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After a long wait of 44 matches of the World Cup 2023, the 4 semi-final teams have finally been decided. Team India, who won 8 matches in a row, made it to the semi-finals first, after which South Africa and Australia also reached. Now New Zealand has also officially registered its name. Now it is a strange coincidence that in the semi-final once again Team India will face New Zealand. Team India has one last chance to prepare for this match, the match against the Netherlands. Team India will play this match on Sunday, November 12 in Bangalore and in this, Team India will have to make some special changes.
Team India consistently performed well in every match of the World Cup. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul have contributed the most in batting. All the bowlers have performed brilliantly so far and led the team to 8 consecutive wins. Now the match against the Netherlands is just a formality. Although less people are paying attention to this match due to Diwali, but Team India needs to focus on some special things in this match, so that every player is fully prepared before the match against New Zealand.
Surya-Jadeja should be promoted
Team India’s top order has shown its bat power in the tournament. Although Shubman Gill could not play a big innings, he also contributed to a good start. In between, Shreyas Iyer and Rahul have also given good support. Rohit and Virat are in good form. In batting, Suryakumar Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja are the only two such names, who did not face many balls.
Although both of them have the role of finishers, but looking at what happened in the 2019 semi-finals, Team India will want to keep their lower-middle order ready for such a situation as well. So far, Suriya has faced only 74 balls in 4 innings, while Jadeja has played 96 balls. In such a case, against the Netherlands, both can be promoted to the fourth and fifth position, so that both can play long innings.
Must try these bowlers
Talking about the bowling, Team India has a chance to rest bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami in this match, but resting Bumrah is a better option. Anyway, Shami has played only 4 matches and bowled only 26 overs. In such a case they can be retained. There would be no better opportunity for team management to try young fast bowler Prasidh Krishna. If a fast bowler unfortunately has to sit out due to injury before the semi-finals, Prasidh will have to at least get some match practice. Apart from him, experienced spinner Ravichandran Ashwin can also be fielded. Ashwin played only the first match against Australia and has been on the bench ever since.
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