Chennai ki tapish aur dry pitch par Team India ka mission clean sweep shuru ho chuka hai. Series pehle hi 2:0 se kabze mein hai, lekin Shubman Gill and company ka maqsad saaf hai: dominance aisi ho ki dunya dekhti reh jaye. Afghanistan ne toss jeet kar pehle batting ka faisla kiya hai, lekin asli khabar toh India ki playing eleven mein huye bade badlav hain.
The Guru Story
Chennai ke M.A. Chidambaram Stadium mein teesre aur aakhri ODI ke liye jab dono kaptaan toss ke liye aaye, toh mahol bilkul saaf tha. Hashmatullah Shahidi ne pitch ki dryness ko dekhte huye pehle batting chuni, taaki ek bada target set kiya ja sake. Wahi dusri taraf, India ke young kaptaan Shubman Gill ne saaf kiya ki unhe chase karne mein koi parhez nahi hai.
India ne aaj apni bench strength ko aazmane ka faisla kiya hai. Team mein teen bade badlav huye hain. Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, aur Prasidh Krishna ki wapsi hui hai. Halaki, fans thode mayoos hain kyunki Harshit Rana ko abhi bhi intezar karna hoga, jo surgery ke baad squad mein toh aaye par XI mein jagah nahi bana paye. Arshdeep Singh aur Kuldeep Yadav ko rest diya gaya hai taaki naye ladkon ko mauka mil sake.
Sabse bada move hai India ka allrounder-heavy line-up. Nitish Kumar Reddy Number 6 par aur Harsh Dubey Number 8 par batting karenge, jiska matlab hai ki Team India ki batting depth ab samandar jaisi gehri hai. Ishan Kishan ko KL Rahul ki jagah Number 5 par bheja gaya hai, jo unke liye ek bada imtihan hoga.
Udhar Afghanistan ne bhi haar nahi maani hai. Unhone chaar badlav kiye hain aur apne tajurbekaar khiladiyon jaise Mohammad Nabi aur Azmatullah Omarzai ko wapas laya hai. Unka maqsad sirf itna hai ki series white-wash na ho aur izzat bachayi ja sake.
Analysis & Numbers
- India ki batting depth ab Number 8 tak chali gayi hai, jo modern-day ODI cricket ki sabse badi demand hai.
- Nitish Kumar Reddy ka inclusion unhe as a future seam-bowling allrounder prepare karne ki strategy ka hissa hai.
- Afghanistan ne 4 badlav kiye hain: Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Fareed Ahmad aur Ziaur Rahman ki entry hui hai.
- Shubman Gill ne Number 3 spot ko pakad kar rakha hai, jo unke captaincy role mein ek stability lata hai.
The Guru Gyan Verdict:
Yeh Team India ka naya era hai jahan bench strength hi itni khatarnak hai ki opposition darr jaye. Jab padosi mulk Pakistan mein captaincy ka musical chair khel chalta rehta hai aur wahan ke players fitness se zyada biryani par focus karte hain, wahan BCCI aur India ek aisi nursery taiyar kar rahe hain jahan har position ke liye teen world-class options hain. Pakistan ke players ko shayad yeh match dekh kar seekhna chahiye ki team building kaise hoti hai, warna unka toh 'system' hi collapse hota rahega. Afghanistan ke liye challenge bada hai, par India ke is allrounder-heavy squad ko rokna namumkin lag raha hai.
Playing XI:
India: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill (capt), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harsh Dubey, Gurnoor Brar, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Darwish Rasooli, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Ziaur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad.
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