Good news for Indian Cricket team, Kedar Jadhav has been declared fit for the World Cup 2019 to be played in England and Wales starting from 30th May.
Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Men in Blue looks one of the strong favourites to lift the prestigious trophy. In 2019, it was a historic overseas tour as they registered their maiden bilateral ODI series in Australia. Before that, the Indian team defeated New Zealand in their own den after a gap of 10 years.
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The Indian team looks strong with the likes of top-quality batting line up comprising of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan. They have choices for number 4 with the likes of Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar or KL Rahul in their squad.
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Apart from that, the team has top quality all-rounder. The bowling looks one of the best with 3 top quality pacers and 2 wrist spinners. Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni are a given threat to any opposition. So this list excludes them and sees 5 other players who a threat to the opposition on their day.
Here we look at the 5 Indian players to watch out for India in World Cup 2019
1. Shikhar Dhawan
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Playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL season 12, the stylish left-handed batsman looked in great touch with 521 runs from 16 matches (16 innings). His best score in the tournament was 97* and scored 5 half-centuries to his name.
Shikhar Dhawan has been India’s key performer in big ICC events. He made his ODI debut for India against Australia in 2010. From 2013 onwards, he has formed a formidable pair with Rohit Sharma and led the Men in Blue to many memorable wins. So far in his ODI career, Dhawan has scored 5355 runs from 128 matches (127 innings) with 16 centuries and 27 half-centuries.
In the 2013 Champions Trophy success, Shikhar Dhawan was the leading runs scorer with 363 runs from 5 matches (5 innings) with 2 centuries and 1 half-century.
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Again in 2015 World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand, Dhawan scored 412 runs from 8 matches (8 innings) with the best score of 137. He scored 2 centuries and 1 half-century in India’s run till the semi-final.
Dhawan was the leading runs scorer in Champions Trophy 2017 held in England with 338 runs from 5 matches (5 innings) with 1 century and 2 half-centuries.
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In 2018, the explosive batsman was in full flow with 897 runs from 19 matches (19 innings) with an average of 49.83 including 3 centuries and 2-half centuries.
With the 2019 World Cup to be held in England, the stylish left-handed batsman would be hoping to give flying starts along with his partner Rohit Sharma and lay a solid foundation for a big total.
2. Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya is an exciting all-rounder who can hit big sixes and bowl in the mid 140s. In the recently concluded IPL, he played a key role in Mumbai India’s success with both bat and ball.
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With the bat, Pandya scored 402 runs from 16 matches with a strike rate of 191.42 and the best score of 91. With the ball, he took 14 wickets from 16 matches at an economy of 9.17 runs per over.
Hardik Pandya made his ODI debut for India against New Zealand in 2016. With the bat, the explosive all-rounder scored 731 runs from 45 matches (29 innings).
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With the ball, he took 44 wickets from 45 matches (44 innings) with an economy of 5.53.
In the 2017 Champions Trophy held in England, Hardik Pandya scored 105 runs from 5 matches (3 innings) with 1 half-century.
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With the way he is performing now, Hardik will be eager to showcase his talent with both bat and ball to help Team India win the title for the third time.
3. Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah is the best ODI bowler in modern day cricket. His unorthodox action and ability to surprise opponents with his bouncers and slower ones makes him a tough bowler to face.
In the recently concluded IPL, Bumrah played a key role in Mumbai Indians” success with 19 wickets from 16 matches (16 innings) at an economy of 6.63.
He made his ODI debut for India on 23rd January 2016 and has been the backbone in India’s success for the last 2 years. So far, Bumrah has taken 85 wickets from 49 matches (49 innings) with an economy of 4.51.
In the 2017 Champions Trophy, Bumrah picked 4 wickets from 5 matches (5 innings) at an economy of just 5 runs per over.
During 2018, he took 22 wickets from 13 matches ( 13 innings) with an incredible economy of 3.62 runs per over. With his current form, he is a captain”s goto any day.
If India wants to do perform well in the World Cup, Bumrah has to play a key role in picking wickets and also control the run flow.
4. Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep Yadav is a top-quality left arm Chinaman spinner. He has been a wicket taker in the middle overs. He had a disappointing IPL 12 season for Kolkata Knight Riders picking up only 4 wickets from 9 matches with an economy of 8.66.
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Kuldeep made his ODI debut for India against West Indies in 2017. He has taken so far 87 wickets from 44 matches (42 innings) with an economy of 4.93 runs per over.
In last year’s England tour, Kuldeep Yadav wreaked havoc among England batsmen as he picked his career best figures of 6/25.
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He enjoyed a successful 2018 season for India with 45 wickets from 19 matches (19 innings) with an economy of 4.64 runs per over.
In 2019, Kuldeep has performed reasonably well with 20 wickets from 11 matches (11 innings) with an economy of 5.52 runs per over.
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Playing his first World Cup, the Chinaman bowler will play an important role in picking middle overs along with Yuzvendra Chahal on good batting pitches.
5. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Along with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been included as the third pacer in the squad. Playing for SRH, he took 13 wickets from 15 matches (15 innings) with an economy of 7.81.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar made his ODI debut for India against Pakistan in 2012. So far in his career, he has taken 118 wickets from 105 matches (104 innings) with an economy of 5.01 runs per over.
Of late, the medium pace bowler has not played for India due to injuries. It has been a decent 2019 season so far with 19 wickets from 10 matches (10 innings) with an economy of 5.23. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is someone who can bat well at number 8. He has contributed well occasionally with the bat.
If the conditions in England are helpful for fast bowlers, team management could play all three Indian pacers. With his ability to swing the ball both ways he would be a threat to any batting attack up front.