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ankitj
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Still need a replacement for Surya the batsman.
govinda indian fan
International Vice-Captain
I think sanju & ishan should be in odi set up instead of princess subhman gill. Sanju has average of 56 and can play on juicy tracks while kishan is clutch. Both of them should be in odi team
govinda indian fan
International Vice-Captain
Surya doesn't look like he would retire till 2028 wc
centurymaker
International Coach
He will be 38+ by then.
He can barely get a score now.
He will be thrown out well before that tournament arrives.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
This was a good read and good on SKY to talk about how important his partner has been to his success.
icyman
U19 12th Man
I actually thought Shreyas was the perfect person to take over from Rohit (in ODIs). Spate of bad luck for him really! His recent form also prompted the ex Chariman MSK Prasad to state that Iyer was the ultimate successor to Virat, but I wouldn't believe a person who selected 4D players & 4 wicket keepers for a World Cup squad.
That apart, still feel Shreyas Iyer has it in him to become an all format captain for India. With SKY is place till 2028, don't think Iyer will get near the T20 side unless there are some compelling performances from him/ Tilak Verma performs badly. As for talks of Sanju being captain, I think this is far fetched. Simply the halo effect. based off the current World Cup.
centurymaker
International Coach
Shreyas Iyer may not even be suitable for a place in the starting XI for the ODI World Cup in South Africa, where conditions will be pacy and bouncy and we all know his struggles against the short ball.
Current Indian ODI batting lineup is a bit of a joke given how old some of them will be next wc and that all of them are right handers which is a terrible strategy. I would like to see two of the following three phased out- Rohit, Rahul, Iyer.
Rohit
Gill
Kohli
Iyer
Rahul
Current Indian ODI batting lineup is a bit of a joke given how old some of them will be next wc and that all of them are right handers which is a terrible strategy. I would like to see two of the following three phased out- Rohit, Rahul, Iyer.
Rohit
Gill
Kohli
Iyer
Rahul
centurymaker
International Coach
I'd like to see this lineup
Jaiswal / Rahul
Gill
Kohli
Tilak
Rahul/Samson / Ishan
Hardik
Axar
Harshit
Arshdeep
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Jaiswal / Rahul
Gill
Kohli
Tilak
Rahul/Samson / Ishan
Hardik
Axar
Harshit
Arshdeep
Kuldeep
Bumrah
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centurymaker
International Coach
Good chance SKY will be dropped before 2028 as he can barely do anything of note against proper teams since a long time.
32 off 29 vs Pakistan
18 off 22 vs South Africa
18 off 16 vs West Indies
11 against England
0 against NZ
Plus he will be 37+ by then. Already he's been playing as a specialist captain for last 18 months. With the bat he is averaging less than 25 in last two years and striking less than 140. At the moment there are at least 20 better batters in India. His time is almost up.
32 off 29 vs Pakistan
18 off 22 vs South Africa
18 off 16 vs West Indies
11 against England
0 against NZ
Plus he will be 37+ by then. Already he's been playing as a specialist captain for last 18 months. With the bat he is averaging less than 25 in last two years and striking less than 140. At the moment there are at least 20 better batters in India. His time is almost up.
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HimeshChaturvedi
School Boy/Girl Captain
Gaikwad is better than Tilak. And if you need left hander, Kishan is best bet.
centurymaker
International Coach
Gaikwad's technique isn't promising against pace, unlike Tilak who's particularly good against pace, not to mention that he scored big there in 2024/25.
icyman
U19 12th Man
The one who is most likely to be phased out is Rahul. With the stellar performances of Samson and Kishan, both being better keepers than KLR, there's every possibility that Rahul won't be on the flight to SA. Shreyas though, has more or less cemented his place at 4.
Rohit
Gill/ Jaiswal /Abhishek (left field)
Virat
Shreyas
Samson/Kishan
Hardik
Furthermore, with Rohit's hit out-out or get out approach and Virat's lack of intent, Shreyas seems an automatic choice.
Additionally, Tilak Verma is yet to mature to make it and with Jurel/ Dhull not anywhere near the side, it is difficult to remove an established No.4.
centurymaker
International Coach
No saying anyone needs to be removed now, but this year they have close to 20 ODIs, a good opportunity to give some games to Tilak, Samson, Kishan as well as Jaiswal. They need to try out the potential replacements.
I am pretty sure Gambhir doesn't want Rohit as he will be beyond 40 next year, plus he's a poor fielder thesedays, so as soon as Rohit has a couple of bad series, Gambhir will probably want him out. Rohit will really have to stay in form. He hasn't done much since the Australia series anyway. Gambhir doesn't seem to like Iyer either as we have seen in T20I selections. Iyer didn't have a good series vs NZ too.
Let's not forget Gambhir will now command so much more power than ever before, after winning the T20 WC. He will undoubtedly try to bring in his T20 stars. Samson, Kishan, Tilak etc. If Rahul keeps his form, there's a possibility he is removed from keeping and asked to open in SA conditions (along with Gill) as he is already a Test opener. In this case he can bring in Ishan or Samson as the keeper. Gambhir is certainly not going to ...just ignore his T20 world cup winners.
He already fired shots in the PC after the final. Calling out milestone chasers. So it's pretty evident big changes are going to happen. He also mentioned that he was not happy with the results in the ODIs, specifically stating that India had lost two of their last three ODI series.
I am pretty sure Gambhir doesn't want Rohit as he will be beyond 40 next year, plus he's a poor fielder thesedays, so as soon as Rohit has a couple of bad series, Gambhir will probably want him out. Rohit will really have to stay in form. He hasn't done much since the Australia series anyway. Gambhir doesn't seem to like Iyer either as we have seen in T20I selections. Iyer didn't have a good series vs NZ too.
Let's not forget Gambhir will now command so much more power than ever before, after winning the T20 WC. He will undoubtedly try to bring in his T20 stars. Samson, Kishan, Tilak etc. If Rahul keeps his form, there's a possibility he is removed from keeping and asked to open in SA conditions (along with Gill) as he is already a Test opener. In this case he can bring in Ishan or Samson as the keeper. Gambhir is certainly not going to ...just ignore his T20 world cup winners.
He already fired shots in the PC after the final. Calling out milestone chasers. So it's pretty evident big changes are going to happen. He also mentioned that he was not happy with the results in the ODIs, specifically stating that India had lost two of their last three ODI series.
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centurymaker
International Coach
Gill is the captain. He is not going anywhere.
I give Rohit a low chance of making the world cup. India has close to 35 ODIs till it starts and Rohit will undoubtedly have a lean patch somewhere and Gambhir will use that to remove him. I see Jaiswal or Rahul opening the innings. On SA wickets you need a solid top order. The ball does move around.
icyman
U19 12th Man
It will be good for Agarkar to devise the way forth and have a sit down with both Rohit and Virat. The decision regarding the style of play and the way India needs to approach the CWC needs to made in the coming 2-3 months. Gill & Rohit as openers make sense, cause Rohit can give a flying start and that is important. I would not take KLR as he tends to eat up a lot many deliveries and we have seen how that worked in the CWC Final of 2023.
With Virat, the thing is, let us look at it from a different perspective. Is he scoring runs? Yes. But, is he scoring runs at a pace that is required by the team? No. Does this add pressure onto the others? Yes. Some may argue that Virat needs to be there, but in my opinion, Virat of earlier is long gone. That Vvirat was known for his attacking gameplay during the middle overs and if he is unable to do so, maybe it is time to move on from him. We do not want a situation like MSD/SRT in their latter years, where they did cost us some games.
Glad you mentioned Yashaswi Jaiswal- I personally feel Jaiswal is still not up to it. He needs to play and score consistently and not only on certain types of tracks. I may be wrong about him. But, I genuinely feel Jaiswal might get picked as the back up opener just cause we have no one waiting in the wing
Tilak over Shreyas, again, is a big no for me. This side looks under baked. Without someone like Rohit giving a flying start, we will fold up quickly for sure, as the middle order has got no teeth here.
With Virat, the thing is, let us look at it from a different perspective. Is he scoring runs? Yes. But, is he scoring runs at a pace that is required by the team? No. Does this add pressure onto the others? Yes. Some may argue that Virat needs to be there, but in my opinion, Virat of earlier is long gone. That Vvirat was known for his attacking gameplay during the middle overs and if he is unable to do so, maybe it is time to move on from him. We do not want a situation like MSD/SRT in their latter years, where they did cost us some games.
Would not take Rahul to the World Cup. mate!
Glad you mentioned Yashaswi Jaiswal- I personally feel Jaiswal is still not up to it. He needs to play and score consistently and not only on certain types of tracks. I may be wrong about him. But, I genuinely feel Jaiswal might get picked as the back up opener just cause we have no one waiting in the wing
Tilak over Shreyas, again, is a big no for me. This side looks under baked. Without someone like Rohit giving a flying start, we will fold up quickly for sure, as the middle order has got no teeth here.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I will phase out Rohit at the end of this year and Virat by mid next year. I really dont think either will be good enough to command a place in the best 11 around the 2027 WC time.