टी-20 वर्ल्ड कप में क्या होगी भारत की प्लेइंग-11: संजू और ईशान में कौन करेगा विकेटकीपिंग? क्या बुमराह होंगे इकलौते तेज गेंदबाज

The 15-member Indian team for the T-20 World Cup has been announced. The tournament is scheduled to start from February 7 and India’s first match will be against America in Mumbai. The team will face Pakistan on February 15 in Colombo. Let us know what could be India’s possible playing-11 in this tournament.

3 opening options There are 3 contenders in the team for opening – Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan. Looking at the past performance, only Abhishek and wicketkeeper Samson will be seen opening. Both have opened in 13 matches so far and have scored 330 runs at a strike rate of more than 167.

Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar also said that in the playing-11 combination, the position of wicketkeeper is being created at the opening itself. Therefore Samson and Ishaan are the best options. If either Samson or Abhishek gets injured or out of form, only then Ishaan will get a chance. He has scored 6 fifties in 32 T-20s for India.

Middle order also decided Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma are confirmed to bat at number 3 and 4 positions. Surya may not have scored a fifty in the last 12 months, but he has 4 T-20 centuries to his name. Tilak has made the middle order position his own, he has also scored 2 centuries and 6 fifties in 40 matches.

If Team India thinks of increasing the batting then Rinku Singh may also get a chance. In this condition, the team will be able to field only 3 specialist bowlers in the playing-11. Then the team may have to bowl the remaining 8 overs from all-rounders. If four specialist bowlers get a chance, Rinku will have to sit out. A decision on this will be taken considering the team and pitch conditions.

All-rounders will handle the responsibility of finishing Four all-rounders have been included in the squad – Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey and Washington Sundar. Of these, 3 are confirmed to play. Sundar will get a chance in the playing-11 only when any of the remaining 3 all-rounders is injured or out of form. Hardik, Dubey and Akshar will hold positions from number 5 to 7. Whereas if Rinku plays then the batting will increase to number 8.

Team India can also field with 4 all-rounders in some matches. In that condition, Sundar may get a chance in place of Rinku, so that along with depth in batting, the team also has bowling options available. In this condition, along with batting till number-8, there will also be three specialist bowlers present in the team. Among these, Akshar and Hardik can also play the role of full time bowlers.

Spinners will be decided after looking at the pitch Team India will play its first 4 matches in Mumbai, Delhi, Colombo and Ahmedabad. Spinners do not have much help in Wankhede and Narendra Modi Stadium, here the team can field with only one specialist spinner. In that condition only one of Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty will get a chance. Because the team will already have the option of a spinner in the form of an all-rounder.

The performance of both the bowlers Varun and Kuldeep in T-20 has been excellent, but for some time now, Varun is being given priority in the playing-11. Whereas spinners get help in Chepauk, Arun Jaitley and Colombo stadiums. Here both Kuldeep and Varun can be included in the playing-11. Especially for the match against Pakistan in Colombo, both Kuldeep and Varun can prove to be important.

Difficult for all three pacers to play together Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana are the 3 specialist pacers of the team. Apart from these, Hardik and Dubey are pace bowling all-rounders. Looking at the team combination, Bumrah and Pandya will be part of the pace bowling department in most of the matches. At the same time, Arshdeep may get a chance in place of Kuldeep at venues like Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Whereas Harshit will be included only in case Bumrah and Arshdeep are injured or out of form.

Possible playing-11 Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav/Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah.

Extra: Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar.

World Cup from 7 February to 8 March The T20 World Cup will be played in India and Sri Lanka from 7 February to 8 March. 20 teams have been divided into 4 groups of 5 each. The teams finishing in the top 2 of the points table from each group will enter the Super-8 stage. Here also 4-4 teams will be divided into 2 groups. In these also, 2-2 top teams will get entry in the semi-finals. The final will be played between the semi-final winning teams on March 8 in Ahmedabad. If Pakistan makes it to the finals then the title match will be held in Colombo.