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India's Asia Cup 2023 squad announced

Will like to see Washington in place of Prasidh.dont know why those many fast bowlers in lanka.wierd thing is they are expecting kl after 3 matches,then ishan will be playing until then and team changes again
 
India named their 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup squad, starting 30 August.

India have been bolstered by the return of KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer in the squad announced for the Asia Cup on Monday, 21 August. Both the middle-order batters were rehabilitating from their respective injuries at the National Cricket Academy and have been declared fit for the Asia Cup.

The squad also marks the return of Jasprit Bumrah to ODI cricket after a gap of more than one year. After proving his fitness in the ongoing T20I series against Ireland, Bumrah is set to test himself in the 50-over format heading into the World Cup.

Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.

Travelling reserve: Sanju Samson

The return of Iyer and Rahul is a massive boost for India in time for the Asia Cup as well as the World Cup. Both the players have been mainstays in ODIs of late at No.4 and No.5, the two positions India have struggled to fill after the 2019 World Cup.

Rahul has been a revelation in ODIs since moving into the middle order. In the 18 matches that he has played at No.5, Rahul has scored 742 runs at an average of 53 while striking at close to run-a-ball, a significant improvement over his career average of 45.13 and strike rate of 86.57.

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No Yuzi Chahar or Ravi Bishnoi?

That’s a bit odd if you ask me.
 
Ravi Ashwin
Yuzi Chahar
Ravi Bishnoi

The depth in quality of spinners who India can drop. Axar and Jadeja better be on their A game. They can both be taken down
 
Why KL and Iyer?

Esp KL as he is unfit. He is like damaad of BCCI.

Yashasvi should have been selected.
Iyer is not too bad at taking down spinners. There probably isn’t anyone else reliable enough in the middle to replace KL
 
Ravi Ashwin
Yuzi Chahar
Ravi Bishnoi

The depth in quality of spinners who India can drop. Axar and Jadeja better be on their A game. They can both be taken down
Ravi Ashwin isnt part of ODI setup for 4-5 years now he isn't exactly 'dropped'
Yuzi has been ordinary for last year or so. He get taken for plenty every second game. Ask Indian fans.
Ravi bishnoi is still new and hasn't really set the world on fire ,no way he's better than axar and jadeja at this stage
 
Rohit
Gill
Kohli
KL
Iyer
Hardik
Jadeja
Axar
Bumrah
Shami
Kuldeep

Wow that’s a very strong team
 
Rohit
Gill
King 👑
Iyer
KL (Wk)
Pandya
Jadeja
Kuldeep
Shami / Shardul
Siraj
Bumrah
 
The best squad we have selected in the last 10 years. Kudos to Agarkar and co. Rightly backed pace over useless spinners. The only thing to do is get Tilak Varma to bowl his off breaks and make him a legitimate 6th bowling option.

Compared to the trash squads being selected under Dhoni and Kohli, this squad actually looks like they have a decent chance of winning a tournament.
 
Iyer will never amount to anything. He is a passenger. I would have picked Jaiswal ahead of him.

Prasidh is a terrible bowler. No variations and bowls gun barrel straight although he has some pace. Arshdeep is much better than him.
Washington Sundar should have been in the team as well. He along with Jaddu and Kuldeep would have been an awesome trio of spinners.
KL Rahul has not proven his fitness. He was badly out of form before he got injured. He is coming back from injury now and the selection looks suspicious.
Dropping Chahal was a good decision.
Overall, an average squad has been selected.

Based on the squad, this should be the final XI
Rohit
Gill
Kohli
SKY
KL Rahul(WK)
Hardik
Jaddu
Thakur/Axar
Siraj
Kuldeep
Bumrah
 
Bumrah
Shami
Siraj
Kuldeep
Jadeja
Pandya

That will be the bowling attack. Against teams like Pakistan who have lot of righties, India can rest one pacer and play Axar as well to make it three spinners.

Using Axar and Jadeja together will be hard time for captain so there is a chance Axar ends up wasting one spot in 15.
 
Favourite to win Asia cup. India mean business with less match practise in One Day games.

Top 5 batsmen plus Hardik and Jadeja. Will allow for Kuldeep plus 3 seamers.

On paper totally solid team.
 
Rohit Sharma speaking about the tough selection decisions for the Asia Cup squad -

"Yeah, I mean look, it's tough. I have been in that position myself many times, so I understand how it feels and how it is for someone who has been playing for a year and doing the job. But the guys who we are going to get in are proven players. They've scored loads of runs, won us so many games, so you obviously cannot neglect that part of their game. I do understand when guys like Tilak, Shubman, Surya, Sanju, Jaiswal and many others... I may be forgetting a few names but these are the names that were there in West Indies. They have to wait for their time, they have to wait for the right opportunities. That is all I can say'

"The constant conversation about where they stand in terms of moving forward is always had with the players. We always try and have those chats with players; it's not like they don't know where they are at and what is going to happen in the future. They are very much aware of where they are at, where they stand and what is going to happen in the future. It's always the case. Guys who are proven players have done well, match-winners who are out with injuries when fit will obviously get in the squad. Those kinds of conversations are always had with the players. It's not that these decisions are taken out of the blue. Players are aware of what the road ahead is for them"
 
Good squad overall. A bit puzzled to see Sky's inclusion. Immense faith is being shown him clearly.

Although I wonder if India is light on an attacking spinner. Kuldeep has been leader for India in the spin department. But just in case he misses a game or two, or the track requires a third spinner. Then would Jadeja and Axar do the job in the middle just as well, in terms of taking wickets like Kuldeep?
 
If everyone is fit their ideal xi should be:
Rohit
Gill
Virat
Iyer
Rahul
Pandya
Jadeja
Shami
Bumrah
Siraz
Kuldeep

It would be foolish to sacrifice one of their fast bowlers to accommodate Thakur/Patel just to increase their batting order.Those two are utility players, very rarely they will win matches. India should be confident on their top 7, that's a powerful batting line up. Don't think they need extra cushion. Plus Shami can bat,he is not an amateur. I think Indian media/fans are grossly overreacting regarding this issue. This is a good enough squad to win Asia cup & atleast make to World cup semis. I think the pace is trio is highly skillful, dangerous & underrated.
 
Players who will fail vs Pakistan sureshot :-

Rohit - Fail
Kishan( if plays) - Fail
Gill - can perform
Kohli - can perform
SKY(if plays) - Fail
Iyer - Fail
Rahul - Fail
Hardik - can perform
Jadeja - Doesn't matter( he mostly scores useless runs)
 
If everyone is fit their ideal xi should be:
Rohit
Gill
Virat
Iyer
Rahul
Pandya
Jadeja
Shami
Bumrah
Siraz
Kuldeep

It would be foolish to sacrifice one of their fast bowlers to accommodate Thakur/Patel just to increase their batting order.Those two are utility players, very rarely they will win matches. India should be confident on their top 7, that's a powerful batting line up. Don't think they need extra cushion. Plus Shami can bat,he is not an amateur. I think Indian media/fans are grossly overreacting regarding this issue. This is a good enough squad to win Asia cup & atleast make to World cup semis. I think the pace is trio is highly skillful, dangerous & underrated.
Shami sucks in ODI's.
 
Shami sucks in ODI's.
Are you referring to his batting or bowling? Because as far as bowling is concerned he is one of the best performers ever for India in world cup history. The guy was phenomenal in both 15 & 19. It was a tactical error to drop him in 19 semifinal. Indian conditions will perfectly suit his bowling style. As for batting I agree he hasn't probably won them any matches but he is a good striker. Can easily score a quick fire 20.
 
Are you referring to his batting or bowling? Because as far as bowling is concerned he is one of the best performers ever for India in world cup history. The guy was phenomenal in both 15 & 19. It was a tactical error to drop him in 19 semifinal. Indian conditions will perfectly suit his bowling style. As for batting I agree he hasn't probably won them any matches but he is a good striker. Can easily score a quick fire 20.
I don't like him in ODI's or T20's. Gives away way too many runs.

For Indian conditions, it is 2 pacers (Bumrah/Siraj) and 2 spinners(Jaddu/Kuldeep) and 2 AR's(Hardik/Shardul/Axar).

Indian weak point is their batting now. Not their bowling. India needs a strong and long batting lineup to win the WC.
 
I don't like him in ODI's or T20's. Gives away way too many runs.

For Indian conditions, it is 2 pacers (Bumrah/Siraj) and 2 spinners(Jaddu/Kuldeep) and 2 AR's(Hardik/Shardul/Axar).

Indian weak point is their batting now. Not their bowling. India needs a strong and long batting lineup to win the WC.
I think you are mixing up formats which is kind of unfair on Shami. His t20i record is terrible, but he still is a very good 50 overs bowler. He may leak runs at times but he is a genuine wicket taker something India doesn't have much in pace department.
I just don't feel confident enough on Axar or Shardul. Just don't think these guys will be able to put much impact or pressure against top 5 opponents.
So you don't think your batting line up is good enough? Despite having two of your GOAT's? I would have understood if the wc was played in SENA or slower lower BD/SL tracks. But on mostly flat Indian tracks I think this batting line up will do fine.
 
Are you referring to his batting or bowling? Because as far as bowling is concerned he is one of the best performers ever for India in world cup history. The guy was phenomenal in both 15 & 19. It was a tactical error to drop him in 19 semifinal. Indian conditions will perfectly suit his bowling style. As for batting I agree he hasn't probably won them any matches but he is a good striker. Can easily score a quick fire 20.
He may have been good once upon a time but Shami is absolutely mediocre(2021 onwaeds)and the weakest member of the fast bowling group we have selected. Can't take wickets in PP, gets hit at the death, can't bat. Keeps spraying it etc.
 
He may have been good once upon a time but Shami is absolutely mediocre(2021 onwaeds)and the weakest member of the fast bowling group we have selected. Can't take wickets in PP, gets hit at the death, can't bat. Keeps spraying it etc.
I don't disagree with you regarding his recent performance. But tell me honestly do you have better alternatives to undermine him? Bhuvi,Umesh & Ishant, I beleive their careers are over, Indian cricket has moved beyond them.What happened to Umran? The supposed next big thing? Or Mavi,another gem? These guys are nowhere to be found, Arshdeep who I feel has potential unfortunately doesn't have enough backing from Rohit or Rahul. Prasidh is their reserve pacer,who remains more on injured list than on the field.Trundlers like Unadkat & Mukesh frankly shouldn't be featured on modern white ball cricket. The reality is when it comes to genuine wicket taking pace option, Indian stock is pretty dry. This is one department where they still can't compete with Aus,Pak, Eng,SA or NZ. So they have to go along with a declining Shami.I still feel the guy has some match winning spells left in him.
 
I don't disagree with you regarding his recent performance. But tell me honestly do you have better alternatives to undermine him? Bhuvi,Umesh & Ishant, I beleive their careers are over, Indian cricket has moved beyond them.What happened to Umran? The supposed next big thing? Or Mavi,another gem? These guys are nowhere to be found, Arshdeep who I feel has potential unfortunately doesn't have enough backing from Rohit or Rahul. Prasidh is their reserve pacer,who remains more on injured list than on the field.Trundlers like Unadkat & Mukesh frankly shouldn't be featured on modern white ball cricket. The reality is when it comes to genuine wicket taking pace option, Indian stock is pretty dry. This is one department where they still can't compete with Aus,Pak, Eng,SA or NZ. So they have to go along with a declining Shami.I still feel the guy has some match winning spells left in him.
I don't think Arshdeep has the potential. There are bowlers with more raw potential - Gurnoor, Mohsin, Sen etc. We neither have the system to develop them nor do our selectors back these guys to stay with the Indian team to develop on the road.

If all the fast bowlers who have been selected are match fit, Shami shouldn't start imo. He doesn't offer a point of difference like the others do and he's quite old and limited now. Although I completely agree that he deserves to be in the squad and we don't have any realistic options.
 
India legend Sachin Tendulkar has scored a total of 971 runs in his 22-year-long Asia Cup (ODI) career and has taken the third spot on the list of the batters with the most runs. On the other hand, India skipper Rohit Sharma is at fifth place with 745 runs and Virat is at the 12th spot with 613 runs to his name.

In the upcoming tournament, Rohit will need 226 runs while Virat needs 358 runs to overtake Sachin in the list of Indian batters with the most runs in the Asia Cup (ODIs).

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"You Are Judged By Number Of Trophies": Sunil Gavaskar's Blunt Take On Rohit Sharma's Captaincy​


India captain Rohit Sharma has his legacy as a skipper hanging in balance, with the national set to embark upon two adventurous journeys in the Asia Cup and the ODI World Cup. India's failure to win an ICC title over the last decade has seen a plethora of changes in the leadership role being made. Virat Kohli took the Indian team to new heights but couldn't bag an ICC title as a skipper. When India legend Sunil Gavaskar was asked about Rohit's legacy as a skipper, he said the Hitman would be judged by the number of trophies he would win.

"At the end of the day you are judged by the number of trophies you have won, the numbers of wins you have. Winning these two tournaments will make him one of India's greatest skippers," Gavaskar was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.

Gavaskar shared his opinion on the Indian team's preparedness for the World Cup too. While many experts feel the No. 4 conundrum is one of the team's biggest problems in the ODI format, Gavaskar feels it's the lack of all-rounders that remains a pain point.

"More than anything else, luck of the day is very important and if you look at the teams (in 1983, 1985 and 2011), they all had top class all-rounders. You had batters who could bowl 7-8-9 overs and bowlers who could bat down the order. That was the biggest plus of those teams. You see MSD's team also: Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag could all bowl. It was the biggest plus. So, any team which has all-rounders (will hold the edge).

"You look at England who won last year's T20 World Cup, look at the all-rounders they had. So, all-rounders are the key element," said the 1983 World Cup-winning.

Gavaskar also feels India need a little bit of luck to go all the way in the tournament. Citing the example of the 2019 semi-final clash against New Zealand, the legendary cricketer said had the match ended in a single day, things could've been different for Kohli's men.

"We have got immense talent, (but) in the knockout stage you need a little bit of luck on the day. If you look at our situation in the knockout stages where we have lost, we had ill-luck just about every time.

"At the last World Cup (2019) we had a match (semifinal versus New Zealand) which stretched into the second day. If it had gone the proper full day we might have had a different story, because the next day it was seaming conditions and the New Zealand bowlers could bowl well. So, I think you need a little bit of luck on the day. I mean there are four-five very good teams, so you need luck on the day."

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KL Rahul is progressing really well but will not be available for India’s first two matches – against Pakistan and Nepal – of the AsiaCup2023: Head Coach Rahul Dravid
 
KL Rahul is progressing really well but will not be available for India’s first two matches – against Pakistan and Nepal – of the AsiaCup2023: Head Coach Rahul Dravid
He won't be available? Who's playing at no 5?
 
Ishan might have an edge over Samson as the 1st choice WK.
Our buffoon management played him as opener even though they know kl may miss good chunk of Asia cup in prior.Ishan can't rotate and cant play quality spin .Dravid/Rohit must be the worst combo after chappel combo in recent times
 
Our buffoon management played him as opener even though they know kl may miss good chunk of Asia cup in prior.Ishan can't rotate and cant play quality spin .Dravid/Rohit must be the worst combo after chappel combo in recent times
I agree, I am somewhat dissappointed with the way Dravid has worked as a coach so far. I guess he is more suited to guide and mould junior cricketers than handle the senior team.
 
Our buffoon management played him as opener even though they know kl may miss good chunk of Asia cup in prior.Ishan can't rotate and cant play quality spin .Dravid/Rohit must be the worst combo after chappel combo in recent times
Ishan is at his best opening the batting. I don't think he will fit in middle order.

India must open with Rohit and Kishan. Gill at 1 down and Kohli at 2 down.
 
Is it true that Pant is going to join the Indian team practice sessions soon. Even if he misses the whole Asia Cup I prefer him in the WC over all the other available choices.
 
Is it true that Pant is going to join the Indian team practice sessions soon. Even if he misses the whole Asia Cup I prefer him in the WC over all the other available choices.
At this point, I don't see much difference between Pant and Kishan in ODI's and T20's. Both are hit or miss when it comes to batting.
 
Ishan is at his best opening the batting. I don't think he will fit in middle order.

India must open with Rohit and Kishan. Gill at 1 down and Kohli at 2 down.
Why not Rohit at 4 and Ishan open? Rohit has experience playing in middle order. He even played in middle order for MI too sometimes.
 
Why not Rohit at 4 and Ishan open? Rohit has experience playing in middle order. He even played in middle order for MI too sometimes.
Not a bad idea. I doubt Rohit will give up opening spot to Ishan. That is why I had Gill moving down the order.

One more thing, Gill seems to be struggling with new ball. Its better for him if he comes down after the initial 7 overs. Ishan can hit a quick fire 30 and leave the rest for the big guns.
 
Why not Rohit at 4 and Ishan open? Rohit has experience playing in middle order. He even played in middle order for MI too sometimes.
I think we have to prepare for the wc match.in that match, rohit and gill will open. both can't escape shaheen now. They should practice now against all of them
 
I think we have to prepare for the wc match.in that match, rohit and gill will open. both can't escape shaheen now. They should practice now against all of them
Shaheen is a killer against righthanders. He is not as threatening against lefties with the new ball from what I saw. So its not a bad idea to let Ishan face the new ball.
Rohit or Gill will be out for nothing against the predictable inswinger from Shaheen. They know what is coming. But they still cannot do anything about it.
 
Shaheen is a killer against righthanders. He is not as threatening against lefties with the new ball from what I saw. So its not a bad idea to let Ishan face the new ball.
Rohit or Gill will be out for nothing against the predictable inswinger from Shaheen. They know what is coming. But they still cannot do anything about it.
We should care only wc match .when these guys will learn to play left arm bowling. We have a match against nz in dharmasala too
 
We should care only wc match .when these guys will learn to play left arm bowling. We have a match against nz in dharmasala too
They will not learn. They know it is coming, but they cannot do anything about it. Hence a left hander must be opening the batting along with a righthander.
 
So rahul is out of the Pakistan game ।what is playing eleven against Pakistan ?

Rohit
Gill
Virat
Iyer
Pandya
Sanju ( I prefer) / Ishan
Jadeja
Axar
Kuldeep
Siraj
Bumrah
 
So rahul is out of the Pakistan game ।what is playing eleven against Pakistan ?

Rohit
Gill
Virat
Iyer
Pandya
Sanju ( I prefer) / Ishan
Jadeja
Axar
Kuldeep
Siraj
Bumrah
Kishan
Rohit
Gill
Kohli
Jadeja
SKY
Pandya
Axar
Siraj
Kuldeep
Bumrah

I want Pandya and SKY to bat the final 10 overs. They are the best finishers India has got.

Jadeja is good enough to bat in Top 5. He has shown enough of what he can do with the bat in the past 3 or 4 years.

Except Kuldeep and Bumrah, everyone can hit the long ball.
 
lot of dependencies on all rounders.. I believe India might feel the absence of one top-tier fast bowler.
 
Kishan
Rohit
Gill
Kohli
Jadeja
SKY
Pandya
Axar
Siraj
Kuldeep
Bumrah

I want Pandya and SKY to bat the final 10 overs. They are the best finishers India has got.

Jadeja is good enough to bat in Top 5. He has shown enough of what he can do with the bat in the past 3 or 4 years.

Except Kuldeep and Bumrah, everyone can hit the long ball.
Nothing like this will happen. It will be :-

Rohit
Gill
Kohli
S Iyer
Pandya
Kishan
Jadeja
Kuldeep
Shami
Bumrah
Siraj

This will be the team vs Pakistan.
 
Nothing like this will happen. It will be :-

Rohit
Gill
Kohli
S Iyer
Pandya
Kishan
Jadeja
Kuldeep
Shami
Bumrah
Siraj

This will be the team vs Pakistan.
Tail starts from Iyer :))
Kishan is useless at No.6.
The final 4 cannot bat at all.
 
Ramiz Raja on his YT (via Hindustan Times)

“India might be a little rusty, they are still searching for the right combination. The one big reason for that is even in the World Cup year, they haven't succeeded in producing a settle unit. I'm actually shocked that they are tinkering unnecessarily with a winning combination, they experiment with batting order and the focus moves to something else,"

“If you ask anyone about Pakistan's playing XI, he will tell you without much of a thought. But if you ask someone about India's XI, there are still doubts. And this might benefit Pakistan.”
 
Tail starts from Iyer :))
Kishan is useless at No.6.
The final 4 cannot bat at all.

Iyer averages 45+ at SR of 95+.
Pandya has good record vs Pakistan.
Kishan might do better at 6 as he will have license to attack.

Otherwise, I would play Jadeja at 6, Pandya 7 and open Kishan, Gill at 3 and Kohli at 4. Since this is ODIs, so Pandya at 7 is getting enough deliveries to face too and this way we can utilise Jaddu's batting more.
 
I still don’t understand the point of dropping Arshdeep Singh and picking Prasidh Krishna

I wouldn’t question it if they had picked Umran Malik for his express pace value instead of a medium pacer, but replacing Arshdeep (who is a genuine threat with the new ball in seaming conditions) for a guy that doesn’t offer much more in Pace and can be carted around in the middle and death overs isn’t smart work
 
I still don’t understand the point of dropping Arshdeep Singh and picking Prasidh Krishna

I wouldn’t question it if they had picked Umran Malik for his express pace value instead of a medium pacer, but replacing Arshdeep (who is a genuine threat with the new ball in seaming conditions) for a guy that doesn’t offer much more in Pace and can be carted around in the middle and death overs isn’t smart work

Prasidh can hurry the batsman due to his height and the bounce he can extract. He is also 140+ kph pacer unlike Arshdeep. Bumrah will bowl his yorkers in death overs. In absence of Bumrah, Arshdeep can be more lethal than Prasidh.
 
What a waste of space Jadeja is, at least as a LoI batsman!

Not that he is any good as a bowler, hardly ever takes wickets.
 
What a waste of space Jadeja is, at least as a LoI batsman!

Not that he is any good as a bowler, hardly ever takes wickets.

Manjarekar was correct when he said, "He is a bits and pieces LOI player". He is neither a batsman nor a bowler. He was never suited to no.7. The occasional times he got runs is when the game was already lost. Even now after so much talks of improvement in his batting , he doesn't make it count when it matters.
 
Jasprit Bumrah has headed back to Mumbai from Sri Lanka due to personal reasons
 
Manjarekar was correct when he said, "He is a bits and pieces LOI player". He is neither a batsman nor a bowler. He was never suited to no.7. The occasional times he got runs is when the game was already lost. Even now after so much talks of improvement in his batting , he doesn't make it count when it matters.
Don't know when will we get rid of this fraud especially in LoIs.
 
Asia Cup 2023: Jasprit Bumrah to miss India’s game against Nepal, return for Super 4 stage.

Even though the pacer didn't get to bowl in the game against Pakistan, he'd impress with a 14-ball-16 off his bat.

India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is set to miss India’s 2023 Asia Cup group stage game against Nepal on Monday due to personal reasons.

The 29-year-old, who recently marked a return to international cricket after a year long hiatus, is flying back home to Mumbai and will return in time for the Super 4 stage.


 
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