India have the right mix
Defending champions India seem to be favourites for the World Twenty20 in England and Harsha Bhogle feels though the tag can be a poisoned chalice, India do seem to possess the right kind of players
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
Defending champions India seem to be favourites for the World Twenty20 in England and Harsha Bhogle feels though the tag can be a poisoned chalice, India do seem to possess the right kind of players. He writes in the Indian Express:
The ideal way to go about it is to have five batsmen, a keeper and a batting all-rounder in the top 7. If there is a second batting all-rounder in that mix, it is even better. No 8 must necessarily be a bowling all-rounder and of the three bowlers, one should be able to bat. India’s top seven are well served on this parameter with Sehwag, Gambhir, Raina, Yuvraj, Rohit Sharma, Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan. Irfan Pathan must be No 8 and with Harbhajan likely to get in, the batting looks like it has enough to counter most situations.
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo