Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) He has started preparing for the ODI World Cup to be held in India this year. Till now the team for the World Cup has not been announced. Some star Indian players are recovering from injury and eyes are on their return. Meanwhile, former India opener Wasim Jaffer believes that the ICC world cup 2023 For Shikhar Dhawan can be a good player. At the same time, while choosing the possible team for the tournament, he has left out spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. Jaffer also included KL Rahul and Sanju Samson as his wicketkeeping options but Ishan Kishan was missing from his list.
Rohit and Gill will open
Wasim Jaffer picked three spinners in the bowling department, but all of them are left-arm spinners. In which Kuldeep Yadav was potentially returning to his selected team. India will play its first match of the World Cup against Australia on 8 October in Chennai. Jaffer said on Geo Cinema, ‘My three openers will be Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Shikhar Dhawan. Even though Shikhar Dhawan will not be selected, but I will keep him as a backup opener. Even if he does not play in the beginning, I have no problem with it.
Virat Kohli will bat at number three
He said, ‘After this obviously Virat Kohli will be at number 3. Shreyas Iyer will be at number 4, KL Rahul at number 5 and Hardik Pandya at number 6. Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav will be my three spinners in the XI. When it comes to the fast bowling attack, his choices were somewhat on the expected lines. He said, ‘In my XI, I will have Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj/Mohammed Shami. I would go with two seamers and they would be Bumrah and Siraj. For me, it is very important that Hardik Pandya bowls because the World Cup is in India. Even if he does not bowl 10 overs and bowls seven-eight overs, it is enough for me.
Sanju Samson will be the backup wicketkeeper
Wasim Jaffer concluded and said, ‘If he (Hardik Pandya) bowls, I will definitely try to play three spinners and I will definitely keep both Akshar and Jadeja as they are all-rounders. My third spinner would obviously be Kuldeep. My fourth seamer will be Shardul Thakur. Sanju Samson will be my backup keeper as I have already selected Shikhar as my third opener.
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Full schedule of ICC World Cup 2023
5 October – England v New Zealand – Ahmedabad
6 October – Pakistan v Netherlands – Hyderabad
7 October – Bangladesh vs Afghanistan – Dharamsala
7 October – South Africa v Sri Lanka – Delhi
8 October – India vs Australia – Chennai
9 October – New Zealand v Netherlands – Hyderabad
10 October – England v Bangladesh – Dharamsala
11 October – India vs Afghanistan – Delhi
12 October – Pakistan v Sri Lanka – Hyderabad
13 October – Australia v South Africa – Lucknow
14 October – England v Afghanistan – Delhi
14 October – New Zealand v Bangladesh – Chennai
15 October – India vs Pakistan – Ahmedabad
16 October – Australia vs Sri Lanka – Lucknow
17 October – South Africa v Netherlands – Dharamsala
18 October – New Zealand v Afghanistan – Chennai
19 October – India vs Bangladesh – Pune
20 October – Australia v Pakistan – Bengaluru
21 October – England v South Africa – Mumbai
21 October – Netherlands v Sri Lanka – Lucknow
22 October – India vs New Zealand – Dharamsala
23 October – Pakistan vs Afghanistan – Chennai
24 October – South Africa v Bangladesh – Mumbai
25 October – Australia v Netherlands – Delhi
26 October – England v Sri Lanka – Bengaluru
27 October – Pakistan v South Africa – Chennai
28 October – Netherlands v Bangladesh – Kolkata
28 October – Australia v New Zealand – Dharamsala
29 October – India vs England – Lucknow
30 October – Afghanistan v Sri Lanka – Pune
31 October – Pakistan v Bangladesh – Kolkata
1 November – New Zealand v South Africa – Pune
2 November – India v Sri Lanka – Mumbai
3 November – Netherlands vs Afghanistan – Lucknow
4 November – England vs Australia – Ahmedabad
4 November – New Zealand v Pakistan – Bengaluru
5 November – India vs South Africa – Kolkata
6 November – Bangladesh v Sri Lanka – Delhi
7 November – Australia v Afghanistan – Mumbai
8 November – England v Netherlands – Pune
9 November – New Zealand v Sri Lanka – Bengaluru
10 November – South Africa v Afghanistan – Ahmedabad
11 November – India v Netherlands – Bengaluru
12 November – England v Pakistan – Kolkata
12 November – Australia v Bangladesh – Pune
15 November – Semi Final 1 – Mumbai
16 November – Semi Final 2 – Kolkata
19 November – Final – Ahmedabad