Maybe just maybe India has found the best combination

[ravishingravi]

5 Batsmen, two / three bowling all rounder, two spinner. No Shreyas Iyer. What could go wrong.

 

In the back up there is Surya, Shami, Aksar. 

 

Ofcourse I still dont think this team has the clutch to win big games but it is damn good team. 

[deathmonger]

main thing is not ability but spine. no tournament is won without winning tough matches. 2007 wt20 final, 2011 kos, 2013 ct final. they will have to show some spine to get through the tough times.

[Laaloo]

Still too many RHB in the lineup for my liking. We need a clutch LHB.

[gattaca]

19 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

Still too many RHB in the lineup for my liking. We need a clutch LHB.

Too late to find LHB. We might as well go with what we have. Anyway it’s going to be in india don’t have to worry much about swing 

[bowl_out]

1 hour ago, ravishingravi said:

5 Batsmen, two / three bowling all rounder, two spinner. No Shreyas Iyer. What could go wrong.

 

In the back up there is Surya, Shami, Aksar. 

 

Ofcourse I still dont think this team has the clutch to win big games but it is damn good team. 

 

Rahul coming good solves a lot of problems. Hope he is able to maintain consistency

[Nash]

Where is top order left handed batsman.  
 

wher is left arm fast or even a medium pacer ? 
 

spinner ? Jaddu and kuldeep ? Third option required in india. 
 

we need one spinner top order batsman.  Either gill or Rahul or kohli has to bowl few spin overs. 
 

Edited September 11, 2023 by Nash

[vvvslaxman]

2019, 2017 ring a bell?  India is one top order collapse away from getting blown away. Great teams have enough match winners to step up. 

[jf1gp_1]

Thank you Pakistan. Chest beating , we are world champ etc etc will now start in India. Also don't forget KL kept so poorly. 

[BacktoCricaddict]

4 hours ago, ravishingravi said:

5 Batsmen, two / three bowling all rounder, two spinner. No Shreyas Iyer. What could go wrong.

 

In the back up there is Surya, Shami, Aksar. 

 

Ofcourse I still dont think this team has the clutch to win big games but it is damn good team. 

Ghee shakkar for you.

[wanted_desi]

India should play Shami for back to back game tomorrow. 

[Khota]

In sports the worst thing you can say is that perfect combination is found. You always sit out the bad ones.

[Bigg Brother]

It was one good game.. We need to calm down.

Edited September 12, 2023 by Bigg Brother

[express bowling]

We need a bounce bowler like Prasidh ( or someone who can bowl 147 k+ )  to shake things up if ball is not moving. 

 

Prasidh should have been in the WC squad. 

 

Ishan should be in the playing 11 and not be replaced by Shreyas. We need a LHB and also a batter like him who has potential to deliver under pressure. 

Edited September 12, 2023 by express bowling

[Gollum]

Think Kohli and KL were too conservative yesterday, launched their attack too late and didn't show intent even in some overs in the 41-45 period, that too against their weaker bowlers. With 8 wickets in hand I expected a total close to 400. May not cost us against Pak but Eng, Aus, different level of challenge. 

[Norman]

We always knew that a lineup of Rohit, Kohli , Gill, Rahul, Pandya etc can be pretty lethal if atleast 3 of them play to their potential. And thankfully, pretty much everyone did that yesterday..

 

The problem is when we are under pressure in a knockout, pretty much every one of them ends up having a below par game.

[ravishingravi]

I am not suggesting its perfect, but the baance looked right. Ofcourse the fragility of the boys especially the mental midgetness that we see is not going away. With the home tournament, the pressure is even more immense.

[putrevus]

It is not too late to get Tilak Verma into the squad.Depending on situation he could be played.

[jalebi_bhai]

Our main concern is getting out-batted by the likes of England and Australia, who have a higher ceiling than us in terms of batting potential. New Zealand are also always there to piss on our parade. Yesterday was a step in the right direction though.

[Serpico]

Yesterday's match was the best case scenario for this team when every player chipped in. We had plenty of such matches on 2017-19 cycle and still fumbled the WC. Lets not count the chickens yet

[Swag]

Sadly the Asia cup teams are not a barometer. 

Pak is all hype but not a real test for us in ODIs.

Real test is Australia, England, NZ and SA. 

By the time we realise that (probably in a knockout) it will be too late.