Starting from 5th October world cup Rohit and company is ready for. There are seven batsmen, three all-rounders and five bowlers in the 15-member Indian team selected for the World Cup. There is a good combination of experienced and young players in the team. If we look at the Indian brigade, captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are the most experienced. Both of them have experience of playing more than 250 matches. He also has more than 10 thousand runs in ODI matches. Rohit has 10112 runs in 251 ODI matches, while Virat has 13083 runs in 281 matches. The youngest player in the team is opening batsman Shubhman Gill (24 years). Wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan is also 25 years old. If we talk about centuries, after 2010, Indian batsmen have scored the maximum number of 142 centuries in the ODI format as compared to the players of other teams. Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan have even scored double centuries. If we look at bowling, four bowlers in the team have taken more than 100 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja took maximum 204 wickets in 186 matches. India has been world champion twice. The responsibility of getting the country the World Cup for the third time under domestic conditions and among its own spectators will be on these 15 players of the team. Read about the role and career of these players in the team Sunil Kumar Report of…
strong and weak sides
Strength : Strong batting order of the team. The presence of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan and Ravindra Jadeja makes the team’s batting strong. This is India’s best batting order after the 2011 World Cup winning team.
Weakness : Spin bowling is strong on paper, but Ashwin, Jadeja and Kuldeep will be tested on flat pitches. It is disappointing not to include Yuzvendra Chahal in the team after playing continuously for a year.
Rohit Sharma (Captain/Batser)
He is the only batsman in the world to score three double centuries in ODI cricket. So far, he has scored 10112 runs in 251 ODIs at an average of 48.85, which includes 30 centuries and 52 half-centuries. His highest score in ODI is 264 runs, which is a record. This will be the third World Cup for Rohit, who has hit a record 292 sixes.
Hardik Pandya (Vice Captain/All-rounder)
Vice captain Hardik Pandya, who is included in the team as an all-rounder, is second in terms of batting with the highest strike rate in ODIs. So far he has played 82 ODIs and scored 1758 runs at a strike rate of 110.21. This includes 11 half-centuries and his best score is 92 not out. While bowling, he has taken 79 wickets.
Virat Kohli (batsman)
Virat has 13083 runs in 281 ODI matches. This means that among all the players playing in the World Cup this time, he has the most runs. This includes 47 centuries and 66 half-centuries. His highest score was 183. Run machine Kohli, who made his Ranji Trophy debut in 2006, is the most experienced Indian in the current World Cup, who will be playing his fourth World Cup.
Shubman Gill (batter)
The youngest player of the team started playing domestic cricket six years ago and made a place in Team India on the basis of his performance. Talking about the year 2023, he has already scored five centuries. This will be Shubman’s first World Cup. Has scored 1917 runs in 35 matches at an average of 66.10. His highest score is 208 runs.
KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper/Batter)
Started his cricket career from 2010 with Vijay Hazare Trophy. Till now he has played 61 ODIs and scored 2614 runs at an average of 47.72. These include six half-centuries and 15 half-centuries. This will be the second World Cup for KL Rahul, who scored centuries in all three formats of cricket in the first eight innings of his career.
Ravichandran Ashwin (all-rounder)
All-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin has played 115 ODI matches so far and has taken 155 wickets at a strike rate of 33.20. His best performance so far has been four wickets for 25 runs. Ashwin, who plays tennis ball cricket in the streets of Chennai, has balls like Sudoku ball, Carrom ball, finger flicked lakebreak in his quiver.
Suryakumar Yadav (batter)
This is the first World Cup of Suryakumar Yadav, famous by names like ‘Mr. 360’ Degree and ‘Sky’. Started his cricket career in 2010 with Vijay Hazare Trophy. Suryakumar, who scores runs at a strike rate of 170+ in T-20, has so far scored 667 runs in 30 ODI matches at an average of 27.79. His highest score has been 72 runs not out.
Ishan Kishan (Wicketkeeper/Batter)
After Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Jharkhand’s second wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan attracted everyone’s attention by converting his first international century into a double century. This will be the first World Cup for Ishaan, who made his debut for Jharkhand in Vijay Hazare in 2014. 25 year old Ishaan has 886 runs in 25 ODIs. This includes one century (210 runs) and seven half-centuries.
Shreyas Iyer (batsman)
Shreyas Iyer made his debut for Mumbai in 2014 in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Will play the World Cup for the first time. Iyer, who has played 47 international ODI matches so far, has never been out on zero. He has 1840 runs in his name in 42 innings of 47 matches at an average of 46.17. His highest score has been 113 runs not out.
Ravindra Jadeja (all-rounder)
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who made his debut in domestic cricket through Deodhar Trophy in 2006, has equaled Kapil Dev’s record in ODIs. This time he will play his third World Cup. Till now he has played 186 ODIs and scored 2636 runs at an average of 32.14. This also includes 13 half-centuries. Has also taken 204 wickets in ODIs. He is the second Indian after Kapil Dev to score 2000 runs and take 200 wickets in ODIs.
Shardul Thakur (bowler)
This is the first World Cup for 31-year-old Shardul Thakur, who made his debut in Ranji Trophy in 2012 against Rajasthan. Has played 44 ODIs so far and has taken 63 wickets at a strike rate of 29.1. Four wickets for 37 runs has been his best performance so far. Shardul has also scored 329 runs at a strike rate of 105.11.
Kuldeep Yadav (bowler)
Kuldeep, who has played 90 ODI matches so far, has taken 152 wickets at a strike rate of 25.62. His best performance was by giving 25 runs. For Kuldeep, the only Indian to take a hat-trick twice in ODIs, this is his second World Cup tournament. He has taken four wickets seven times and five wickets twice. He is the fastest Indian spinner with 150 wickets.
Jasprit Bumrah (bowler)
Jasprit Bumrah, one of India’s main bowlers, has played 78 ODIs so far. In these matches, he has also taken 129 wickets at a strike rate of 24.31. In ODIs he has taken 4 wickets 5 times and 5 wickets 2 times. He is the second fastest Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket. This will be his second World Cup tournament.
Mohammed Shami (bowler)
33 year old Mohammed Shami will play his third World Cup. Till now Shami has taken 171 wickets in 94 ODIs. Has also achieved the feat of 4+ wickets 9 times and 5+ wickets 2 times. Shami is the second Indian bowler to take 4+ wickets in 3 consecutive ODIs. Shami made his debut in domestic cricket in 2010 in Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Mohammad Siraj (bowler)
Mohammad Siraj, who made his domestic debut in Ranji Trophy in 2015, will play in the World Cup for the first time. Has taken 54 wickets in 30 ODIs played so far. His best performance is 6 wickets for 21 runs. He has taken 4+ wickets twice and his strike rate is 20.01. He is the first Indian to take four wickets in an over.
