- Go for the kill with pace:
It wouldn’t be wrong to assert that for a given tournament, this pace attack looks India’s finest till date. Choosing three out of Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah in itself is going to be a serious task for Virat Kohli.
Considering Hardik Pandya plays at seven as an all-rounder, India must pick three pacers along with him without second thoughts. Keeping in mind the local conditions and the red hot form shown by the Pacers in the two warm -p games, it is just a no brainer to pick at-least three out of the four guys.
For the spinner’s role, Ravindra Jadeja is more than enough. Going with R. Ashwin would mean pressure being taken off from Pakistan as the offie could be milked for ones and twos. With three front-line Pacers and the seam ups of Pandya, there will be hardly any space for the Pakistani batsmen.