u/ThriveMidChaos

Aside from having two pace-bowling all rounders, Hardin and Dube, in the squad the only guaranteed pacer in our World Cup 15-man squad is Bumrah. Who will be the other two? Siraj and Shami? Or Arshdeep and Harshit Rana?

Siraj and Shami have the experience and can move the ball both ways in the power-play.

Arshdeep brings in that left-arm variety in the squad and Harshit gives the option of a middle-overs pacer along with some batting down the order.

My probable squad looks something like this as of now-

Gill

Rohit

Jaiswal

Virat

Iyer

KLR

Kishan

Hardik

Axar

Washi(or Jadeja , I prefer Washi since its redundant to have Jadeja when you already have Axar in the squad)

Dube

Kuldeep

Bumrah

Shami

Arshdeep

Open to suggestions/questions/criticism(the constructive kind lol) on my approach to the system of reservation. Let's not make this a toxic post and encourage healthy discussion where people can pose their questions freely(Is sub pe critical thinking rarely dikhti and agenda peddling and insult slinging zyada so let's make it a worthwhile discussion).

For starters , **I am not against reservation** but I believe its **amount and nature(caste-based) forbids India from becoming a meritocratic nation and is directly sabotaging our nation's development**.Atleast, objective nature exams for jobs/college-entrance should have no caste-based reservations.

With Pant—>Kuldeep + 12cr trade rumours almost confirmed , here is what a probable lineup looks like for next year

Marsh

Inglis

Pooran

TBA , TBA , TBA , TBA

Shami

Kuldeep

Mohsin

Prince

So we need atleast 2 all rounders (and atleast one of them should be a spin all rounder) , 1 anchor(to save collapse) and 1 reliable finisher.

PIECES AVAILABLE

Markram - Pros:Collapse saver + spin all rounder + captaincy material . Cons:Takes Overseas slot+ineffective at no.4.

Badoni - Pros:Collapse saver+spin all rounder. Cons:Lacks power hitting

Mukul/Samad - Pros:Indian pinch hitters. Cons:unreliable finishers.

Shahbaz - Pros:Proper spin all rounder. Cons:Very inconsistent in both batting and bowling.

Now its quite clear that we are missing a proven finisher(1st priority) and good all rounders(2nd priority). So if we can get 2 or 3 hard hitting options in lower order (who will most probably have to be overseas) , we can play Badoni at the 4.

PROBABLE TARGETS(out of the players I think will be available for 2027 mini auction)- Stokes, Dube(rumours of CSK releasing him) ,Bracewell , Jamie Smith , Coetzee/Atkinson/Pretorius , Lomror(upgrade over Shahbaz) , Abhinav Manohar(upgrade over Samad) .

Any 1 out of first 4 might be the missing piece for LSG.

(I dont really know about the plans of releasing/retaining other teams so I have not taken their players into consideration. Tell me if any team plans to release players having the profiles I have mentioned above)