I agree that all teams have different teams for the 3 formats. But it is not common sense to drop in form batsmen and go for players who have not touched the bat for 8 months .
Blanket application of any principle is not called for. Gandhi said turn the other cheek. Nice principle. Can you do it in War ?
For success, it is time to do do out of the box thinking. To drop a player who had scored two back to back double centuries and a 93 no is not common sense. Nor is the dropping of Surya, whose brilliant batting and captaincy won the battle for India.
Nature & Nurture
Talents like Jaiswal are abundant in India. Did not Abhishek Sharma score a hundred against Zim, with 8 sixes and 7 fours. He clobbered 42 sixes in IPL. Talent or Nature, when spotted, should be nurtured.
As a bowler Rian Parag shone in the 2 matches and India needs a leg spinner.
Sanju scored a hundred and a fifty. He flopped in two innings. He can keep wickets also.
See the difference between Arshdeep and Bhumra. Arsh could not score one run, whereas Bhumra hit 35 runs in one over. In the death overs, he gave just 4 runs and clean bowled Marco Jansen. Arsh gave 4 full tosses in the dying overs.
Surya is an incredible hitter and fielder. He belongs to the power game players – Kapil, Dhoni, Sehwar, R Sharma, Jaiswal et al.
Not touch artists, T20 and ODI are for power hitters !
I was satisfied with the selection of the invincible WC Champions team. And they proved to be invincible !
Because of IPL, we have plenty of talent and it is only a matter of nurturing them. Mayank Yadav is one of the fastest bowlers in the world. Dont you think he should be given a chance ?
