Quote from: JSRAW on January 18, 2025, 06:50:41 PM

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Quote from: libert19 on January 18, 2025, 03:40:48 PM

India's squad for Champions Trophy announced.

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R. Sharma(C), S. Gill (VC), V. Kohli, S. Iyer, KL Rahul, H. Pandya, A. Patel, W. Sundar, K. Yadav, J. Bumrah, M. Shami, A. Singh, Y. Jaiswal, R. Pant, R. Jadeja

That is a great lineup right there. Shami and Iyer are big boosts to the overall lineup while Axar and Sundar are great all-rounder additions. Big question is if Rohit and Kohli will retain their form by then.

If they do, the chances of them lifting the trophy increase quite a bit, but the reverse is true if they don't. Excited for the tournament.

Rishab Pant is a questionable selection. he's good but guys like Samson offer more with the bat and gloves in the white ball cricket.

KL should take preference over Pant anyhow, don't you think?

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Also, it feels like we are 1 seamer short. If by any chance 1 seamer gets injured or becomes unfit, the team combination will suffer but I guess they are assuming that UAE will offer a slow surface and spin will play a major part.

Shami and Bumrah should be in playing XI, one of them get injured, Arshdeep comes in. How are we short? Or Are you also counting Hardik as seamer?

You know I wanted Nitish Reddy in there. He lost his charm a bit after making his century in BGT, but still his demeanour seems calm headed which could come really handy under pressure situations.

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Why is Jadeja in the squad?

Lol, are you done with him?

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Quote from: libert19 on January 18, 2025, 03:40:48 PM

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Social media is mad for Samson and not for Nair? That's not fair. Nair scored 779 runs, at an average of 389.50 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He almost singlehandedly took Vidarbha to the final. In case of Samson, he refused to represent Kerala at the VJT and that was given as one of the reasons for his omission. But Nair's omission proves that performing in VJT also doesn't matter much for team selection.

There are talks about Nair too but IDK I don't feel for him either. It's different thing to perform in domestic and on international cricket big tourneys.