The Indian cricket crew obtained an enormous weblog with all-rounder Hardik Pandya formally dominated out of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on the eve of their eighth match within the top-of-the-table conflict towards South Africa on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. While Pandya has been changed by Prasidh Krishna within the 15-member squad, Team India might look to go in with an unchanged squad for the conflict.
Wicketkeeper KL Rahul is now the brand new vice-captain of the crew with Pandya dominated out, which was confirmed by head coach Rahul Dravid as nicely. India have received the final three matches within the absence of Pandya and have caught to the identical Playing 11 with Mohammad Shami and Suryakumar Yadav changing Pandya and Shardul Thakur. Shami has been in wonderful type with 14 wickets in 3 matches to this point, together with two five-wicket hauls whereas Suryakumar Yadav regarded in spectacular contact whereas scoring 49 towards England in Lucknow.
However, India’s batting depth and bowling choices have been compromised by this choice however head coach Rahul Dravid isn’t nervous as India have booked their berth within the semifinal stage already with seven successive wins. India are the one crew with an unbeaten document within the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 with South Africa additionally shedding one match towards the Netherlands.
“I think it’s a pretty obvious thought process. After Hardik has been injured, which he has been for the last two or three games, and then obviously didn’t play a couple of the games in the Australia series as well. We have played with a combination which has been three fast bowlers and two spinners. And yeah, in our reserves, in the guys sitting outside in the 15, we had a backup for the spin. We had a backup for the spin, we had a backup for the batting, and we had a backup in the bowling all around the category. So, we did recognize that if this is a combination we’re going to take, and if there is an issue of an illness, or a small niggle, or an injury, then we need to have a backup for that,” Dravid defined the by means of course of behind changing Pandya with Krishna within the pre-match press convention in Kolkata.
“It also allows us to play other combinations. It doesn’t mean that we can’t play other combinations. But if this is the one combination that which we have gone with recently, then yeah, that is the one area which we possibly hadn’t backed up with the injury to Hardik Pandya,” he added.
Dravid added that batter Virat Kohli might be referred to as upon to roll his arm over as nicely if there may be the necessity. “The fact is that we will not be in a position to have a proper sixth option. We do have the option to call upon our wrong-footed, in-swinging menace (Virat Kohli). And with the crowd behind him, I’d back him for a couple of overs there in a few wickets. The crowd was demanding his bowling in the last game. We came very close to giving him an over. And then we’ve got Surya who can turn his arm over a little bit. And then Rohit’s bowled a bit as well,” Dravid mentioned.
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South Africa, alternatively, have the choice of changing pacer Gerald Coetzee with chinaman bowler Tabraiz Shamsi. But he South African spinner doesn’t have an ideal document in India, having claimed solely 5 wickets in six matches.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi/Gerald Coetzee
