Can they still drop Shami?

[Downtown]

Wow, Shami's 5-wicket haul was absolutely brilliant! Bumrah and Siraj seemed like they were still learning compared to his mastery. I fear they'd still drop Shami and bring in Thakur for batting balance. What's your take on the team's future lineup?

Edited October 22, 2023 by Downtown

[Lord]

if Shami stays, Pandya's injury will turning into a blessing in disguise.

 

Ofcourse assuming its not a major one.

[R!TTER]

Of course they can - this is India FFS, we've dropped MoM or MoS players immediately after their award ceremony 

[Number]

They dropped him after he took 2 4fer and one 5fer last world cup in 4 WC matches he played in 2019.

[cowboysfan]

you bet they will.the ball will swing under lights,we will get out cheaply and they will blame it on the thin batting lineup as if Thakur can win a game by himself.

[goose]

bowlers get 60 chances to impact a game. shami has to play. he can tonk a few too. shardul / sky might not be even needed. prepare to win don’t prepare to fail

Edited October 22, 2023 by goose

[wanted_desi]

THis team balance is excellent for knock out stages, you get your best 5 bowlers. 

[Bigg Brother]

I just will never be able to understand this imaginary balance Shardul thakur brings to team. Just sheer stupidity. Imagine Thakur today, we would be chasing 320+ for sure. And if we are 290/6, is it guaranteed that Shardul with other batter will be able to chase it down.  He is no Jansen. 

[Forever Indian]

Lord Thakur getting ready to Crash the party…

 

Edited October 22, 2023 by Forever Indian

[helperononline]

Now siraj will get dropped for Lord Thakur.

 

[IndiaWC8311]

They can't and never should have but you never know with Bombay lobby.

 

Thakur and Sky esp Thakur should not even be in the 15 given their ODI record compared to others but Bombay lobby is powerful

[R!TTER]

Wrong thread 

Edited October 22, 2023 by R!TTER

[Lord]

Ashwin playing next game

[Vijy]

1 hour ago, Lord said:

Ashwin playing next game

seems likely. should play ahead of kuldeep "fragile" yadav

[vvvslaxman]

 

[The Hound]

He took a fifer against England in 2019 WC as well but it wasn't good enough to get a spot in the semi final line up so anything can happen.

[vvvslaxman]

It would be too stupid to drop him. English fans are envious of Indian death bowling lol

 

[Sandz]

8 hours ago, R!TTER said:

Of course they can - this is India FFS, we've dropped MoM or MoS players immediately after their award ceremony 

+ 1

[deathmonger]

Can maybe drop Siraj. That no 8 batting gives so much safety.

[cricspirit]

Many here wanted him in place of Siraj even before Pandya situation. So probably India can rotate Shami/Siraj depending on situation. Its not about dropping.

 

Plus we tend to forget after a match winning performance that Shami can go for runs and not pick wickets sometimes too. Same applies to Siraj. Bumrah is overall our most consistent bowler and he for sure plays. 

 

India should take combinations that help them win.  I personally did not support Thakur based on his current game and India could go with all the fast bowlers when conditions demand. When Pandya gets back, he should bowl else his position should not be certain as a batter only. In this case India can go with a Combo like today.

 

 

Pandya (bowler)

Siraj/Shami

Bumrah

 

Else

Siraj

Shami

Bumrah