Questions Cicket

1. Rohit Sharma (VC)

2. Shikhar Dhawan

3. Virat Kohli(C)

4. KL Rahul(WK)

5. Shreyas Iyer

6. Hardik Pandya

7. Ravindra Jadeja

8. Kuldeep Yadav

9. Mohammad Shami

10. Bhubaneshwar Kumar

11. Jasprit Bumrah.

• Substitutions:

1. Sanju Samson(WK)

2. Yuzvendra Chahal

3. Shivam Dube

4. Manish Pandey

1. Rohit Sharma(vc)

2. Shikar Dhawan

3. Virat Kohli(c)

4. Shreyas Iyer

5. KL Rahul(wk)

6. Hardik Pandya(if available)/Shibam Dube

7. Ravindra Jadeja

8. Washinton Sundar

9. Mohammad Shami

10. Yuzvendra Chahal

11. Jasprit Bumrah

Subs:

1. Risabh Pant(wk)

2. Ishan Porel

3. Prithvi Shaw

4. Kuldeep Yadav

Okay ….

Let us first discuss what an ODI squad needs,

5 batsmen

2 wicketkeeper batsmen

3 all-rounders

2 spinners, and

3 fast bowlers

So now, the time for automatic selections

Batsmen

Rohit Sharma

Virat Kohli

(We leave a space for a mid-order batsman)

Shreyas Iyer

(We leave a space for an opener)

Wicket-Keepers

KL Rahul

Rishabh Pant

All-rounders

Hardik Pandya

Ravindra Jadeja

(We leave a space for a substitute all-rounder)

Spinners

Yuzuvendra Chahal

Kuldeep Yadav

Fast bowlers

Jasprit Bumrah

Mohd. Shani

(We leave space for a fast bowler)

Now, if you look at the squad above you will get that we have had our playing XI. (Almost)

So now what were we lacking in the above squad

A mid order batsman, an opener, an all-rounder, a fast bowler.

So now, we see the possible options

Mid-order batsman

Options:- Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson, Shubhman Gill, Ajinkya Rahane, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana and Ishan Kishan

I will pick Manish Pandey because this guy is in good form now (in international cricket) and is providing some extraordinary efforts with his fielding too.

Here we get, Manish Pandey.

Opener

Options:- Shikhar Dhawan, ,Prithvi Shaw, Shubhman Gill, Sanju Samson, Ajinkya Rahane, Mayank Agarwal and Karun Nair

My pick here is Shikhar Dhawan, because after returning from injury he consistently performed against Sri Lanka and Australia. He is in good form and I believe he will perform again when he gets fit.

Here we get, Shikhar Dhawan.

All-Rounders

Options:- Washington Sundar, Shivam Dubey, Vijay Shankar and Krunall Pandya

My pick here Shivam Dubey, becasue this guy is performing consistently than others.

So here we get, Shivam Dubey.

Fast Bowlers

Options:- Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmad and Shardul Thakur

I will go for Navdeep Saini, because he has been phenomenal with ball. He can click 145+ speed easily. He can bowl Yorkers well. He performed amazingly in his recent matches. (still can't figure out why he is out of the team now)

Here we get, Navdeep Saini

So now we have our complete squad with

Openers- Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma (vc)

Wicket keepers- Kl Rahul, Rishabh Pant

Mid order batsmen- Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey

All-Rounders- Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey

Spinners- Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzuvendra Chahal

Fast Bowlers- Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini

Coming to playing XI

It will be as follows

Rohit Sharma (vc)

Shikhar Dhawan

Virat Kohli (c)

Shreyas Iyer

KL Rahul (wk)

Hardik Pandya

Ravindra Jadeja

Kuldeep Yadav

Mohd. Shami

Yuzuvendra Chahal

Jasprit Bumrah

Will play with only one among Chahal or Kuldeep and include Navdeep Saini if the situations are favourable to fast bowlers.

KL will open and Manish Pandey will be playing if any of the openers is injured.

Shivam Dubey will play if any all rounder is injured.

Manish Pandey and Rishabh Pant will play if any middle order batsman is injured.

Rishabh Pant will also get a chance if KL Rahul sits out.

Longest Answer till date,

Thank You

Parth Shekhwat, cricket analyst of IX CLASS.