On Monday, the BCCI announced the names of the team for the marquee event along with the six T20I matches against Australia and South Africa. It will commence on September 20.
BCCI announced the names of team members for the marquee event. There are scheduled six T20I matches against Australia and South Africa.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah along with the national selection committee also spoke of the underwhelming performance of the national team during the continental championship. “Yes, the Asia Cup performance was discussed. But, more than problems, the focus is on solutions and what are the things that need to be improved during the T20 World Cup,” a senior BCCI official told PTI.
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Notably, everyone agreed that India’s pedestrian batting approach in the middle overs is coming to be an issue against better teams. They also consider it to be a problem during the Asia Cup.
“There is an obvious issue with batting during the middle overs, especially between 7th to 15th where we haven’t done well in the Asia Cup. The team’s think-tank is aware and we have some world-class players, who can change their game as per the team’s needs,” the official said.
During the match against Pakistan in the opening game, 59 runs were scored in those nine overs losing three wickets. Against Hong Kong, it was 62 runs, while in the Super 4s against Pakistan, it was 62 for 1. Hence, the best performance was against Sri Lanka when 78 runs came off those nine overs.
“Sanju in any case will be playing the ODIs against South Africa as selectors will maintain the continuity from the Zimbabwe tour. Also, there were never any discussions on dropping Pant. He is the only left-hander we have at the top and he can win a match on his day,” the BCCI said.
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