After the series win in
Australia, on Sri Lanka and the Asia Cup, World T20 India enter as favorites.
India take on New Zealand in their first ICC T20 World Cup on Tuesday.
Cricket team India is in the area
and everything they've touched in the last 12 games has turned to gold. Hardik
Pandya to Jasprit Bumrah, the unit led by MS Dhoni has finally found players of
situations, not positions.
India seems to have changed with
the autopilot series T20 Australia. Batters were consistent even during loss of
1-4 in the ODIs, but it was the role played by the bowlers who raised this
unit. Ashish Nehra combination and Jasprit Bumrah proved to be ideal for MS
Dhoni as seamers gave the pattern of what I was looking for the last year:
first windows.
Dhoni tried various combinations
of Bhuvneshwar Umesh even Ashiwn, but nothing clicked. India granted races and
games surrendered after posting decent total - refers to Australia ODIs. The
wait, however, ended with the return and the inclusion of the business Bumrah
of Nehra.
Bumrah is not a great engine of
the ball, or near Bhuvneshwar of age or Mohammed Shami at its best. But what
separates it from other angles are generated and ability to hit the block hole
more often.
With Bumrah, Dhoni gets enough
penetration in the output and strict on or two to death. A seamer controlled
bowling from the other end allows Nehra to go wickets. The veteran, during its
on-off with India, became the captain of the 'favorite' for his ability to pick
up wickets.
Nehra dripped a limit here and
there, but his first forays puts the opposition in the early mat at entrances.
And even in the shorter format, windows are golden, even more because they give
rise to a dot ball.
In the last ten T20I matches
played, Nehra returned with 13 lands in an economy of 7.61 and strike rate of
15.6. Bumrah has done even better, picking up 15 wickets in their 11 games and
conceding only 6.15 runs each envelope. If not lethal, the combination of India
is proving to be very effective to date.
With seamers falling into place,
including Pandya gave this team a much-needed balance. For India, which had
always been around, needlework, batsmen and wicket-keeper. They tried and
failed Stuart Binny, tried to convert Ashwin in again and again failed.
Ravindra Jadeja did the job, but not on a consistent basis.
After Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy -
T20 domestic competition in India - speaks of Hardik Pandya, the road, gained
ground. The Baroda right-handed shot to fame during his days of IPL with the
Mumbai Indians, but it was the race Baroda in domestic competitions that earned
a local call, ahead of his captain in limited off Irfan Pathan state.
Pandya, as Dhoni has said often
comes as a complete package, like the players of the West Indies. Punt, bowls
and that is a leopard in the field. safe pair of hands and ability to cover
ground easily play gives a third dimension, completing the package.
Pandya, unlike Stuart Binny, on
road in India, not military-medium. He hits hard cover, rebound can generate
brand flirts with 140 kilometers per hour. Yes, he could be convicted of
swaying emotions and online err, but only learn with a pattern calm keeping a
close watch from behind the stumps.
He scored only 62 runs in 11
games, but have reached a speed of 147.61 strike. And in those 11 games he has
scalped 10 wickets conceding only 7.11 runs per over. Also, add seven catches,
including a pair of blinders. India waiting for a seam-bowling all-rounder
could finally be over.
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