Black_Warrior
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Been having that weird feeling the last 2-3 years with Pakistan's Test batting stronger than their test bowling
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4th June - Group B - India v Pakistan
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Been having that weird feeling the last 2-3 years with Pakistan's Test batting stronger than their test bowling
CricAddict
International Coach
Both need to be in. Only one of Ashwin/Jadeja need to play since we have Jadhav and Yuvi, preferably Jadeja.
Dhawan Rohit Kohli Yuvi MSD Jadhav Pandya Jadeja Bhuvi Shami Bumrah
srbhkshk
International Captain
I actually agree that only 1 of the spinners needs to play, but I don't think you can actually drop any of them currently.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
If Yuvi is not gonna make it to the XI for the first game and if we wanna get fancy, I will actually be ok with this XI...
Rohit (vc)
Dhawan
Virat (c)
Ashwin
MSD (wk)
Jadhav
Pandya
Jadeja
Bhuvi
Shami
Bumrah
Rohit (vc)
Dhawan
Virat (c)
Ashwin
MSD (wk)
Jadhav
Pandya
Jadeja
Bhuvi
Shami
Bumrah
harsh.ag
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Good god man, Rahane isn't that bad.
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Nah, I'd go for Dhawan and jadhav over Rahane too tbh. Jinx has been given enough chances now that dropping him won't be unjust. Dhawan was pretty good in the IPL and hes always stepped up in the icc tournaments in the past.
harsh.ag
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That's okay. He's going for Ashwin/Pandya over Rahane.
honestbharani
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No coz I dont want us to drop either of the spinners or any of the 3 seamers I have picked. The other option is to go with 5 proper bowlers and play Rahane instead of Pandya but I think our top 3 will take us through the initial overs fine.. I am more worried about our lower order hitting which you need a lot of in England typically. Hence that mash up of a side. I did say it is if we wanna get fancy or funky. 
OverratedSanity
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Depending on balance, that's fine too.
harsh.ag
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Yeah let's have both Ashwin and Pandya in the top 7.
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I think Ashwin and Pandya could work at 6 and 7.
No idea why hb has Ashwin at 4 though. That's gavaskar levels of crazy.
No idea why hb has Ashwin at 4 though. That's gavaskar levels of crazy.
harsh.ag
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Even though Rahane exists. Could you ****s stop with your hipster rubbish already.
cnerd123
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We're not getting 10 tidy overs from Rahane tho
Ashwin at 4 lets us have Pandya at 7, Jaddu 8, and then Bhuvi/Umesh/Shami. Slot Jadhav and MSD at 5 and 6, Kohli 3, and a pair of openers, and boom. Solid allround XI.
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This is why Bangladesh will always remain a minnow.
harsh.ag
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If you're playing Ashwin, along with Jaddu and three pacers, then you already have your 50 overs. Why play Pandya? Get Rahane in. If you think Ashwin would be a bad number 7, then have Jadhav come in at number 7 and Ashwin at 6.
Shri
Mr. Glass
Its a terrible squad of batsmen. Pant or Iyer should be in there instead of Rahane and Ashwin shouldn't be playing ODIs given how poorly his body is coping with too many matches.
Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli
Dhoni
Jadhav
Pant / K Pandya
H Pandya
Jadeja
Bhuvi
Shami/Umesh
Bumrah
A weaker spin department to add some lower order hitting would work in England.
Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli
Dhoni
Jadhav
Pant / K Pandya
H Pandya
Jadeja
Bhuvi
Shami/Umesh
Bumrah
A weaker spin department to add some lower order hitting would work in England.
honestbharani
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You just gonna pretend that I acknowledged that and even mentioned that in my very next post?
Look if the openers and 3 do a decent job, all you need at #4 is a guy who wil lrotate strike and not get stuck and can still hti the odd boundary with the 4 men outside rule. Ash ticks all the boxes. I do not see Rahane being SOO much better than him at that spot that warrants us giving up Ash's bowling in the bargain.
honestbharani
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To be fair, I am ok with this side as my first option. But if Yuvi is going to be missing, we need a more solid bowler in the top 7 than the junk that Jadhav/Pandya are gonna bowl. Man I wish Rohit still bowled. Was decent for a while and looked like we had found ourselves another Sehwag.