Three Observations from India's Asia Cup 2022 Squad

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With the ICC Men's T20 World Cup not far away, India have set an eye for the mega event to be held in Australia later this year. Prior to the WC, India will be engaged in a couple of bilateral series against Australia and South Africa at home, where they might be expected to play with a similar combination after the Asia Cup.

Here are the key observations from India's squad for the upcoming Asia Cup:


1. Core instead of experimentation

Considering there isn't much time left for the global event, India have decided to retain their core instead of giving someone a chance from outside the reckoning. 

India's previous World Cup campaigns, where they went ahead with Vijay Shankar in the 2019 World Cup and Varun Chakravarthy in the 2020 T20 World Cup at the last moment, must have been the key learnings for the Asian side.

Persisting with the current combination this time, India haven't done much tinkering in the lead-up to the T20 WC.


2. Aggressive batting approach

What India looks to be doing is focusing more on aggressive power-hitters rather than having a conservative batting approach. India's strategy could be inspired by England's go-all-in hitting strategy under their former captain Eoin Morgan where they would be utilising big-hitters till no. 7. 

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Men in Blue going with the combination of Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik and Ravindra Jadeja in the middle order signifies their no-holds-barred policy.


3. Bowling department have more variety in their ranks

Right-arm pacers, a left-arm pacer, an off-break spinner, a left-arm spinner, leg-break spinners and a genuine swing bowler justify India's diversified bowling attack. What looks more of an attempt to create an impact in any condition and against any opposition, this mindset has the potential to make run-scoring difficult for even the best of teams.

With the varied pace attack, this might look as India's best realistic chance for a shot at the prestigious title Down Under.

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