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Socerer 01

International Captain
Shreyas and Rahul cannot just walk back into the side after a long injury break

SKY, Jaiswal and Tilak should come before them
Shreyas shouldn’t walk into the team after injury despite being the 2nd best batsman in the team then but Tilak with 0 odi experience and SKY with that odi record should??

why is Jaiswal even in the convo for a middle order spot
 

Socerer 01

International Captain
I mean I agree that there will eventually be a squad 🤷🏻

Siraj is definitely another one who is a certainty. I'm a bigger fan of Kuldeep than most here but I know that if he has a couple of bad games they will drop him without a 2nd thought, ditto Chahal. Ishan and Samson have done diddly squat to inspire any confidence. Gill's WI tour has been poor.

Even in 2019 when lack of #4 batsman was a meme, rest of the team practically picked itself. There's much more confusion this time.

PS. Gambhiring brings luck. It's been proven repeatedly in controlled lab experiments.
so you dont think the 2nd highest run scorer in odi cricket since last year is not a certainty because he failed in his most recent tour? one in which he was the highest run scorer in the decisive match too. its not the management its the fans causing confusion with these wild opinions
 

Socerer 01

International Captain
Rohit, Gill, Kohli, Iyer, Rahul, Kishan, Hardik, Bumrah, Siraj, Shami, Jadeja, Kuldeep. That is 12 fixed spots. Not sure why everyone are talking about uncertainly in the Indian squad selection.

Even the other 3 spare spots have clear contenders.

Third pacer - Thakur, Chahar, Mukesh, Unadkat
Third spinner - Axar, Chahal, Sundar
Spare batsman - Jaiswal, Tilak, SKY, Samson
this is it, they will pick Axar as the backup all rounder and then decide if they want an extra pacer or spinner. if its pacer they will pick Thakur ahead of others and if its spinner they will pick Chahal. Sundar and Mukesh wont be picked because they are in the Asian Games team same for Jaiswal and Tilak

Asian games squad alone forces the final team to be all but certain
 

ankitj

Hall of Fame Member
so you dont think the 2nd highest run scorer in odi cricket since last year is not a certainty because he failed in his most recent tour? one in which he was the highest run scorer in the decisive match too. its not the management its the fans causing confusion with these wild opinions
Oh he will definitely get picked. I'm talking more about having confidence in their selection and role in playing XI. I can entirely see Gill's role getting changed or him getting dropped for say Rahul. Our opening combo is not as settled as It used to be with Rohit-Dhawan.
 

Socerer 01

International Captain
Oh he will definitely get picked. I'm talking more about having confidence in their selection and role in playing XI. I can entirely see Gill's role getting changed or him getting dropped for say Rahul. Our opening combo is not as settled as It used to be with Rohit-Dhawan.
why would he get dropped for Rahul? they played together in two different series in different positions or roles however you want to call it

one of the openers is the captain, the other is the guy who has been one of the best odi batsmen recently. why do you think its not settled, did you feel the same way when Rohit and Dhawan opened together for the first time in a world cup?
 

Socerer 01

International Captain
to put it into perspective Gill wasn’t dropped even when his injury replacement came in and scored a 200. this isnt Kohli’s RTG era that everyone wills it to be
 

Socerer 01

International Captain
tilak can play the short ball
yeah Iyer sucks against short ball but he has made runs despite it in odis. from what i saw teams became too narrowly focused on just trying to bounce him out and in odis you can get away with that weakness because the pressure to score quickly isnt as high as in t20 and because the umpires actually call out wides for bouncers unlike in tests

last year he made a 100 and 50 against Rabada and Nortje who only bowled short to him 9/10 times for eg
 

Silver Silva

International Regular
Shreyas and Rahul cannot just walk back into the side after a long injury break

SKY, Jaiswal and Tilak should come before them
It's a must win tournament for India, anything less than victory would be a huge failure ..Better to go with the guys who have had success in the format rather than largely unproven players .
 

Silver Silva

International Regular
rahul will always get out bowled in a knockout. definition of a failure
I think Rahul should be given a chance in middle order only , when he opens he doesn't seem to know what's the right tempo to bat in one day cricket.
 

Scoop_Shot

Cricket Spectator
Pakistan:
1 Imam ul haq/Abdullah Shafique
2 Fakhar Zaman
3 BABAR AZAM
4 Salman Ali Agha/Tayyab Tahir
5 M Rizwan
6 Iftikhar Ahmad/M haris
7 Shadab Khan
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi
9 Usama Mir/M Nawaz
10 Naseem Shah
11 Haris ruaf/ M Waseem Jr
 

Shri

Mr. Glass
sarfaraz ahmed is not a bad shout to be included as a specialist bat given how dominant he is vs spin
 

trundler

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Here's an XI of cricketers that have fallen out of favour. I don't necessarily think they should be picked for their teams but they're still quality cricketers. Some have retired now but wouldn't have if they hadn't been sidelined first or allowed to play on their terms.

Khawaja
Hales
Du Plessis*
H Sohail/Rayudu
Rossouw
Shahzad+
Imad
Linde
Willey
B Kumar
Amir

Not sure about the 'keeper. Better batting than bowling but I think it's a good side.
 

Andy19

U19 12th Man
Australia XI
D. Warner
T. Head
S.smith
Marsh
G. Maxwell
A. Carey
C. Green
P. Cummins
M. Starc
A. Zampa
J. Hazlewood

Back up players-
Labuschagne, Khawaja Stoinis agar
 
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Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
If I was selector:

1.Temba Bavuma (C)
2.Heinrich Klaasen (WK)
3.Rassie Van Der Dussen
4.Aiden Markram
5.David Miller
6.Dewald Brevis
7.Marco Jansen
8.George Linde
9.Simon Harmer
10.Kagiso Rabada
11.Anrich Nortje

Bench :

Tristan Stubbs , Keshav Maharaj , Gerald Coetzee , Corbin Bosch
 

Andy19

U19 12th Man
I'm honestly not sure about Green he's lacks experience.



Labuschagne sure is overlooked here he definitely has the Game to be ATG in ODI cricket.

 
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