Suryakumar or Shreyas Iyer, Shami-Bumrah work load: Kohli, BCCI brass discuss Team India’s roadmap for T20 WC

The
Test
win
at
Lord’s
has
certainly
released
a
lot
of
pressure
off
Kohli
but
he
is
well
aware
that
his
captaincy
future
hinges
on
the
team’s
performance
in
UAE
where
they
start
against
arch-rivals
Pakistan.

India
Predicted
15-member
Squad
for
T20
World
Cup
2021:
Competition
for
spinners,
all-rounder
slots

It
is
learnt
that
BCCI
president
Sourav
Ganguly,
secretary
Jay
Shah
and
vice-president
Rajiv
Shukla
had
an
informal
meeting
with
the
captain
during
the
second
Test
match
at
Lord’s
and
various
aspects
related
to
T20
World
Cup
came
up
for
discussion.

“Yes,
BCCI
top
bosses
did
meet
Kohli
but
let’s
say
that
it
will
not
be
fair
to
divulge
the
finer
details
of
the
discussion.
But
with
very
little
time
left
for
the
T20
World
Cup
and
India
not
having
any
games
prior
to
the
(IPL),
the
discussion
was
more
about
the
roadmap
going
into
the
event,”
a
senior
BCCI
official
told
PTI
on
conditions
of
anonymity.

ICC
T20
World
Cup
2021:
Babar
Azam,
Kieron
Pollard
and
Eoin
Morgan
react
over
schedule

With
India
playing
the
Test
series
till
September
14
and
then
the
players
being
busy
with
their
respective
IPL
franchises,
time
is
of
the
essence
and
no
wonder
that
officials
had
a
chat
about
the
big
event
with
Kohli.

Under
Kohli,
India
have
lost
in
the
2017
Champions
Trophy
final,
2019
ODI
World
Cup
semi-final
apart
from
this
year’s
WTC
final.
Not
being
able
to
clear
the
ICC
semi-final
or
final
hurdle
has
been
a
cause
of
concern.

T20
World
Cup
2021:
Australia
name
15-member
squad,
Aaron
Finch
to
lead

During
the
past
few
ICC
white-ball
tournaments,
the
combination
has
been
an
issue
for
the
Indian
team,
especially
during
the
50
over
World
Cup
in
England
where
they
didn’t
even
have
a
settled
middle
order
with
as
many
as
three
specialist
wicketkeepers
(MS
Dhoni,
Rishabh
Pant
and
Dinesh
Karthik)
playing
the
semi-finals
against
New
Zealand.

With
the
team
selection
slated
for
some
time
next
month,
there
are
multiple
issues
that
need
to
be
sorted
out
including
bowling
workloads,
all-rounder’s
position,
wrist
spinners,
and
the
like-for-like
replacements.

There
are
a
few
questions
that
chairman
of
selectors
Chetan
Sharma,
skipper
Kohli,
coaches
Ravi
Shastri
and
Bharat
Arun
along
with
BCCI
top
brass
need
to
be
on
the
same
page
to
prepare
a
team
that
can
challenge
England
and
West
Indies
in
the
shortest
format.

It
is
a
given
that
Ishant
Sharma,
Umesh
Yadav
are
not
in
contention
but
how
will
Mohammed
Shami
and
Jasprit
Bumrah’s
workload
be
managed
keeping
IPL
in
mind?
Will
Mohammed
Siraj’s
red
ball
form
be
counted?
Will
both
Deepak
Chahar
and
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar
fit
into
the
same
XI
if
you
also
have
Bumrah
and
Shami
available?
Who
among
Kuldeep
Yadav,
Varun
Chakravarthy
and
Rahul
Chahar
will
join
Yuzvendra
Chahal
and
Ravindra
Jadeja
in
the
spin
bowling
department?
Will
Hardik
Pandya
be
able
to
bowl
his
quota
of
four
overs?
Who
among
Suryakumar
Yadav
and
Shreyas
Iyer
can
make
it
to
playing
XI?

The
BCCI
would
expect
that
both
Kohli
and
Chetan
Sharma
would
soon
be
on
same
page
as
India
aim
to
win
their
first
senior
ICC
title
since
2013
when
they
annexed
the
Champions
trophy
under
MS
Dhoni’s
leadership.