Though Indian selectors announced the World Cup squad without having the IPL form in the mind, will it be a concern for the players?
As we are just a month away from the World Cup and most of the players in the squad have already played their last match before the World Cup. Now, it is all going to be “nets and rests” for the team.
The biggest debate leading up to the squad announcement was the choice of the second wicketkeeper and the selectors went in with DK’s experience. Also, well, we all know the “3D” Vijay Shankar’s selection ahead of Ambati Rayudu.
With 14 league matches are over, let us look at the performance of the players in the World Cup squad.
| NO | PLAYER | INNINGS | RUNS |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | 14 | 464 |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma | 13 | 386 |
| 3 | Shikhar Dhawan | 14 | 486 |
| 4 | KL Rahul | 14 | 593 |
| 5 | Hardik Pandya | 13 | 373 |
| 6 | MS Dhoni | 9 | 368 |
| 7 | Dinesh Karthik | 13 | 252 |
| 8 | Vijay Shankar | 13 | 219 |
| 9 | Kedar Jadhav | 12 | 162 |
| 10 | Ravindra Jadeja | 8 | 101 |
| NO | PLAYER | INNINGS | WICKETS | ECON |
| 1 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 14 | 11 | 7.61 |
| 2 | Jasprit Bumrah | 14 | 17 | 6.78 |
| 3 | Mohammed Shami | 14 | 19 | 8.68 |
| 4 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 14 | 18 | 7.82 |
| 5 | Hardik Pandya | 14 | 14 | 9.46 |
| 6 | Kuldeep Yadav | 9 | 4 | 8.66 |
| 7 | Vijay Shankar | 5 | 1 | 8.75 |
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | 13 | 13 | 6.44 |
While KL Rahul has done well, it is unlikely that he gets more opportunity considering the fact that he was selected as a backup opener. Yet, with this IPL, he still has a chance to play in number four for India in a few matches where the team needs a specialist batter. Also, Ravi Jadeja has done well here and is unlikely to go in as a specialist bowler considering the conditions.
Now, let’s look at the performances of the players after the squad announcement.
| 1. Virat Kohli | Before Selection 1) vs CSK: 6 off 12 balls 2) vs MI: 46 off 32 balls 3) vs SRH: 3 off 10 balls 4) vs RR: 23 off 25 balls 5) vs KKR: 84 off 49 balls 6) vs DC: 41 off 33 balls 7) vs KXIP: 67 off 53 balls After selection 8) vs MI: 8 off 9 balls 9) vs KKR: 100 off 58 balls 10) vs CSK: 9 off 8 balls 11) vs KXIP: 13 off 8 balls 12) vs DC: 23 off 17 balls 13) vs RR: 25 off 7 balls 14) vs SRH 16 off 17 balls |
| 2. Rohit Sharma | Before Selection 1) vs DC: 14 off 13 balls 2) vs RCB: 48 off 33 balls 3) vs KXIP: 32 off 18 balls 4) vs CSK: 13 off 18 balls 5) vs SRH: 11 of 14 balls 6) vs KXIP: DNP 7) vs RR: 47 off 32 balls After selection 8) vs RCB: 28 off 19 balls 9) vs DC: 30 off 22 balls 10) vs RR: 5 off 7 balls 11) vs CSK: 67 off 48 balls 12) vs KKR: 12 off 9 balls 13) vs SRH: 24 off 18 balls 14) vs KKR: 55 off 48 balls |
| 3. MS Dhoni | Before Selection 1) vs RCB: DNB 2) vs DC: 32* off 35 balls 3) vs RR: 75* off 46 balls 4) vs MI: 12 off 21 balls 5) vs KXIP: 37* off 23 balls 6) vs KKR: DNB 7) vs RR: 58 off 43 balls 8) vs KKR: 16 off 13 balls After selection 9) vs SRH: DNP 10) vs RCB: 84* off 48 balls 11) vs SRH: DNB 12) vs MI: DNP 13) vs DC: 44* off 22 balls 14) vs KXIP: 10* off 12 balls |
| 4. Shikhar Dhawan | Before Selection 1) vs MI: 43 off 36 balls 2) vs CSK: 51 off 47 balls 3) vs KKR: 16 off 8 4) vs KXIP: 30 off 25 balls 5) vs SRH: 12 off 14 balls 6) vs RCB: 0 off 1 ball 7) vs DC: 97*off 63 balls (MOTM) 8) vs SRH: 7 off 8 balls After selection 9) vs MI: 35 off 22 balls 10) vs KXIP: 56 off 41 balls 11) vs RR: 54 off 27 balls 12) vs RCB: 50 off 37 balls 13) vs CSK: 19 off 13 balls 14) vs RR: 16 off 12 balls |
| 5. Kedar Jadhav | Before selection 1) vs RCB: 13* off 19 balls 2) vs DC: 27 off 34 balls 3) vs RR: 8 off 3 balls 4) vs MI: 58 off 54 balls 5) vs KXIP: Did not bat or bowl 6) vs KKR: 8* off 8 balls 7) vs RR: 1 off 6 balls 8) vs KKR: 20 off 12 balls After selection 9) vs SRH: 1 off 2 balls 10) vs RCB: 9 off 9 balls 11) vs SRH: 11* of 10 balls 12) vs MI: 6 off 11 balls 13) vs DC: DNB 14) vs KXIP: 0 off 1 ball |
| 6. KL Rahul | Before Selection 1) vs RR: 4 off 4 balls 2) vs KKR: 1 off 5 balls 3) vs MI: 77 off 57 balls 4) vs DC: 15 off 11 balls 5) vs CSK: 55 off 47 balls 6) vs SRH: 71* off 53 balls (MOTM) 7) vs MI: 100* off 64 balls 8) vs RCB: 18 off 15 balls After selection 9) vs RR: 52 off 47 balls 10) vs DC: 12 off 9 balls 11) VS RCB: 42 off 27 balls 12) vs SRH: 79 off 56 balls 13) vs KKR: 2 off 7 balls 14) vs CSK: 71 |
| 7. Dinesh Karthik | Before Selection 1) vs SRH: 2 off 4 balls 2) vs KXIP: 1* off 1 ball 3) vs DC: 50 off 36 balls 4) vs RCB: 19 off 15 balls 5) vs RR: DNB 6) vs CSK: 19 off 21 balls 7) vs DD: 2 off 3 balls 8) vs CSK: 18 off 14 balls After selection 9) vs RCB: 0* off 0 balls 10) vs SRH: 6 off 4 balls 11) vs RR: 97* off 50 balls 12) vs MI: 15* off 7 balls 13) vs KXIP: 21* off 9 balls 14) vs MI: 3 OFF 9 balls |
| 8. Ravindra Jadeja | Before Selection 1) vs RCB: 6* off 15 balls / 4-1-15-2 2) vs DC: 4-0-23-1 3) vs RR: 8* off 3 balls / 2-0-23-0 4) vs MI: 1 off 2 balls / 2-0-10-1 5) vs KXIP: 4-0-24-0 6) vs KKR: 4-0-17-1 7) vs RR: 9* off 4 balls / 4-0-20-2 8) vs KKR: 31* off 17 balls / 4-0-49-0 After selection 9) vs SRH: 10 off 20 balls / 4-0-22-0 10) vs RCB: 11 off 12 balls / 4-0-29-2 11) vs SRH: 4-0-33-0 12) vs MI: DNP 13) vs DC: 25 off 10 balls / 3-0-9-3 14) vs KXIP: 2-0-16-1 |
| 9. Vijay Shankar | Before Selection 1) vs KKR: 40* off 24 balls 2) vs RR: 35 off 15 balls / 1-0-13-0 3) vs RCB: 9 off 3 balls / 2-0-13-0 4) vs DC: 16 off 21 balls 5) vs MI: 5 off 10 balls 6) vs KXIP: 26 off 27 balls 7) vs DC: 1 off 2 balls / 2-0-17-0 After selection 8) vs CSK: 7 off 11 balls / 2-0-11-1 9) vs KKR: DNB 10) vs CSK: 26 off 20 balls 11) vs RR: 8 off 10 balls 12) vs KXIP: 7* off 4 balls 13) vs MI: 12 off 17 balls 14) vs RCB: 27 off 18 balls / 1-0-16-0 |
| 10. Hardik Pandya | Before Selection 1) vs DC: 0 off 2 balls / 4-0-41-1 2) vs RCB: 32 off 14 balls / 3-0-37-0 3) vs KXIP: 31 off 19 balls / 3-0-39-0 4) vs CSK: 25* off 8 balls / 4-0-20-3 5) vs SRH: 14 off 14 balls / 1-0-7-0 6) vs KXIP: 19 off 14 balls / 4-0-57-2 7) vs RR: 28* off 11 balls / 1.3-0-11-0 After selection 8) vs RCB: 37* off 16 balls / 3-0-21-1 9) vs DC: 32 off 15 balls / 2-0-17-1 10) vs RR: 23 off 15 balls / 4-0-31-0 11) vs CSK: 23 off 18 balls / 2-0-22-1 12) vs KKR: 91 off 34 balls / 3-0-31-1 13) vs SRH: 18 off 10 balls / 2-0-20-2 14) vs KKR: 3-0-20-2 |
| 11. Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Before Selection 1) vs KKR: 4-0-37-0 2) vs RR: 4-0-55-0 3) vs RCB: 3-0-25-0 4) vs DC: 4-0-27-2 5) vs MI: 2 off 6 balls, 4-0-34-1 6) vs KXIP: 4-0-25-0 7) vs DC: 2 off 4 balls / 4-0-33-2 After selection 8) vs CSK: 4-0-21-0 9) vs KKR: 4-0-35-2 10) vs CSK: 4-1-18-1 11) vs RR: 4-0-22-0 12) vs KXIP: 4-0-34-0 13) vs MI: 4-0-29-1 14) vs RCB: 4-0-24-2 |
| 12. Mohammed Shami | Before Selection 1) vs RR: 4-0-33-0 2) vs KKR: 4-0-44-1 3) vs MI: 4-0-42-2 4) vs DC: 0 off 1 / 4-0-27-2 5) vs CSK: 4-0-41-0 6) vs SRH: 4-0-30-1 7) vs MI: 4-0-21-3 8) vs RCB: 4-0-54-1 After selection 9) vs RR: 4-0-46-2 10) vs DC: 4-0-21-1 11) vs RCB: 4-0-53-1 12) vs SRH: 4-0-36-2 13) vs KKR: 3-0-15-0 14) vs CSK: 3-0-17-2 |
| 13. Kuldeep Yadav | Before Selection 1) vs SRH: 2-0-18-0 2) vs KXIP: 4-0-32-0 3) vs DC: 4-0-41-2 4) vs RCB: 4-0-31-1 5) vs RR: 4-0-33-0 6) vs CSK: 4-0-16-0 7) vs DC: 2* off 2 balls / 4-0-28-0 8) vs CSK: 3-0-28-0 After selection 9) vs RCB: 4-0-59-1 10) vs SRH: DNP 11) vs RR: DNP 12) vs MI: DNP 13) vs KXIP: DNP 14) vs MI: DNP |
| 14. Yuzvendra Chahal | Before Selection 1) vs CSK: 4 off 12 balls / 4-1-6-1 2) vs MI: 4-0-38-4 3) vs SRH: 1 off 3 balls / 4-0-44-1 4) vs RR: 4-0-17-2 5) vs KKR: 4-0-24-1 6) vs DC: 1* off 1 ball / 4-0-36-0 7) vs KXIP: 4-0-33-2 After selection 8) vs MI: 4-0-27-2 9) vs KKR: 3-0-45-0 10) vs CSK: 4-0-24-1 11) vs KXIP: 2-0-27-0 12) vs DC: 4-0-41-2 13) vs RR: 0.2-0-0-1 14) vs SRH: 4-0-24-1 |
| 15. Jasprit Bumrah | Before Selection 1) vs DC: 4-0-40-1 2) vs RCB: 4-0-20-3 3) vs KXIP: 3.4-0-23-0 4) vs CSK: 4-0-27-0 5) vs SRH: 3-0-16-1 6) vs KXIP: 4-0-38-1 7) vs RR: 4-0-23-2 After selection 8) vs RCB: 4-1-22-0 9) vs DC: 4-0-18-2 10) vs RR: 4-0-21-1 11) vs CSK: 3-0-10-2 12) vs KKR: 4-0-44-0 13) vs SRH: 4-0-31-2 14) vs KKR: 4-0-31-2 |
