Team India has to make several lineup adjustments before the T20 World Cup, including removing KL Rahul.
Team India has to make several lineup adjustments before the T20 World Cup, including removing KL Rahul. India, which Rohit Sharma leads, is out of the Asia Cup 2022. It was a really bad campaign, but every bad thing can teach you something. If India doesn’t learn from what went wrong in the Asia Cup, the T20 World Cup in 2022 will be even worse. India needs to make these 5 changes to their playing XI to do well at the T20 World Cup. This isn’t a successful formula, but it can help India fix their process.
Bring Mohammed Shami back
Dropping Mohammed Shami for the Asia Cup 2022 was a bad choice. India didn’t have a start or end pacer with much experience. Shami has become an excellent pacer, even at the end, and as his old coach Ravi Shastri said, it’s strange to see him sitting back at home. He should be on the team for the 2022 T20 World Cup. They should play him a lot in Australia and South Africa T20s to help him find his groove.
Virat Kohli – the opener
Virat Kohli needs to be the opening batsman for India. But then what will happen with KL Rahul? You will read more in the next parts. They should let Virat and Rohit Sharma take the first shots and open the innings. This will make room for another strong player in the middle order.
Cut KL Rahul
Yes, you did read it right. If we go by how good he is at T20, it’s hard to drop Rahul, but India can’t have Rohit Sharma, Rahul, and Virat all in their top three. All three play similarly, and Rahul’s strike rate has been going down in the last few games, except for the Afghanistan game. But that didn’t change the Asia Cup 2022 result for India. So it’s time to get rid of Rahul. He can’t move down in the batting order because the middle order already has a lot of good players. So India needs to break out of this pattern and change to do better at the World Cup.
Rishabh Pant should be replaced by Dinesh Karthik
As they say, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Dinesh Karthik got into the Team India squad because he did well in the IPL. But, even though he is here and in shape, he isn’t getting any games. Rishabh Pant has been tried out enough in T20Is, and with the World Cup coming up soon, it’s time to give DK more time in the XI as the wicketkeeper and finisher. The same thing happened to DK in 2019 before the ODI World Cup. He was on the team, but he never played consistently. Authorities shouldn’t repeat the same mistakes.
Suryakumar Yadav at No 3
Suryakumar Yadav bats too low in the order. Despite being a fantastic batsman, he bats at No. 4 in T20Is. Virat and Rohit could bat first, so he could come in at No. 3 and get more chances to make an impact. Also, it will break the routine of having Rohit, KL, and Virat in the top three. Surya comes with his own set of unique abilities. These will greatly help India’s scoring rate.