Can Suryakumar crack the ODI format? Kishan or Rahul as keeper?

Gill has scores of 70, 21, 116, 208, 40* and 112 in six ODI innings this year — all as an opener, making it tougher for Kishan to play when Rohit is back, unless the team management picks him ahead of Suryakumar in the middle order.Kishan’s recent form hasn’t helped his cause. Since that double-hundred in Chattogram, he has a highest score of 37 in nine innings across white-ball formats. What Kishan does bring is the left-handedness that India’s top order is currently lacking, with Pant unavailable and Shikhar Dhawan out of favour.

Rahul — first-choice keeper in Pant’s absence?

It was co-incidentally in January 2020 — when Australia last toured India for ODIs — that Rahul was first considered as a regular wicketkeeping option in white-ball cricket. Pant had a concussion in the series opener in Mumbai, which opened the door for Rahul and he grabbed the opportunity with some superb glovework and explosive middle-order batting; his 52-ball 80 at No. 5 helped India level the series before they clinched it 2-1.Rahul has since become a regular keeper in white-ball cricket, and even did the job for his former IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab. In 16 innings for India at No. 5, Rahul has made 658 runs at an average of 50.61 and strike rate of 102.17, with one hundred and six fifties. Having lost his Test spot to Gill, Rahul will be eager to build on his burgeoning middle-order credentials in the ODI format.

What is India’s ideal allrounder combination?

One of key decisions India have to make is striking a balance between batting depth and enough bowling options. In Jadeja’s absence, Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur filled in the bowling allrounders’ role to good effect in the New Zealand series.With Jadeja back, India can further strengthen their batting depth, especially if they play all three — Hardik Pandya, Washington and Jadeja (Axar Patel is an option as well).This will mean they have three bowling spots to fill. They could either go with Thakur, Mohammed Shami, and Mohammed Siraj, or sacrifice Thakur’s batting at No. 9 for Umran Malik’s bristling pace or Jaydev Unadkat’s left-arm variety.The other option they could consider is to pick one of Jadeja or Washington at No. 7 and Thakur at No. 8. This will allow them to play a wristspinner in Yuzvendra Chahal or Kuldeep Yadav, with Shami, Siraj and Malik tussling for two slots. Or if they decide the conditions warrant three spinners and just two quicks, they have the option of picking two spinning allrounders, a wristspinner, and two specialist fast bowlers, in addition to Hardik Pandya as a third seam-bowling option.

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