Indian T20 team is unstoppable

[tapandrun]

30 minutes ago, deepdynamo said:

The current squad of 15 vs SA, is more or less the T20 World Cup Squad.

Gill
Abhi
Samson ( backup batter/WK)
Sky
Tilak
Pandya
Dube
Jitesh
Axar
Washi ( backup allrounder)
Varun
Kuldeep ( backup spinner)
Bumrah
Arshdeep
Rana ( backup pacer)

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The following 5 players are still in contention, maybe in place of Washington.

 

Iyer ( Is he injured, though?)

Jaiswal ( just an outside chance but probably out)
Rinku (designated finisher, still can come in the squad)
Parag ( allrounder but a slim chance)

Reddy ( only if Pandya is injured again)
 

They should take a punt on Vaibhav as finsher and play him in 11 

[Suhaan]

39 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

They should take a punt on Vaibhav as finsher and play him in 11 

Gill is only one that I believe,has no intention to hit sixes in first few overs in T20 cricket right now in the world

No one in this era comes close

And our ex cricketers  like Ganguly (while displaying their IQ prowess)are saying just handover all format captaincy to Gill, literally meaning shouldn't be based on his or someone's else's form 

Just hand him all the power ,make him indispensable 

Edited December 10, 2025 by Suhaan

[tapandrun]

11 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Gill is only one that I believe,has no intention to hit sixes in first few overs in T20 cricket right now in the world

No one in this era comes close

And our ex cricketers  like Ganguly (while displaying their IQ prowess)are saying just handover all format captaincy to Gill, literally meaning shouldn't be based on his or someone's else's form 

Just hand him all the power ,make him indispensable 

With gill its just inability , yes he has self preservation mentality but he does not have many shots, he got 2 six-hitting shots : Flick from pads vs pace and Slog sweep vs Spin.

Can say kolhi sometimes while batting 1st does that, Rutu does that, not because they have do not have ability but they do not put the feet on gas when they can. 

 

Edited December 10, 2025 by tapandrun

[tapandrun]

Saw some post suggesting for rinku as finisher meaning playing at #7 ??

His sr there 117 after 5 games , where else Dube's sr is 111 in 3 games. Nothing much to chose from. 

Dube can give 2-3 over and tm is thinking he can use brute force in last few overs. Do not think they will do it but they can send him when a spinner is operating.

 

Rinku is not a massive upgrade at no.7 as ppl are trying to tell, plus he is not that tall good team can shut him down. Not saying one is better than another as a batter but utility 

Rinku at #4 has sr of 204, 5-165, 5-158, 7 -117

Dube at #4 has sr 0f 158, 5-131, 6-135, 7-111

 

Dube might have played better opp.

 

[Suhaan]

2 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

Saw some post suggesting for rinku as finisher meaning playing at #7 ??

His sr there 117 after 5 games , where else Dube's sr is 111 in 3 games. Nothing much to chose from. 

Dube can give 2-3 over and tm is thinking he can use brute force in last few overs. Do not think they will do it but they can send him when a spinner is operating.

 

Rinku is not a massive upgrade at no.7 as ppl are trying to tell, plus he is not that tall good team can shut him down. Not saying one is better than another as a batter but utility 

Rinku at #4 has sr of 204, 5-165, 5-158, 7 -117

Dube at #4 has sr 0f 158, 5-131, 6-135, 7-111

 

Dube might have played better opp.

 

Rinku isn't needed,limited range

Neither he's capable of quick strike rotation 

He and Tilak(when stuck) will seriously hurt us

[deepdynamo]

Funnily enough- considering that the current squad vs South Africa is the one for the T20 World Cup, we can assemble a second unselected squad and dare I say - even better than the main squad esp in batting. 

 

Jaiswal
Vaibhav

Ruturaj
Iyer (c) 
Parag 

Ishan (wk)
KL(wk)
Rinku
Reddy

Bishnoi/Suyash

Sai Kishor/Harsh Dubey

Deepak Chahar

Prasidh
Siraj

Khaleel/Mukesh/Avesh

 

Edited December 11, 2025 by deepdynamo

[putrevus]

On 12/9/2025 at 11:41 PM, tapandrun said:

Saw some post suggesting for rinku as finisher meaning playing at #7 ??

His sr there 117 after 5 games , where else Dube's sr is 111 in 3 games. Nothing much to chose from. 

Dube can give 2-3 over and tm is thinking he can use brute force in last few overs. Do not think they will do it but they can send him when a spinner is operating.

 

Rinku is not a massive upgrade at no.7 as ppl are trying to tell, plus he is not that tall good team can shut him down. Not saying one is better than another as a batter but utility 

Rinku at #4 has sr of 204, 5-165, 5-158, 7 -117

Dube at #4 has sr 0f 158, 5-131, 6-135, 7-111

 

Dube might have played better opp.

 

Rinku was always going to be odd man out, he has no secondary skill.

[nitinbwj]

Ruk gyi bhai. 

[Lord]

Looking tough to win WT20

[Need4Speed]

indian T20 Team..apne paanv mei kulhadi maar k rokti hai..or kulhadi pe khud hi paanv maart deti hai..

 

Gill and SKY..needs to go..they are going to sink Abhishek too by putting too much pressure on him..

 

They ignored.."Dont Fix what ain't broke"..by sacrificing Sanju and disturbed opening pair to adjust Gill..

[Need4Speed]

Bowling today I can give it a pass as an off day..du eto triubl ein handling wet ball..they should have handled it though..as they practice with wet ball..but lets call it as an off day for now..

This target on this track with dew falling was chaseable..had we not lost Gill and SKY affecting momentum..

[putrevus]

1 hour ago, Lord said:

Looking tough to win WT20

India was never favortie to win world t20  in India.Who are the bowlers, last time they played on extremely seamer friendly pitches where Arshdeep and Pandya came into play.It has long tail too.

[Lord]

12 minutes ago, putrevus said:

India was never favortie to win world t20  in India.Who are the bowlers, last time they played on extremely seamer friendly pitches where Arshdeep and Pandya came into play.It has long tail too.

Varun Axar and Kuldeep is good spin attack. Arshdeep and Bumrah are good at death 

 

WT20 except the USA leg was played on flat pitches

 

 

[tapandrun]

posted same on other thread too

The strength and weakness is depends up on the template directly Ind tinkered with it and it is now showing its results. it was showing since the asia cup but wins have put a cloth on it .

 

<opener-1>

<opener-2 has to be wk>

<batter> out of top 3 batter on should be a wk and one of them should be able to bowl

<batter>

<batter>

<batter who bowl seamers>

<All rounder spin>

<***bowler who could bar/ finisher/ extra bowler>  this position opened once wk started to open

<mystery spinner>

<defensive pacer>

<attacking pacer>

 

so crux is ::: out of top 3 batter on should be a wk and one of them should be able to bowl only deviation can happen if there is v.strong t20 player, like pooran, klasen, buttler kind of batter can play in mo.

this template gives you 7 bowlers and 8 batters

Edited December 12, 2025 by tapandrun

[putrevus]

1 minute ago, Lord said:

Varun Axar and Kuldeep is good spin attack. Arshdeep and Bumrah are good at death 

 

WT20 except the USA leg was played on flat pitches

 

 

They always have a chance but they are not overwhelming favorites which was general consensus  on here.170 was winning score in most matches last time and in 2022 except for Indian bowlers who could not even get single wicket in semis.

 

Kuldeep is suspect under pressure, Axar is hit and miss.Varun I think is the key.If Bumrah wilts under pressure then it is over.For a change Bumrah was good under pressure in last t20.

[vvvslaxman]

I have been warning about this. Our side is not a good side. It relies on a couple of individuals. It is not the side the bulldozed everyone last year. Because top 3 was working well for us.

[tapandrun]

25 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

I have been warning about this. Our side is not a good side. It relies on a couple of individuals. It is not the side the bulldozed everyone last year. Because top 3 was working well for us.

In t20s batting relies up-on top 4 batter and then a strong finisher .

 

Ind batting line-up in top4 there is a batter who is not suited for t20is and there is out -of-form batter and he is been out of form for sometime now.

 

And Ind does not have a finisher with power game.

 

In t20s most heavy scoring is to be done by top4 and Ind has problem with 2 of them already and then this match they sent Axar. 

[jf1gp_1]

We are trying to fix a problem which didn't exist in first place. Also Bumrah has been struggling of late.

[vvvslaxman]

1 hour ago, jf1gp_1 said:

We are trying to fix a problem which didn't exist in first place. Also Bumrah has been struggling of late.

Real problem was death over batting. Top order was just doing fine. This guy completely screwed up the top order now. Now we have unreliable top/middle/lower order

[Need4Speed]

5 hours ago, Lord said:

Varun Axar and Kuldeep is good spin attack. Arshdeep and Bumrah are good at death 

 

WT20 except the USA leg was played on flat pitches

 

 

That will be ideal bowling attack but how do we play with 4 pure bowlers..hence Hardik helps a bit..when we have to choose one from Arsh or KD