T20 World Cup, W.Indies/USA 2024

[prasen9]

Well, the morning after is the perfect time to start the journey to the next goal: the T20 World Cup in Canada and USA. We will get the home crowds but perhaps not the home groundsfolks.

I hope anyone who has played more than 50 matches is automatically out of the team now. We need to really give the youngsters a long run. Then, maybe six months before the cup, we can decide if the youngsters have not performed and can bring in the proven performers. That will give us the best information. And, as we saw, teams that make decisions based on cold calculations and not the I-think-XYZ-is great or that ABC-is-a-superstar-how-can-you-drop-him will win. Of course, talent and systems matter too.

[PKBasu]

The T20I world cup isn't in Canada and the US, it is mainly in the West Indies -- plus 3 venues in the US (zero in Canada). Please change the name of the thread accordingly.

[Omkara]

June 24. We have time

[prasen9]

Sorry, my bad. You are, of course, right PKB. I tried to fix it here but it possibly only fixes things for this post since I cannot edit the original post anymore. A kind moderator may need to help out with respect changing it globally.

[sameerph]

Sorry, my bad. You are, of course, right PKB. I tried to fix it here but it possibly only fixes things for this post since I cannot edit the original post anymore. A kind moderator may need to help out with respect changing it globally.

Are matches there in Canada or not ? Your latest post you edited and put West Indies, Canada, USA. Is it that or only West Indies and USA ?

[arjun2761]

Canada is practically the 51st state….

[prasen9]

Sorry, no Canada. Must have been a brain fade where instead of West Indies, U.S.A., I typed Canada, U.S.A. Apologies to everyone.

[Sin Hombre]

We will not win.

[Kumar]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/indi ... atform=amp

Nice article that compares different opening options. Considering the slow track of WI, Gaikwad / Jaiswal may not be a bad pairing. Very likely Gill/ Jaiswal . Wondering if Jaiswal would even be successful on this pitches .

Again Harshal Patel may not be a bad choice considering his all round skills and ability on slow tracks to get wickets.

[prasen9]

We should play all of Gill, Yashasvi, and Gaikwad. Drop Rohit.

[prasen9]

Here is the record of our spinners in the last 3 years.

DJ Hooda 2022-2023 21 8 15.5 0 76 6 4/10 12.66 4.80 15.8 1 0 investigate this query
R Sai Kishore 2023-2023 3 3 12.0 0 63 4 3/12 15.75 5.25 18.0 0 0 investigate this query
NT Tilak Varma 2023-2023 13 2 4.0 0 22 2 1/5 11.00 5.50 12.0 0 0 investigate this query
Kuldeep Yadav 2021-2023 11 11 39.0 1 221 13 3/12 17.00 5.66 18.0 0 0 investigate this query
CV Varun 2021-2021 6 6 22.3 0 132 2 1/18 66.00 5.86 67.5 0 0 investigate this query
R Ashwin 2021-2022 19 19 71.0 1 479 20 3/20 23.95 6.74 21.3 0 0 investigate this query
RA Jadeja 2020-2022 15 13 44.0 0 301 12 3/15 25.08 6.84 22.0 0 0 investigate this query
Ravi Bishnoi 2022-2023 20 20 78.4 0 562 32 4/16 17.56 7.14 14.7 1 0 investigate this query
RD Chahar 2021-2021 5 5 19.0 0 140 6 3/15 23.33 7.36 19.0 0 0 investigate this query
Washington Sundar 2020-2023 17 16 49.3 0 373 12 2/15 31.08 7.53 24.7 0 0 investigate this query
Shahbaz Ahmed 2023-2023 2 2 5.2 0 41 2 1/13 20.50 7.68 16.0 0 0 investigate this query
AR Patel 2021-2023 38 36 112.1 1 867 35 3/9 24.77 7.72 19.2 0 0 investigate this query
KH Pandya 2021-2021 1 1 2.0 0 16 1 1/16 16.00 8.00 12.0 0 0 investigate this query
YS Chahal 2020-2023 38 37 130.3 1 1070 41 3/20 26.09 8.19 19.0 0 0 investigate this query

Sorted by runs/over. Our best has been Kuldeep. Varun has also been tight but at 66 runs/wicket, he basically sets up the other team to beat up on the end over bowlers by not taking wickets. Not a good idea. Interesting Ashwin and Jadeja have bowled better than any of the others who come after them.

Basically, no bowler is consistently putting their hands up. I'd say let us try Sai Kishore. Nothing to lose. Bishnoi has done pretty well. Axar gets wickets but also gets hit at times. Sundar is tighter but never gets wickets it seems. Jadeja is fine. Ashwin, interestingly is better! Did not expect that.

It seems that our best T20 bowlers are almost our best Test bowlers! Bumrah, Siraj, Kuldeep, Ashwin, Jadeja ...

[Rajkumar Sharma]

2024 T20 World Cup groups

Group A: India, Pakistan, Ireland, Canada, USA

Group B: England, Australia, Namibia, Scotland, Oman

Group C: New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Uganda, Papua New Guinea

Group D: South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Nepal

[Rajkumar Sharma]

Good to see ICC giving T20 as route to globalization in cricket.

[prasen9]

Ok. My day of shame is back. I don't know why the Canada error is back again but I am trying to fix it again. A kind moderator perhaps has to do some magic such that the fictitious Canada WC does not reemerge. Sorry for the error and thanks again to the fabulous mods.

[prasen9]

Answering Kumar's question about whether I want Dube, who is a slow starter. Generally no. But, if we have to have a sixth bowler, then I would indeed consider him seriously. The question is really whether we want a sixth bowler. Even if our bowlers are getting hit, the management keeps going back to the person who is getting hit. If Hardik is not fit, I would want Dube in that slot.