

He was easily our beat batter in Asia cup even without the Afghanistan match. 

 

But how can I expect anything from someone who has 80 iq

 

My funny keyboard warrior that hides behind a computer.

Stop praising the fool, it makes you look stupid and foolish.

 

Everyone is laughing and the joke is on you.

[mani sha]

My biggest positive - 

no expectations other than a win or two against some lowly sides . 
 

will save time . Money . Enjoy the trundler show 

[zen]

With Bumrah injured and potentially out of the WC (and with the TM not even preparing adequate options - Moshin for e.g.) - an opportunity for trundlers to try to swing the bowl for the first couple of overs or so in Aus like in Eng.