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Same question as I had asked for Pakistani fans.
Fellow Indian ppers here.. Are you guys happy with the squad ?

I am overall happy. But as usual, worried about Semi-Final/Final choke.
Could happen even at group stage as well..:asif
 
Indian squad will be a good one whoever they put out.
 
Shreyas Iyer in the reserves

He would be our captain lol
 
18 man team is perfect.

I would have Deepak Chahar and/or Shardul Thakur in the squad and Axar Patel and/or Mohammad Shami in the reserves.

4 pacers and 4 spinners in 15 would have been more balanced.
 
I don’t think we are a good T20 team under Kohli, personally Rohit is a better captain in that format.
 
Will miss Yuzvendra chahal. Should have been there instead of Axar. Similar bowler Jadeja is already in the squad. Not sure what the logic is here from the selectors. My guess is disciplinary action against krunal and yuzi after they found covid positive in srilanka.
 
IndianMafia said:
Will miss Yuzvendra chahal. Should have been there instead of Axar. Similar bowler Jadeja is already in the squad. Not sure what the logic is here from the selectors. My guess is disciplinary action against krunal and yuzi after they found covid positive in srilanka.
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I think the squad already has Rahul Chahar who is a leggie and Varun who is a mystery spinner. Axar is just like for like replacement for Ravi Jadeja if he gets injured. If not Axar, it would have been Krunal. Axar will not get a chance in the XI unless Jaddu needs to be rested or if he is injured. Chahal will be a miss for sure as he is our best T20 spinner but again Chahar has had a decent start to his career as well.
 
Team is excellent. Iyer is unlucky to have been injured. Otherwise he was a certainty. Maybe if he excels in IPL, he could still be drafted.
 
it is good team but all depends on how thier forms are in IPL. If prithvi shaw is in full form, i would not be happy that he is not in the team.
Overall, it is good looking team.
 
Your logic of Jadeja getting injured is really strange. With that logic Rahul chahar might also get injured 😂 who is the back up then. Rahul Chahar was not the 1st choice spinner untill the last series against SL. What changed suddenly ?
 
giri26 said:
I think the squad already has Rahul Chahar who is a leggie and Varun who is a mystery spinner. Axar is just like for like replacement for Ravi Jadeja if he gets injured. If not Axar, it would have been Krunal. Axar will not get a chance in the XI unless Jaddu needs to be rested or if he is injured. Chahal will be a miss for sure as he is our best T20 spinner but again Chahar has had a decent start to his career as well.
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If Jadeja gets injured, one from the reserves get into the squad. So, preferably Axar should have been in reserves and one of Deepak Chahar or Shardul Thakur in squad.
 
They should be.

It is an incredible squad with no weaknesses.

India is by far the most talented cricket nation around. If luck doesn’t desert them like it has over the past few tournaments, they should be lifting the trophy.

No team deserves it more.
 
Very happy with the squad, delighted that Dhawan and Chahal have been dropped.
Dhawan for whatever reason has not performed in international t20 and Chahal has been awful in international t20 for a long time.

Only bizarre pick is that of Axar Patel. We didn't need him and I'd preferred someone else instead.
 
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I wanted Shardul there in the squad. He makes our batting incredibly strong coming at no. 8.

Pandya, Jadeja and Shardul can easily share 8-10 overs between them.

Anyways, not a bad squad and if the pitches are spin friendly we have all our bases covered.
 
It is a decent squad. Not complaining..

I would hope that the team spirit would be quite high because the team has done well in England. However the IPL in the interim is what concerns me. Would playing in different teams in the IPL impact team morale? We did not have favorable results when such a thing happened in 2009 just before the world T20 in England that Pakistani fans would remember well.

Regarding Ashwin, I think it is a good move and one taken with a long term perspective in mind (extending upto the 2023 WC which will be played in India hopefully). Finger spinner (left and right) along with a wrist spinner (Rahul Chahar or there is another Ravi IIRC who plays for the Punjab IPL team) would be a formula India would adopt. That Ash extends our batting line up is a plus (so would Chahar). To me India are looking at a combination not for this T20 edition but long term. Don't be surprised if India take England's approach of going bang bang with a possible batting line up that would go up to #9 (with Ash,Bhuvi, Chahar (brothers) or Thakur in the mix).

The only slight minus I see is the absence of a left hander in the top three (assuming Rohit, Rahul and Kohli being the top three). Kishan, if he doesnt get a chance immediately, might be a pick for the long run. I would also expect Shaw to be in the mix extending upto the 2023 WC as a back up opener. Rohit will be 35+ in two years time and who knows how his form would shape up then?
 
Mamoon said:
They should be.

It is an incredible squad with no weaknesses.

India is by far the most talented cricket nation around. If luck doesn’t desert them like it has over the past few tournaments, they should be lifting the trophy.

No team deserves it more.
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Yep, because luck wins tournaments....by your logic, India has only won tournaments through luck and not skill :snothappy

Areh bai, ab bus kar :asif

To answer the OPs question, for sure! This is the best T20 squad we have had in years. Going all the way this time!
 
It's an adequate squad and I dont think we have left out someone who made a very strong case for himself.

If the team performs to its true potential only two things can stop it. Either a hot spell with the new ball from Shaheen Shah Afridi or a blitzkrieg from the West Indies.
 
mastimasti said:
Yep, because luck wins tournaments....by your logic, India has only won tournaments through luck and not skill :snothappy

Areh bai, ab bus kar :asif

To answer the OPs question, for sure! This is the best T20 squad we have had in years. Going all the way this time!
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Every team needs some luck to win a tournament. If you look at every single tournament win in history, you will find that the winning side had its fair share of good fortune in some critical moments which shaped the outcome of the match.

This Indian team have been quite unlucky in the 2016 WT20 semifinal, the 2017 CT final and the 2019 World Cup semifinal.
 
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Luck is needed for big tournaments mostly for Asian teams....or u should have team like australia in 2000 where all r match winners..... politics and infighting in Asian teams is more than other teams.so definitely Asian captains need luck with talent to win these tournaments
 
No player in India is that big that if he fails the team fails
I am happy
 
deep82 said:
I wanted Shardul there in the squad. He makes our batting incredibly strong coming at no. 8.

Pandya, Jadeja and Shardul can easily share 8-10 overs between them.

Anyways, not a bad squad and if the pitches are spin friendly we have all our bases covered.
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you don't need too much batting at 8. The spot has to be first justified by bowling and Shardul with ER of 9 hasnt done it
 
Good to see Dhawan and Chahal getting dropped. Hopefully, that's the end of Dhawan's cricket career.
 
apart from Shami's inclusion and Deepak Chahar's exclusion from main squad,pretty good.
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
Same question as I had asked for Pakistani fans.
Fellow Indian ppers here.. Are you guys happy with the squad ?

I am overall happy. But as usual, worried about Semi-Final/Final choke.
Could happen even at group stage as well..:asif
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Yaar, squad looks ok. I might get Yuzi for rahul chahar just based on the fact that he is vastly experienced. Rahul chahar better justify his place and spin them big.
Other than that, I am supremely paranoid about our the usual SF/F choke as u rightly pointed out.
We find a way to spectacularly bomb out . Yeah, we played on swing friendly condition stretching across two days to loose Narrowly against NZ in the semis, WC-2019, and also we lost on the SIXTH day in the WTC finals in swing friendly like home conditions to a side who were more battle hardened, & who had played more in the conditions unlike us... come the day.
End of the day, we still manage to flatter to deceive....
Hope 20-20 WC 2021 proves us otherwise.:ds
 
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MP2011 said:
Good to see Dhawan and Chahal getting dropped. Hopefully, that's the end of Dhawan's cricket career.
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He got divorced yesterday. Bad week overall for him.
 
Varun said:
He got divorced yesterday. Bad week overall for him.
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Well thats a shame. He looked a real family guy hope he can bounce back from this.

Back on topic, probably the best squad that could have been picked all things considered. Shaw could have been there, maybe.
 
JaDed said:
I don’t think we are a good T20 team under Kohli, personally Rohit is a better captain in that format.
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Not sure how it would matter as we haven't lost knockout matches due to batting failures. We failed to chase a modest total against NZ in the SF. Change of captaincy doesn't mean a batting collapse wouldn't happen. No one can guarantee (not even dhoni who lost quite a few ICC trophies as well) ICC trophy wins as its a multi team tourno and all teams are there to win.
 
Ab Fan said:
If Jadeja gets injured, one from the reserves get into the squad. So, preferably Axar should have been in reserves and one of Deepak Chahar or Shardul Thakur in squad.
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You did not read the entire thing. It is not just about injury, India may rest Jadeja and play Axar against the associate teams to keep him fresh for the knockouts if they manage to win their first 3 games. So Axar is the like for like replacement for Jaddu as he is an all rounder as well and India wouldn't lose their balance when they do that. Jadeja is a crucial member of Indian white ball side, he has been in brilliant batting form. He was amazing in Australia in both formats and India wouldn't want him to play all 5 league games.
 
CrIc_Mystique said:
Yaar, squad looks ok. I might get Yuzi for rahul chahar just based on the fact that he is vastly experienced. Rahul chahar better justify his place and spin them big.
Other than that, I am supremely paranoid about our the usual SF/F choke as u rightly pointed out.
We find a way to spectacularly bomb out . Yeah, we played on swing friendly condition stretching across two days to loose Narrowly against NZ in the semis, WC-2019, and also we lost on the SIXTH day in the WTC finals in swing friendly like home conditions to a side who were more battle hardened, & who had played more in the conditions unlike us... come the day.
End of the day, we still manage to flatter to deceive....
Hope 20-20 WC 2021 proves us otherwise.:ds
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Yuzi i dont know how he missed given RCB quota. I think Rohit has input in the team for Chahar and Virat listened for once. I think Chahar can vary his pace more as compare to Chahal, plus much better fielder and batter then then Chahal.
 
Overall good selection except Ashwin.

What Ashwin will do in UAE?, the should have picked Shreyas instead of Ashwin.
 
Mamoon said:
Every team needs some luck to win a tournament. If you look at every single tournament win in history, you will find that the winning side had its fair share of good fortune in some critical moments which shaped the outcome of the match.

This Indian team have been quite unlucky in the 2016 WT20 semifinal, the 2017 CT final and the 2019 World Cup semifinal.
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Lol yea the batting collapses in 2017 and 2019 were due to luck and not terrible batting.

If you are collapsing that many times in every format then it’s a pattern not bad luck
 
Should India have picked their T20 World cup squad based on current form than reputation?

In the ongoing IPL, we're witnessing a situation wherein the Indian reserves - the likes of Gill, Dhavan, Gaekwad, Y Jaiswal look more solid and in great touch. For an impactful game such as T20 which does not give teams a second chance to recover, there is a need to pick players who are in the prime form and not on reputation. This might cost some games in the world cup and trigger elimination.

Rohit Sharma - recovering from injury but good choice based on his England form. Probably need to consider a backup opener considering his injury scare.
K.L Rahul - again had a good series back in the UK, so good choice
Kohli - in the worst slump of his career. But also the captain so has to play.
SKY - Having a bad IPL so far
Hardik Pandya - No were to be seen. Not sure what is he doing.
Ishan Kishan - A leg side hack from we've seen so far. No
Pant - Probably a good choice in the long run but had a horror England series
Jadeja - Again seems to have gone past his purple patch. Not an impact bowler
Ashwin - good choice in tests but may not be useful for T20s
Shami - worst T20 bowler. Good test match bowler
Rahul Chahar - How is he a better choice than Kulcha? Was hammered by SL B teams
Varun C - don't know what the mystery is all about.
Bhuvi - Not an x-factor anymore. Condition in UAE won't suit his style of bowling
Bumrah - Good choice.


So besides the openers and Bumrah, there is no one really to bank upon. Easy strategy for opposition, get one of the openers out and they get free access to their tail which starts from No. 3. For a team which has a vast talent pool such as India, they had many easy picks but instead they're trusting reputation than form. Is this a smart pick?
 
The current form matters but it should be in T20s overall not just IPL. Also, tests don't matter for T20s.

SKY and Kishan were great in IPL last year and they had a great first series so they validate their place themselves. They did well in SL too with a weak batting lineup.

Bhuvi and Shami are picked based on reputation. I think they could have picked Deepak Chahar over one of them.

Rahul Chahar has done well over past one year while Yuzi had a poor IPL first half season and Kuldeep has been mediocre from a long time now.

Overall, it is a good team but they could have picked Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar ahead of Mohammad Shami and Axar Patel in the squad.
 
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stevewittry said:
In the ongoing IPL, we're witnessing a situation wherein the Indian reserves - the likes of Gill, Dhavan, Gaekwad, Y Jaiswal look more solid and in great touch. For an impactful game such as T20 which does not give teams a second chance to recover, there is a need to pick players who are in the prime form and not on reputation. This might cost some games in the world cup and trigger elimination.

Rohit Sharma - recovering from injury but good choice based on his England form. Probably need to consider a backup opener considering his injury scare.
K.L Rahul - again had a good series back in the UK, so good choice
Kohli - in the worst slump of his career. But also the captain so has to play.
SKY - Having a bad IPL so far
Hardik Pandya - No were to be seen. Not sure what is he doing.
Ishan Kishan - A leg side hack from we've seen so far. No
Pant - Probably a good choice in the long run but had a horror England series
Jadeja - Again seems to have gone past his purple patch. Not an impact bowler
Ashwin - good choice in tests but may not be useful for T20s
Shami - worst T20 bowler. Good test match bowler
Rahul Chahar - How is he a better choice than Kulcha? Was hammered by SL B teams
Varun C - don't know what the mystery is all about.
Bhuvi - Not an x-factor anymore. Condition in UAE won't suit his style of bowling
Bumrah - Good choice.


So besides the openers and Bumrah, there is no one really to bank upon. Easy strategy for opposition, get one of the openers out and they get free access to their tail which starts from No. 3. For a team which has a vast talent pool such as India, they had many easy picks but instead they're trusting reputation than form. Is this a smart pick?
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Let these uae pitches bake a little. "Form" and class will reveal itself.
 
The pitches in the UAE have become more pace friendly. I think that's why Shami was picked
 
Need to break monotony of Rohit, Rahul & Kohli at the top. All 3 bats at similar pace which is not good enough for T20 cricket. Should send Rishabh Pant to open to take advantage of 1st 6 overs and push KL Rahul at no.5

Pant (Give him the licence to go from ball 1)
Rohit (consolidator)
Kohli (consolidator)
SKY (licence to go from ball 1)
Rahul (lower order striker)
Pandya (lower order striker)
 
This team is Ok, but will certainly not win the cup with Virat at the helm.

Win or lose, this team should be disbanded post the WC. Much like the 2007 WC when the seniors opted out and MSD lead an inexperienced, after this WC, Virat, Jadeja, Ashwin, Shami and all above 30's should either quit the format or be dropped, I would have added Rohit too but his nous is needed for the next gen. Get Rohit a team of 25 year olds plucked from the IPL and watch them play fearlessly without any baggage.
Mold Iyer as the next captain and dispose of with Rohit after the next WC, he would also be 36+ by then. And of course then graduate them to ODIs too. Virat IMO has become larger than the decision makers and before he shouldn't be left to decide when its time for him to call it a day.
 
Rajdeep said:
Need to break monotony of Rohit, Rahul & Kohli at the top. All 3 bats at similar pace which is not good enough for T20 cricket. Should send Rishabh Pant to open to take advantage of 1st 6 overs and push KL Rahul at no.5

Pant (Give him the licence to go from ball 1)
Rohit (consolidator)
Kohli (consolidator)
SKY (licence to go from ball 1)
Rahul (lower order striker)
Pandya (lower order striker)
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Rahul can attack in T20Is as an opener and he has shown that many times. He can play the aggressor role.
 
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