India vs Afghanistan T 20 series discussion

[bouncers]

Should select karthik , Mayank and Arshdeep for bowling. No need of bumrah for this series.if harshith fit should play.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

On 8/28/2026 at 5:27 PM, Manucrick said:

Prasidh will play 

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[Lord]

perfect comeback series for Sundar

 

 

[vishalvirsingh]

On 8/28/2026 at 1:09 PM, express bowling said:

Want to see Kartik Tyagi and Mayank Yadav bowl in tandem. 

Assuming BOOM and Siraj are not available for the T20. if i am the selector , i will not want to drop Mayank, Ashok and even Yash thakur among the Pacers. May be Arshdeep or Harshit Rana can be the 4th Pacer- Harshit is my favourite so i will choose Harshit ahead of Arshdeep.

Can Karthik tyagi be picked ahead of Mayank and Ashok...i guess NO. Yash Thakur has bowled really well against ZIMBOKS and he can bat too so he could be picked ahead of Karthik.

Arshdeep and Harshit have been our strike pacers in t20 when boom is not available so one or both of them can be picked.

but it will be criminal to drop any of the three pacers mayank/ashok/yash thakur- all these 3 pacers won us the three t series 3-0.

dusre ke ghar mein ja ke JEET ke aae ham 3-0. you will say , opposition was weak but ireland was also weak and we should have won 2-1 at least against them instead they won 2-1.

kamjor opposition ko bhi clean sweep karna mushkil hota hai cricket mein...i remember i score 66 in a match and we made 189 runs in a 0 over match and opposition was weak but our bowlers started messing up after first 6 good overs and i was kind of SHOCKED when we won the match by 3 runs....batsmen had to hit a 6 off the last ball and he got 2 runs. 

jaise hi ball purani hui( 6 over purani) hamare bowlers ki thukai honi shuru ho gayi.

mein meerut ka JAAT hun par karthik has not yet broken the selection DOOR like Mayank, gurnoor and may be ASHOK Sharma.

i will pick ashok ahead of Karthi tyagi as of today....but is he fit. i heard ashok sharma was unfit.

[tweaker]

7 hours ago, vishalvirsingh said:

Ashok

Ashok is injured.

 

7 hours ago, vishalvirsingh said:

Harshit Rana can be the 4th Pacer

Harshit was also injured,he should not be rushed again.He should get time to recuperate.

 

We should try the bench strength again Afghanistan.

 

Tyagi, Zeeshan, Harsh, Yash, Mayank should be preferred.

[express bowling]

13 hours ago, vishalvirsingh said:

Assuming BOOM and Siraj are not available for the T20.

 

 

Siraj is not in their T20I plans any more. 

 

[express bowling]

6 hours ago, tweaker said:

 

We should try the bench strength again Afghanistan.

 

Yes.

 

 

6 hours ago, tweaker said:

Tyagi, Zeeshan, Harsh, Yash, Mayank should be preferred.

 

 

Harsh Dubey is very mediocre. 

 

 

[Manucrick]

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

 

Yes.

 

 

 

 

Harsh Dubey is very mediocre. 

 

 

Why they not give chance to zeeshan 

[express bowling]

7 minutes ago, Manucrick said:

Why they not give chance to zeeshan 

 

Should.

[vvvslaxman]

14 hours ago, vishalvirsingh said:

Assuming BOOM and Siraj are not available for the T20. if i am the selector , i will not want to drop Mayank, Ashok and even Yash thakur among the Pacers. May be Arshdeep or Harshit Rana can be the 4th Pacer- Harshit is my favourite so i will choose Harshit ahead of Arshdeep.

Can Karthik tyagi be picked ahead of Mayank and Ashok...i guess NO. Yash Thakur has bowled really well against ZIMBOKS and he can bat too so he could be picked ahead of Karthik.

Arshdeep and Harshit have been our strike pacers in t20 when boom is not available so one or both of them can be picked.

but it will be criminal to drop any of the three pacers mayank/ashok/yash thakur- all these 3 pacers won us the three t series 3-0.

dusre ke ghar mein ja ke JEET ke aae ham 3-0. you will say , opposition was weak but ireland was also weak and we should have won 2-1 at least against them instead they won 2-1.

kamjor opposition ko bhi clean sweep karna mushkil hota hai cricket mein...i remember i score 66 in a match and we made 189 runs in a 0 over match and opposition was weak but our bowlers started messing up after first 6 good overs and i was kind of SHOCKED when we won the match by 3 runs....batsmen had to hit a 6 off the last ball and he got 2 runs. 

jaise hi ball purani hui( 6 over purani) hamare bowlers ki thukai honi shuru ho gayi.

mein meerut ka JAAT hun par karthik has not yet broken the selection DOOR like Mayank, gurnoor and may be ASHOK Sharma.

i will pick ashok ahead of Karthi tyagi as of today....but is he fit. i heard ashok sharma was unfit.

Yash Thakur has quintessential anti-fast bowler physique. That guy should be nowhere near the set up no matter how many wickets he flukes

[vvvslaxman]

7 hours ago, tweaker said:

Ashok is injured.

 

Harshit was also injured,he should not be rushed again.He should get time to recuperate.

 

We should try the bench strength again Afghanistan.

 

Tyagi, Zeeshan, Harsh, Yash, Mayank should be preferred.

Harshit better improve his physique. Otherwise he will be a lost talent. Already seeing pouch. He looks ike one of those Srilankan fast bowlers who always have a belly. He is probably has better attitude as fastbowler.

[tweaker]

All the injured players should not be rushed for Afghanistan T20 series.

 

This series should be used to unearthed new talents.

[tapandrun]

11 hours ago, tweaker said:

Ashok is injured.

 

Harshit was also injured,he should not be rushed again.He should get time to recuperate.

 

We should try the bench strength again Afghanistan.

 

Tyagi, Zeeshan, Harsh, Yash, Mayank should be preferred.

Harsh does not solve any problem in t20is, he is LA spinner who can not bat in t20s style,

 

Yash - He may/may-not be good at red-ball , but all the time he has been selected in Ind or Ind A he does not look like a white-ball bowler.

[Manucrick]

3 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

Harsh does not solve any problem in t20is, he is LA spinner who can not bat in t20s style,

 

Yash - He may/may-not be good at red-ball , but all the time he has been selected in Ind or Ind A he does not look like a white-ball bowler.

He is a journeyman not made for any limited over don't think he good enough for test either 

[Need4Speed]

Since Ashok and Harshit are either i jured or recovering..I think even Prince Yadav was injured..

we should play Mayank,Tyagi probably they will play Yash Thakur ahead of Tyagi..

dont think Harsh Dubey adds any value..bowling is okay and batting is meh fir T20s

 

can try Vipraj who still has to tighten his bowling but can hit the ball..

zeeshan Ansari has been a well known wrist spinner..who knows may work out in big Aussie grounds due to his variety and experience..Not poor with the bat too..

I want Shivang Kumar and Punja to perform even better in next IPL and domestic leagues

Edited August 31 by Need4Speed

[vishalvirsingh]

On 8/30/2026 at 4:10 PM, vvvslaxman said:

Yash Thakur has quintessential anti-fast bowler physique. That guy should be nowhere near the set up no matter how many wickets he flukes

i agree regards his physique but i dont know how he gets wickets and he bowls 130 to 144k..bowls yorkers and full length balls , also bouncers .  

suceeded in the t20 tour to zimboks.

He is not a trundler for sure. i heard he bats well too.

[vishalvirsingh]

On 8/30/2026 at 4:12 PM, vvvslaxman said:

Harshit better improve his physique. Otherwise he will be a lost talent. Already seeing pouch. He looks ike one of those Srilankan fast bowlers who always have a belly. He is probably has better attitude as fastbowler.

i saw harshit rana ..2 ft away. he does not have a belly but yes he has a bulge- i mean little bit of khate peete ghar ki look. 

but he has fitness issues ..no one can deny it..gets injured.

[zen]

 

"Shreyas Iyer (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy*, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar*, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah*, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana*

 

*Subject to fitness clearance."

 

 

Why not have the players get clearance first before picking them? If they do not get clearance, who are on standby? Or does this mean and since they are picked, clearance is only paperwork? 

[cowboysfan]

will Vaibhav  miss the Duleep final? there wont be enough gap between the final and the T20 series and he has been playing a lot of non stop cricket too.

[Manucrick]

I knew they would never pick the youngsters BCCI is clearly desperate to prove that Project Iyer and vice captain Tilak are not failures They will send this Iyer led team to crush Afghanistan and then use the result to pretend their selection was brilliant