After beating Australia and Afghanistan in the World Cup 2023, Team India will now face Pakistan on October 14. Although the Indian team seems to be in the driving seat after winning its first two matches, there are some shortcomings in Team India, if these are corrected, then Team India’s winning campaign and claim to win the World Cup will remain.
Even after winning two consecutive matches, Team India still needs to improve in some departments. If you start with Ishan Kishan, then he may have been able to score 47 runs in the Delhi match, but there was not much confidence in his innings. At the same time, in the first match against Australia, he was out after playing a shot in a very irresponsible manner. It was done.
In the match against Australia, Ishan Kishan was out for zero. Ishan Kishan has a big opportunity in the absence of Shubman Gill to establish himself as an opener.
In the match held at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Jaspreet Bumrah took four wickets for 39 runs against Afghanistan, but his partner Mohammad Siraj was beaten fiercely at the other end of the bowling. He was 76 runs in his 9 overs. However, the way Siraj performed in the Asia Cup final, it is difficult for him to sit out. At the same time, Shardul Thakur can also be seated outside.
Shardul Thakur replaces Ashwin, who has come out to play
Cricket fans were surprised when Sp. Ravan Ashwin was not included in Team India’s squad in the match on October 11 in match number 9 of the ICC Cricket World Cup. Later, Sunil Gavaskar, who was doing commentary, was also disappointed. At the same time, Irfan Pathan, who was present in the commentary box, also admitted that it is very important to have Ashwin in the team in the middle overs, so he should have been in the team.
In such a situation, Shardul Thakur’s ticket can be cut in the first match of the World Cup against Pakistan. Once again, Team India can express confidence in Rav Chadndhawan, while the second option is to give Mohammed Shami the first match of this World Cup.
Mohammed Shami’s connection to Ahmedabad
In fact, for Mohammed Shami, the Narendra Modi Stadium is a home ground, because Mohammed Shami has performed amazingly in this field in the IPL. Shami, who took 28 wickets in 17 matches of IPL 2023, took 17 wickets in 9 matches at the Narendra Modi Stadium in IPL 2023.
Pakistan will not change the playing 11?
Like India, the Pakistani team has also reached Ahmedabad after defeating Sri Lanka. Pakistan has made the biggest target chase in the World Cup on October 10. In this match, Sri Lanka gave a target of 345 runs. In reply, Pakistan won the match in 48.1 overs thanks to centuries from Mohammad Rizwan (131) and Abdullah Shafiq (113). This has happened for the first time in the World Cup, When 4 centuries have been scored in the same match. In such a situation, the kind of historical performance that Pakistan has done, after that Babar and Company will come to the stadium with the winning team combination.
India’s probable playing XI against Pakistan: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami/ Mohammad Shami. Ravi Chadndaran, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Pakistan’s probable playing XI against India: Abdullah Shafiq, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf.
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