India squad for World Cup 2019 will be announced at a press conference in Mumbai on Monday. This will follow a meeting between the five-man national selection committee led by MSK Prasad, India captain Virat Kohli and chief coach Ravi Shastri at the BCCI Cricket Centre in Mumbai.
According to reports, India will stick to the ODI squad they have fielded over the recent few months -- in the ODI series against Australia and New Zealand -- but there may be one or two surprise inclusions made. The big question mark is over the No.4 spot in the batting order.
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli pick themselves for the top three spots. KL Rahul is likely to be included as the back-up opener. Ambati Rayudu, who has been India's No.4 since last year's Asia Cup, had an indifferent Australia series and has not set the IPL on fire either.
Rayudu's highest score in the Australia series was 18. Even against New Zealand in January, he only managed one 50+ score. Rayudu's form has opened the door for many more names to be up for discussion. Ajinkya Rahane, who has been out of the ODI squad since last year, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik and Vijay Shankar are likely to be the main contenders to replace Rayudu.
But after All Discussions and concerned with team management at No.4 Position Dinesh Karthik is selected.
MSK Prasad revealed the Khaleel Ahmed and Navdeep Saini were also discussed as back-up pacers and added they would be on stand-by and will fly down to England if the need arises."Khaleel and Saini were discussed and they will be around. If the need arises, one of them will go to England," he said.
India's World Cup preparation started soon after the Champions Trophy in England two years ago. India had lost the final to Pakistan and it was then that the selectors decided to try out two wrist spinners in Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav."We had been planning soon after the completion of the Champions Trophy but in the last month or two, a couple of players like Vijay Shankar cropped up," MSK Prasad said.
Earlier, Virat Kohli and MSK Prasad had insisted IPL performances would not affect India's team selection for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. India have done well in ODIs over the last one year. In 2018, India won their first ever ODI series in South Africa, won the Asia Cup, defeated West Indies at home and won away series in Australia and New Zealand. However, India had lost a 3-match ODI series in England in 2018.
India's top-3 have done the bulk of the scoring over the last several years but Shikhar Dhawan's recent form has been cause for concern. The onus will once again be on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli while India will expect MS Dhoni to carry on the good work he started in Australia where he hit 3 fifties in 3 ODIs and won the man-of-the-series award.
The main strike force in the pace department picked themselves. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have done incredibly well for India while the two wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav will be a force to reckon with.
India begin their World Cup campaign against South Africa in Southampton on June 5. India's next match will be against defending champions Australia at Kennington Oval, London before they take on New Zealand in Nottingham 4 days later.
India play the high-profile clash against Pakistan on June 16 in Manchester before returning to Southampton to play Afghanistan on June 22. India then play West Indies (June 27). Bangladesh (July 2) and Sri Lanka (July 6).
Thanks for encouraging information you have shared with us through this post. It is really productive, explanatory and useful. The efforts are highly appreciative you made here to sharing this wonderful post. Hope that you will come with more useful articles in future. Thanks for fruitful sharing.
ReplyDeletecricket world cup 2019 schedule List
Ind vs Pak Live Streaming CWC 2019
world cup 2019 Live Streaming
Cricket World Cup Teams 2019
cricket world cup 2019 live streaming hotstar
Bollywood Movie Reviews