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2 Back to Back ICC Trophies..!! Feels great after the past decade ICC tournament finals/Semis losses. Hoping for 2 more trophies in the form of T20 WC '26 & '27 WC.

I hope Bcci & GG show enough balls and not name him in the champions trophy squad.

True, But I don't think BCCI will allow them to retire anytime in the near future, till the time Indian public finds god in a new player. That's the harsh reality of Indian Cricket, People worship these players & If they retire the viewership declines hence the BCCI & Broadcasters want them to play little longer. PS: This is my point of view , Can be wrong too.

T20 Team looks so good after Ro-Ko retirement. This is what we lacked in T20, the players who could score at 200+ SR. Now we have 3-4 match winners in the team. T20 team should always have been of fresh faces, Don't know why the management picked big names in the team. I am sure this team will win the next T20 WC in 2026 which will happen in India. Meanwhile ODI/Test team should be different, Sky should not be included in the ODI's, Let him be the T20 Captain. Also Jaiswal should not be included in the T20 Squad, He belongs to the Test/ODI category along with Ruturaj. S.Iyer - KL can still be included in these formats as they can play well in the middle overs.

I don't think so. Rohit & Virat both have not been delivering since long in red ball format. ODI's they are fine but Tests they are not upto the mark. Look at Smith/Root/Williamson they are way ahead of Virat in test performances recently. I mean draw's will give points but won't give us a sure shot spot. 4 Wins will give us sure spot. 3 wins will have us looking at the other team results (Nz Vs Eng) & (SA vs SL)

I won't say our bowlers failed. It's more like our batting has failed in 2 out of 3 innings so far in this series. Bowling has been okay.

If we lose this series (Which most likely we will) & End up losing in Aus then surely Rohit & Kohli will be shown the door as we know how Gautam is. Also we need 4 wins out of 6 (2 Nz & 4 Aus) so if we lose both series then we will not get into the WTC final.

Nz will score around 200, Target of 300-315. We will lose by 85-110 Runs on Day 3 session 3.

Prepared spin track for Nz, Ended up getting smacked by the Nz spinners

Test/ODI: Rohit, Jaiswal, Kohli, Pant, KL, Pandya, Jadeja, Ashwin, Siraj, Bumrah, Chahal, Kuldeep, Gill, S.Iyer. T20: Abhishek Sharma, Samson, Ruturaj, I.Kishan, SKY, Rinku, Riyan, Washington, Hardik, Arshdeep, Mayank Yadav, Harshit Rana, Jitesh, Tilak, Bishnoi. Only Hardik Pandya fits in both setup. Sky should be just kept for T20. Arshdeep also only for T20. Rest these T20 players are mostly new and can be switched with newer talents if they don't step up.

BCCI Should draw a line between ODI/Test Players & T20 Players. Will help with the workload management and also brings in the variety. Gill Should not be a part of the T20 setup I feel, Also Jaiswal Should not be included in the T20 setup as he is already playing 2 formats so doesn't make any sense to have him in T20 even though his approach is truly T20 style but still. Even I feel that Bumrah should be rested for the T20 Series and only included in the T20 Wc's, He is too injury prone so it's better to let him rest in the shorter format. We have too many options now, We can afford to juggle around and manage 2 parallel teams. Should just keep the youngsters in the T20 setup.

True, Losing 2 test matches to Bangladesh that too at Home is just unacceptable from a team like Pakistan.

I used to play FIFA 10-11-12 IIRC, Also played in a tournament not sure which one. Got good beating from everyone so left Fifa for good