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A fully fit Rohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami booked their spots in India's squad for the Champions Trophy. Rohit has not played ODI cricket since October last year and Shami's time away extends back to the World Cup in 2015. R Ashwin, who is currently recovering from a sports hernia, and Yuvraj Singh were among the 15 men chosen


Squad: Virat Kohli(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni(wk) , Yuvraj Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav , Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Jasprith Bumrah & Manish Pandey
 
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Very conservative selection.Performances in IPL have not been taken in consideration at all.
 
ftbno1 said:
A fully fit Rohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami booked their spots in India's squad for the Champions Trophy. Rohit has not played ODI cricket since October last year and Shami's time away extends back to the World Cup in 2015. R Ashwin, who is currently recovering from a sports hernia, and Yuvraj Singh were among the 15 men chosen as well.

India squad: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (capt), Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami
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Good team, but no new face.

At least, I was expecting one young back-up WK to cover MS. He is still good enough to make the team on batting only, but not sure if as WK-batsman. Should start as favorite against PAK, but don't see them passing ENG/AUS in SF.
 
Pant, Gambhir and Uthappa should have been there.
 
I do believe our pace bowling will be a surprise package is shami is anywhere near his best after injury. Umesh and bhubhneshwar are in good rythm.
 
Good team but have some passengers. If they don't click then that won't be good for ind team.
 
Pathetic team selection, no gambhir or raina when they are in form and picked up out of form dhawan. :facepalm:
 
Mamoon said:
Pant, Gambhir and Uthappa should have been there.
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Indian selectors rarely select odi teams on t20s performance.They look each format differently.That is why Dhawan is retained in odis despite being out of test team.
 
Uthappa is way better than Dhawan and should have been selected
 
playing XI
Rohit
Rahane
Virat
Yuvi
Kedar
MSD
Pandya
Jadeja
Ashwin
Umesh
Shami
 
ftbno1 said:
playing XI
Rohit
Rahane
Virat
Yuvi
Kedar
MSD
Pandya
Jadeja
Ashwin
Umesh
Shami
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Rahane opening for us? Are you joking? I will switch off the telly if I see him opening. Would take even dhawan over him in a heartbeat.
 
Was at least expecting Suresh Raina there. The lad plays some clutch knocks and is in good form.
 
aniket1911 said:
More likely because of his reputation to do well at ICC events as he hasn't done particularly well in last few ODIs as well.
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Well he was a revelation in last champions trophy Further he is one guy who is not bothered by express pace or bounce.More of australian style batter then indian.
 
Same old stale from India. Clearly not many decent youngsters are coming up looking at the selection.
 
aniket1911 said:
More likely because of his reputation to do well at ICC events as he hasn't done particularly well in last few ODIs as well.
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aniket1911 said:
Rahane opening for us? Are you joking? I will switch off the telly if I see him opening. Would take even dhawan over him in a heartbeat.
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You are confusing t20s with odi.India doesnt need 10 an over start. We need consistancy in opening as we have enough fire power down the order kedar,msd,pandya,jadeja.
 
ftbno1 said:
You are confusing t20s with odi.India doesnt need 10 an over start. We need consistancy in opening as we have enough fire power down the order kedar,msd,pandya,jadeja.
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-Kedar(new commodity)
-Msd and firepower?
-Pandya is a hack, can't trust him.
-Jadeja is not a "power hitter".
 
Disaster not going to next round, should had selected atleast Pant or Sanju.Our selectors are getting complacent, early exit might help us prepare a better team.
 
aniket1911 said:
More likely because of his reputation to do well at ICC events as he hasn't done particularly well in last few ODIs as well.
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aniket1911 said:
Rahane opening for us? Are you joking? I will switch off the telly if I see him opening. Would take even dhawan over him in a heartbeat.
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aniket1911 said:
-Kedar(new commodity)
-Msd and firepower?
-Pandya is a hack, can't trust him.
-Jadeja is not a "power hitter".
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Kedar(new commodity)Who playedone of the greatest odi innings while chasing
-Msd and firepower?Yes.lately his SRhas improved considerably
-Pandya is a hack, can't trust him.(The same can be said about Gayle,miller,corey anderson,pollard or stokes.power hitters arerarely consistant and we need quck 30s or 40s from him only.)
-Jadeja is not a "power hitter.But he can score at good strike rate.
 
They will go with this first up:

Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli
Yuvi
Dhoni
Jadhav
Pandya
Jadeja
Ashwin
Shami
Bumrah

Not sure about how good this team is.
 
JaDed said:
Disaster not going to next round, should had selected atleast Pant or Sanju.Our selectors are getting complacent, early exit might help us prepare a better team.
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Are you serious??
You want to give Pant or samson their ODI debuts in an ICC event?
 
Can't see any new name here. It seems no one takes IPL performances seriously these days not even Indian selectors.

Whats the point of selecting Dhawan again and again? Rahane should also be dropped.
 
No new names, selectors didn't put much brains in selecting this team.. let's hope for the best..
 
ftbno1 said:
Kedar(new commodity)Who playedone of the greatest odi innings while chasing
-Msd and firepower?Yes.lately his SRhas improved considerably
-Pandya is a hack, can't trust him.(The same can be said about Gayle,miller,corey anderson,pollard or stokes.power hitters arerarely consistant and we need quck 30s or 40s from him only.)
-Jadeja is not a "power hitter.But he can score at good strike rate.
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Yes, jadhav is very new to our ODI setup and it takes more than one-two innings to gain trust.

Msd- what lately? One fluke innings here and there doesn't cut it. He is fielders magnet currently, and struggle to even time the ball.


Corey, Gayle and miller shouldn't even be compared with pandya for they have played knocks which pandya can only dream of. Remind me one innings against top 6 side where he did anything significant with bat.

Jadeja used to be a really good hitter in antiquity but not any more, haven't displayed his striking prowess even when he got multiple opportunities in last year.
 
Not too surprised.

This is the team that I had posted in some thread a month ago:


1. Rohit
2. Dhawan/Rahane (Dhawans out of form but may be tried due to experience of playing big tournaments & his good record in them)
3. Kohli
4. Dhoni (I think he's almost finished but can't put in a newbie like Pandey at these crucial positions in CT)
5. Yuvraj
6. Jadhav
7. Pandya
8. Jadeja
9. Ashwin
10. Bhuvi
11. Shami

Reserves: Rahane, Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep, Chahal, Pant.
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Only difference is they have selected Manish Pandey instead of Pant as the reserve batsman while Kuldeep & Chahal don't make it due to the limitation of a 15 member squad.
 
First round exit.

Bowling is good. Batting is terrible.

Still yuvraj and Dhoni? Is this 2010? No fire power in the batting. Rahane should be no where near the team.

MSD is blocking Pant's progress.

Rohit is a Joke. Looked woeful in IPL so far.

If it means getting rid of Dhoni/Yuvraj permanently, I am all for 1st rounnd exit.
 
Ab Fan said:
They will go with this first up:

Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli
Yuvi
Dhoni
Jadhav
Pandya
Jadeja
Ashwin
Shami
Bumrah

Not sure about how good this team is.
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That's a deep batting line-up.
Ashwin and Jadeja in the same XI and that in England, are you sure bout that? Wouldn't it be better to have another seamer in Kumar?
 
Mamoon said:
Pant, Gambhir and Uthappa should have been there.
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Pant maybe, but the other two have been given many chances before, after doing well in IPL. And I doubt Uthappa will play that well when the ball starts coming towards nose and head. Better to go with settled players.
 
aniket1911 said:
Rahane opening for us? Are you joking? I will switch off the telly if I see him opening. Would take even dhawan over him in a heartbeat.
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u gonna switch off your tv seeing rahane?
imagine what pak fans need to go through . first they have to face the torture of shehzad then at the other end azhar then enters good at all aspects of the game hafeez .
damn .
 
I don't have much faith in Dhoni and Yuvi anymore - they are too old and only fire once in a blue moon for the national side.
 
Amirforpresident said:
That's a deep batting line-up.
Ashwin and Jadeja in the same XI and that in England, are you sure bout that? Wouldn't it be better to have another seamer in Kumar?
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They played in the same XI during the last CT in England and think they'll do so again.
 
Yuvraj and Dhawan are just going to be passengers. Would have preferred Gambhir over Dhawan and Pant over Yuvraj.
 
aniket1911 said:
Yes, jadhav is very new to our ODI setup and it takes more than one-two innings to gain trust.

Msd- what lately? One fluke innings here and there doesn't cut it. He is fielders magnet currently, and struggle to even time the ball.


Corey, Gayle and miller shouldn't even be compared with pandya for they have played knocks which pandya can only dream of. Remind me one innings against top 6 side where he did anything significant with bat.

Jadeja used to be a really good hitter in antiquity but not any more, haven't displayed his striking prowess even when he got multiple opportunities in last year.
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Kedar can not be trusted but you want to trust Pant in this important tournament like this or guys like gambhir or uthappa who have been out of team for ages??
MSD two flukes of MSD in tournament will be enough to fet us through like in WC 2011(when he had a bad tournament with bat remember??)
Pandya actually has beter batting average than all those big names. Has already scored a 56(49)vs England (top 6 side) in his small career+he cabn bowl
Jadeja has been revelation with the bat this year in testa. Dont you think it will improve his chances in ODI which was his favoured format with bat anyway.
 
Read this people.


"We are completely impressed with Rishabh Pant. But he missed out because of squad combination. We will groom him for the future," noted Prasad. The former wicketkeeper-batsman also pointed out that the selectors had pondered over whether to select Kuldeep Yadav, the slow left-arm unorthodox bowler, who he said "missed out narrowly".


In addition, apart from Pant and Kuldeep, the others who were considered and will be kept as stand-by options are Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina and Shardul Thakur, for who visas are being sorted out. They will, in the meantime, train at the NCA in Bangalore.
 
ftbno1 said:
Kedar can not be trusted but you want to trust Pant in this important tournament like this or guys like gambhir or uthappa who have been out of team for ages??
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Just because someone isn't selected for ages shouldn't be criteria to not select someone. Gambhir or Raina are in pretty good nick and either of them will be more useful than Dhawan and Rahane combined.
MSD two flukes of MSD in tournament will be enough to fet us through like in WC 2011(when he had a bad tournament with bat remember??)
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Again, don't compare his glories in his golden years to dhoni-the liability currently. If we are resting our hopes on flukes of dhoni than we don't deserve to go past first round.
Pandya actually has beter batting average than all those big names. Has already scored a 56(49)vs England (top 6 side) in his small career+he cabn bowl
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That might be the only useful thing he did in his entire career with bat and isn't enough to warrant a place but we can give him leeway as he is the best pace allrounder we have currently.
Jadeja has been revelation with the bat this year in testa. Dont you think it will improve his chances in ODI which was his favoured format with bat anyway.
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Test and LOI are different ball game altogether. Lower down the order, we need clean strikers of ball which sadly, jadeja is not.
 
The cricket enthusiast said:
u gonna switch off your tv seeing rahane?
imagine what pak fans need to go through . first they have to face the torture of shehzad then at the other end azhar then enters good at all aspects of the game hafeez .
damn .
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Rahane is someone who don't warrant a place in a team which is considered one of the best ODI team currently. Rahane might walk in any team save for Sa, AUS and England.
On the other hand,I don't even want to think about supporting team having ali and shehzad as openers. Such is gruesome realities of life, feel for you guys.
 
Kuldeep, Pant and Raina should have been in the squad.

Kuldeep is better than Jaddu and Ashwin with the ball. Probably better than them with the bat too. Only thing is Jaddu is much better fielder. Kuldeep would have bamboozled opponents with his unorthodox spin.

Raina is much better than Yuvraj big with bat and fielding. A better utility bowler too.

Pant is miles ahead of MSD the has been. But MSD is better in crunch situations. Especially field settings and tactical advice.

Rahane is too slow and when he tries to hit big shots, looks awkward.
Rohit thes days feels lucky if he survives more than 5 balls.

Passengers in the squad are Rohit, Rahane, yuvraj, Dhoni and Dhawan. That's pretty much the entire batting unit.

For the first time in an international event, India will be relying on bowling to bail them out.

Hoping to see the last of Yuvi, MSD. Thanks for your services. You guys are ODI legends. But pls retire now.
 
Selecting Dhawan over Pant is borderline ridiculous. When was the last time Dhawan played a knock to remember?
 
Ok, so this clearly tells me there is no use performing in domestic tournaments like Vijay Hazare and Deodhar trophy where Dinesh Karthik was in sensational form and highest run getter. Gutted for DK, coz I thought he deserved a spot above Yuvraj, who in my opinion is past it, when it comes to facing quality international bowling on fast pitches (I would be happy to be proved wrong).

p.s Could have tried Pant and/or Samson. Middle order after Kohli is very weak and would be exposed against quality fast bowling
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Can't see any new name here. It seems no one takes IPL performances seriously these days not even Indian selectors.

Whats the point of selecting Dhawan again and again? Rahane should also be dropped.
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Rahane is the v.c right? I imagine that'll be a big reason.
 
Perfect selection. Can't risk and experiment during ICC events and I don't remember Gambhir ever doing well in English conditions. We needed to go with most experienced and safest players options. Keep it simple and give it all in.
 
aniket1911 said:
Rahane is someone who don't warrant a place in a team which is considered one of the best ODI team currently. Rahane might walk in any team save for Sa, AUS and England.
On the other hand,I don't even want to think about supporting team having ali and shehzad as openers. Such is gruesome realities of life, feel for you guys.
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hello Indian here
 
Dhawan is clutch but he is out of form. Could be a make or break tournament for him.

Rahane is awful selection. Pant or Uthtappa should have been selected in place of Rahane.

Yuvraj and Dhoni are on there last legs, they were never going to be dropped though.

KL being out is a blow.

The rest of the squad isn't bad. Not expecting India to win the trophy. Australia, South Africa, and England seem stronger imo.
 
India is India. We have the best batsmen on the planet and even our 4th string line of batsmen would be competitive but we've sent a really bad squad. Some of the batsmen are arguably 4th string anyway.

Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Pandey and Dhoni are going to make this one of the most selfish and slow-batting lineups in the tournament and adding Yuvi who takes his time at the start as well is a big problem. All of them can hit if they want to, and there's no lack of ability but this is the nightmare scenario for us.

Our bowlers are absolutely top notch though and they can win back the games the batters will lose for us. That's the only hope for us.
 
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All this guess work is just that .... guess. No way to predict who will play well and who will stink. That is the fun part I guess. You can say that England will do well .... just because they playing at home ... no more no less !!!
 
troodon said:
First round exit.

If it means getting rid of Dhoni/Yuvraj permanently, I am all for 1st rounnd exit.
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If India exit in the first round I will permanently regard you as knowing 1,000X more than me about cricket.
 
Dinesh Karthik to replace injured Manish Pandey in India squad for Champions Trophy 2017

Wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has replaced injured Manish Pandey in the squad for ICC Champions Trophy that is scheduled to begin from June 1.

Karthik is in sublime form and has scored a lot of runs for his franchise Gujarat Lions in the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League. The right-handed batsman scored a total of 361 runs in 14 matches that he played at an average of 36.10. Karthik was also a part of the team that visited England in the last edition of the ICC Champions Trophy that was held in the year 2013.

India will begin their Champions Trophy campaign against Pakistan on June 4 in Edgbaston. The Men in Blue will go in the tournament as the defending champions as they emerged victorious in the last edition after beating hosts England by 5 runs in final. India were then playing under MS Dhoni and will now play under Virat Kohli who was given the full-time captaincy in the limited overs format after Dhoni stepped down from the helm position earlier this year.

Kohli has had a pretty good run after donning the captaincy hat. The Indian team also defeated England in an ODI home series under his leadership.

Apart from Pakistan, India will also lock horns with Sri Lanka and South Africa in their respective group matches.

http://indianexpress.com/article/sp...ndia-squad-for-champions-trophy-2017-4662713/
 
A logical change - was expecting something as well. BCCI selectors are too smart to send a team for possible 5 high profile matches, with just one WK like MS, who is struggling with his fitness at wrong side of age. Though, I was expecting Rishav Pant or Sanju Samson, but DK fair enough.
 
MMHS said:
A logical change - was expecting something as well. BCCI selectors are too smart to send a team for possible 5 high profile matches, with just one WK like MS, who is struggling with his fitness at wrong side of age. Though, I was expecting Rishav Pant or Sanju Samson, but DK fair enough.
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if it was inzi he would have replaced him with verender sehwag,,because he is experienced and u need these type of players for big events,,,,,,,.
 
Mamoon said:
Pant, Gambhir and Uthappa should have been there.
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Gambhir in England is what hafeez is for pak... Gambhir cannot handle a barrage of short balls at a decent pace... Even the retired MJ got him with a short one recently in the IPL... But Gambhir is a smart operator (#RAMBO) uses brains most of the time which is why he survived...
 
Abdullah719 said:
Wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has replaced injured Manish Pandey in the squad for ICC Champions Trophy that is scheduled to begin from June 1.

Karthik is in sublime form and has scored a lot of runs for his franchise Gujarat Lions in the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League. The right-handed batsman scored a total of 361 runs in 14 matches that he played at an average of 36.10. Karthik was also a part of the team that visited England in the last edition of the ICC Champions Trophy that was held in the year 2013.

India will begin their Champions Trophy campaign against Pakistan on June 4 in Edgbaston. The Men in Blue will go in the tournament as the defending champions as they emerged victorious in the last edition after beating hosts England by 5 runs in final. India were then playing under MS Dhoni and will now play under Virat Kohli who was given the full-time captaincy in the limited overs format after Dhoni stepped down from the helm position earlier this year.

Kohli has had a pretty good run after donning the captaincy hat. The Indian team also defeated England in an ODI home series under his leadership.

Apart from Pakistan, India will also lock horns with Sri Lanka and South Africa in their respective group matches.

http://indianexpress.com/article/sp...ndia-squad-for-champions-trophy-2017-4662713/
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Was a great opportunity to select Pant.

Dinesh Kartik? :facepalm:

This is a geriatric squad. Most are over 32.
 
Napa said:
If India exit in the first round I will permanently regard you as knowing 1,000X more than me about cricket.
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I know India will not go out in 1st round. We can beat Lanka and Pak most probably.

This Indian team cannot beat Aus & SA. We will be trundling towards 300 when the par score will be well over 320.
 
Napa said:
Make up your mind.
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We say stuff out of frustration. Most probably we will not go out in 1st round.

The only sure win will be against Lankans. Against Pak, our batting will be in trouble. So its only 50-50 at this moment. Depends on how much we score. We need at least 275 to be sure of a win. Our bowling is good enough to defend 275 against most teams. Trouble is our batting.

Against SA, it is a definite loss. Rohit/Rahane/Yuvi/MSD will all fail. Only Kohli/Jadav and tail have to do the scoring.
 
Sri Lanka is not an easy win for India.
Look at this team:

Perera+
Tharanga
Chandimal
Mendis
Mathews
Gunaratne
Perera
Prasanna
Kulasekara
Malinga
Lakmal

Very intimidating. :msd :kohli2:angelo
 
troodon said:
We say stuff out of frustration. Most probably we will not go out in 1st round.

The only sure win will be against Lankans. Against Pak, our batting will be in trouble. So its only 50-50 at this moment. Depends on how much we score. We need at least 275 to be sure of a win. Our bowling is good enough to defend 275 against most teams. Trouble is our batting.

Against SA, it is a definite loss. Rohit/Rahane/Yuvi/MSD will all fail. Only Kohli/Jadav and tail have to do the scoring.
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Okay, fair enough about the frustration part... hope you are not right about Rohit/Rahane/Yuvi/MSD. They could also play Manish Pandey or Kedar Jadhav instead. We beat SA comprehensively in 2015 WC, I'm hoping for a repeat.
 
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