The T20 world cup squad has been announced a month ago and the players who made the cut are:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C,Wk)
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Suresh Raina
Yuvraj Singh
Yusuf Pathan
Rohit Sharma
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ishant Sharma
Praveen Kumar
Rudra Pratap Singh
Ravindra Jadeja
Pragyan Ojha
Irfan Pathan
The selection of the squad has been as expected and their are no surprises. The guys who will not make to the playing XI would be(considering all players fit) all rounder Ravindra Jadeja , from the bowling department should be the young left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha. Now we have 13 guys left and to put two guys out of this is quite a task. Zaheer Khan and Ishant will lead the pace attack and the in form RP cannot be denied a place at all, so if it were to choose between Irfan and Praveen, I guess the captain prefers the former thanks to his batting skills, and it is more important to have a guy see us through the middle overs rather than at the start which I'm sure Irfan is the better guy than praveen. praveen would be deadly with the new ball, so is RP.
RP should be the choice for opening the attack than giving it to Zaheer and Ishant, because they are not great wicket takers and early break through are so important, we have all seen that in IPL. I would prefer Ishant sitting out than Praveen considering each ones recent performance in IPL.
If considering Zaheer not fit, then the rest will play. RP and Praveen to open. Ishant two bowl two overs in the power play. Irfan and praveen should complete their 4 overs by the 16th over, then RP and Ishant should be used at the death.
If Zaheer is fit let him replace Ishant, every thing would be fine and in place.
This time we are with no Sreeshant who is very inconsistent, at days he is tereffic with the ball and the next day itself he can go for big runs, so thats a positive and no joginder sharma !!!!! so the bowling attack is far more superior than teh 2007 world cup.
Finally there only one bottom liner India should be careful with their selection of their bowling attack and any mistake would cost them dearly.
The part timers will play crucial role too, it is to be watched who will Dhoni use, we have seen spectacular performances from our part timers in IPL, with Yuvraj taking two hat-tricks !!!!!! , Rohit with one !!!!!! simply Incredible.
even suresh Raina bowled fantastic, and do not forget Yusuf with the ball.
Coming to batting.... We have to choose six guys, viru and gauti will open for sure
then suresh or rohit on one down, yuvi at number 4, Dhoni at 5 and yusuf at 6.
now to choose between rohit and suresh the task is so tough, no one can be counted down I think they both should play. We can well sacrifice a bowler, these guys showed they can bowl, and the four overs can be shared easily. so then we can sacrifice Irfan Pathan as the batting is strong enough. but then where should rohit come. If he comes at four then Yuvi is at 5, no not acceptable rohit is good at the final overs, he should back that ability of his, so he should be after dhoni in the order at 6. So depending on the pitches one of the Patan brothers must be played, playing both may not be feasible and odds favour the elder more than the younger on this case.
so the team would likely be
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambir
Suresh Raina
Yuvraj Singh
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Rohit Sharma
Yusuf Pathan*
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan**
Praveen Kumar
RP Singh
* can be sacrificed if the top order is constantly performing well infavour of his younger brother Irfan Pathan
** can be sacrificed in favour of Ishant Sharma if not fit.
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