The Indian team will start its World Cup campaign on Wednesday. India will face Ireland at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. India's veteran cricketers like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli would not want to leave any stone unturned to erase the regret of not winning the T20 World Cup trophy for 17 years.
There are still many unanswered questions in the Indian team, such as what will be the team combination on the 'drop in' pitch here? It is clear from the matches played here so far that runs are not going to be piled up here. An even bigger concern is the tag of a strong contender for the title. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been members of some World Cup-winning teams, but star cricketers like Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have not won the title yet and they are desperate for it.
Expressed trust in inexperienced players
The Indian cricket team does not want to become like the Brazilian football team of 1982 and 1986 when even stars like Socrates, Zico, Careca, Falcao and Alemao could not win the FIFA World Cup. After the ODI World Cup final last year, captain Rohit Sharma could not hide his tears. At the same time, sadness could be seen on the face of Kohli, who scored 765 runs. Many times the best players together do not make the best team. India has expressed confidence in its experienced players, but it should not be forgotten that this team has not been able to break the last two spells many times. A good performance is expected from Rohit and Kohli.
Rohit is believed to be the last World Cup
This is believed to be the last World Cup of 37-year-old Rohit and it is almost certain that he will not play till the next T20 World Cup to be held in India and the 50-over World Cup to be held in South Africa in 2027. At the same time, this is Rahul Dravid's last World Cup as a coach. Team India would also like to gift him with victory.
Weak fast bowling attack
India has the advantage of having better spinners than Ireland. However, apart from Bumrah, the fast bowling attack seems a bit weak. Sometimes having too many options is not a good situation and the same is happening with India in the top order.
Yashasvi may have to sit out
Yashasvi Jaiswal may have to sit out for captain Rohit and Kohli. Rishabh Pant batted at number three in the practice match and Hardik Pandya batted and bowled well. Pandya bowled well to Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, and Rohit in the practice session. If he can bowl even three overs per day, then Shivam Dubey and an additional spinner can be included in the Indian team.
Underestimating Ireland will be a mistake
Ireland cannot be underestimated as it defeated Pakistan on its soil before the World Cup. Little also has the experience of playing IPL for Gujarat Titans. The Ireland team has good T20 cricketers like Paul Stirling, Josh Little, Harry Tector, and Andy Balbirnie. The Ireland team also defeated Pakistan at home recently. This team can upset at any time
Pitch game
The pitch of Nassau County ground will be slow and spinners will get more help. It will be interesting to see how the Indian team plays Ireland's left-arm spinner George Dockrell on this wicket. In the last match between Sri Lanka and South Africa, Nortje took four wickets here. Apart from this, Keshav Maharaj also proved useful. Sri Lankan spinners also did not concede runs easily. The Sri Lanka-South Africa match was low-scoring. The Sri Lankan team scored 77 runs, in response, the African team was able to achieve the target of 78 runs in 16.2 overs. In such a situation, the match is not going to be easy for either India or Ireland.
Probably playing 11 of both teams
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh.
Ireland: Andy Balbirnie, Paul Stirling (captain), Lorcan Tucker, Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young/Ben White, Josh Little.
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