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India squad: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-capt), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

Standby players - Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.
 
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India announced their 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022, with Jasprit Bumrah, the pacer, making his return from injury.

The squad was, however, missing all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who sustained an injury during the Asia Cup.

Along with Bumrah, fellow pacer Harshal Patel also returned to the side, having missed out on the Asia Cup with a side strain.

Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the other two pacers in the squad, along with the all-rounder Hardik Pandya.

R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel are the specialist spinners, with the latter ostensibly replacing Jadeja in the squad.

The batting line-up is along expected lines with captain Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik all included.

Mohammed Shami, the pacer, has been named as a standby player, along with fellow pacer Deepak Chahar, wrist-spinner Ravi Bishnoi and batter Shreyas Iyer.

All squads can make changes to their T20 World Cup squad by 9 October.
 
India's magnificent list of trundlers. Can Pakistan produce as many trundlers?

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
Arshdeep Singh
Harshal Patel
Deepak Chahar
Mohammad Shami ( current age)

As many as five of them.
 
With the exception of jazz Boom the rest are pathetic 125 kmph pop gun trundlers. I expect every team to see out jazz boom and thrash us in the PP. Where we might gain is with spin, but if spinners dont strike - expect teams to score 170 + regularly.
We wold be better served with Deepak chahar's brand of reverse on abrasive aus surfaces, dude can bat and is a good fielder as well. Any day better than the overhyped GOAT legend Sir Bhuvi Sobers who has proved his uselessness since CT 2017 after which we should have thanked him for his services & he should have been shown the door.
I'd go with Mohsen khan for Arshdeep primarily because he is LH hit the deck kind of tall 6 ft 5 bowler who is ideally suited for Aus decks
lastly mo Shami for the pathetic pie stall owner harshal patel who is going to get owned in aus.
We have a pathetic 90's mindset of taking the pace off, variations , back of the hand and this penchant is going to cost us this WC. Rahul Sir was good for the U 19 and A team stuff but is out of place in the senior squad.
Lastly, id go with sanju samsson for hooda. Rest the others select themselves.
No serious young talent challenging the older brigade, just the same guys for the last 10 years.
I seriosly hope am proven majorly wrong.
 
They do not learn. Though I expect KL to come good this time, I do not understand the selection of Pant and Chahal.

Arshdeep rightfully getting more chances. Good to see Avesh Khan dropped.
 
Majestic said:
India's magnificent list of trundlers. Can Pakistan produce as many trundlers?

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
Arshdeep Singh
Harshal Patel
Deepak Chahar
Mohammad Shami ( current age)

As many as five of them.
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your supersonic jets were grounded vs SL. Twice. & only squeaked past us and Afg in the last overs.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Chahal will finish 4 overs 40 with one tailender wicket.
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He has some good Rappaport with Rohit. Only that can explain his selection. The man cannot bat or field. He cannot even bowl economically when he is not picking wickets.

I wonder what Washington Sundar is doing. He is completely out of favor with Indian team.
 
Champ_Pal said:
He has some good Rappaport with Rohit. Only that can explain his selection. The man cannot bat or field. He cannot even bowl economically when he is not picking wickets.

I wonder what Washington Sundar is doing. He is completely out of favor with Indian team.
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He has rapport with everyone in team and management..
He is good for nothing, only good at making TikTok videos.
 
Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar and Arshdeep is a pretty good attack for T20s. Dunno why everyone is making fun. Lol
 
Majestic said:
India's magnificent list of trundlers. Can Pakistan produce as many trundlers?

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
Arshdeep Singh
Harshal Patel
Deepak Chahar
Mohammad Shami ( current age)

As many as five of them.
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Bumrah Bhuvaneshwar Arshdeep Pandya is a pretty good attack. You don't need all bowlers who bowl 140+
 
proud_pakistani said:
Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar and Arshdeep is a pretty good attack for T20s. Dunno why everyone is making fun. Lol
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I don't have problem with Indian pace attack. Its the spinners. With no Jadeja, our tail has lengthened significantly. Our spinners are also not world beaters.
 
Now Paksitani selectors also have an excuse to pick same squad from Asia cup for series against England and WC lol
 
Majestic said:
India's magnificent list of trundlers. Can Pakistan produce as many trundlers?

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
Arshdeep Singh
Harshal Patel
Deepak Chahar
Mohammad Shami ( current age)

As many as five of them.
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Congrats Pak in advance for winning 2022 T20 WC.
 
Bhuvaneshwar is the biggest weak link. He is pretty much useless outside first 2 overs. Once batsmen start going after him he is clueless despite being am international and IPL vetaran.
 
It is pretty good squad. Good batters like Rohit, Kohli, Rahul (If he stops playing for himself), SKY and Rishabh pant (he is beast on Aus surface) can win u games single handedly on their day. You got quality spinner like Chahal who can leak runs but will take wickets on big grounds. With respect to their fast bowling I don't like people making fun of, Bumrah Bhuvi and Arshdeep is the best one could have in their line up. The only weak link in their bowling is Pandya IMO. However he is an allrounder and can turn the matches with the quick cameos.

Overall Its pretty balanced squad. Shami could have been included in the main 16 member squad instead of Harshal who is too new for such high profile tournament. With this, they would have rotated Shami with Bhuvi basis opposition and venue.
 
Rohan said:
Congrats Pak in advance for winning 2022 T20 WC.
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Are you not aware about Paks horrible record in Australia? Pak is lucky to be in such a mediocre group. The only good team in its group is India. Had Pak been in other group, they wouldn't have won a game except against some associate teams.
 
That is more or less the same side that was humiliated in the Asia Cup. They better book their return ticket before reaching Australia:abbas2
 
Majestic said:
You can laugh at Pakistan's batting too, I don't have issue.

But I would take their phaast bowlers over your trundlers selection any day.
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Congrats to Pak team on having phaastest bowlers ever to place their feet on the ground
 
India squad: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-capt), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

Standby players - Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.
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India have a very dynamic XI. The bolded players can win games on their own!

They should have selected Siraj and dropped a spinner.

Like all tourneys, India start with the favorites' tag.
 
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Rohan said:
Congrats Pak in advance for winning 2022 T20 WC.
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Pakistan isn't going to find it easy with their approach (go slow in first 10 and score heavy in last 5), which works well in subcontinent but in Australia might be an inefficient strategy.
 
Not a most threatening bowling attack, should go for 180+ easily. But batting is one of the best around.

They should play Kohli with Rohit at the top, Hooda, Sky, Pandya, Karthik, Axar to follow.

KL Rahul & Pant should warm the bench, alongside Harshal and Ashwin
 
This India squad looks weak to me compared to the squad's they have put out in last few editions. All those famous hitters from IPL don't make the cut? Samson, Kishan,Iyers,Shaw. Why is bishnoi not in the main squad he will only come In if someone injured. Having said that they can still win it if there batsmen all click and we all know Indian batters do well on aus pitches.
 
Its a shame, that after Zaheer there was not any world class left arm bowler in our arsenal. Same with batting, Pant is not yet ready for T20. Any team with legspinners and left arm spin will choke India. I guess, its going to be an early exit for India, may be the last series for Rohit, Virat, Rahul etc
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Our young blood pants, prudhvis, samsons, hoodas, rahuls ,kulchas tested and failed.
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Samson will come after this world cup. And Hooda was not given any proper chance in Asia Cup. He didn't do too bad in his short International career so far. Chahal is one of the most successful bowler for India in T 20, don't know in which cricketing world u dwell. Prithvi Shaw is a hack, but I don't think he played much T20 for India
 
Fast bowler cannot contain runs, they are used as wicket taker. Yesterday Hasnain got phainty but if Shadab had hold on the catch in the 2nd last over Hasnain would have done his job.
 
I'm surprised. Where are the young fast bowlers like Siraj, Saini. In Australia you need pace, and I personally would've gone with such pacers irrespective of experience.
 
What a ridiculous team, Bishnoi is on standby?? Man we used to think Kohli was picking wrong teams, lol at this.
 
Minnowbasher said:
I'm surprised. Where are the young fast bowlers like Siraj, Saini. In Australia you need pace, and I personally would've gone with such pacers irrespective of experience.
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Siraz is a waste in T20. Saini same, he would go for plenty..Harshal atleast is expected to choke run , and can contribute a bit with bat. I feel sorry for Saini, as with many other Indian pacers, he dropped his pace once he started playing LOI
 
Mediocre bowling attack. It will come down to how Pandya performs as his bouncers will have a role to play if landed well and he is able to extract that pace and bounce. He is the one who will decide the fate of this team in this tournament.

A young Shami would have been very handy but calling back the current version of Mohammed Shami tells us where our bowling attack stands right now. Harshal Patel is another poor selection for Aus conditions.

Axar Patel will also most likely start ahead of Hooda and bat at 7 but his bowling not sure if that would be suited to Australia conditions and Jadeja was a better batsman than him.

My prediction for the T20 World Cup is that India will win the match vs Pakistan but lose against all the other top opponents and get knocked out. :inti
 
2014 2016 2021 2022, Ashwin has made to the T20 WC in all these years.

Why? Please someone tell me
 
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I am not even going into the selection of Axar Patel, Harshal Patel etc.

And why no Samson.
 
D.Jhant said:
Samson will come after this world cup. And Hooda was not given any proper chance in Asia Cup. He didn't do too bad in his short International career so far. Chahal is one of the most successful bowler for India in T 20, don't know in which cricketing world u dwell. Prithvi Shaw is a hack, but I don't think he played much T20 for India
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Samaon failed to utilize every opportunity he had.
Chahal most successful bottler when it matters.
 
Where is the future greats Umran Malik and Avesh Khan? Great tournament to show the world what they can do.
 
SamNJ said:
Bhuvaneshwar is the biggest weak link. He is pretty much useless outside first 2 overs. Once batsmen start going after him he is clueless despite being am international and IPL vetaran.
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In my opinion Deepak Chahar should have replaced Bhuvneshwar. Similar swing bowler but a lot more to offer in terms of big hitting capability. Ashwin should be the first choice spinner. Rest of team seems ok team capable of delivering. Pant is bit of questionable ( taking into consideration his recent form in T20) but on Australian tracks he can be an asset if he applies himself a bit more. Although many call them trundlers by Arshdeep and Harshal can be handful with variation deliveries they are capable of.
 
Nobody hyped Avesh Khan..Umran Malik yes. But he is too raw. Its risky to put him untested, as failure will ruin his long term career. Recent example Rahul Chahar
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Samaon failed to utilize every opportunity he had.
Chahal most successful bottler when it matters.
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Yes, he was a bunny of Hasaranga. But in Australia, his batting style suits ( atleast what experts claim). I believe he is a good batsman, but tries to play too many strokes without getting settled
 
Samson in a World T20 tournament is too early as of now. At the moment he has only started performing vs minnow opponents.

Kishan should have been instead of Iyer among the reserves.
 
D.Jhant said:
Siraz is a waste in T20. Saini same, he would go for plenty..Harshal atleast is expected to choke run , and can contribute a bit with bat. I feel sorry for Saini, as with many other Indian pacers, he dropped his pace once he started playing LOI
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Harshal most likely fail in Australia.. Australian pitches are true and bouncy one, which means his balls will come nicely to bat..
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Samaon failed to utilize every opportunity he had.
Chahal most successful bottler when it matters.
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Really? If he failed to capitalise then why is Pant there? And Rahul? (Even Chahal will show more confidence than him while batting..)
 
What a pathetic squad! We won't go far with this squad which is replete with have beens and never beens.
 
Smbhayi said:
Really? If he failed to capitalise then why is Pant there? And Rahul? (Even Chahal will show more confidence than him while batting..)
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Lol, Rahul and Pant have been biggest failures and yet they keep getting selected, along with Chahal. But no, Samson and Bishnoi don't deserve to be there.
 
Smbhayi said:
Harshal most likely fail in Australia.. Australian pitches are true and bouncy one, which means his balls will come nicely to bat..
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Harshal is being made out to be some sort of messiah on the basis of what?
 
Selection of Bhuvi just defies any logic whatsoever. He was the main reason why we lost the only 2 games in Asia Cup and yet he gets selected, no questions asked.

Well done!
 
Bumrah will have to do all the heavy-lifting because this is a garbage pace-attack for a T20 WC in Australia.

Also don't get the thinking behind selecting 3 spinners.
 
Arshdeep is a good selection. He was impressive with his death bowling in the Asia cup. Also i think there could've been a place for T Natarajan. He is also a great death bowler.
 
Garbage squad. Expect them to get pounded out of the tournament.
 
Champ_Pal said:
He has some good Rappaport with Rohit. Only that can explain his selection. The man cannot bat or field. He cannot even bowl economically when he is not picking wickets.

I wonder what Washington Sundar is doing. He is completely out of favor with Indian team.
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I explained that day that he belongs to Rohit’s camp and indian fans showed up telling me he belonged to Virat’s lol
 
The fact that Bishnoi and Shami are on standby and players like Ashwin, Chahal are getting selected is hilarious in itself.
 
Its sad that since the days of Srini, bcci has become a very defiant organization. Before that they would respond to media and fan criticism. But no more.

Team selection is now a old boys association. Thats why you find Ashwin, Bhuvi getting repeated chances. Team selection looks like the T20WC is in the subcontinent in the month of April and not Australia in October.

India were dumped out of the last T20WC and Asia Cup but no changes. This is shameless defiance.
 
Majestic said:
India's magnificent list of trundlers. Can Pakistan produce as many trundlers?

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
Arshdeep Singh
Harshal Patel
Deepak Chahar
Mohammad Shami ( current age)

As many as five of them.
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Arshdeep is a quality white ball bowler.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Its sad that since the days of Srini, bcci has become a very defiant organization. Before that they would respond to media and fan criticism. But no more.

Team selection is now a old boys association. Thats why you find Ashwin, Bhuvi getting repeated chances. Team selection looks like the T20WC is in the subcontinent in the month of April and not Australia in October.

India were dumped out of the last T20WC and Asia Cup but no changes. This is shameless defiance.
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What would have been your squad of 15?
 
gazza619 said:
What would have been your squad of 15?
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That question is difficult to answer.

Because if i was a selector, i would have played Umran Malik, Mohsin Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Kuldeep Sen Rahul Tewatia,Bishnoi, Sanju Samson throughout the last 4 months when India toured Ireland England WI Zimbabwe and UAE. That would have given these players experience and the team options.

But selectors picked up Ashwin Axar Harshal Shardul Prasidh etc.

So the choices are limited.

Still i would pick up

Shami Siraj Kuldeep Samson over Ashwin Axar Harshal BK
 
Most of the choices are compromising choices. Jadeja is a useless T20 player. But his replacements are worse. At least he could field.
 
cricketjoshila said:
That question is difficult to answer.

Because if i was a selector, i would have played Umran Malik, Mohsin Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Kuldeep Sen Rahul Tewatia,Bishnoi, Sanju Samson throughout the last 4 months when India toured Ireland England WI Zimbabwe and UAE. That would have given these players experience and the team options.

But selectors picked up Ashwin Axar Harshal Shardul Prasidh etc.

So the choices are limited.

Still i would pick up

Shami Siraj Kuldeep Samson over Ashwin Axar Harshal BK
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Mohsin is good. All phase bowler,should have been a backup for Arshdeep.

Bhuvi
Arshdeep
Bumrah
Chahal
Ashwin

This will most likely be the bowling attack for India.
 
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