The Indian team will begin its T20 World Cup campaign against Pakistan on October 23. It will be a Super-12 round match. Fans are eagerly waiting for this match. The match between India and Pakistan is always a close contest and the fans are waiting for a similar match this time as well. The T20 World Cup qualifiers are currently underway and two teams have qualified for the Super-12 round. Sri Lanka and Netherlands have qualified for the Super-12 round from Group A. The Sri Lankan team reached the Australia group and the Netherlands team reached the India-Pakistan group. Now the two teams of Group B will also be decided on Friday.
After this, the Super-12 round will start from October 22. In the first match, defending champions Australia and New Zealand will meet at the Sydney Cricket Ground. While the match between India and Pakistan will be played on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Ahead of this match, people are very excited about Team India’s playing XI. Actually there are many match winners in the Indian team and in such a situation the team management will have to work hard for the final-11.
However, skipper Rohit Sharma has already said that he has finalized his playing XI and asked him to be ready for the match. Rohit has said that he does not believe in choosing the playing-11 at the last minute. Earlier, former India spinner and part of the 2007 champion team India, Harbhajan Singh has also selected India’s playing-11 for the match against Pakistan. His team consists of five batsmen, one all-rounder, two spinners and three fast bowlers.
Harbhajan said that I think this will be a very easy decision. I think Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik and Axar Patel are destined to play. Yuzvendra Chahal will also be seen playing. At the same time, fast bowlers Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami will be included in the playing-11.
Harbhajan has not included three star players in the playing-11. These include veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, left-handed wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant and fast bowler Harshal Patel. Harshal Patel has been a part of Team India continuously for the past one year. Apart from this, all-rounder Deepak Hooda is also sitting out. Harbhajan said – this is my choice. Harshal will not stand a chance. I think Deepak Hooda and Ashwin will not get a chance in the first few matches. The players I have selected may be part of the playing 11 for the first few matches.
The former India spinner praised senior fast bowler Mohammad Shami, who replaced the injured Jasprit Bumrah in the squad and made a sensational comeback with three wickets in just one over in the practice match against Australia. Bhajji said – Shami’s fitness is a good sign for the Indian team. The kind of bowler he is, his experience on the big stage means a lot. Shami’s role becomes even bigger in Bumrah’s absence. We hope it lives up to these expectations.
Harbhajan selected these 11 players for the match against Pakistan
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Akshar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami.