I think it is time for Rahul to open for India in limited overs cricket now.
KL Rahul
S Dhawan/R Sharma
V Kohli
A Rayudu
MS Dhoni
D Karthik
H Pandya
B Kumar
K Yadav
J Bumrah
Y Chahal
Looks a good side this for WC.
Moving discussion from IPL thread to this one!
You can't drop Rohit from the XI. I would play him No. 3 or 4 (Kohli and Rohit can float btw 3 and 4). You can't even think of dropping Dhawan, more so for an ICC tournament. He is a beast there, and more so in England conditions where he has scored runs in the last CT 2017.
Rahul
Dhawan
Kohli
Rohit
Rayudu
Dhoni
Hardik
Bhuvi
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Chahal
Backup: Karthik, Raina, Jadhav, Yadav, Shami
I can't see place for the likes of Manish Pandey. Ajinkya Rahane, etc. These guys are slow batters and do not deserve a place in the limited overs side. Rayudu has shown how fast he can bat, irrespective of the spot he plays. Dhoni was already irreplacable and he has made himself the lynch pin. Before this IPL, there was talk that Dhoni might need to bat No. 4 to give him more time. But this IPL, he has crushed all that talk and has shown that he can come out and start hitting from the word go. Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina are more than capable backups who might even be a shoe-in for the XI. I was lost between Jadhav and Samson but to me, Jadhav by virtue of his experience, outdoes Samson. Also Samson has more time on his hands than Jadhav.