Your Ideal Indian 11 for World Cup

[straighttalk]

3 hours ago, Lord said:

For our first game v Aus I'll play following XI

 

Gill

Rohit

Kohli

Rahul

SKY

Pandu

Axar

Ashwin

Bumrah

Kuldeep

Siraj

My exact  team

[Adamant]

Sharma

Gill
Kohli
Iyer
Rahul

Pandya

Jadeja

Thakur
Bumrah
Kuldeep 
Siraj

This is the only way to maintain a balanced team, Thakur is probably gonna surprise us all, he is a terrifically clutch player and I expect him to create a lot of impact.

Fast bowling is strong with Bumrah,Siraj,Panyda, Thakur.
Kuldeep and Jadeja is also a good spinning attack with Jadeja trying to restrict batsman and Kuldeep attacking them.

I am a bit worried about the absence of a left handed batsman in top 5 but cant really compromise it for quality as I dont rate Kishan anywhere near Iyer on Indian pitches.

Moreover we should let Jadeja come in at 4 if there's a collapse.

[Adamant]

On 9/26/2023 at 11:12 PM, Serpico said:

I will drop kl and pick Iyer/sky based on the pitch and opposition. It will never happen but that's my ideal situation

 

Or bench rohit/virat if kl must play

Benching the GOAT ODI cricketer , good lord

[Nikhil_cric]

22 hours ago, Mariyam said:

KL is a shoe in. He's in good form and an okayish keeper.

 

I'd remove Ro Sha and have Kishan/Sky play in his place.

 

Jadeja too I'm not sure about but in India he may just do the trick.

What ? Remove the guy who is averaging 52 and striking at 111 since the last 15 months? And who also happens to be captain? Might as well forfeit the World Cup now.

 

This lineup needs the extra batter at 6 in SKY.  

 

The only other person who is somewhat suspect is actually Kohli.

 

From 44 off 40, he couldn't score and got tied down and scored only 12 off next 21 and lost his wicket.

 

He can't hit full tosses anymore from spinners and we saw the same against Pakistan until KL started to take the game on. 

 

Even today, once Rohit got out, he couldn't do much. 

 

Today was a golden opportunity for him to show what he can do with the field in and without having to face spin but he preferred to hide behind Washington and from the new ball .

 

He's absolutely not a #3 anymore. He has to either open or Kishan comes in to open and Gill plays at 3.

 

That's the only change that might be necessary 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Frustrated]

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/bumrah-siraj-shami-together-in-indias-playing-xi-could-be-a-recipe-for-disaster-101695781988218.html

[cowboysfan]

7 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/bumrah-siraj-shami-together-in-indias-playing-xi-could-be-a-recipe-for-disaster-101695781988218.html

the article is quite different from the title,he says we shouldnt ditch the idea of playing 3 frontline fast bowlers,i agree with him too if the conditions favor playing Bumrah,Shami and Siraj.

[Vijy]

1 hour ago, Adamant said:

Sharma

Gill
Kohli
Iyer
Rahul

Pandya

Jadeja

Thakur
Bumrah
Kuldeep 
Siraj

This is the only way to maintain a balanced team, Thakur is probably gonna surprise us all, he is a terrifically clutch player and I expect him to create a lot of impact.

Fast bowling is strong with Bumrah,Siraj,Panyda, Thakur.
Kuldeep and Jadeja is also a good spinning attack with Jadeja trying to restrict batsman and Kuldeep attacking them.

I am a bit worried about the absence of a left handed batsman in top 5 but cant really compromise it for quality as I dont rate Kishan anywhere near Iyer on Indian pitches.

Moreover we should let Jadeja come in at 4 if there's a collapse.

that's good. my only substitute would be ashwin or shami or prasidh based on conditions instead of Lord-ji.

[Frustrated]

3 minutes ago, cowboysfan said:

the article is quite different from the title,he says we shouldnt ditch the idea of playing 3 frontline fast bowlers,i agree with him too if the conditions favor playing Bumrah,Shami and Siraj.

Yep. If we play 3 frontline pacers, then kuldeep has no place in the playing11.  Going with 4 tailenders is a recipe for disaster no matter what kind of pitch it is.   (A part of the article is little confusing)

[Majestic]

On 9/28/2023 at 6:28 AM, Adamant said:

Sharma

Gill
Kohli
Iyer
Rahul

Pandya

Jadeja

Thakur
Bumrah
Kuldeep 
Siraj

This is the only way to maintain a balanced team, Thakur is probably gonna surprise us all, he is a terrifically clutch player and I expect him to create a lot of impact.

Fast bowling is strong with Bumrah,Siraj,Panyda, Thakur.
Kuldeep and Jadeja is also a good spinning attack with Jadeja trying to restrict batsman and Kuldeep attacking them.

I am a bit worried about the absence of a left handed batsman in top 5 but cant really compromise it for quality as I dont rate Kishan anywhere near Iyer on Indian pitches.

Moreover we should let Jadeja come in at 4 if there's a collapse.

Thakur is clutch in tests, not LOIs because I of his knack of picking wickets.

 

Remember, he was part of Indian team that conceded 151/0 to Pak. Against good sides, his bowling will be taken to cleaners every single time.

[Frustrated]

33 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Thakur is clutch in tests, not LOIs because I of his knack of picking wickets.

 

Remember, he was part of Indian team that conceded 151/0 to Pak. Against good sides, his bowling will be taken to cleaners every single time.

Thakur should play only against asian teams.  Sena teams will murder his bowling in middle and death overs.  We should preferably play a spinner (ashwin) in his place against sena teams. As sena batsmen are not that good against spin.   

[Adamant]

8 hours ago, Majestic said:

Thakur is clutch in tests, not LOIs because I of his knack of picking wickets.

 

Remember, he was part of Indian team that conceded 151/0 to Pak. Against good sides, his bowling will be taken to cleaners every single time.

He averages 30 in odis while Pandya averages 40 with the ball, he breaks partnership’s even in odis and has a very good str rate

[Nikhil_cric]

56 minutes ago, Adamant said:

He averages 30 in odis while Pandya averages 40 with the ball, he breaks partnership’s even in odis and has a very good str rate

Thakur is only of any use of he bowls his full quota in the middle overs. 

[Majestic]

1 hour ago, Adamant said:

He averages 30 in odis while Pandya averages 40 with the ball, he breaks partnership’s even in odis and has a very good str rate

And at economy of 6+ also. Thakur's sample is low and it's only a matter of time before that average goes into 30s.

 

Pandya averages 36 at an economy around 5.5 which is good for 4th seamer. In India, we really should have tried better options than Thakur from 3 months before. Having said that, Ashwin is no upgrade either. He is also a 10 over 50 runs 1 wicket bowler.

[Lord]

1 minute ago, Majestic said:

And at economy of 6+ also. Thakur's sample is low and it's only a matter of time before that average goes into 30s.

 

Pandya averages 36 at an economy around 5.5 which is good for 4th seamer. In India, we really should have tried better options than Thakur from 3 months before. Having said that, Ashwin is no upgrade either. He is also a 10 over 50 runs 1 wicket bowler.

 

Ashwin is a safer option both in batting and bowling. Thakur can go either way. Tempted to use Thakur in semis unless its a turner

[Lord]

10 hours ago, Majestic said:

Thakur is clutch in tests, not LOIs because I of his knack of picking wickets.

 

Remember, he was part of Indian team that conceded 151/0 to Pak. Against good sides, his bowling will be taken to cleaners every single time.

no he wasn't

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-men-s-t20-world-cup-2021-22-1267897/india-vs-pakistan-16th-match-group-2-1273727/full-scorecard

[Adamant]

22 hours ago, Lord said:

 

Ashwin is a safer option both in batting and bowling. Thakur can go either way. Tempted to use Thakur in semis unless its a turner

Ashwin has absolutely zero performances in odis and shouldn’t even be in the squad.

Thakur is definitely the better batsman especially in lois, as for bowling Ashwin is done and dusted in odis and has hardly played much so it’s a nonsensical move from bcci

[SRT100]

On 9/28/2023 at 3:51 AM, raki05 said:

I would have played Kishan in place of kela as keeper batter in every match. i dont trust kela even to chase against netherland also his keeping is pathetic so far.

I can maybe understand taking the risk in T20, but not in ODI.

 

Too long a format to take a chance. Imagine some wanted KL to keep in the Test Championship.

[jf1gp_1]

why is everyone picking Bumrah when clearly its been proved in other thread that he is useless ? 

[cricketfan28]

Expected "national treasure" in most of the teams above, his stock value has fallen, looks like.

Hope he gets some matches and bashes minnows.

With someone like him in the team we don't have to worry about minnows, but are there any ?

[SRT100]

Ashwin on Indian pitches in a WC, will be an asset.