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Team India will now play 3 ODI series after defeating England in a one-sided T20 series. India has the last chance to prepare for the ICC Champions Trophy. In this, India has to finalize its playing-11 and also make a strategy for the tournament.
Team India has to find answers to many questions before the tournament. Like whether the form of captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will return? The fitness of Jaspreet Bumrah and Mohammed Shami is also a matter of concern. If both are not able to bowl in the complete rhythm, then who will fulfill their deficiency?
In the story, know what are 5 big questions before the Champions Trophy in front of Team India …
1. Will Kohli-Rohit return to form?
Team India’s senior batter Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma are struggling with poor form. After winning the T20 World Cup 2024, Kohli could score a single century, while Rohit could not score a single century. Rohit definitely put fifty against Sri Lanka in 3 ODIs, but both players flopped in the test format.
It is a matter of concern to have out -of -form of both senior players before the ICC’s big ODI tournament. Both could not score much runs even on the tour of Australia, while both of them were flops in the Ranji Trophy. In such a situation, the ODI series from England is the last chance to get a form for the big tournament for both senior batteries.
2. When will Bumrah-Shami be fully fit?
Mohammed Shami and Jaspreet Bumrah, who led India’s bowling attack in the ODI World Cup 2023, are recovering. Shami returned after 14 months and played 2 T20s against England. However, he did not appear in Rhythm. He took 3 wickets, but English batters did not have any problem in playing him.
Bumrah was injured while playing Tests on Australia tour. Due to which it will take them time to recover, due to which they will not be able to play the first 2 ODIs. Bumrah has also recovered from Inzari for about 15 months before. If Bumrah is unable to fit before the tournament, then India’s bowling attack will weaken.
If both Bumrah and Shami are unable to bowl in rhythm, then there may also be pressure on Hardik Pandya and spinners to handle bowling. In the England series, the team can also pay attention to preparing the options of both by giving opportunity to Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh. The special thing is that Mohammad Siraj, who is included in the top-10 of the ICC ODI bowlers rankings, is also not a part of the squad. Therefore, the team is very dependent on Bumrah-Shami.
3. Who will be the wicketkeeper batter?
KL Rahul was the team’s best wicketkeeper batter in the last ODI World Cup, he was also the best wicketkeeper batter of the tournament. However, he was replaced by Rishabh Pant in the third ODI on Sri Lanka tour last year. Both players are now part of the squad.
Rahul’s upper hand in terms of experience and performance, he has scored 2851 runs in 77 ODIs at an average of around 50. Which includes 7 centuries and 18 fifty. On the other hand, Rishabh Pant could score 871 runs in 31 ODIs at an average of 33.50. He has 1 century and 5 fifty. Nevertheless, who will be the first choice wicketkeeper of the team, the answer will be available only after the start of the series.
4. Will you make famous ODI debut?
Young left hand opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was first included in the ODI team. He has left his mark in T20 and Tests, but could not make his ODI debut till now. He began to identify with 50 overs format in the 2020 Under-19 World Cup. Despite this, he could not play any ODI for the country.
If Yashasvi has to make her ODI debut, then the team management will have to take a difficult decision to take out Shubman Gill. Gill is the best batter of the team, whose average is even better than Virat Kohli. He has also scored more than 2000 runs by scoring 6 centuries. Keeping in mind the left-right combination, if Yashasvi is planned to open with Rohit, then which player to feed him, it will become a big question.
5. What will be the best playing-11?
Seeing the ODI form, Rohit, Shubman, Virat, Shreyas, Rahul, Hardik, Kuldeep and Shami are currently being considered confirmed. If Bumrah is fit, he will also play in playing-11. After which 2 spots will remain empty, for which there are 1 bowler and 3 all -rounder contenders. These include Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar.
India’s Posible Playing-11 for Champions Trophy Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh.
Extra: Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal.
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