Is Team India ready for the World T20?

What could be the solutions?

Mayank Agarwal is now looking like a finished product, proving his worth in almost all the opportunities he got to represent India A. A clean striker of the ball, confident and energetic.

What else do you need right at the top! He also could save plenty of runs with his electric fielding. Looking at his current form, he is the best contender for the opening spot to replace Dhawan.

Shreyas Iyer is considered as the next big thing from Mumbai, an out and out stroke maker who is extremely fearless. Coming at No.4, he could propel the team in the middle overs.

He has been playing fairly well in the ongoing Ranji Trophy and it is sure that his confidence will be sky high and who knows just an outing with the national team and the rest would be history.

Coming to the lower order and the ever persisting problem of fast bowling all-rounder there are not many options. The best available are Stuart Binny, Hardik Pandya, and Rishi Dhawan.

Stuart Binny and Rishi Dhawan are more of the same breed, Steady batters combined with ‘peaceful’ medium pace bowling. There is not enough ‘X’ factor, leave aside aggression.

Hardik Pandya from Baroda is someone special. His exploits for Mumbai Indians caught everyone’s eyes. While batting, he is flamboyant, hard hitting and could make the bowlers ran out of ideas.

When he has the ball in his hand he makes sure that batsman will have a hard time facing him .He hits the deck hard and could make the batsman sweat for his runs. Characters like him are really needed in India’s lower order that could just snatch the game from opposition’s hand within the span of overs.

The next best available options in this aspect are Deepak Hooda, Sarfaraz Khan but with age in their hand, they need to grind out in the domestic circuit to sharpen their skills to become the next breakout stars of the Indian cricket.

On the bowling front, the possible return of Mohammed Shami will boost lots of hope along with that it would not be a bad idea to try out the likes of Harshal Patel, Anureet Singh, Shardul Thakur to name a few. All of them could be pretty sharp on their day and deliver pin point yorkers and bouncers.

Having said all this, the onus is on the selectors and the team management to show some character and take some bold decisions that could rewrite history.

"A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented tomorrow."

— George Patton