After three consecutive wins, India have reached the Super Eight stage, which will be played entirely in the West Indies.
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Kohli entered the T20 World Cup after scoring over 700 runs at a strike rate of 150 for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.
So, it wasn’t entirely unrealistic to hope that he would continue to bat in the ICC showcase, which could be his last opportunity to lead India to an ICC World Cup win in 13 years.
However, after three matches and a “golden duck” against the USA, Kohli has scored five runs at an average of 1.66.
Their form has made the match against tournament newcomers Canada interesting, but apart from that, the match is meaningless, at least for India.
Perhaps the 1850-km journey from New York to Florida could turn the fortunes around for Kohli, who must be in the lurch after these mediocre performances.
The Broward County Stadium ground may not have been as fraught with discontent as the one in New York, where the slow speed of the outfield and the irregular bounce of the track became more of a topic of discussion than the actual cricket match.
The fact that the poor performance has not had much impact on the team’s results will take some of the pressure off him.
But the top-order batsman’s poor showing has put pressure on other batsmen to take India’s score forward, especially when he is opening the innings with the skipper. Rohit Sharma,
Suryakumar Yadav and Rishabh Pant have compensated for Kohli.
Against Pakistan and Ireland, Pant scored 36 and 42 respectively, which were enough to lead India to victories.
Right on time, Suryakumar scored a crucial half-century against USA, recovering from an uncertain start to the contest.
Shivam Dube, also known as the “Spin Basher”, has been struggling since coming to the US but despite a tough innings of 31 runs off 35 balls, he managed to save another match against co-hosts Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
According to PTI, if India want to do so, they will have to include Jaiswal as an opener and bring Kohli back to No. 3.
The drop-in pitches of New York have neutralised India’s batting strength, as has happened with other teams too, but their bowling works like a perfect machine on the same pitches.
Arshdeep Singh (seven wickets), hardik pandya (seven wickets), and Jasprit Bumrah (five wickets) hasn’t given much to the opposition batsmen. The management will be particularly happy with the performances of Pandya and Arshdeep.
Both of them had a very poor IPL season and faced severe criticism for various reasons.
However, here he is, going beyond all that and leading the Indian attack along with the reliable Bumrah.
The think tank is also hopeful that even if neither Mohammed Siraj (who has taken one wicket) nor ravindra jadeja (who has not taken any wickets yet) have conceded runs, he too will eventually join his teammates.
However, it won’t be a complete surprise if the big players make some changes in the bowling department. They might consider giving a chance to Yuzvendra Chahal or Rohit Sharma. Kuldeep YadavOr maybe both, the chance to face Canada.
In such a situation, Jadeja and Akshar Patel can be rested.
Additionally, it might also help the bowling unit prepare for the Caribbean Super Eights, where more spin-friendly pitches are expected.
However, as they demonstrated during their 12-run win over Ireland, Canada are slightly ahead, but not firmly behind.
On his day, a player like Aaron Johnson, who starts games, can surprise everyone.
However, the Canadian team might rely a lot on a possible rain to stop this quality Indian team.
The distance between Lauderhill and Miami, about 50 km, is grappling with flooding caused by the tropical storm. This is a cause of concern for the organisers of the showpiece who are looking to make a place for cricket in the US market.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Canada: Saad Bin Zafar (captain), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Rishiv Joshi, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur (wicketkeeper), Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Ryankhan Pathan, Shreyas Mowva (wicketkeeper)
The match will start at 8 pm Indian time
