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Former Indian batting all-rounder Suresh Raina has come up with a big prediction just a day or two ahead of the 20-20 World Cup 2022. Notably, India has already announced the squad for the marquee tournament in Australia. Meanwhile. Senior pacer Mohammed Shami has been named as the replacement for Jasprit Bumrah in the Indian team.
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Recently, Raina has also backed the out-of-form batter Rishabh Pant to be an important factor for team India in the upcoming tournament. Although, Pant is not enjoying a good run of form of late but former World Cup winner all-rounder has a point that a space should be there for the latter.
"Bowlers will have a lot of edge. They know which batters are capable. We need to have one left-hander in the middle-order then you can really change the momentum because if you see KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh, Surya, I don't think Rishabh ka jagah ban raha hai (Rishabh Pant will be an automatic choice) but we need to somehow bring him for the middle overs. Because some of the spinners, you need to target them," said Raina while expressing his opinion.
Later on, he also talked about the grounds of Australia and the batting strengths of England and Australia. Raina went on to praise the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Suryakumar Yadav.
"In the bigger ground, you need to bat with intent where you can dominate. Australia has a batting till No. 10. England also knows how to play white-ball cricket. Rohit and Surya have got great intent. I think Virat will be the key because he knows how to finish. He has been batting really well. I hope if he bats for 20 overs, we will win all the matches," he added later.
Notably, the men in blue will begin their campaign against Pakistan in Melbourne on October 23.
India squad for ICC 20-20 World Cup 2022
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.