The Indian cricket selectors for World Cup to watch IPL closely, which starts from March 23rd. Indian Premier League matches will be closely watched, it was reported as such to see the performances of prospective cricket players. There’s need for proper selection for the 2019 World Cup with strength in batting line up.
However, reliable sources said that the World Cup squad will be announced soon; whereas there’s nothing to do with the IPL. Indian team needs strong batting order to avoid any collapse as happened recently while they played against Australia. Middle order in the Indian batting line up was not up to the mark and it was miserable as when it mattered it disappointed.
Role of fourth down batsman needs to carry on as a finisher, which the Indian team needs to find out. Many experiments were done by the captain Virat Kohli against Australia were turned out waste. Had team India continued playing Rishab Pant for the entire series then things that turned out might be different.
Australians played clever cricket and hit back hard at the Indians and finally clinched the ODI series, which was in India’s hand. Playing with full attention initially, team India meekly surrendered of late and lost.
Disappointed and dejected Indian captain still believes India could easily win the World Cup but how? Needs to be explained.
Khalid M Raza
