In T20, groups with extra bowling choices have tended to do higher. India went with simply two common seamers plus Hardik Pandya within the final two video games towards Pakistan and Sri Lanka. And two spinners.
India’s captain Rohit Sharma says he intentionally went in with this mix as he wished to evaluate how the staff faces the challenges and be taught from it forward of the world cup.
“ I wanted to try this combination of three seamers and two spinners- what happens. We are still looking for answers,” Rohit Sharma stated within the post-match ceremony after India misplaced to Sri Lanka.
“Ideal combination is to have four seamers. But you also want to try out with three seamers – what happens. I want to be prepared for the world cup. Where you are challenged as a team. When you go to the world cup, you want to have all the answers. Since Hardik Pandya has come back, we have played with 3 seamers,” Rohit stated.
India went with simply 4 quick bowling choices within the squad however first Deepak Chahar wasn’t match, then Avesh Khan fell sick.
For some time now, India have been experimenting with their staff and plenty of felt that the Asia Cup ought to have been the curtain raiser for the large occasion forward however India thought in another way. They rested Jasprit Bumrah, and within the absence of Harshal Patel, they went in with a squad with much less quick bowling choices.
Rohit Sharma would insist that it was all a part of a grand plan.
“It’s good to know what can happen when you play with three seamers, two spinners … These defeats teach us a whole lot of things.”
In the loss to Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma stated that he wished to deliver on the offspin of Deepak Hooda early on however the two right-handed openers of Sri Lanka batted too lengthy to foil his plan.
“I was thinking of bringing Hooda early on to left-handers but that plan didn’t work. With bigger boundaries, you can use the spinners well. That plan didn’t work for us as their right handers batted longer.”
