Even if Sanju is considered as a backup for Pant, he could have been given atleast 1 match in the 2 completed series.It would have been apt if he was allowed to play at his homeground in Trivandrum.
For me the biggest concern would be whether to go with Pandhya or Shankar.But I would personally opt for Pandhya as he has experience playing in England and could bowl better.And what about Ravichandra Aswin? Has he got any chance of making it to world cup.
I think whats not broken need not be fixed.So I think the lineup would be;
P Patel
Jos Butler
N Rana
Rohit Sharma
K Pollard
K Pandhya
H Pandhya
Harbhajan Singh
M McClenaghan
L Malinga
J Bumrah
batting order can change but I think Rohit should play in middle order.
Great display of lower order batting in the last match against KKR.A win looked less probable to me after the 15th over of our chase but Hardhik and Rana did a great job.Malinga was good with the ball as well.
I don't really think thats a big problem.All spinners are too good to keep out.But there is always the option to bring in someone like Rishi at 7 or Woakes ,Powell or Colin de Grandhomme in place of Shakib or Lynn.
Maybe.But he was instrumental in some of MIs wins in the previous season. I think he would play the first few matches and based on his performance he would be replaced or sustained.
Malinga bowls well with Johnson in tandem maybe but McClenaghan is too good a player to keep out.Anyway its always good to see a lot of options available.
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