Indian Cricket Team for the T20 world cup is it the right combination?

With the cricket world cup starting on 16th October all playing Countries have given there playing 11 squad and so has India, however, is it the best team that we could have sent. Let us look at the statistics of the players that have been included in the 15 playing list and that could have been added. 

1) Rohit Sharma –  Well he has been doing a really good job as a captain and as a player, the example is the innings against Sri Lanka where he played a brilliant knock of 72 in just 41 balls.   He has got an impressive strike rate of 140.63 in the 136 international T20s that he has played. Though he is currently on the 14th rank of the ICC Men’s T20I Batting Rankings he will be a class act to follow during the T20 world cup.

2) KL Rahul –  Currently on the 23rd rank of the ICC Men’s T20I Batting Rankings seems to be out of form lately as he wasn’t looking at his confident self while playing during the Asia cup. Everyone is just hoping that his 41 balls and 62 runs might give him the confidence he was looking for. His strike rate of 140.91 in the 61 international T20s will definitely be a huge boost for India provided he plays as per his potential.

3) Virat Kohli –  It was the right time for him to come back to form. During the Asia cup, in every match he played, we could see him more and more confident and in his match against Afghanistan, his 61 balls 122 runs not out no one would forget for a long time. Currently standing in 15th rank of the ICC Men’s T20I Batting Ranking has had a good career with a strike rate of 138.37 in his 104 T20 international matches that he has played.

4) Suryakumar Yadav – He currently is in the best form of his life. He has an impressive strike rate of 173.29 in the 28 matches that he has played and is currently placed at no 4 in the ICC Men’s T20I Batting Ranking. During the Asia cup, he was the player with the highest strike rate of 261.53. He will be an asset for team India in the T20 world cup. 

5) Hardik Pandya – He is one of the best players in the Indian squad currently. He has an impressive strike rate of 144.68 in his 70 matches. Recently he has now found his form with the ball as well with one of his best bowling figures of 3/25 during the Asia cup. He ranks 7th in T20I All-Rounder Rankings.

 6) Rishabh Pant – When it comes to T20 he just isn’t able to get going. His strike rate is just 126.21 in 58 matches. There is a lot for him to work on.  He is currently ranked 61 in the ICC Men’s T20I Batting Ranking.

7) Dinesh Karthik – He has found his form at the age of 37. He was selected on the basis of his explosive batting during the IPL. His strike rate is 139.95 in 50 matches playing some great innings at the end.

8) Deepak Hooda –  He is impressive with the bat even though he has had a rough Asia cup. He has an amazing strike rate of 155.85 in his 12 matches. He will have to be more consistent with his performance as he lacks experience which this world cup will give him provided he gets a place in the playing 11. 

9)   R Ashwin – No Doubt he is one of India’s best spinners. Ranking at 41 in the T20

Men’s  Bowling Rankings. He can bat as well and has an average of 32.20 in his 56 matches. 

10) Yuzvendra Chahal – Good spinner of the ball with 118 wickets to his name in 67 matches. His best bowling figures in T20 internationals is 6/42 with an economy of just 5.22. He ranks 27th in Men’s T20I Bowling Rankings

11) Axar Patel – India’s Bowling all-rounder has taken 21 wickets in 26 T20 matches with best bowling figures of 3/9. He ranks 58th in Men’s T20I Bowling. His batting strike rate is 137.38 which is good considering he comes at the end.

12) Arshdeep Singh  – He is young and will need to gain experience and has a great future if he gets consistent. He has only played 11 T20 international matches with the best bowling figures of  3/12 and his economy is 7.38 which is quite decent.

13) Harshal Patel – He has played only 17 T20 international matches for India, however, has taken 23 wickets with the best bowling figures of 4/25. Ranking at 33 in Men’s T20I Bowling Rankings His economy is on the higher side which is 8.28. Needs to improve his economy as ends up giving quite a few runs.

14) Bhuvneshwar Kumar –  He was the highest wicket-taker in the Asia cup with 11 wickets in 5 matches and career-best bowling figures of 5/4. He is currently ranking 7th in Men’s T20I Bowling Rankings. He will be good with the new ball alongside Jasprit Bumrah.

15) Jasprit Bumrah – Well nothing much needs to be said about him, his numbers speak for him. He is one of the best bowlers in the world, if not the best. Its economy is one of the best in the world at 6.46. He has played 58 matches and taken 69 wickets with the best bowling figures of 3/11. Due to injury, he did not play in the Asia cup but now everyone is relieved that he is back for the T20 world cup.   

Well, a few names which would have been better if they were added to the 15member list. 

1) Sanju Samson in place of KL Rahul considering his lack of form.

2) Mohammed Shami in place of Harshal Patel as he is an experienced and wicket-taking fast bowler which would have helped in this T20 world cup.