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If you have to pick a full strength ODI squad of 15 right now with everyone fit specially with Champions trophy coming next year in

England what will be your pick?

This is mine-

First XI:-

Rohit

Rahul

Kohli

Rahane

Pandey

Dhoni

Jadeja

Hardik

Ashwin

Shami

Bumrah

Reserves:- Dhawan,Kedar,Akshar,BK.

I've picked Akshar over Mishra,Jayant and Kuldeep for his allround skills in bowling,batting and fielding.

Umesh and Nathu can come in if any injury occurs to the seamers already picked.

 

Posted

If you have to pick a full strength ODI squad of 15 right now with everyone fit specially with Champions trophy coming next year in

England what will be your pick?

This is mine-

First XI:-

Rohit

Rahul

Kohli

Rahane

Pandey

Dhoni

Jadeja

Hardik

Ashwin

Shami

Bumrah

Reserves:- Dhawan,Kedar,Akshar,BK.

I've picked Akshar over Mishra,Jayant and Kuldeep for his allround skills in bowling,batting and fielding.

Umesh and Nathu can come in if any injury occurs to the seamers already picked.

 

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If extra bowling option is needed then BK will come in for Hardik.But I want to give him a go in the ODI setup as he is the best available talent we have ri8 nw.As a pace bowler he has decent pace,a terrific fielder and an explosive batsman when on song.

Edited by ShebbySB
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I don't think we have a set first XI. We have 2 ODI series before the CT2017, so team management needs to make some decisions and then give the players a consistent run. I think MS favors playing 2 spinners always, so Ashwin/Jadeja are set. Kohli, Shami, Rohit, Dhawan, and Bumrah should also be auto-selects. 

 

1. Dhawan

2. Rohit

3. Kohli

4. Rahul/Pandey/Dhoni

5. Dhoni/Rahul/Raina 

6. Rahul/Dhoni/Raina

7. Pandya/Bhuvi

8. Jadeja

9. Ashwin

10.Shami

11.Bumrah

 

We need to select 4,5,and 6,. MS, of course, is an auto-select, the question is where does he want to bat. Depending on where he decides, we can make a decision on the other two batsmen. 

 

Bhuvi would be the best bet as an opening bowler, particularly since the CT is in England. Playing him would make our batting weak, however.

 

Pandya would make our bowling slightly weaker, as I am unsure if he can bowl a full quota of 10 overs, but he is a potential finisher with the bat and is a great fielder. 

Posted (edited)

Rahane, Rohit, Kohli, Dhoni, Lokesh, Hardik, Ashwin, Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar, Shami, Bumrah

 

Dhawal, Axar, Shikar, Manish

 

^If Rahane plays ODIs it has to be as opener, he does not have teha bility to accelerate in the middle to late overs. Lokesh in the middle order is not his natural position, but I think he has the quality and ability to make it work based on the WI T20's- certainly more experience to offer than Manish. Hardik at 6 seems a bit high too, but it gives the team a 6th bowler option-the part timers in the team are terrible. Cannot se past Shami, Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar as first choice seamers, and two spinners likewise. 

Edited by Sooda
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1 hour ago, ShebbySB said:

If you have to pick a full strength ODI squad of 15 right now with everyone fit specially with Champions trophy coming next year in

England what will be your pick?

This is mine-

First XI:-

Rohit

Rahul

Kohli

Rahane

Pandey

Dhoni

Jadeja

Hardik

Ashwin

Shami

Bumrah

Reserves:- Dhawan,Kedar,Akshar,BK.

I've picked Akshar over Mishra,Jayant and Kuldeep for his allround skills in bowling,batting and fielding.

Umesh and Nathu can come in if any injury occurs to the seamers already picked.

 

I think there a re few issues with that XI: Dhoni is too low at 6, he does not have the same ability as a finisher - he can still play a vital role as middle order accumulator and so should be at 4 or 5. There is no 5th or 6th bowler in the team. Hardik is not a good enough bowler to bowl 10 overs and the part timers will struggle. Rahane and Rahul should swap positions. Nathu singh has barely played LIST A cricket and Dhawal and Mohit should be ahead of him in the pecking order.Umesh is not a good enough LOI bowler

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I'd prefer Rahul to Dhawan and if that means dropping him then so be it. Dhawan's inconsistent and has got too many weaknesses in his game as an opener. Raina has got a perennial problem against the short ball and has become embarrassing to watch him struggle against the quicks. So Raina should't be in the squad.

We've got some spin bowling 'all-rounders' but need someone bowling fast-medium as a lower order hitter. Pandya's the only one in that category and so should be given more chances, hoping that he'd continue to improve his game. Axar's a darter and is a good bowling replacement for Jadeja. However, Axar has failed miserably with the bat at the international level, even worse that Jadeja.

Shami and Bumrah have consolidated their positions in the side. However, Bumrah isn't as effective in his opening spell as he is at the death. We still have got time and I'd rather give opportunities to players like Nathu/Rajpoot to see how they perform. They have got the ingredients to perform at the international level. Sran has been disappointing to me and it feels that the only thing he has got going for him is the fact that he's left handed. 

Posted (edited)
24 minutes ago, Sooda said:

I think there a re few issues with that XI: Dhoni is too low at 6, he does not have the same ability as a finisher - he can still play a vital role as middle order accumulator and so should be at 4 or 5. There is no 5th or 6th bowler in the team. Hardik is not a good enough bowler to bowl 10 overs and the part timers will struggle. Rahane and Rahul should swap positions. Nathu singh has barely played LIST A cricket and Dhawal and Mohit should be ahead of him in the pecking order.Umesh is not a good enough LOI bowler

Rahul is an opener who opens at test level and has the game to accelerate too so I'd keep him at the top to partner Rohit. Keeping in mind CT is in England we need some solidity at the middle so Rahane is there at 4.I agree with you that Dhoni has lost a fair bit as a finisher and should bat at 5.Manish can be a good finisher so Rahul,Rohit,Kohli,Rahane,Dhoni,Manish is my top 6.We can experiment with Hardik at 7 and his bowling credentials in this series.I will not jump the gun unless we don't see him bowl in an ODI.I hope he is good enough to be our 5th bowler which provised us some extra batting and lower order hitting which is so imp nowadays.I have not picked Nathu and Umesh in the squad of 15.They can come in if someone is injured.Bumrah,Shami and BK are clearly the front-runners as LOI seamers for India.

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Overall figures
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS AveDescending BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s  
RG Sharma (INDIA) 2013-2016 54 53 4 2776 264 56.65 3057 90.80 8 13 2 262 84 investigate this query
HM Amla (SA) 2011-2016 81 80 4 3633 153* 47.80 4181 86.89 13 15 3 381 21 investigate this query
IR Bell (ENG) 2012-2015 46 46 4 1951 141 46.45 2346 83.16 3 13 1 209 15 investigate this query
S Dhawan (INDIA) 2013-2016 61 60 3 2622 137 46.00 2869 91.39 7 15 1 315 28 investigate this query
TM Dilshan (SL) 2011-2016 114 111 11 4570 161* 45.70 5411 84.45 11 24 4 522 19 investigate this query
Q de Kock (SA) 2013-2016 57 57 4 2387 178 45.03 2512 95.02 11 4 1 279 40 investigate this query
MJ Guptill (NZ) 2012-2016 66 65 7 2593 237* 44.70 2905 89.25 7 14 6 268 74 investigate this query
DA Warner (AUS) 2011-2016 72 71 2 2819 173 40.85 3073 91.73 8 14 1 300 37 investigate this query
AD Hales (ENG) 2014-2016 32 32 1 1224 171 39.48 1288 95.03 4 6 3 138 24 investigate this query
JJ Roy (ENG) 2015-2016 31 31 2 1109 162 38.24 1069 103.74 3 5 3 129 14 investigate this query

Only 3 openers over the last 5 years have higher average than Dhawan, vs the top 9 teams. Shikar has a higher strike rate than all the three above him, with Ian Bell playing at a very slow strike rate and both Bell and Dilshan being out of their sides. One can make a case that Dhawan is easily the 3rd best opener in ODIs, in the world.   

 

To add to that he has played 9 matches in England, averaging 74 at a 98 strike rate. 

 

I mean, I agree that Dhawan shouldn't be anywhere near the T20 team and should, at best, be a backup opener in Tests overseas, but way too many people are gunning for his head in ODIs. 

 

Here are the top 12 overall batsmen by average , versus top 9 teams

Overall figures
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS AveDescending BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s  
AB de Villiers (SA) 2012-2016 80 76 18 4033 162* 69.53 3638 110.85 13 21 1 331 102 investigate this query
V Kohli (INDIA) 2011-2016 98 96 13 4553 183 54.85 4814 94.57 18 19 6 423 54 investigate this query
MS Dhoni (INDIA) 2011-2016 81 69 22 2548 139* 54.21 2762 92.25 2 18 2 199 63 investigate this query
LRPL Taylor (NZ) 2012-2016 57 55 11 2377 119* 54.02 2838 83.75 9 12 2 199 33 investigate this query
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2011-2015 100 95 10 4487 169 52.78 5203 86.23 13 27 5 432 37 investigate this query
RG Sharma (INDIA) 2011-2016 73 71 5 3249 264 49.22 3647 89.08 8 17 5 298 90 investigate this query
KS Williamson (NZ) 2012-2016 67 64 5 2865 145* 48.55 3360 85.26 5 23 2 270 23 investigate this query
HM Amla (SA) 2011-2016 83 81 4 3638 153* 47.24 4196 86.70 13 15 3 381 21 investigate this query
JE Root (ENG) 2013-2016 75 71 7 2999 125 46.85 3519 85.22 8 17 3 241 27 investigate this query
S Dhawan (INDIA) 2013-2016 61 60 3 2622 137 46.00 2869 91.39 7 15 1 315 28 investigate this query
SPD Smith (AUS) 2011-2016 54 51 4 2151 149 45.76 2473 86.97 6 12 1 185 19 investigate this query
TM Dilshan (SL) 2011-2016 114 111 11 4570 161* 45.70 5411 84.45 11 24 4 522 19 investigate this query

 

Dhawan has an average comparable to almost everyone on the list, but he also has a superior strike rate to everyone except AB/Kohli/Dhoni. Dhawan is clearly one of the 10 best ODI players in the world, and his performance has certainly been better than Root/Williamson/Smith, who everybody hypes up based on their Test exploits. Let's not blindly go after one of our best ODI players based on their performance in other formats.  

 

Also, I'm as big a fan of Rahul as much as the next guy, but why should we drop one of the best players in the world for a chance that Rahul would be as good as the player we drop? What makes everyone so sure Rahul is  going to succeed as an opener in England. Even in tests, he has shown a knack for irresponsible batting by getting carried away. It's not like Dhawan is keeping Kohli out of the batting order.   

 

Rahul should play at either 4,5, or 6 where his superior 6-hitting ability would provide a punch to our lower/lower middle order, where we actually have a weakness.  

Posted (edited)

For  CT 17 in England

 

Rohit

Dhawan /  Rahane (  if track is green )

Kohli

Pandey

Rahul

Dhoni

Pandya

Bhuvi /  Jadeja ( if pitch is not green )

Ashwin

Shami

Bumrah

 

 

Rahane / Dhawan

Samson

Jadeja / Bhuvi

Sran

 

**** -  It is important  that we have big hitters from 5 to 7.

 

 

 

Edited by express bowling
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Shikhar has been very good in ODIs. 44 avg. at 90. Very few better than him. Rohit-Dhawan are a very good opening pair. The question will be between playing the extra batsman in Rahul/Pandey or the extra bowling option in Hardik. I'd also groom Sran as an option so that the attack has variety. If he can increase his pace to between 135-145 and stay fit, he'll be a very useful player. 

 

Squad of 15

Dhawan

Rohit

Kohli

Rahul

Dhoni

Pandey

Rahane

Jadeja

Ashwin

Axar

Hardik

Shami

Bhuvi

Bumrah

Sran

 

On a flat pitch:

Dhawan

Rohit

Kohli

Pandey/Rahul

Dhoni

Hardik

Jadeja

Ashwin

Bhuvi/Sran

Shami

Bumrah

 

On testing wickets:

Dhawan

Rohit

Kohli

Rahul

Pandey

Dhoni

Jadeja

Ashwin

Bhuvi/Sran

Shami

Bumrah

 

 

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First XI

 

R Sharma

S Dhawan

V Kohli

L Rahul

M Pandey

*+ M Dhoni

H Pandya

R Jadeja

R Ashwin

M Shami

J Bumrah

 

Reserves: S Raina, A Rahane, A Patel, B Kumar

 

No where close to a world beating ODI side that we had at different times in the last 15 years, we really need some fantastic new players to crop up asap.

 

In the above team Jaddu and Ash will need to step up their ODI batting. Pandya needs to develop well in both batting and bowling.

 

Posted (edited)

Biggest problem we have is lower-middle order big hitters to suit  modern-day  ODIs.

 

In the last 3 years, from batting position 5 to 8, we have had so many batters who have scored at a SR of 105+ ...right upto 147  (  cut-off 25 innings ).  

 

Not a single Indian in this list.   There are 2 from NZ, 2 from Australia and 1 each from England, SA and SL.  (  Perera, with an average of only 14, can be left out though )

 

 

 

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Overall figures
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SRDescending 100 50 0 4s 6s  
Shahid Afridi (PAK) 2013-2015 36 34 5 704 67 24.27 477 147.58 0 4 1 63 34 investigate this query
GJ Maxwell (AUS) 2013-2016 49 44 4 1356 102 33.90 1095 123.83 1 10 6 143 38 investigate this query
L Ronchi (NZ) 2013-2016 59 45 8 1035 170* 27.97 877 118.01 1 2 4 102 32 investigate this query
CJ Anderson (NZ) 2013-2016 38 34 5 978 131* 33.72 856 114.25 1 4 2 76 51 investigate this query
JC Buttler (ENG) 2014-2016 57 50 8 1599 129 38.07 1422 112.44 2 9 3 137 37 investigate this query
JP Faulkner (AUS) 2013-2016 41 32 16 618 116 38.62 567 108.99 1 2 3 56 18 investigate this query
NLTC Perera (SL) 2013-2016 46 36 2 495 65 14.55 461 107.37 0 2 4 42 16 investigate this query
DA Miller (SA) 2013-2016 55 49 14 1358 138* 38.80 1284 105.76 3 3 4 110 36

 

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Edited by express bowling
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If we consider batsmen 1 to 4....where a SR of 90+ maybe considered good in ODIs in the last 3 years  ( cut-off 25 innings )

 

We have 3 Indians there with 2 Indians in the top 6.

 

 

 

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BB McCullum (NZ) 2014-2016 31 29 0 932 117 32.13 602 154.81 1 6 3 118 47 investigate this query
AB de Villiers (SA) 2013-2016 35 33 2 1701 149 54.87 1476 115.24 6 7 0 119 60 investigate this query
JJ Roy (ENG) 2015-2016 31 31 2 1109 162 38.24 1069 103.74 3 5 3 129 14 investigate this query
DA Warner (AUS) 2014-2016 45 44 2 2126 178 50.61 2065 102.95 7 10 1 229 37 investigate this query
V Kohli (INDIA) 2013-2016 56 54 7 2576 139* 54.80 2651 97.17 10 11 3 231 42 investigate this query
RG Sharma (INDIA) 2013-2016 45 44 5 2408 264 61.74 2489 96.74 8 10 2 222 83 investigate this query
EJG Morgan (ENG) 2014-2016 27 25 2 1014 113 44.08 1059 95.75 1 8 1 89 29 investigate this query
Q de Kock (SA) 2013-2016 62 62 4 2718 178 46.86 2844 95.56 11 8 1 308 45 investigate this query
AD Hales (ENG) 2014-2016 36 36 1 1322 171 37.77 1399 94.49 4 6 3 147 27 investigate this query
MDKJ Perera (SL) 2013-2016 44 44 0 1289 135 29.29 1390 92.73 3 6 7 129 33 investigate this query
RR Rossouw (SA) 2014-2016 31 30 1 1115 132 38.44 1206 92.45 3 6 4 115 19 investigate this query
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2013-2015 50 49 5 2436 128 55.36 2652 91.85 9 14 3 251 21 investigate this query
S Dhawan (INDIA) 2013-2016 54 53 2 2295 137 45.00 2516 91.21 6 14 1 281 28 investigate this query
MJ Guptill (NZ) 2013-2016 54 53 5 2289 237* 47.68 2541 90.08 6 13 3 237 66

 

 

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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, express bowling said:

If we consider batsmen 1 to 4....where a SR of 90+ maybe considered good in ODIs in the last 3 years  ( cut-off 25 innings )

 

We have 3 Indians there with 2 Indians in the top 6.

 

 

 

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BB McCullum (NZ) 2014-2016 31 29 0 932 117 32.13 602 154.81 1 6 3 118 47 investigate this query
AB de Villiers (SA) 2013-2016 35 33 2 1701 149 54.87 1476 115.24 6 7 0 119 60 investigate this query
JJ Roy (ENG) 2015-2016 31 31 2 1109 162 38.24 1069 103.74 3 5 3 129 14 investigate this query
DA Warner (AUS) 2014-2016 45 44 2 2126 178 50.61 2065 102.95 7 10 1 229 37 investigate this query
V Kohli (INDIA) 2013-2016 56 54 7 2576 139* 54.80 2651 97.17 10 11 3 231 42 investigate this query
RG Sharma (INDIA) 2013-2016 45 44 5 2408 264 61.74 2489 96.74 8 10 2 222 83 investigate this query
EJG Morgan (ENG) 2014-2016 27 25 2 1014 113 44.08 1059 95.75 1 8 1 89 29 investigate this query
Q de Kock (SA) 2013-2016 62 62 4 2718 178 46.86 2844 95.56 11 8 1 308 45 investigate this query
AD Hales (ENG) 2014-2016 36 36 1 1322 171 37.77 1399 94.49 4 6 3 147 27 investigate this query
MDKJ Perera (SL) 2013-2016 44 44 0 1289 135 29.29 1390 92.73 3 6 7 129 33 investigate this query
RR Rossouw (SA) 2014-2016 31 30 1 1115 132 38.44 1206 92.45 3 6 4 115 19 investigate this query
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2013-2015 50 49 5 2436 128 55.36 2652 91.85 9 14 3 251 21 investigate this query
S Dhawan (INDIA) 2013-2016 54 53 2 2295 137 45.00 2516 91.21 6 14 1 281 28 investigate this query
MJ Guptill (NZ) 2013-2016 54 53 5 2289 237* 47.68 2541 90.08 6 13 3 237 66

 

 

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Rohits Average :adore: 

 

Most Sixes aswell

Edited by Bleed-Blue
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Rohit is a gun player in ODIs and T20s no argue on that.Dhawan will partner him when he's fit but I will certainly back Rahul over Rahane as the 3rd opener in a spot opens up.Rahul>Rahane in ODIs.They will fight for the spots in the middle order with Pandey and Kedar.If rahane has to play better play him as an opener or at no.4 not below that but Pandey has taken that spot at 4.MSD is batting at 5 so only option is at 6 where it will be a battle b/w Rahul and Kedar. Unfortunately no place for Rahane in the XI when everyone is fit and we pick the best XI.He'll be in the squad though. 

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