New zealand's Tour Of India (Nov 17-Dec 07, 2021)

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

who are the best finishers besides Hardik and Jadeja?

Ideally if Iyer and SKY play, Pant should be our finisher. I would go with this lineup

1. Rohit Sharma
2. Rituraj Gaikwad
3. KL Rahul
4. Ishan Kishan
5. Shreyas Iyer
6. SKY
7. Rishabh Pant
8. Axar Patel
9. R Ashwin
10. Mohammad Siraj
11. Harshal Patel/Avesh Khan/Deepak Chahar

Please no Bhuvi. Swap Ishan/Gaikwad with Iyer if we need to groom an All rounder which would definitely be ideal before next WC.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Ideally if Iyer and SKY play, Pant should be our finisher. I would go with this lineup

1. Rohit Sharma
2. Rituraj Gaikwad
3. KL Rahul
4. Ishan Kishan
5. Shreyas Iyer
6. SKY
7. Rishabh Pant
8. Axar Patel
9. R Ashwin
10. Mohammad Siraj
11. Harshal Patel/Avesh Khan/Deepak Chahar

Please no Bhuvi. Swap Ishan/Gaikwad with Iyer if we need to groom an All rounder which would definitely be ideal before next WC.

Who's the fifth bowler? Rohit?

 

[Ashutosh.]

Rohit
V Iyer
Rahul
S Iyer
SKY
Pant
Axar
Ashwin
Bhuvi
Harshal
Chahal/Siraj/Avesh/Deepak

 

[GOKUL RAJ K]

Who's the fifth bowler? Rohit?

Rohit needs to finish his over as soon as possible

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Whatever squad we are building in this next 1 year, I hope we better turn up in the eventual tournament that matters the most.

We have won enough bilaterals in the past as well.

Although the combination of squad that is selected is again a bit mess but will give it a go since its a start.

The thing is players needs to have pre defined role and should be given the position as per that.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

None

Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya & Sharukh Khan don't seem to be international quality standards

In the IPL in the last two years (overs 15-20) - batting at 5-7.

Krunal 13 average / 135 strike rate
Hooda 21.4 / 144
Shahrukh 19.17 / 157.32

Best others

Rayudu (61 / 181)
Samad (17.7 /169)
Karthik (23.55 / 149.7)
Dube (15.29 /144.59)
Pant (21 /140)
Axar (12.13 / 136.62)
Lord Tewatia (18.67 / 132.54)

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Rohit
KLR
Kishan
Venkatesh Iyer
SKY
Pant
Axar
Deepak Chahar
Bhuvi
Yuzvendra Chahal
Siraj

Seems the best side with the squad we have in my view

Edit: Sorry, not the best but closest to what India might look to play.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

In the IPL in the last two years (overs 15-20) - batting at 5-7.

Krunal 13 average / 135 strike rate
Hooda 21.4 / 144
Shahrukh 19.17 / 157.32

Best others

Rayudu (61 / 181)
Samad (17.7 /169)
Karthik (23.55 / 149.7)
Dube (15.29 /144.59)
Pant (21 /140)
Axar (12.13 / 136.62)
Lord Tewatia (18.67 / 132.54)

I had no idea how I skipped DK. He is probably the best preferred for that role. I don't see India going back to Rayudu and I feel his best spot is no.5, anything lower is not going to help.

Abdul Samad probably needs a couple more seasons to establish himself.

Dube is also a good option and so as Tewatia.

Pant is someone who should be batting the most of last 10 overs. He can be preferred for multiple roles depending upon the situations.

Axar has been past his prime as a batsman and I've never seen him being as effective as he was during 2014/16 but looking at the squad for this series I feel he is going to be trusted this time.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Test team has been announced.

Ajinkya Rahane (capt), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara (vice-capt), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna; Virat Kohli to join squad for second Test and lead the side

Talks of KL Rahul opening with Mayank surfacing. What will we tell Gill? You injured yourself and you no longer are allowed to open? Also if Vihari is not in Africa for the A tour, I do not know why he is not in the squad?

My XI would be

Mayank Agarwal
Shubman Gill
Cheteshwar Pujara
KL Rahul/Shreyas Iyer
Ajinkya Rahane
Wriddhi
Ravi Jadeja
R Ashwin
Sharma
Yadav
Siraj

Once Kohli returns from the break, KL or Iyer can be replaced with him.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Test team has been announced.

Ajinkya Rahane (capt), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara (vice-capt), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna; Virat Kohli to join squad for second Test and lead the side

Talks of KL Rahul opening with Mayank surfacing. What will we tell Gill? You injured yourself and you no longer are allowed to open? Also if Vihari is not in Africa for the A tour, I do not know why he is not in the squad?

My XI would be

Mayank Agarwal
Shubman Gill
Cheteshwar Pujara
KL Rahul/Shreyas Iyer
Ajinkya Rahane
Wriddhi
Ravi Jadeja
R Ashwin
Sharma
Yadav
Siraj

Once Kohli returns from the break, KL or Iyer can be replaced with him.

Shirley KL stays as opener?

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Shirley KL stays as opener?

I mean yes.. After the series against you all, he did really good. I am sure under Dravid he will be groomed well as well. If he and Mayank open along with Iyer taking Kohli's place and debuting, what would you tell Gill who has not done bad himself? KL would have not opened had Gill not got injured.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I mean yes.. After the series against you all, he did really good. I am sure under Dravid he will be groomed well as well. If he and Mayank open along with Iyer taking Kohli's place and debuting, what would you tell Gill who has not done bad himself? KL would have not opened had Gill not got injured.

That's just bad luck, when there are so many options you gotta take your chance when it arises and KL did. I wouldn't say Gill has done anything in his tests to make him leap to the head of the queue.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Seeing that Conway is out will we expect Rachin Ravindra in the line-up? AFAIK he has opened in few games that he has played in NZ.

Edit: Just re-confirmed he has played a Test as yet.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Geez! How bad is this Scheduling?

Just 3 days after WT20 final and that too in a bio bubble thing.

fearsome tweak everyone the BCCI, NZC who all agreed for such poor scheduling.

 

[ahmedleo414]

Geez! How bad is this Scheduling?

Just 3 days after WT20 final and that too in a bio bubble thing.

fearsome tweak everyone the BCCI, NZC who all agreed for such poor scheduling.

The entire Pakistani team is traveling to Bangladesh as well.