By The India team is preparing for world cup 2021
Top order Batman
Sharma, Kohli, KL Rahul (IPL 2020 top-scorer – 670 runs), Shikhar Dhawan (second highest – 618 runs), Kishan and Yadav all usually bat in the top three in T20s.
These three can hit the ball and have done well for last 5 years.
Middle order batman
Kishan and Yadav can be slotted in the middle order too if needed. Against spin, Yadav has a 50-plus average and scored at 7.7 runs per over at IPL 2020. That ability can be crucial to accelerate scoring mid-innings. He has a great range of shots too. Yadav though has competition in Shreyas Iyer, making a comeback of sorts after a shoulder injury suffered in Australia.
Lower order batman
All-rounder Hardik Pandya, who is back to bowling full-tilt in the nets. Rahul Tewatia (find of IPL 2020 with a tally of 255 runs at a strike rate of 139 and 10 wickets—economy 7.08) may have to wait for his chance.
Bowler
The bowling unit is less crowded in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja. The focus will be on Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 31, who is making a comeback having played his last international game in 2019.
Once India’s go-to seamer who can get the new ball to swing and deliver accurate yorkers in the death overs, Kumar will have to compete with Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur.
