Siraj vs Shami for T20 WC

[Number]

Siraj 

Pros :

Looks in great rythm.

Bowled right lengths in every phase of T20 and ODIs he played.

Most importantly bowled well in death

Bowling with good pace also.

Cons :

Less experience in T20Is

 

Shami 

 

Pros :

Eggggggggggsperience, the most valuable thing in Indian Cricket at the moment.

 

Cons : 

no cricket in last 2 3 months

recovering from Covid

 

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Siraj , Even thakur over shami 

[zen]

The boat has sailed for such discussions. Now it is "wait and watch" period. 

[maniac]

Both

[Majestic]

Siraj

 

But Shami over IPL bully Harshal who got injured when the tournament was in UAE and is fit now as he is getting smashed in Ireland, England and now in Warm ups in Australia.

 

Bhuvi

Siraj

Arshdeep 

 

Shami (as backup for Siraj)

Deepak Chahar ( as backup for Kumar)

[vvvslaxman]

Thakur won us Gabba test with his bowling. What did Harshal do? Seriously they must be out of their minds to pick Harshal even over Thakur.

[Majestic]

1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said:

Thakur won us Gabba test with his bowling. What did Harshal do? Seriously they must be out of their minds to pick Harshal even over Thakur.

Bhai format is different. Thakur ki pitai hoti hai T20 me bhar kar. 

[vvvslaxman]

5 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Bhai format is different. Thakur ki pitai hoti hai T20 me bhar kar. 

 

Statistically not much difference between the two in T20 in the last 2 years.. 

 

Thakur 10 innings 12 wickets 9.87 ER 16.9 Strike rate

Harshal 23 innings 26 wickets 9.20 ER 17.5 strike rate                       

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

[Norman]

Pathetic.. 

[The Realist]

59 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Thakur won us Gabba test with his bowling. What did Harshal do? Seriously they must be out of their minds to pick Harshal even over Thakur.

 

Enthusiastic extra-curricular personal activities/services? 

[Frustrated]

A fast bowler who has not played any intl cricket since July this year and has just recovered from covid automatically becomes a better bowler than someone who is currently winning matches for us by consistently bowling at 140+ against top team.  This is bcci for U.  

[AKane]

10 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

consistently bowling at 140+

 

Indian establishment considers this a negative. 

[Lord]

Would take even Avesh over Shami.

 

Has to be Siraj

[sandeep]

I'm a bit biased when it comes to Siraj, want to see him get better and better, so I will say Siraj.  

[express bowling]

It can be both 

 

Niggle out Harshal and bring in Siraj for Bumrah and Shami for Harshal.

 

Ashwin can bat at 8 in place of Harshal.

 

7. Axar

8. Ashwin

9. Shami / Bhuvi

10. Siraj

11. Arshdeep

 

If Shami does not look match fit, play Bhuvi.

[Stan AF]

[rkt.india]

3 hours ago, zen said:

The boat has sailed for such discussions. Now it is "wait and watch" period. 

Bumrah's replacement is yet to be picked.

[zen]

48 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Bumrah's replacement is yet to be picked.

 

From the reserves, which are already announced so wait & watch till 10/15 duh! 

 

PS I wouldn't waste much time in making 11 and stuff too. Time to move away from such and focus on the on-field performances (time for "what ifs" might come sooner than what many of us may think).

 

Edited October 11, 2022 by zen