Of these, my batting lineup will be:PKBasu wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:25 am Yuvi, DK and Rishabh Pant have been dropped from the ODI squad, while the four top test bowlers (Shami, Umesh, Jadeja, Ashwin) have been rested. The squad is: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma (vice-capt), KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Ajinkya Rahane, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur.
Dhawan, Rahul, Kohli, Dhoni, x, Jadhav, Pandya.
Now the x should be Rayudu if we go by performance. But, since he is not there, I would give it to Pandey. Unfortunately, Rohit Sharma, who has been made the vice-captain will take that slot. Among the bowlers, Shami, Unadkat, Binny, Pandya, Chahal, Kuldeep, Axar should be honed. We did right by selecting the spinners. Shami needs more match practice and more experience bowling at the end. Unadkat because we need to hone a left-hander. And, Binny because we need a backup all-rounder to Pandya - I am not advocating playing Binny before Pandya, but, just as a backup.