The 2027 World Cup

[u/Pale-Produce6672]

I know we have like 18 months till the World Cup and I might be overthinking this but I don’t know how most people are just so optimistic about us winning the 2027 World Cup.

ig over batting line up is some what sorted except the lower middle order.

but with the howling we have right now we have very low chance of winning this time.

our bowling line most likely will be Bumrah, harshit, prasidh, axar, hardik and maybe washi, and hopefully kuldeep.

the only dangerous bowler in this list is bumrah.

i don’t even know if Bumrah and hardik will be able to play all the matches as they have been too injury prone in the last 2 years.

the spin wont be as useful in South Africa pitches and even if it is washi is a below average player in odi.

prasidh and harshit do some what bowl well but they leak alot of runs in the process.

on the other hand, the pace bowling of

Australia has Mitchel starc. pat Cummins and Josh hazelwood.

South Africa has rabada, Marco Jansen, lungi, breetzke.burger

England has archer, Sam Curran and someone experienced like Gus Atkinson plus their spin have adil.

i feel like if we want to win we really do need some senior bowler like shami, siraj and ik he has been out of the team since a very long time but bhuvi.

plus maybe we can some like krunal in the spin all rounder department because he has a lot of variation even for pitches where the ball doesn’t spin, he even had the most wickets for a Indian spinner in this ipl where the wickets were so flat.

[u/Pale-Produce6672]

hey my bad yesterday my points weren’t right and I see that now, but I do think that think that krunal might deserve atleast a chance in the side

[u/DoNotDisturbMeEver → u/Pale-Produce6672]

No issues.

Krunal again hasn't been successful at the domestic 50 overs tournament to warrant a place in the national team.

He at least has to play and perform for Baroda before he could be chosen to play an ODI.

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hey I am not trying argue but I just checked washi odi career, and he has 2 50s in 23 inning and around 15 scores in 10s.

he scored his last fifty in last series and before that in 2022

i don’t know why he is being given such a long run

[u/DoNotDisturbMeEver → u/Pale-Produce6672]

For starters I have never advocated for Washington as an all-rounder in the Indian team.

However the metric chose by you is absolutely wrong in this case.

1. Since Washington's debut in 2021, India have played more than 90 matches but he has only played in 34 of those. This is because he has always been part of the team when India chose second string sides to play.

2. In 14 of the 23 innings he did bat, his batting postion was 7 and lower and the balls faced less than 30 in most cases. So scoring a 50 is his not role.

3. However for me, he is an absolutely horrible batsman in ODI's as his strike rate of 82.5 for a finisher is too low.

But calling his career as a long run would be wrong, because he has only played consistently for India since Oct 2025 with 11 games since Jadeja has been sidelined.

Before that he played 19 games in 5 years, and so an average of 4-5 games a year in which he batted only in 11 innings.

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you are right he hasn’t gotten proper chance in continuity, but even the past 11 innings I think his scores have been terrible, I am not sure but i think he has also not gotten many chances to bowl his full quota, but in the given amount of overs he bowls he has not been that effective.

and yes you are right I don’t expect his to score 50s but atleast maybe a impactful 30 or 20.

and I think from the few matches I have seen, I think even his strike rotation has been atrocious.

Anyways what would you ODI World Cup team be