ICC World T20 2010 - West Indies

[SaiSrini]

This time hopefully, Sehwag and Gambhir both should be fit to open the innings and that Rohit Sharma bats down the order. He is a better player down the order, and hope he bats only there. If any opener is injured, Dinesh Karthik or Yusuf Pathan can open the innings (Yusuf would be better at the top). Also hope Yuvraj finds form and stops showing his attitude (sneaking out often without informing officials, etc). This would be my XI (from the team selected)

V Sehwag
G Gambhir
MS Dhoni
Y Singh
S Raina
R Sharma
Y Pathan
H Singh
Z Khan
P Kumar
A Nehra/P Chawla

Cant see Vinay Kumar getting too many games. I will never rate him highly because I have seen him in the IPL and I have never been impressed with the guy's bowling. As someone said here, he is another Joginder Sharma.

 

[LongLegs?]

Joginder Sharma is in a league of his own I'm afraid. No one can be "another Joginder Sharma".

Umesh Yadav looks an exciting prospect though. Hope he doesn't do a classic Indian fast bowler tradition by losing pace, intelligence and everything else a fast bowler needs.

 

[TheGreemSim]

It's probably best Ireland lost to Afghanistan in the WCQ as although small they still have a better chance in group D than Afghanistan will in group C.

 

[pcfan123]

Nannes, Johnson, Bollinger and Tait = my money is on Oz

 

[Chetan0304]

Zimbabwe squad Prosper Utseya (capt), Brendan Taylor, Charles Coventry, Andy Blignaut, Hamilton Masakadza, Tatenda Taibu (wk), Greg Lamb, Elton Chigumbura, Vusi Sibanda, Ray Price, Graeme Cremer, Chamu Chibhabha, Chris Mpofu, Timycen Maruma, Craig Ervine

I know him!

 

[aussie1st]

V Sehwag
G Gambhir
MS Dhoni
Y Singh
S Raina
R Sharma
Y Pathan
H Singh
Z Khan
P Kumar
A Nehra/P Chawla

Batting looks very strong as usual, forget the form its all about the x-factor which Yuvraj and Gambhir have. Might have to promote Pathan though, his form of late means hes wasted at 7. Bowling doesn't look too flash and obviously lacking that real speedster.

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Nannes, Johnson, Bollinger and Tait = my money is on Oz

Don't know if Bollinger will make the T20 squad, hasn't been in them before and I think Harris is in front of him.

 

[SaiSrini]

Batting looks very strong as usual, forget the form its all about the x-factor which Yuvraj and Gambhir have. Might have to promote Pathan though, his form of late means hes wasted at 7. Bowling doesn't look too flash and obviously lacking that real speedster.

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Don't know if Bollinger will make the T20 squad, hasn't been in them before and I think Harris is in front of him.

Maybe have Yusuf Pathan at one down (all others go one step down which means Rohit at 7). If he fails, Dhoni gets back up there. He can be used as a floater. Gambhir's form is good enough (he got a 70 odd in this IPL and won Delhi the game). Yuvraj is the worry, but in a T20, I would back Yuvraj to come good at some point of time.

The speedster is missing, but this bowling attack might just work. Zak and Praveen are doing well in the shorter format these days. Harbhajan has done OK in the IPL so far. Chawla has done well for Punjab before in IPL and Nehra has also done well for Delhi in IPL before. Ishant would have been good, but I guess the selectors have lost faith in him just at the wrong time.

 

[Varun]

Nannes, Johnson, Bollinger and Tait = my money is on Oz

Yep! three 150+ and one 145+ bowler.

 

[BKB1991]

People base too much off that one Jadeja innings. He shouldn't have been sent in at 4 in that match. Dhoni's mistake. That was a stupid gamble. Your failures are remembered much more than your successes it seems.

Also, Manish Pandey is a middle order batsman. He can bat anywhere from 1-6 as far as I'm concerned and he'll do a good enough job. Bangalore open with him because he's been successful at that position. In List A cricket though, he generally bats anywhere from 3-5. Can switch gears, play the anchor or the aggresor and has shown a lot of temperament.

The last World Cup, Rohit Sharma hit a 50 against Ireland. Take that out, and I think the it would be a different story. He didn't really perform in any other match. The thing about Rohit is, he gets out at very crucial times consistently. After getting a start, he'll randomly throw it away. He's not ready yet mentally.

I dont refer to that Jadeja innings, but the lack of impact he has made in the IPL as a whole and IIRC he was included in the Indian squad based on his performances in the First-Class circuit. They went with him in the T20s as well and I still reckon there are better players than Jadeja in the IPL. Yousef Pathan would get the nod over him if I was selecting the Indian XI.

 

[LongLegs?]

I dont refer to that Jadeja innings, but the lack of impact he has made in the IPL as a whole and IIRC he was included in the Indian squad based on his performances in the First-Class circuit. They went with him in the T20s as well and I still reckon there are better players than Jadeja in the IPL. Yousef Pathan would get the nod over him if I was selecting the Indian XI.

I wasn't saying you were - saying that in general Jadeja is rated on that innings. Jadeja's bowling makes him a much better pick than Yusuf. And, he's just a technically much better batsman if the ball is swinging or moving. Jadeja was Rajasthan's highest run scorer last season too, and his bowling has improved greatly in the last few months.

Everyone is chosen based on their performances in the First Class season. Performances in the List A part of the domestic season never seem to count at all.

 

[BKB1991]

I wasn't saying you were - saying that in general Jadeja is rated on that innings. Jadeja's bowling makes him a much better pick than Yusuf. And, he's just a technically much better batsman if the ball is swinging or moving. Jadeja was Rajasthan's highest run scorer last season too, and his bowling has improved greatly in the last few months.

Everyone is chosen based on their performances in the First Class season. Performances in the List A part of the domestic season never seem to count at all.

Jadeja is a decent bowler, might even be better than Pathan. But Pathan adds alot of variety to the Indian lineup, he can open the bowling and in the late middle-order (where the two will be fighting for a place) I would go for Pathan because he can make a valuable 15 of 5 or something along those lines to take the game away. Jadeja is not a slogger and might not be helpful down the order. Jadeja also has a better technique but I guess in conditions like those in Windies, technique wont matter that much IMO.

A huge advantage with Pathan is that he is a match-winner, and even a 20 odd knock from him can help India win the game, unlike Jadeja, who may even score a 50 but it wont be enough to win the game.

 

[LongLegs?]

The day Yusuf Pathan begins to consistently score and win matches for India is the day I will recognise him as a worthy player. In Indian colours, he's rarely won us a match(only one that comes to mind was that T20 where Yusuf and Irfan stitched a wonderful partnership to win it for us). His role in the team is as a matchwinner and he has rarely done that. Even Sehwag at the beginning of his ascent as a destructive batsman had a better success rate, and on his second run in the Indian team, has won us a lot of matches.

In all honesty, Sehwag is probably also a better bowler than Yusuf. Don't get why he doesn't bowl more nowadays.

I'd rather someone like Jadeja be groomed, than someone like Yusuf. That's just me anyways. Jadeja is potentially going to be involved in all 3 formats in the future.

 

[aditya123]

The day Yusuf Pathan begins to consistently score and win matches for India is the day I will recognise him as a worthy player. In Indian colours, he's rarely won us a match(only one that comes to mind was that T20 where Yusuf and Irfan stitched a wonderful partnership to win it for us). His role in the team is as a matchwinner and he has rarely done that. Even Sehwag at the beginning of his ascent as a destructive batsman had a better success rate, and on his second run in the Indian team, has won us a lot of matches.

In all honesty, Sehwag is probably also a better bowler than Yusuf. Don't get why he doesn't bowl more nowadays.

I'd rather someone like Jadeja be groomed, than someone like Yusuf. That's just me anyways. Jadeja is potentially going to be involved in all 3 formats in the future.

I agree with you on this. I`d rather have someone in my team who can bail the side out when we need 60 runs at run a ball with 5 wickets down. I don`t see Yusuf doing that and the chances that he`d get you a 30 ball 80 is pretty rare (as much possibility of that happening as Afridi scoring a 30 ball 100). The classic example was the Champions Trophy game versus Pakistan. India needed 95 runs at close to a run a ball when Raina got out and also had a batting powerplay left. All we needed was someone to play with Dravid and get a run a ball 35 and the game was ours. Yusuf came in, looked out of place and got out. I`d trust Jadeja to be more sueful in such a situation than Yuseless.

 

[rocky_g]

I agree with you on this. I`d rather have someone in my team who can bail the side out when we need 60 runs at run a ball with 5 wickets down. I don`t see Yusuf doing that and the chances that he`d get you a 30 ball 80 is pretty rare (as much possibility of that happening as Afridi scoring a 30 ball 100). The classic example was the Champions Trophy game versus Pakistan. India needed 95 runs at close to a run a ball when Raina got out and also had a batting powerplay left. All we needed was someone to play with Dravid and get a run a ball 35 and the game was ours. Yusuf came in, looked out of place and got out. I`d trust Jadeja to be more sueful in such a situation than Yuseless.

For RR he plays at number 4 and for india he plays at number 7. Can you see the difference? M.Kaif was also wasted by india at number 7.

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I think Sri Lanka and Australia have a good chance of winning this T20 WC. Just look at the bowling lineup of Sri Lanka. I hope Vassy will be there too.

I can't see India winning and even getting in semi-finals with this kind of bowling line up. But we have got good batsman only worry is bowling. :doh

This time Pakistan are not underdogs or cornered tigers so they won't win T20 WC.

New Zealand and South Africa can surprise all the teams but only till semi-finals. :sarcasm

 

[SaiSrini]

West Indies is not lucky for us at all. Last time, we had that inglorious exit and we have rarely done well while we have toured the Carribean. The wickets have slowed down, but still we havent picked up greatly.