Predicted XIs for the 2023 World Cup

[Thunderbolt14]

Here are mine for the Big 3 and Pakistan.

Pakistan
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babar Azam (c)
4. Haider Ali
5. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
6. Khushdil Shah
7. Shadab Khan
8. Zafar Gohar
9. Mohammad Hasnain
10. Haris Rauf
11. Shaheen Afridi

India
1. Rohit Sharma
2. Prithvi Shaw
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. Shubman Gill
5. KL Rahul (wk)
6. Hardik Pandya
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. Mohammad Shami
9. Kuldeep Yadav
10. Yuzvendra Chahal
11. Jasprit Bumrah

Australia
1. Aaron Finch (c)
2. David Warner
3. Steve Smith
4. Marnus Labuschagne
5. Marcus Stoinis
6. Alex Carey (wk)
7. Glenn Maxwell
8. Ashton Agar
9. Pat Cummins
10. Josh Hazlewood
11. Adam Zampa

England
1. Jason Roy
2. Jonny Bairstow
3. Joe Root
4. Eoin Morgan (c)
5. Jos Buttler
6. Ben Stokes
7. Tom Banton (wk)
8. Moeen Ali
9. Jofra Archer
10. Adil Rashid
11. Mark Wood

 

[Mesozoic]

Three years is a long long time in international cricket. So much can change...players could go out of form, get injured and be sidelined or heck even retire out of the blue for various reasons.
Anyways.....

My preferred Indian team

Gill
Rohit
Kohli
Jaiswal
Iyer
Rahul
Pandya
R Chahar
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Siraj/Saini

 

[Ab Fan]

My preferred Indian team in 2023 WC will be:-

Rohit
Shaw/ Gill
Kohli
Rahul(wkt)
Iyer
Pandya
Krunal/Tewatia/ Jadeja
Shami
Kuldeep
Chahal
Bumrah

 

[Hasan123]

I will be interested to see if Australia and India change their magnificent top 3s as all 6 players are over 30.

 

[Robert]

England
1. Jason Roy
2. Jonny Bairstow
3. Joe Root
4. Eoin Morgan (c)
5. Jos Buttler
6. Ben Stokes
7. Tom Banton (wk)
8. Moeen Ali
9. Jofra Archer
10. Adil Rashid
11. Mark Wood

I think Roy, Bairstow, Morgs, Moeen, Rashid and Wood will all have retired. The Currans will be the backbone of the attack with Archer. Buttler will be skipper.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

I think Roy, Bairstow, Morgs, Moeen, Rashid and Wood will all have retired. The Currans will be the backbone of the attack with Archer. Buttler will be skipper.

I’m actually not so sure about Moeen and Rashid, I was going to retire them but had no idea which spinners to replace them with. Who are the upcoming limited overs spin prospects in England who can bowl better than those two even if they’re three years older?

 

[Mamoon]

I think Roy, Bairstow, Morgs, Moeen, Rashid and Wood will all have retired. The Currans will be the backbone of the attack with Archer. Buttler will be skipper.

There is a zero percent that Roy, Bairstow, Rashid and Wood would go before the 2023 World Cup unless they suffer career-ending injuries.

In fact, both Roy and Bairstow will be around till 2024-25.

Wood also has 4-5 years in him if England are smart with his workload. Rashid will most likely retire or get picked less and less after the World Cup.

Moeen might retire or he will be dropped because he is not good enough.

Morgan might, considering he will be 37, but I think England would want to squeeze another World Cup out of him because of his excellent leadership skills.

Overall, England will not change much by 2023, but there will be a natural transition after the World Cup and Buttler will definitely be the new captain.

 

[Sher Khan]

There is a zero percent that Roy, Bairstow, Rashid and Wood would go before the 2023 World Cup unless they suffer career-ending injuries.

In fact, both Roy and Bairstow will be around till 2024-25.

Wood also has 4-5 years in him if England are smart with his workload. Rashid will most likely retire or get picked less and less after the World Cup.

Moeen might retire or he will be dropped because he is not good enough.

Morgan might, considering he will be 37, but I think England would want to squeeze another World Cup out of him because of his excellent leadership skills.

Overall, England will not change much by 2023, but there will be a natural transition after the World Cup and Buttler will definitely be the new captain.

Earlier, you said that 2020 will be Bairstow's last year in International Cricket and now you think he will stay on till 2024/2025. What has changed?

 

[Mamoon]

Earlier, you said that 2020 will be Bairstow's last year in International Cricket and now you think he will stay on till 2024/2025. What has changed?

I don’t remember what I said but it must be in the context of Test cricket. I don’t see him making a comeback in the format after Buttler’s resurgence and the likes of Pope and Crawley cementing themselves in the lineup.

In LOIs, he is indispensable for England. If I said he would be dropped from shorter formats then I must not be thinking clearly.

 

[Dulex9]

England

Malan
Vince/Roy
Root/Duckett
Sibely
Z Crawley
Banton /Buttler
T Curran
S Curran
Bess
Archer
Wood

 

[Dulex9]

Also

Billings
Jordan
D Willey
O Pope

 

[Thunderbolt14]

England

Malan
Vince/Roy
Root/Duckett
Sibely
Z Crawley
Banton /Buttler
T Curran
S Curran
Bess
Archer
Wood

No Bairstow, Buttler, Stokes? They will easily make it. Who is your second spinner after Bess for Indian pitches?

 

[HitWicket]

I’m actually not so sure about Moeen and Rashid, I was going to retire them but had no idea which spinners to replace them with. Who are the upcoming limited overs spin prospects in England who can bowl better than those two even if they’re three years older?

Parkinson and Crane are the young limited overs spinners to keep an eye on at the moment. Someone like Delray Rawlins could develop into a useful middle order hitter who can contribute some overs as a second spin option.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Jadeja won't be there

Only one out of Kuldeep and Chahal will play

 

[Dulex9]

Malan
Roy
Duckett
Billings
Stokes
Buttler
T Curran
S Curran
Crane
Archer
Wood

Parkinson
Sibley
D Willey
O Pope

 

[Dulex9]

Jordan, Z Crawley, Banton, Bess, Root, Bairstow(could be there), Rawlins, Vince, Stone, Topley, Brown the unlucky guys who may miss out.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

I think Roy, Bairstow, Morgs, Moeen, Rashid and Wood will all have retired. The Currans will be the backbone of the attack with Archer. Buttler will be skipper.

Roy will be 33, Bairstow 34, Moeen 36, Morgan 37, Rashid 35 and Wood 33 at the time of the next WC so I think at least half of them will still be around come October 2023.

 

[Dulex9]

Australia

Warner
Khawaja
Smith
Labuschange
Carey
Maxwell
Stonis
Zampa
Cummins
Behrnndorff
Richardson

Tye
Agar
Head
Coulter Nile

 

[Dulex9]

India

R Sharma
Gill
Kohli
KL Rahul
Iyer
H Pandya
B Kumar
Bumrah
K Yadav
Chohan

R Jadeja
Shami
P Shaw
Pant

 

[smkk]

Australia

Warner
Khawaja
Smith
Labuschange
Carey
Maxwell
Stonis
Zampa
Cummins
Behrnndorff
Richardson

Tye
Agar
Head
Coulter Nile

Khawaja??
Australia cannot be going through such bad times, that they would take even consider Khawaja for the world cup.

Pakistan
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babar Azam (c)
4. Haider Ali
5. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
6. Khushdil Shah
7. Shadab Khan
8. Zafar Gohar
9. Mohammad Hasnain
10. Haris Rauf
11. Shaheen Afridi

Very good team. Only thing that I disagree is that bringing Rizwan at 5 would be unwise decision. He is not fit for that position, instead at 4 he would be ideal. Haider or Hafeez at 5 is the way to go.

 

[ethan hunt]

I expect these guys to be in the team for sure

Babar
Haider
Abdullah Shafique
Shaheen
Naseem Shah.

Naseem shah averaged something like 12 at the under 19 level and also had the lowest economy rate in the first 10 overs of the PSL.
He'll be a fine Odi bowler in the years to come.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

I think Jadeja and Pandya are both very very much confirmed to make the 2023 Indian team. Jadeja offers a lot of balance with bat and spin and a clutch fielder. I don’t see anyone overtaking him by then. But I do see Iyer being replaced by Gill at number 4.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

I expect these guys to be in the team for sure

Babar
Haider
Abdullah Shafique
Shaheen
Naseem Shah.

Naseem shah averaged something like 12 at the under 19 level and also had the lowest economy rate in the first 10 overs of the PSL.
He'll be a fine Odi bowler in the years to come.

Will definitely make a find ODI bowler at some point, but do you see Naseem making an ODI debut soon? Too much excess weight in Wahab, Faheem, and Musa Khan that’s hogging up a spot. We need to restrict our ODI pacers to Shaheen, Hasnain, Naseem, and Rauf and rotate between them. Musa and Faheem only make it as 5th option on the condition that they both improve their batting.

 

[shady]

Here are mine for the Big 3 and Pakistan.

Pakistan
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babar Azam (c)
4. Haider Ali
5. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
6. Khushdil Shah
7. Shadab Khan
8. Zafar Gohar
9. Mohammad Hasnain
10. Haris Rauf
11. Shaheen Afridi

This lineups got too many accumulators for a modern day ODI side imo. Ideally you want an attacking opener alongside one of Imam/Abdullah and if Azam Khan shows he can be a realistic choice for WK he makes much more sense than Rizwan. That way you have Imam/Abdullah and Babar as accumulators and the rest are attacking batsmen. Also if Naseem is established in the test side by 2023, if everything goes right he should be, he would be my second choice fast bowler after Shaheen.

 

[ethan hunt]

Will definitely make a find ODI bowler at some point, but do you see Naseem making an ODI debut soon? Too much excess weight in Wahab, Faheem, and Musa Khan that’s hogging up a spot. We need to restrict our ODI pacers to Shaheen, Hasnain, Naseem, and Rauf and rotate between them. Musa and Faheem only make it as 5th option on the condition that they both improve their batting.

I think he'll start playing the odd odi soon even if only as a warmup to the test matches initially.
He gets his wickets off absolute peaches and has a very high ceiling, the sort of cricketer you would want ready for big tournaments.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

This lineups got too many accumulators for a modern day ODI side imo. Ideally you want an attacking opener alongside one of Imam/Abdullah and if Azam Khan shows he can be a realistic choice for WK he makes much more sense than Rizwan. That way you have Imam/Abdullah and Babar as accumulators and the rest are attacking batsmen. Also if Naseem is established in the test side by 2023, if everything goes right he should be, he would be my second choice fast bowler after Shaheen.

Agreed but who would be that opener? I have a feeling they’ll expect Shafique to take on an aggressor’s role. Which he can actually do to a decent extent, you don’t necessarily need to be a hack or a slogger to play at 100+ SR as an opener

 

[shady]

Agreed but who would be that opener? I have a feeling they’ll expect Shafique to take on an aggressor’s role. Which he can actually do to a decent extent, you don’t necessarily need to be a hack or a slogger to play at 100+ SR as an opener

He might be able to develop and play that role but even then his optimum role would still be as an accumulator. I know Haider has opened in first class cricket so he might make the most sense. So something like:

1.Abdullah Shafique
2.Haider Ali
3.Babar Azam
4.Khushdil Shah
5.
6.Shadab Khan
7.Azam Khan

And then hope you can find another hard hitting middle/lower order batsmen in the next couple years. Maybe someone like Danish Aziz if he develops or if someone new emerges from the PSL.

 

[shamaan]

Haider ali
Abdullah shafique
Babar
Saud shakeel
Khushdil
Shadab
Azam khan WK
Gohar
Shaheen
Akif javed
Rauf/husnain
.
Players that can be tried
Danish aziz
Muhammed haris
Qadir

 

[shamaan]

He might be able to develop and play that role but even then his optimum role would still be as an accumulator. I know Haider has opened in first class cricket so he might make the most sense. So something like:

1.Abdullah Shafique
2.Haider Ali
3.Babar Azam
4.Khushdil Shah
5.
6.Shadab Khan
7.Azam Khan

And then hope you can find another hard hitting middle/lower order batsmen in the next couple years. Maybe someone like Danish Aziz if he develops or if someone new emerges from the PSL.

Similar line up to mine but i have included saud and muhammed haris as back up WK

 

[shamaan]

Three years is a long long time in international cricket. So much can change...players could go out of form, get injured and be sidelined or heck even retire out of the blue for various reasons.
Anyways.....

My preferred Indian team

Gill
Rohit
Kohli
Jaiswal
Iyer
Rahul
Pandya
R Chahar
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Siraj/Saini

Jaiswal at 4 ?

 

[Babar_Azam_fan]

Preferred Pak side

H Ali
I Haq + (groom him as a keeper)
B Azam *
A Shafiq
H Sohail (4th spinner in India)
N Nawaz (groom him as a batting pace AR) (3rd seamer)
S Khan
I Wasim
U Qadir
S Afridi
M Hasnain

Z Malik
R Nazir
W Riaz
M Imran (Groom him as a bowling pace AR)


PLAYING 11
Batting till #8
3 Full time spinner and one Part timer
2 Pacer and one 1 Pace AR


If pitch is turning can easily get around 35 overs of spin

And if it isn’t can still have 25 overs of pace (~5 from N Nawaz)

In India you need max of 25 overs of pace (most cases)

 

[shamaan]

Preferred Pak side

H Ali
I Haq + (groom him as a keeper)
B Azam *
A Shafiq
H Sohail (4th spinner in India)
N Nawaz (groom him as a batting pace AR) (3rd seamer)
S Khan
I Wasim
U Qadir
S Afridi
M Hasnain

Z Malik
R Nazir
W Riaz
M Imran (Groom him as a bowling pace AR)


PLAYING 11
Batting till #8
3 Full time spinner and one Part timer
2 Pacer and one 1 Pace AR


If pitch is turning can easily get around 35 overs of spin

And if it isn’t can still have 25 overs of pace (~5 from N Nawaz)

In India you need max of 25 overs of pace (most cases)

Did you actually just write Asad shafiq?

What a terrible line up

 

[Babar_Azam_fan]

Did you actually just write Asad shafiq?

What a terrible line up

I thought A stands for Abdullah

Btw, I’d make two changes to it. Forgot of Saud

So, Saud would replace Zeeshan
H Rauf / N Shah would replace N Nawaz in the squad and Wahab would make the playing 11

H Ali
I Haq +
B Azam *
A Shafiq
H Sohail
I Wasim
S Khan
W Riaz
U Qadir
S Afridi
M Hasnain

R Nazir (back up keeper)
S Shakeel
M Imran (pace all rounder if 4 pacers required)
H Rauf / N Shah


In the playing 11 batting comes till #8

But World cups are won by the best bowling sides. You get 50 overs of genuine bowling (Shaheen, Hasnain, Wahab, Qadir, Shadab) + easily 15 overs of spin from Imad and Haris

You need as many overs of spin you can in India, if the pitch is supportive

 

[tyron_woodley]

Pakistan
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babar Azam (c)
4. Haider Ali
5. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
6. nazir or khusdil shahe
7. Shadab Khan
8. Zafar Gohar
9. Mohammad Hasnain
10. Haris Rauf
11. Shaheen Afridi


i cannot disagree with the pakistan odi lineup at all. its as good as it gets.


India
1. Rohit Sharma or mayank
2. Prithvi Shaw
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. Shubman Gill
5. KL Rahul (wk)
6. Hardik Pandya
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. tewatia
9. Kuldeep Yadav
10. saini/shami
11. Jasprit Bumrah

 

[shamaan]

Pakistan
1. Abdullah Shafique
2. Imam ul Haq
3. Babar Azam (c)
4. Haider Ali
5. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
6. nazir or khusdil shahe
7. Shadab Khan
8. Zafar Gohar
9. Mohammad Hasnain
10. Haris Rauf
11. Shaheen Afridi


i cannot disagree with the pakistan odi lineup at all. its as good as it gets.


India
1. Rohit Sharma or mayank
2. Prithvi Shaw
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. Shubman Gill
5. KL Rahul (wk)
6. Hardik Pandya
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. tewatia
9. Kuldeep Yadav
10. saini/shami
11. Jasprit Bumrah

Can it challenge for the title Pakistan?Good line up baring 1 player

 

[tyron_woodley]

Can it challenge for the title Pakistan?Good line up baring 1 player

I would say India Pakistan most likely in finals honestly.
India Pakistan
England and Australia
Semi finals.
In that order.

I would like saffers in top 4 but I don't see it.

 

[shamaan]

I would say India Pakistan most likely in finals honestly.
India Pakistan
England and Australia
Semi finals.
In that order.

I would like saffers in top 4 but I don't see it.

If they played close to that line up yes but we know pakistan always plays wrong places at our time.i dont see them in top 4 i can see new zealand close to the semi final thou they do better than expected alot of times.2 chances i will make is azam khan as WK if he improves if he doesnt then rohail can take the gloves.rizwan doesnt make my team id play one of saud shakeel,danish aziz or khushdil like you stated

 

[tyron_woodley]

If they played close to that line up yes but we know pakistan always plays wrong places at our time.i dont see them in top 4 i can see new zealand close to the semi final thou they do better than expected alot of times.2 chances i will make is azam khan as WK if he improves if he doesnt then rohail can take the gloves.rizwan doesnt make my team id play one of saud shakeel,danish aziz or khushdil like you stated

You don't think Pakistan is better than n.z in Asian condtions? No way.

Pakistan would destroy them.

Pakistan beats England in Asia too iirc? not sure about Aussies as you guys seen to have a mental block vs Aussies. One off games though in a pressure match I would always Pakistan over England or n.z in Asian condtions or any for the matter. Australia is the best though in one off KO games.

 

[shamaan]

You don't think Pakistan is better than n.z in Asian condtions? No way.

Pakistan would destroy them.

Pakistan beats England in Asia too iirc? not sure about Aussies as you guys seen to have a mental block vs Aussies. One off games though in a pressure match I would always Pakistan over England or n.z in Asian condtions or any for the matter. Australia is the best though in one off KO games.

New zealand have the best outside chance they have more of a chance than south africa hands down .and of course i think pakistan is better.i would back them to beat every team in knockout round/game.with the line up i mentioned i woukd back them 100 percsnt to take india all the way snd austrlia