‘Kya team hai bhai’ – Fans react as Sanjay Bangar predicts 15-member India squad for ODI World Cup 2023
Sanjay Bangar (Source: Twitter)
The much-awaited ODI World Cup 2023 is scheduled to kick off in October. The first match will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, where the two finalists from the last edition, England and New Zealand will lock horns with each other. The venues for the knockout games and semi-final have been announced. The final is set to be hosted by Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.
The Men in Blue’s opening game of the mega event will be against Australia at MA. Chidambaram, in Chennai on October 8. One of the biggest fixtures of the tournament will be played between India and Pakistan. Earlier, the game was set to be played on October 15, but now the game has been preponed to October 14 due to the start of the auspicious festival of Navratri.
India to face Australia in their ODI World Cup 2023 opener
Ahead of the World Cup 2023, former India batting coach, Sanjay Bangar has picked his 15-member squad for the upcoming ODI World Cup while talking on on Star Sports. He asserted that his squad would have five specialist batters, two wicketkeeper-batters, two spin-bowling all-rounders, one pace-bowling all-rounder, one specialist spinner, and four seamers.
“My specialist batters would be Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, and Suryakumar Yadav, while wicket-keeper batters are Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul. For spin bowling all-rounders, I would prefer both left-armers – Axar Patel, and Ravindra Jadeja. “One pace bowling all-rounder would be Hardik Pandya, while the specialist spinner would be Kuldeep Yadav. The four fast bowlers would be Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh,” Bangar was quoted as saying on Star Sports.
Sanjay Bangar’s 15-member squad for World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
India’s ODI World Cup 2023 Schedule:
India vs Australia, October 8 (Sunday), Chennai
India vs Afghanistan, October 11 (Wednesday), Delhi
India vs Pakistan, October 15 (Sunday), Ahmedabad
India vs Bangladesh, October 19 (Thursday), Pune
India vs New Zealand, October 22 (Sunday), Dharamsala
India vs England, October 29 (Sunday), Lucknow
India vs Netherlands, November 2 (Thursday), Mumbai
India vs South Africa, November 5 (Sunday), Kolkata
India vs Sri Lanka, November 11 (Sunday), Bengaluru
Here is how fans reacted:
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Nice ❤️
— Anson Huns (@anson_huns) August 25, 2023
Shardul Thakur in place of Arshdeep.
— Dhruv (@ImDhruv_18) August 25, 2023
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How can he drop Lord Shardul the highest wicket taker bowler for India in ODIs post 2019 World Cup
— Dheeraj Singh (@Dheerajsingh_) August 25, 2023
