Rahul Tiwari
khelja|22-06-2024
What will be Team India's playing XI against Bangladesh? Will Rohit-Virat open again after four consecutive failures? Will Shivam Dubey get a chance again? These are all the questions that are facing the Indian team management and captain Rohit Sharma before the match to be held in Antigua. The answers to all these questions may be officially confirmed with the toss of a coin in Antigua. But, the answers that are to be confirmed are already ready. In simple words, the names of the 11 players Rohit Sharma will field against Bangladesh seem to be final.
Although no one has said anything clearly about the playing eleven for the match against Bangladesh till now, but after watching the practice session of Team India in Antigua, its situation became clear. Now the question is, what was seen in the practice session in Antigua that reveals India's playing eleven?
In the practice session in Antigua, the Indian team once again came out with 3 spinners, which is a big indication that fast bowler Mohammad Siraj may have to sit on the bench in the next match as well. If this happens, then there is little chance of seeing any change in Team India's playing eleven in the match against Bangladesh. This means that the same team equipped with 3 spinners will be seen playing, which was seen in the first match of Super-8 against Afghanistan.
Captain Rohit Sharma had also hinted at playing with 3 spinners in Antigua after the victory over Afghanistan in Barbados. He had said that the combination of 3 spinners will be tampered with only if the need is felt. Otherwise, the same combination will be there.
The practice with 3 spinners in Antigua clearly shows that Team India does not need an extra seamer even in the match against Bangladesh. That means the 11 players who can be seen playing in the match against Bangladesh can be something like this.
Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh