da realsbet: Three games to go, but these two already have an XI that could easily tackle slow pitches, highways, death overs, D/L, and a Space Jam alien team
da winzada777: Sidharth Monga and Jarrod Kimber08-Jul-2019 picking Tahir because he is a legspinner, or because he’s been a top-quality spinner in a poor team (though I suppose Nabi is too).Monga: Wristspin is a big reason.Kimber: But our other fingerspinner does turn a different direction than Nabi.Monga: Let’s go the aggressive option: Tahir.Kimber: Now while we have talked, Finch has failed against South Africa. Roy?Monga: Roy was extremely unlucky to miss out, but today’s failure can’t be the reason to drop Finch.Kimber: I kind of agree, but as a Victorian, I just don’t want to be accused of bias towards the great Victorian champion. (I also really like Jason Roy, those straight drives…)Monga: Bairstow and Roy could prove us wrong in the 2nd XI. My only concern now is we don’t have a Buttler-type batsman – someone who gets a 30-ball 70.Kimber: David Warner literally made a hundred as you typed that. Pooran can do that. He didn’t in this World Cup, but his whole career he has been scoring at that level. And Carey made 50 off 35 balls against India. Him and Pooran have us covered, even if Hardik and Buttler are more suited to it.Monga: Okay, final recap: 1 Finch (capt), 2 Rohit, 3 Williamson, 4 Shakib, 5 Stokes, 6 Pooran, 7 Carey (wk), 8 Starc, 9 Afridi, 10 Bumrah, 11 Tahir.Kimber: The good thing is, we’ve made such great selections that no one can ever argue with them.