The battle of extra specialist batsman and extra bowler will be the focal point with India’s selection committee headed by Chetan Sharma to decide the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be held in UAE and Oman in October. Year. While most of the team picks themselves, it will be interesting to see if the selectors go with the tried-and-tested method with experienced hands in the team or take the risk and add new talent. Keep in mind, even if it is a squad of 15, at least three reserves will be selected, as has been the case with most squad selections since the pandemic.
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Players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav and Rishabh Pant will form the core batting unit, with Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson in the squad. Discussion. Among them, Dhawan is the one who will be talked about in detail. Even though he was the limited-overs captain for the Sri Lanka tour with India’s second-string team, Kohli expressed his desire to open in T20Is with KL Rahul already as the opener for Dhawan. puts the situation at risk. . Dhawan finds himself below the pecking order and instead of traveling to him as a back-up or reserve, the management may place Prithvi Shaw in the squad even if he may not be able to make it count in Sri Lanka. Dhawan was in good form in Sri Lanka scoring 28.66 runs in T20Is and 64.00 runs in ODIs.
In the middle-order, Suryakumar Yadav is more or less certain to remain at the No. 4 spot in the playing XI and did no harm to himself with good performances in the England T20Is in March and then in Sri Lanka in July. Yadav has shown enough entrepreneurial acumen to maintain the run-rate in the middle overs and to graft and then accelerate the innings. In England T20Is, he averaged 44.50 in three matches and 62.00 in 3 ODIs in Sri Lanka; In T20Is, he played only once, scoring a fifty before he was caught by the Covid-19. As back and reserve, the next best bet will be Ishan Kishan. The Jharkhand wicket-keeper batsman has 80 runs in three T20Is, maintaining a strike-rate of 40.00 and outclassing the talented Sanju Samson for a middle-order slot.
Also in the field and ahead of Kishan is Shreyas Iyer. Iyer was injured in March and is yet to play a competitive match and his fitness and form will be assessed in IPL 2021, starting September 19. But, despite his form, Iyer’s name is interesting. If he is fully fit, he joins the team, if not, the selectors may think of dropping him and bring in an additional all-rounder or bowler in the team.
Ravindra Jadeja will be in the team as his first choice spin bowling all-rounder on Hardik Pandya to bring balance to the team and playing XI and to further strengthen the balance. Shardul Thakur, a similar replacement to Pandya, is at the forefront of making the team as a back-up, also adding to the fact that he is currently enjoying the form of his life, things for the Mumbaikar Looking good. In terms of skills, Thakur has the ability to bowl in the powerplay overs and act as a bowler in the middle overs and has an uncanny knack for taking crucial wickets. And, he may also compete with Deepak Chahar for the role of the third seamer in the XI. Kunal Pandya, Axar Patel will certainly be seen among other all-rounders, with at least one of them finding a place in the squad or as a reserve player. There is a possibility of Kunal as a direct cover for Jadeja. Washington Sundar, who has been ruled out of the IPL with a finger injury, can also be taken a look as he will be fit by the time the T20 World Cup arrives. He can drop either Krunal or Akshar from the team if selected.
In the fast bowler bowling department, Jasprit Bumrah along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar is a definite. Kumar returned to Sri Lanka after a long break and looked comfortable with the new ball. You put a Mohammed Shami in the mix and that’s the pace for the first XI that one would think. Shami’s fitness is a matter of concern after missing out on the fourth Test. It focuses on the back-up and will be led by T Natarajan, Chahar, Mohammad Siraj and Chetan Sakariya will have an outside chance. Sakariya went on to score runs in the T20I series against Sri Lanka, while Siraj, similar to Thakur, is in a red-hot form and is expected to translate the red-ball form into the white-ball form. . Natarajan is also coming in the form of an injury, but at the international level and in the IPL, he has done enough to make it to the reserve, if not in the team. Thakur will also be in contention here as a specialist bowler – his batting is a bonus.
This leaves us to pick specialist spinners, and Yuzvendra Chahal will be the first name in the team sheet when the Haryana leggie recovered his lost form with good performances in England and Sri Lanka. Kuldeep Yadav’s unfortunately downward slide has also put him out of contention as a reserve or standby player. Looks like Rahul Chahar has got the right support and performance to make it to the team. Chahar has featured in three of India’s last four white-ball series and his comeback has been impressive. In five T20Is, Chahar averages 19.57 and has taken seven wickets, while in his solitary OD he has returned 3/54. Others in the field are Varun Chakravarthy, who has been selected in three of India’s teams but his fitness remains an issue.
He is also a contender for a place in the team if he is fit. A surprise pick here can also be from R Ashwin. Ashwin, after all, has 46 T20Is under his belt and has taken 52 wickets at 22.94 and can bowl well with the new ball. If Sundar is not picked, Ashwin could be in the fray.
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