2019 Cricket World Cup - Discussion & Analysis

[eaLiTy]

Surprising that Dinesh Karthik was picked ahead of Rishabh Pant. Both are performing well right now, but I would have rather gone with the 21-year old Pant than the 33-year old Karthik. But it is tough, when you don't have powerful people supporting you.

It is true, may be they have looked at the experience level of Dinesh karthik over the youngster in Rishabh Pant as he is having plenty of time to play another major tournament if he establish himself, but getting a chance to play in the playing eleven for Dinesh Karthik is another thing, unless there is an injury for Dhoni he wont be playing any game.

I agree with 90% of the squad, but I am surprised to Vijay Shankar being picked over Pant. Vijay has a lot to prove since the selectors are taking a gamble on him since he offers extra dimensions when compared to Pant and Rayudu.

Vijay Shankar is an allrounder and in England pitch he will be more effective and that is what selectors thought about him i guess, it was a tough selection for Pant and Rayudu.

[Pffrt]

Indian Team Squad World Cup 2019

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik

Nice to see Vijay Shankar in the list. I had a feeling that he will get chance and that's why I listed him too. Although I didn't choose DK but it's reasonable that Pant isn't qualified too. I think this a well balanced team and India will have a good time.
Best of luck team India.

Here is my squad for India listed previous-

Could be good brain-storming and would be great if everyone can post their respective 2 top fav's team combinations?

For India, I expect the following will be a great combination.
1. Virat
2. Rohit
3. Shikhar
4. Dhoni
5. Hardik
6. Kedar
7. Vijay Shankar (Expecting a chance to be given him.)
8. Buveneshwor
9. Kuldeep
10. Bumrah
11. Chahal

12. Lokesh
13. Rishab Pant
14. Shami
15. Jadeja

[JSRAW]

Indian Team Squad World Cup 2019

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I didn't like KL Rahul selection due to his last year form but Selectors and Team management still think he can contribute to the Indian team. I wish the same for him because now he's in Indian Team and we must support him despite our bias but I will repeat last time anyway that he played shitty cricket by all means in last year  

There's no other good option than KL Rahul for the opening in case one of Shikhar and Rohit get injured or whatever. Rayudu could make it but whom do you think he could replace? I think this squad is the best for India.

Not really actually, he's actually really bad performer if not the worst. he only got selected because of Virat and Shastri. and Backup opener is mouthpiece tbh. no surprise there if he bats on No 3 as well and Virat moving to number 4 spot.

And don't forget the World cup is in England, not Indian subcontinent. we should not forget what happened in the England tour.

His batting stats, have a glance and judge by yourself, did he really deserved his spot? I would be happier if he perform well in the World cup and wins the game for India because he's representing the Indian team in the World cup and like other Indian supporters I want the Indian team to win.

Surprising that Dinesh Karthik was picked ahead of Rishabh Pant. Both are performing well right now, but I would have rather gone with the 21-year old Pant than the 33-year old Karthik. But it is tough, when you don't have powerful people supporting you.

With due respect to your opinion but you are kinda wrong here.

Rishab got a lot more sugar daddy than Dinesh Kartik. if you don't believe me then please Check Dinesh Kartik All career, he's the unluckiest cricketer in this squad, whenever team management wanted to cut someone, Dinesh Kartik arguably was the first choice because of his age, especially in recent time, despite his good performance.

Rishab only mistake was that he threw away the opportunity by playing many shitty shots during the crunch moments. He's a very talented and destructive batsman and I am a supporter and fan of Rishab Pant since his under 19 world cup days. but here he did silly mistakes and showed that he's not ready for World cup.

Nice to see Vijay Shankar in the list. I had a feeling that he will get chance and that's why I listed him too.

Vijay Shankar showed good content so far along with Jadeja, that's why they are in Squad. I would say they surely deserve their spot in this squad and Playing XI can be tricky tho...

because if Jadeja is in playing XI then Chahal is out. 3 regular seamer can't play in the same match too otherwise Indian tailender can start from no 7 which is very suicidal if top order fails, we have seen this scenario many times.

[Haunebu]

Vijay Shankar is an allrounder and in England pitch he will be more effective and that is what selectors thought about him i guess, it was a tough selection for Pant and Rayudu.

Don't we have enough all rounders already? In terms of batting alone, Pant is way better than Vijay and Vijay is not a great bowler either which is why I still stand by my opinion that Pant should have been selected ahead of Shankar in this regard.

Surprising that Dinesh Karthik was picked ahead of Rishabh Pant. Both are performing well right now, but I would have rather gone with the 21-year old Pant than the 33-year old Karthik. But it is tough, when you don't have powerful people supporting you.

Lol. You are hilarious. DK made the cut thanks to this awesome talent and his ability to finish games as Mr. Prasad of the BCCI stated which is why your statement that powerful people supported him is silly in this case.

[Little Mouse]

Bangladesh Squad for the World Cup-

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (C)
Shakib Al Hasan (VC)
Tamim Iqbal
Liton Das
Soumya Sarkar
Mushfiqur Rahim
Mohammad Mithun
Mahmudullah Riyad
Mehedi Hasan Miraz
Mustafizur Rahman
Rubel Hossain
Mohammad Saifuddin
Sabbir Rahman
Abu Jayed Chowdhury Rahi
Mosaddek Hossain

I would have selected Anamul in the place of Mosaddek. Abu Jayed is a new player, he seems to be doing well. However, I believe Bangladesh will have a better tournament than the previous. Wishing best luck for my native, Team Bangladesh.

[AB de Royse777]

Russian team for the World Cup :-P
Just for fun

  Ashwani Chopra([captain] Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Alexander Esin (Right hand batsman)
   Alexander Bogatyrev (Left arm Batsman and Right arm medium fast bowler)
   Andrey Bogatyrev (Right arm medium fast bowler)
   Andrey Shchpilo (Wicketkeeper batsman)
   Saqib Shaikh (Right arm batsman and medium fast bowler)
   Alexey Vasilyev (left arm wicket keeper batsman)
   Pavel Akishev (Right arm medium pacer)
   Alexander Vasilyev (left hand batsman and wkt keeper)
   Egor Sarubhukov (Left hand batsman)
   Ashok Chowdhary (Right hand batsman)
   Atul Tiagi (Right hand batsman)
   Khalil Rakhman (Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Manjit Bhatia  (Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Rashid Mukhkhamed (Left hand batsman and right arm spinner)
   Giaz Madzhid (Right arm fast bowler)
   Zeeshan Qureshi (allrounder)
   Mikhael Gulin (Right arm medium pace and left hand batsman)
   Alexey Strakhov (Left hand batsman)
   Nic Britz (Coach team Russia)
   Vicktor Sukhotin (Official Scorer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_national_cricket_team

[Sithara007]

Russian team for the World Cup :-P
Just for fun

  Ashwani Chopra([captain] Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Alexander Esin (Right hand batsman)
   Alexander Bogatyrev (Left arm Batsman and Right arm medium fast bowler)
   Andrey Bogatyrev (Right arm medium fast bowler)
   Andrey Shchpilo (Wicketkeeper batsman)
   Saqib Shaikh (Right arm batsman and medium fast bowler)
   Alexey Vasilyev (left arm wicket keeper batsman)
   Pavel Akishev (Right arm medium pacer)
   Alexander Vasilyev (left hand batsman and wkt keeper)
   Egor Sarubhukov (Left hand batsman)
   Ashok Chowdhary (Right hand batsman)
   Atul Tiagi (Right hand batsman)
   Khalil Rakhman (Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Manjit Bhatia  (Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Rashid Mukhkhamed (Left hand batsman and right arm spinner)
   Giaz Madzhid (Right arm fast bowler)
   Zeeshan Qureshi (allrounder)
   Mikhael Gulin (Right arm medium pace and left hand batsman)
   Alexey Strakhov (Left hand batsman)
   Nic Britz (Coach team Russia)
   Vicktor Sukhotin (Official Scorer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_national_cricket_team

Perhaps they can qualify for the 2039 world cup. 

But one thing that I have noticed is that the Russian cricket team is composed of about 50%+ natives. This is good for their future prospects as a cricket team. Now compare this to the teams from UAE, Canada and the US (all of them have 0% native players). Canada used to have 2-3 native players (John Davison, Ian Billcliff, Geoff Barnett, Stewart Heaney, Barry Seebaran.etc), but they left the team due to differences with the management.

[absy]

Indian Team Squad World Cup 2019

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik

Happy for Dinesh Karthik and Vijay Shankar they deserve the spot in this Squad. Feel bad for Rishab pant but it's his fault anyway, he had to take his game seriously from now on and stop repeating the same mistake again and again. 

A curious case is Ambati Raydu, 4 months back he was considered to be a permanent member of World cup squad, but times changes quickly.

I didn't like KL Rahul selection due to his last year form but Selectors and Team management still think he can contribute to the Indian team. I wish the same for him because now he's in Indian Team and we must support him despite our bias but I will repeat last time anyway that he played shitty cricket by all means in last year 

KL Rahul is in good form right now , he scored a century couple of matches ago and I feel its a good decision to include him . I am happy about choosing Dinesh Karthik over Pant for this world cup , right choice.

[Haunebu]

Russian team for the World Cup :-P
Just for fun

 Ashwani Chopra([captain] Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Alexander Esin (Right hand batsman)
   Alexander Bogatyrev (Left arm Batsman and Right arm medium fast bowler)
   Andrey Bogatyrev (Right arm medium fast bowler)
   Andrey Shchpilo (Wicketkeeper batsman)
   Saqib Shaikh (Right arm batsman and medium fast bowler)
   Alexey Vasilyev (left arm wicket keeper batsman)
   Pavel Akishev (Right arm medium pacer)
   Alexander Vasilyev (left hand batsman and wkt keeper)
   Egor Sarubhukov (Left hand batsman)
   Ashok Chowdhary (Right hand batsman)
   Atul Tiagi (Right hand batsman)
   Khalil Rakhman (Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Manjit Bhatia  (Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Rashid Mukhkhamed (Left hand batsman and right arm spinner)
   Giaz Madzhid (Right arm fast bowler)
   Zeeshan Qureshi (allrounder)
   Mikhael Gulin (Right arm medium pace and left hand batsman)
   Alexey Strakhov (Left hand batsman)
   Nic Britz (Coach team Russia)
   Vicktor Sukhotin (Official Scorer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_national_cricket_team

Interesting. Never knew there was a Russian cricket team out there. Majority of these players don't even seem like they are Russian natives. Nothing surprising at all in this case.

I wonder what happened to the Ireland team which was performing alright in past World cup outings.

[Little Mouse]

Interesting. Never knew there was a Russian cricket team out there. Majority of these players don't even seem like they are Russian natives. Nothing surprising at all in this case.

I wonder what happened to the Ireland team which was performing alright in past World cup outings.

Even Brazil, Argentina have cricket team and they are associate member of ICC. But they seem to have a long journey toward the world cup stage.
Is it 2015 or 2011 world cup where England were beaten by Ireland? They used to perform better then.

[Vishnu.Reang]

I wonder what happened to the Ireland team which was performing alright in past World cup outings.

Well.. they couldn't qualify for the event. The number of participants was reduced from 14 to 10, and as a result teams such as Zimbabwe and Ireland missed out. Ireland actually finished at no.5 position during the qualifiers and only the top two (West Indies and Afghanistan) qualified for the main event.

[Raja_MBZ]

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First of all, I did mention in my post that I'm not following Dhoni in this year's IPL, so my analysis was based on Dhoni's recent performances in international ODIs, not on his performance with CSK. Moreover, it's a BIG MISTAKE that Indian cricket board and Pakistani cricket board are making, by selecting the team for the world cup (that is going to be played on a 50-over format) on the basis of players' performance in these 20-over format leagues (such as IPL and PSL). Moreover, in my post, I did admit that he has some very nice experience that can help the team, but the real problem that I think he's going to create during the world cup is by playing with poor strike rate. IMO, he'll look like an epic failure at that time.

You'll understand what I'm saying once India plays 4-5 matches of the world cup (in England).

Russian team for the World Cup :-P
Just for fun

  Ashwani Chopra([captain] Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Alexander Esin (Right hand batsman)
   Alexander Bogatyrev (Left arm Batsman and Right arm medium fast bowler)
   Andrey Bogatyrev (Right arm medium fast bowler)
   Andrey Shchpilo (Wicketkeeper batsman)
   Saqib Shaikh (Right arm batsman and medium fast bowler)
   Alexey Vasilyev (left arm wicket keeper batsman)
   Pavel Akishev (Right arm medium pacer)
   Alexander Vasilyev (left hand batsman and wkt keeper)
   Egor Sarubhukov (Left hand batsman)
   Ashok Chowdhary (Right hand batsman)
   Atul Tiagi (Right hand batsman)
   Khalil Rakhman (Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Manjit Bhatia  (Right arm bowler and Batsman)
   Rashid Mukhkhamed (Left hand batsman and right arm spinner)
   Giaz Madzhid (Right arm fast bowler)
   Zeeshan Qureshi (allrounder)
   Mikhael Gulin (Right arm medium pace and left hand batsman)
   Alexey Strakhov (Left hand batsman)
   Nic Britz (Coach team Russia)
   Vicktor Sukhotin (Official Scorer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_national_cricket_team

Interesting. Never knew there was a Russian cricket team out there. Majority of these players don't even seem like they are Russian natives. Nothing surprising at all in this case.

Yup, most of the Russian team is composed of South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi) players. However, it still feels good to have Russia in the world cup!

>Pakistan to announce squad for World Cup 2019 on April 18

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I would have selected Anamul in the place of Mosaddek. Abu Jayed is a new player, he seems to be doing well. However, I believe Bangladesh will have a better tournament than the previous. Wishing best luck for my native, Team Bangladesh.

Anamul has been under performed after he getting back from injury. He didn't have a good performance in the local series too. There's no mean of calling him into the team. Mosaddek is a good edition I think. He played some good innings.
Taskin Ahmed would be a good asset if he didn't ruled out of the team because of his fitness.
The only wrong decision is- not calling Imrul Kayes. He is experienced and had some good innings last days, even in the BPL too. I think there's some political issue which is why Imrul Kayes isn't called which I hate the most of Sub Continental country.
Anyway, I hope for the betterment for Bangladesh World Cup Journey.

[Haunebu]

First of all, I did mention in my post that I'm not following Dhoni in this year's IPL, so my analysis was based on Dhoni's recent performances in international ODIs, not on his performance with CSK. Moreover, it's a BIG MISTAKE that Indian cricket board and Pakistani cricket board are making, by selecting the team for the world cup (that is going to be played on a 50-over format) on the basis of players' performance in these 20-over format leagues (such as IPL and PSL). Moreover, in my post, I did admit that he has some very nice experience that can help the team, but the real problem that I think he's going to create during the world cup is by playing with poor strike rate. IMO, he'll look like an epic failure at that time.

You'll understand what I'm saying once India plays 4-5 matches of the world cup (in England).

I gotta admit that your analysis here is an epic failure buddy. Too many people like you underestimated MSD and got burnt for obvious reasons. Strike rate is obviously not everything. Anyway, lets just agree to disagree and move forward.

[JSRAW]

Indian Team Squad World Cup 2019
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KL Rahul is in good form right now , he scored a century couple of matches ago and I feel its a good decision to include him . I am happy about choosing Dinesh Karthik over Pant for this world cup , right choice.

If you are choosing to ignore India A, domestic performance and other potential candidates or favoritism case, or the hard fact that he got the chance on England tour because of his good 2018 ipl season (then failed in England miserably)

Then yeah he's the most deserving candidate and we should choose world cup squad based on ipl where someone scoring run on flat pitch, with small boundaries and against average domestic bowlers.

Like I mentioned some time ago about selection criteria for KL Rahul.

1. Ipl contract - checked
2. Ass licking - checked
3. Tattoos - checked

Now I am just hoping that he clicked this time in England with his top notch performance and contribute to team India's victory. That's what matters in the end.

[Little Mouse]

First of all, I did mention in my post that I'm not following Dhoni in this year's IPL, so my analysis was based on Dhoni's recent performances in international ODIs, not on his performance with CSK. Moreover, it's a BIG MISTAKE that Indian cricket board and Pakistani cricket board are making, by selecting the team for the world cup (that is going to be played on a 50-over format) on the basis of players' performance in these 20-over format leagues (such as IPL and PSL). Moreover, in my post, I did admit that he has some very nice experience that can help the team, but the real problem that I think he's going to create during the world cup is by playing with poor strike rate. IMO, he'll look like an epic failure at that time.

You'll understand what I'm saying once India plays 4-5 matches of the world cup (in England).

It's a fact that Dhoni may have poor strike rate but whom else do you think fir for that position, with all of his experiences, tactics? You know there's no other option. Kartik will barely play better than Dhoni. KL Rahul isn't too performed as well as not experienced. Whom do you think better fit for the place?

[Haunebu]

It's a fact that Dhoni may have poor strike rate but whom else do you think fir for that position, with all of his experiences, tactics? You know there's no other option. Kartik will barely play better than Dhoni. KL Rahul isn't too performed as well as not experienced. Whom do you think better fit for the place?

Some people just don't understand the importance of MSD which is why they underestimate him whenever he fails and he replies in an epic manner always.

There are a lot more important factors when compared to strike rate like Dhoni's experience(He freaking lifted a World cup in both formats), amazing batsman, lightning fast wicket-keeping skills, ability to stay calm and composed and the list goes on. Kohli is lucky to have him by his side!

[AB de Royse777]

It's a fact that Dhoni may have poor strike rate but whom else do you think fir for that position, with all of his experiences, tactics? You know there's no other option. Kartik will barely play better than Dhoni. KL Rahul isn't too performed as well as not experienced. Whom do you think better fit for the place?

Some people just don't understand the importance of MSD which is why they underestimate him whenever he fails and he replies in an epic manner always.

There are a lot more important factors when compared to strike rate like Dhoni's experience(He freaking lifted a World cup in both formats), amazing batsman, lightning fast wicket-keeping skills, ability to stay calm and composed and the list goes on. Kohli is lucky to have by his side!

And don't forget in the field, most of the time you will see Dhoni is actively advising the players. Kholi is the official captain but in the field Dhoni's role is more than a captain.

Check IPL performance of RCB. RCB has a very strong team. All are performer but why are they failing. Bad management, bad calling. Kohli takes bad decision and we are seeing the result already. They are out from the tournament losing 7 matches out of the 8 so far if I am not wrong.

[Pffrt]

It's a fact that Dhoni may have poor strike rate but whom else do you think fir for that position, with all of his experiences, tactics? You know there's no other option. Kartik will barely play better than Dhoni. KL Rahul isn't too performed as well as not experienced. Whom do you think better fit for the place?

Some people just don't understand the importance of MSD which is why they underestimate him whenever he fails and he replies in an epic manner always.

There are a lot more important factors when compared to strike rate like Dhoni's experience(He freaking lifted a World cup in both formats), amazing batsman, lightning fast wicket-keeping skills, ability to stay calm and composed and the list goes on. Kohli is lucky to have by his side!

I just left a comment in the IPL discussion thread. CSK team is not a good one but in the shade of MSD, CSK turned to a big one. There's no point of thinking team India without MSD for now. And MSD always do the best when it's mostly needed.

[Haunebu]

It's a fact that Dhoni may have poor strike rate but whom else do you think fir for that position, with all of his experiences, tactics? You know there's no other option. Kartik will barely play better than Dhoni. KL Rahul isn't too performed as well as not experienced. Whom do you think better fit for the place?

Some people just don't understand the importance of MSD which is why they underestimate him whenever he fails and he replies in an epic manner always.

There are a lot more important factors when compared to strike rate like Dhoni's experience(He freaking lifted a World cup in both formats), amazing batsman, lightning fast wicket-keeping skills, ability to stay calm and composed and the list goes on. Kohli is lucky to have by his side!

And don't forget in the field, most of the time you will see Dhoni is actively advising the players. Kholi is the official captain but in the field Dhoni's role is more than a captain.

Check IPL performance of RCB. RCB has a very strong team. All are performer but why are they failing. Bad management, bad calling. Kohli takes bad decision and we are seeing the result already. They are out from the tournament losing 7 matches out of the 8 so far if I am not wrong.

Kohli basically could not lead a team of strong players effectively while MSD almost always does it which is why I will be sad to see him hang his boots most likely once the World cup concludes.

I am hoping that Kohli won't repeat the same mistakes with the main team which he made with RCB.