India 15 member squad for the World Cup announced

[zen]

The squad is as “expected” 

[vvvslaxman]

SKY is in the side because?  Being part of world cup squad is such a privelege. You need to work hard to earn that. You don't have to hope that they get humiliated. They will get humiliated anyways.

[vvvslaxman]

5 hours ago, R!TTER said:

They can maybe sub him out, not sure of the latest rules?

 

One can only be relaced as a concussion sub like Kishan got replaced after Jordan elbowed him on the field.

[Frustrated]

4 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

SKY is in the side because?  Being part of world cup squad is such a privelege. You need to work hard to earn that. You don't have to hope that they get humiliated. They will get humiliated anyways.

As always, a player gets picked in the wrong format.  This is Bcci for U...  Using t20 stats to justify his inclusion in the Odis where his batting avg and SR are at par with our no.9 batsman (Shardul).   LOL.  

[Lord]

10 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

SKY is in the side because?  Being part of world cup squad is such a privelege. You need to work hard to earn that. You don't have to hope that they get humiliated. They will get humiliated anyways.

[vvvslaxman]

8 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

As always, a player gets picked in the wrong format.  This is Bcci for U...  Using t20 stats to justify his inclusion in the Odis where his batting avg and SR are at par with our no.9 batsman (Shardul).   LOL.  

 

Ruturaj has done much better in List A in recent times compared to SKY over a long period. So many deserving guys didn't get an opportunity. But this guy despite repeated failures, despite giving interviews like "still trying to learn to play ODIs" they are picking him as a wild card. He doesn't even have any auxiliary skills. 

[Frustrated]

7 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Ruturaj has done much better in List A in recent times compared to SKY over a long period. So many deserving guys didn't get an opportunity. But this guy despite repeated failures, despite giving interviews like "still trying to learn to play ODIs" they are picking him as a wild card. He doesn't even have any auxiliary skills. 

TM were looking for a hard hitting finisher at no. 6 or 7.   Whereas Ruturaj is an opener.  So, SKY sneaked into the squad.  But in reality,  SKY is more of 'finished' than a 'finisher' in the 50 over format.   

[vvvslaxman]

2 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

TM were looking for a hard hitting finisher at no. 6 or 7.   Whereas Ruturaj is an opener.  So, SKY sneaked into the squad.  But in reality,  SKY is more of 'finished' than a 'finisher' in the 50 over format.   

 

Rinku is  a much better choice as he gives MSD vibe in terms of soaking the pressure after a collapse.  ALso an excellent fielder. He also finishes well. We are stuck with Jadeja the pheenisher now.

[express bowling]

5 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

SKY is in the side because?  

 

For the last few years Team India operates based on a coterie system.  Once a player breaks into this inner coterie then he will get chances irrespective of his suitability for the format or current form.

 

SKY is now a part of this inner coterie. 

[Need4Speed]

I will just say these few words:

 

$&@$& #€$@& #%*@$

[BacktoCricaddict]

Is it just my imagination or were we explicitly given the impression that the Asia Cup was an audition for guys like Prasidh Krishna and Tilak Varma to be in the WC squad?  And they are discarded even before the audition even started?  Rahul is still not fully fit and Iyer didn't look too comfortable, so knowing that one or both of them may not be available/not in form, you take them both as passengers?  Oh well ... I will still support all the players who are in the team and watch the matches but it's getting harder to continue to emotionally invest.  

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Yep. So it's going to be Australia, England, Pakistan and one of NZ/SA in the semis. Ajit Agrakar raised my hopes with the token selections of Tilak and Prasidh.

 

These squads can still change but they are not going to even try Prasidh or Varma. So no point, really.

 

Gonna be a nightmare of a World Cup. 

[express bowling]

I was excited about the selections of Prasidh and Tilak in the Asia Cup squad.  

 

But they have been rejected without even trying them.

 

While a known failure in ODIs, like SKY, gets a free ride.

 

This is sad. 

[Gollum]

Weakest Indian squad maybe since 1992 WC. 

[Nikhil_cric]

1 hour ago, sarchasm said:

SKY's performances do not warrant selection, no arguments.

 

But in a team that's full one one dimensional, risk averse chokers, I am not mad that SKY got selected. I also don't think it's written in stone he won't figure out the format.

 

It's the inclusion of norounders like jadeja and Shardul that should worry us. No team with Koolie and Rohit at top and Jadeja and Shardul in the middle is going far.

 

 

He can't bat in the middle overs in ODI's. The ball will grip in the surface and won't come on to the bat to aid his strokeplay. The other option is to play him at 7 but Fraudeja supposedly bowls and there's nobody who can bowl even Agha Salman level so that is ruled out.   Kohli and Rohit arent going to let him bat at the top.

 

Considering all that, he is a waste of a spot.

[the don]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Weakest Indian squad maybe since 1992 WC. 

Better bowling lineup than 2019. The 2019 team had karthick in the middle order, How is this the weakest?

[Gollum]

10 minutes ago, the don said:

Better bowling lineup than 2019. The 2019 team had karthick in the middle order, How is this the weakest?

DK was 3rd keeper, played only cos of Dhawan's injury and our stupid TM. He wasn't supposed to play in the MO, that time KL was doing well at #4. Dhawan's injury ruined everything for us. 

[IndianRenegade]

SKY keeps getting selected to a WC squad without doing anything of note. Tilak should have replaced SKY.

[IndianRenegade]

13 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

For the last few years Team India operates based on a coterie system.  Once a player breaks into this inner coterie then he will get chances irrespective of his suitability for the format or current form.

 

SKY is now a part of this inner coterie. 

And its full of sh!t!!

Edited September 4, 2023 by IndianRenegade

[putrevus]

On 9/3/2023 at 3:04 AM, deepdynamo said:

 

India's 15-man squad for World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, K L Rahul (w/k), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan (w/k), Suryakumar Yadav.
 

- Tilak, Samson and Prasidh out from Asia Cup Squad
- No comeback for Chahal or Ashwin
- No surprise inclusions of Jaiswal 

Source: https://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/k-l-rahul-set-to-be-picked-for-2023-world-cup-samson-out/20230903.htm

 

Horrible selection. No need for both Axar and Jadeja, no need for KL Rahul and Ishan.

 

They could have used Prasidh and Tilak.

 

Why select players who offer same thing.