After the defeat of the Indian team against South Africa, the demand for change in the team has become strong. India’s winning streak in the T20 World Cup has now been broken. The biggest headache for India is the failure of star batsmen like Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Verma. This defeat has forced Team India, which was invincible in the group stage, to think whether now is the time to take tough decisions?
The path to the semi-finals became difficult
After the defeat against South Africa, the path to the semi-finals has become difficult for the Indian team. To make it to the semi-finals, Team India will have to win its two matches against Zimbabwe and West Indies by a big margin at any cost. For this, the team can make major changes in its playing eleven. Sanju Samson may be given a chance in the playing eleven. But the question remains that in whose place will Samson be given a chance to the team?
Will the team management take tough decisions?
Three batsmen of the current playing eleven, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma and Rinku Singh are in poor form. Despite getting consecutive opportunities in the World Cup, these batsmen have not produced big innings with the bat, hence in the next match against Zimbabwe, one of these three may have to sit out and Sanju Samson may enter the playing eleven. With Sanju’s arrival, there will be a right-handed batsman in the playing eleven. This is also important for the balance of the team.
Abhishek, Tilak and Rinku’s performance
Abhishek Sharma had scored 15 runs against South Africa after being out for zero in three consecutive innings. Tilak has been able to score 25, 25, 25, 31 and 1 runs in five consecutive innings. At the same time, Rinku Singh’s bat has also been a flop. Rinku has been able to score 6, 1, 11, 6, and 0 in the last 5 innings. Sanju can enter the team in place of any one of these three. Perhaps he should be given a chance in the team in place of Abhishek. Sanju can open the innings as well as play in the middle order. Samson had scored 22 runs on eight balls in the only match played against Namibia in the group stage.