WHAT IF THERE IS A MIXED TEAM EVENT FOR T20 World Cup. What will India’s team be comprising of Men and Women Both?
The t20 world cup will be starting from October 16 th in Australia and
everyone is super excited for this marquee event. The tickets of India
vs Pakistan game at MCG sold like hot cakes and were sold out in a
matter of three hours. With so much excitement for this out and out
entertaining version of cricket, we thought what if there was an
event comprising of both India’s men and women’s national cricket
team in one. The Indian team with a mix of talent from both the
sides will be a very strong team and a team difficult to defeat in this
shorter format of the game, comprising of the best players from both
the international teams. With the Indian Women’s team winning a
silver medal at the recently conducted Birmingham Common Wealth
Games 2022 and the Men’s Team winning series in England and West
indies soil, both of them have achieved accolades and praise all over
the world . Sol let us start the team with the two swash buckling
openers
1 – Rohit Sharma (Captain) – The one and only Hitman of Indian
cricket will be opening the team as well as take responsibility of
being this mixed team’s captain. With sixteen wins out of twenty
this year, there is no doubt in who should be the captain of this
amazing team. Along with four hundreds in this format, he has also
been unbeaten skipper in all of his six series where he was given this
command. A person who scores runs with ease as well as a thinking
captain who sets the field and changes bowlers to take the important
wickets at the right time Rohit Sharma has a Midas touch to his game
2 – Smriti Mandanna – Known as the national crush of India, the left-
handed batsman is one of a kind and also someone who is pleasing
to the eye whenever she comes on the crease. The twenty-six-year-
old with a strike rate of 121 and more than two thousand runs in her
kitty bag will be a threat to any team in the world.
3 – Virat Kohli – Arguably one of the best batsmen in any format of
the game King Kohli deserves to be part of any team in this world. An
average of fifty plus along with three thousand runs in T20 games for
India proves why he has been such an integral part of team India
since the past decade. His experience and his mindset to change the
mode of the game in any situation proves why Virat Kohli will be the
best batsman at 3 for team India
4 – Suryakumar Yadav – He is in such a hot form that anything he
touches will turn into gold. How can you not have a T20 player in
your team who is on top of ICC rankings as the best T20 batsman? A
three sixty-dimension player Yadav with his smart thinking and
power hitting is a menace to other teams. With a recent hundred
against England and match winning knocks against the west indies in
the recent series, Yadav has cemented his name in this mixed team
convincingly. A strike rate of 175 makes him a force to reckon with in
any team of the world
5 – Harampreet Kaur – The Women’s T20 captain is a must in this
mixed team as she brings in experience as well as power hitting in
this fastest version of cricket. With a hundred in her stats as well as
more than two and a half thousands run on the board there is no
doubt that Kaur can put any team in the back foot with her all-round
skills. When early wickets fall Kaur can play the defensive role and
when the team needs some quick fire runs then she can hit the ball
easily all over the park
6 – Rishabh Pant (Wicket Keeper) – Rishabh Pant with his
wicketkeeping skills as well as hard hitting prowess beats Dinesh
Kartik as the chosen wicketkeeper for this side. You never know what
your going to get with Pant but one thing is for sure that when he is
on the crease it is sure shot entertainment. The shorter format
requires players who think out of the normal way and with shots that
no one has in their books Rishabh can hit the ball at places that only
other players can imagine. With three fifties in the format and a
strike rate of 126, he fits in this team pretty well
7 – Hardik Pandya – Kungfu Pandya plays the role of all rounder in
this team . Coming as a pinch hitter he has an impressive strike rate
of 144. With hard hitting hands Pandya can clear any ground in this
world with ease and can change the flow of the game in a whisker.
Along with his powerful batting Pandya bowls in a constant 140s and
has taken fifty wickets in the shorter format. Known as a wicket
tacker in the middle of the innings Pandya takes crucial wickets at
the most important time. With captaining Gujrat lions to triumph in
their maiden IPL he is running on full confidence to be part of this
team.
8 – Yuzvendra Chahal – With 79 wickets and an average of twenty
three, Yuzi is the go to spinner for any captain who wants a quick
wicket from his team. The leg spinner has different variations to
confuse the batsman and make them play false shots even when
they are set on the crease.
9 – Renuka Sharma – The new Indian sensation Renuka Sharma has
set the Women’s team morale on fire with her being a big part of
India’s silver medal run in the Birmingham Common wealth games
2022. The right arm fast medium bowler has an average of sixteen
with the ball in her hand and best figures of 4/10. With her swing
skills and slower ball variations
10 – Jasprit Bumrah – India’s most reliable bowler in this format
Bumrah is the one who takes wickets in the start of the innings as
well in the finishing overs. His line and length in the starting overs
and his yorker’s in the death overs of the match makes him a
complete bowler and a force to reckon with against any team .
Nearing 70 wickets with an impressive average of 19.46 he is the
best t20 bowler for India. Every batsmen’s nightmare Jassi is the one
who will take command of bowling in this mixed team
11 – Deepti Sharma – The right arm off spinner is having a great
season with her being an integral part of Indian Women’s silver
winning journey at the CWG 22 . With an impressive average of 24
and 67 wickets Deepti brings in variations of her bowling which is a
great asset for any team. She is no mug with the bat as she can move
the willow when needed and score some handy runs if the team
needs her.
Extras(Substitutes) – Ravindra Jadeja, Shefali Verma, Dinesh Kartik ,
Jhulan Goswami, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
This is India’s mixed team if ever there be an event like this where
both men and women come together to play a Mixed Cricket Match.
Let us know your thoughts and write down what will your best
eleven be in this mixed cricket team
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