Former Indian wicketkeeper-batter and commentator Deep Dasgupta has made a bold remark on India’s depth in the T20I format after Shreyas Iyer and his young team made a stunning comeback following the embarrassing UK tour.
Recently, the Men in Blue whitewashed Zimbabwe in the three-match T20I series 3-0 after being whitewashed by England and Ireland. Interestingly, India managed to win only one game, and that was an ODI on the England tour, with one T20I game being whitewashed in Durham. Amid this, Robin Uthappa compares Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to Sir Don Bradman after the Zimbabwe series.
After India’s stunning comeback, Deep Dasgupta feels there is no shortage of talent, but choosing the right team is the selectors and team management’s biggest challenge. The former cricketer believes that India has one of the strongest player pools in world cricket.
He feels there are so many talented cricketers available that India can make two different T20I teams, and both teams would still be good enough to compete at the international level. Dasgupta believes that reducing the list from 30 to the best 15 players will be a tough job.
Picking the best 15 players is India's biggest challenge: Deep Dasgupta
He also stressed that the next one-and-a-half years will be very important because this is the time when the team management has to find the right combination before the next ICC T20 World Cup in 2028. Amid this, 4 reasons why Auqib Nabi wasn't picked for India's Sri Lanka Tests.
Deep Dasgupta said on his YouTube channel, "In the next one and a half years, the most important thing in the format will be to figure out what the combination is and, roughly speaking, what the best 15 are.
At this time, if I say this, people might laugh at me, but factually, we can make two teams, and the chances will be that both teams will be equally good. So, that brings up a challenge, because we have 30 players, but to reduce it down to 15 players, that will be a challenge. We do have the players.”
Deep Dasgupta reveals India's biggest T20I challenge despite having massive talent pool
Meanwhile, the cricket pundit believes that India's T20I team is still under construction. He said the team management is still searching for the best playing XI and has not yet found the combination that can give the best results.
He insisted that the team is testing different players, so it will take some time before the strongest combination is finalized. The team will play T20I series against Bangladesh, Afghanistan, the West Indies, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka and then the 2026 Asian Games before the next ICC T20 World Cup.
Dasgupta believes that these matches will be very important, as they will give the selectors and team management enough time to test players, build the right combination, and identify the best squad.
He signed off by saying, “I don't think anything has changed, and I feel that this team is a work in progress. Several people have asked me, "What is going on with the Indian team? "I tell them that most of the time, in the white-ball formats, especially T20Is, we don't know what the best playing XI is, or even the best 15. We don't know what combination suits us the best.”
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