India playing 11 change vs New Zealand: India has won its match against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy by a margin of six wickets. The Indian team completely dominated this match and Pakistan never got any chance to make a comeback in this match. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten century for India and India easily achieved the target of 242 runs given by Pakistan.
Champions Trophy: Even though the Indian team defeated Pakistan comfortably, the performance of some players will be a matter of concern for them. Actually this tournament is a knockout and every match here is very important. Keeping this in mind, let’s take a look at those three players who may be dropped from India’s playing eleven in the next match.
3. KL Rahul
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Champions Trophy: Even though Gautam Gambhir is constantly giving preference to KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper batsman, he needs to reconsider his decision. The upcoming matches in the Champions Trophy will be very important for India and in such a situation the team will have to avoid making any mistake.
Champions Trophy: There were two occasions against Pakistan when the batsman was saved due to umpire’s call, but Rahul standing behind the wicket did not care. Rahul did not appeal on both these occasions. Apart from batting, Rahul’s performance as a wicketkeeper has been poor in almost every match.
2. Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra Jadeja is a great all-rounder, but at the moment the Indian team probably does not need him. Even if Jadeja is dropped, India will still have seven batting options. If Varun Chakraborty is brought in place of Jadeja, India will have a spinner who is capable of taking wickets. Along with this, Chakraborty’s recent form has been very good and India needs to take advantage of it. In both the first two matches, it has been seen that the Indian team has failed to take wickets for a long time in the middle overs. This deficiency can be overcome by bringing Chakraborty.
1. Mohammed Shami
Mohammed Shami’s bowling against Pakistan was not very good. While he had a very impressive performance against Bangladesh, his performance against Pakistan was quite ordinary. Some questions were raised on Shami’s fitness as the physio had to come on the field in the middle of the match. Considering the important matches coming up, Shami should be given rest from this match.
