2019 Cricket World Cup - Discussion & Analysis

[AB de Royse777]

DC are 69/3 in 8 overs . Munro who was batting well got out at 40 runs.  DC will need to post something above 175 runs in order to give a tough fight and ensure they stay in the hunt else SRH would be able to make it easily if they cannot take quick wickets.

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[Haunebu]

For the Indian sqaud, I hope Dhoni plays this world cup as it may be the last world cup for him after which he may choose to retire. He should be the captain instead of Virat as even though Virat has proved himself, his captaincy has not been as good as Dhonis and plus this is the World Cup and the entire team has new cricketers and I miss Ashwin's bowling. They can choose Raina too.

Undoubtedly dhoni should be on the first eleven.Look at his recent performance or IPL.He's still very good at this age.And remember 2011, when dhoni helped the Indian team to win the world cup after 83.I think india will make a great team for WC 19. And India will be considered one of the favorites of World cup.      

I've not followed Dhoni's performance in recent matches of IPL; however, I've got a feeling that Dhoni will be an epic failure for the Indian team if he's taken for the world cup. His experience can definitely help the team, but coming up in the middle-order, when the team requires a faster score, MS is no longer appropriate, especially on the difficult pitches.

You'll see what I'm talking about once the world cup begins.

Your analysis of Dhoni who has become a legend in the world of Cricket is completely wrong and downright stupid. Are you even watching the IPL?

Super batsman
Amazing wicketkeeper
Uber cool captaincy skills

At present, CSK has won every single game and lost only 1 game and they will be the first team to qualify once again this year. Think before trying to bad-mouth such a magnificent player.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Your analysis of Dhoni who has become a legend in the world of Cricket is completely wrong and downright stupid. Are you even watching the IPL?

Super batsman
Amazing wicketkeeper
Uber cool captaincy skills

At present, CSK has won every single game and lost only 1 game and they will be the first team to qualify once again this year. Think before trying to bad-mouth such a magnificent player.

He may be a legend (no one is going to deny that), but that doesn't grant him immunity from criticism. I would also say that Dhoni needs to score runs at a faster pace, especially during the final 10 overs. As far as the ODIs are concerned, Virat Kohli is a much better player.

[Little Mouse]

He may be a legend (no one is going to deny that), but that doesn't grant him immunity from criticism. I would also say that Dhoni needs to score runs at a faster pace, especially during the final 10 overs. As far as the ODIs are concerned, Virat Kohli is a much better player.

Virat is now the top performed player. If you consider all the wicrkt-keeper from all team, who will be the best and what will Dhoni be positioned. I think Dhoni will be the 4-5thth wicket keeper with the performance of batting. No doubt that anyone else can have a good batting but you know without Dhoni's direction in the field, India will be the worst team under Kohli's captaincy and so does under any other captain. So, if team India decides to keep away Dhoni from playing XI, that will be the worst decision from Indian team.

[onrise]

He may be a legend (no one is going to deny that), but that doesn't grant him immunity from criticism. I would also say that Dhoni needs to score runs at a faster pace, especially during the final 10 overs. As far as the ODIs are concerned, Virat Kohli is a much better player.

Virat is now the top performed player. If you consider all the wicrkt-keeper from all team, who will be the best and what will Dhoni be positioned. I think Dhoni will be the 4-5thth wicket keeper with the performance of batting. No doubt that anyone else can have a good batting but you know without Dhoni's direction in the field, India will be the worst team under Kohli's captaincy and so does under any other captain. So, if team India decides to keep away Dhoni from playing XI, that will be the worst decision from Indian team.

Dhoni and Kohli makes a good pair and both had a good captain experience as well and balances the team according to their style. This experience will help the team in the long run as new comers and senior players will keep learning form them.

[Haunebu]

Your analysis of Dhoni who has become a legend in the world of Cricket is completely wrong and downright stupid. Are you even watching the IPL?

Super batsman
Amazing wicketkeeper
Uber cool captaincy skills

At present, CSK has won every single game and lost only 1 game and they will be the first team to qualify once again this year. Think before trying to bad-mouth such a magnificent player.

He may be a legend (no one is going to deny that), but that doesn't grant him immunity from criticism. I would also say that Dhoni needs to score runs at a faster pace, especially during the final 10 overs. As far as the ODIs are concerned, Virat Kohli is a much better player.

Virat Kohli is a better batsman than Dhoni currently who is still a great batsman, but he is leagues away in terms of captaincy skills when compared to MSD. Also, MSD is rated as one of the best wicketkeepers in the world of Cricket which is why he is a better player in these aspects.

[Btc_1856]

I've not followed Dhoni's performance in recent matches of IPL; however, I've got a feeling that Dhoni will be an epic failure for the Indian team if he's taken for the world cup. His experience can definitely help the team, but coming up in the middle-order, when the team requires a faster score, MS is no longer appropriate, especially on the difficult pitches.

You'll see what I'm talking about once the world cup begins.

He is playing quite well for CSK and I want Dhoni in this world cup as it will be his last. I always have felt that even when is batting score is poor, his presence still helps the team and we need someone like him from the older team to manage the team properly. As a WC, I haven't seen anyone as good and alert as him.

Yes, Dhoni is the most consisting player to be played in the WC, but everything is based on the selectors. I hope today BCCI is going to announce who are the 15 members going to be played in the coming WC, i hope Dhoni should be in the list and there is a higher chance for him.

[JSRAW]

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 

[Little Mouse]

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 

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.

[liuqi]

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 

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.

Rayudu is not in the world cup squad then how could he replace when anyone got injured...

Shikar and Rohit will be openers and Kohli will be following them in 1 down. Jaddu and Vijay Shankar are special added flavours for the team. Hope they will fulfil the expectation what BCCI have on them.

[Haunebu]

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 

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.

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.

[Vishnu.Reang]

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.

[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.