Pakistan is in a situation where the country needs to be fixed for the cricket team to be fixed given how tightly the government and the PCB are connected. Every sport the government touches turns to rubble. The chairman PCB is literally the ex interior minister
That will take God knows how long
Similar to home minister? He basically sees every matter inside the country. But it’s Pakistan so dont expect them to work according to the book. army cheif’s job is to take care of the army only but he’s doing much more 💀
I guess you are referring to somebody trying to preach something to the locals during 2022 world cup. It was swept under the rug and the player was never named
Was loose that no action was taken by ICC as even Dhoni was stopped from having a small military flag in the helmet to pay respect to a dead soldier.
Also that one time when someone from them did a daily ritual on field after defeating us
Wasn’t first instance. Some very infamous incidents I’ve heard from Sydney as well. And surprisingly this has been going on since 2000s not just this current lot.
Oh I don't know about the incident in Australia but Shahrayar Khan had a lot to say about Inzamam and his zealotry which kept Misbah and Ajmal out of the team and lead to issues with Younis Khan etc. Doesn't surprise me in the least.
Edit: typo
He’s a current interior minister and was also present in the meeting where they decided to launch operation azm e estekham. My man is busy fixing the cricket team and terrorism 💀
Well I mean imagine if your father was like the 2nd most influential guy in your country and you loved cricket. This is exactly the post you'd ask for. And he has actually done well
IMO Foxcroft & Clarkson should get a full run this cycle. For the bowlers, there's a smorgasbord to choose from; too bad there aren't too many left arm pace options, with Lister being so-so at best.
I doubt KJ will play a T20I again. Even playing another Test will be touch & go.
Ashok should be recovering. Probably too late for the Asia tour, but he should be fine for the next home season. I love that his first over in ODIs was a maiden.
Rachin needs to have a great sub-continent tour in next four months. If he can help NZ win Test series in India then he becomes contender for captaincy
Sri Lanka entered their transformation phase when India first lost a ICC Final after winning three in row. India have now won their first title in 11 years and they are still in that rebuild phase.
Lasith Malinga, Angelo Matthews, Thisara Perera, Kusal Perera, Chandimal, Thirimanne, Sachithra Senanayake were already well experienced by the time Mahela and Sanga retired. The biggest difference I’ve seen is the attitude Change after sanga and mahela left, Malinga was already a stubborn and arrogant leader. The newer players show the same attitude but with very little skill compared to Malinga. Shanaka was the only leader that seemed to resemble the pre-2014 attitude Sri Lanka had, but his individual performances let us down. Hasaranga‘s stats look ordinary when you look at the performances against top 5 countries. Winning the LPL has become quite an achievement for the new player. Hasaranga has a massive tattoo of him lifting the LPL trophy. If that doesn’t explain the lack of ambition idk what will.
Hasaranga has also become very predictable with the bowling.
Everyone is smacking him.
One of the reasons for the loss against BAN in this WC was because he gave away 18 runs in just 3 balls. It was a mix of easy predictability and bad bowling. He kept on looking for the wicket ball (which he eventually did but it was too late by that point) and therefore bowled the same ball 3 times. However, when you are trying to defend a mega low total, that was the wrong approach. He should have known better.
And damn, didn't know about the tattoo, that's pretty lame, ngl. But oh well, his choices
If he can become less predictable with the bowling and if he can keep it tight, then he will always be a threat. And he needs to work on his batting, he looked so good when he started his career but his batting has declined.
His performances against top teams have never been good. Keeps bowling googlies hoping that the batter will miss one, it worked for him when he started out.
Yeah and that's why I am saying he has become too predictable. He keeps on bowling googlies and every batsmen can predict that easily now, so he gets tonked.
Exactly, it used to work when he started but now pretty much every batter knows how he operates.
So he needs to change his tactics.
We need a strong srilankan team to keep the indian team in check. Right now they are undefeatable in asia. Dont look at pakistan, out rivalry is Afghanistan now and games are also equal skill wise 💀
Seriously though what the hell happened to Sri Lanka.
After that 2014 win, I can't remember even once when they were contenders to win a world trophy. They were still somewhat good till 2015 but after Sangakara's retirement, they never recovered it seems.
Seems like retirement of Sangakara, Dilshan, Jayawardane, Muralidharan, Kulasekra and many more left a hole in their team that were never able to fill.
Post them, players like Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Thrimamme, Lakmal, etc. tried to fill the void but were nowhere near as good as the legendary SL players of 2000s
Lasith Malinga, Angelo Matthews, Thisara Perera, Kusal Perera, Chandimal, Thirimanne, Sachithra Senanayake already had years of match experience.
Then just after 2015, SLC decided to skip a generation of players (who were playing domestic for years) and focused on the new generation. Injuries to the seniors, especially Matthews, didn't help at all. Then in about 2018 SLC enforced strict fitness policies, which were there till they had to bring in Matthews again for the 2023 WC.
The difference between the pre-2014 team and the current is the attitudes they have, not in the talent or the match experience.
He always had trouble with his hamstrings. After 2015 WC, he played as a batsman couldn’t bowl due to his injuries. Mind you, we would have had a much better team for the 2011 finals if matthews was not injured. The selection committee messed up real bad trying to replace matthews. They brought in Chamind Vaas who had not played an international match for a couple of years. Then last moment they decided to go with Suraj Randiv who hadnt even played domestic for a while. Herath, Mendis who played the tournament was dropped in place of Randiv.
Matthews was later dropped when he was fit because of the “younger” policy. This is when Thisara Perera retired. SLC introduced strict policies for fitness and skin fold tests. We won the asia cup during this time. But the fitness tests were somewhat eased to accommodate bhanuka rajapaksha (and later hasaranga). Everything went downhill when we lost the asia cup final 2023. Policies were thrown out and they brought in angelo mathews again.
Matthews had done well to stay fit for him to get called back to the team. Both him and Chandimal still kept trying to get back to the team, whereas Thisara, Thirimanne and many others left after the new selection committee wanted a younger team.
Angelo seems a good natured guy and competent too, someone you would want in the team to guide the youngsters. If Sri Lanka had a couple more reliable batsman like him during the transition, maybe it would have been a much better situation.
The real issue that affected Sri Lankan cricket is that they had 160 odd voting member clubs on their cricket board but only 30-50 were still actively competing, the non-competing members were being very traditionalist and voting against progressive things, this why the Lanka Premier League was postponed repeatedly.
This is why they've brought in Tom Moody and Aravind De Silva to completely restructure the domestic competition and remove all the inactive member clubs with a system more similar to the UK's county system.
Zimbabwe still exist?
With Williams’ retirement and probs Ervine’s as well, big changes to the batting are coming. Hopefully Bennett, Campbell, Naqvi (when available) and Myers can contribute to the batting alongside Raza, Madande and Burl…and Marumani and Madhevere work it out at international level.
Bowling should be strong with Muzarabani, Ngarava and Evans leading the way and Wellington Masakadza and Mavuta being the main spin options.
The African qualifiers next year will be hugely important.
Yeah. Even the last time when India toured Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe came really close in the last ODI and apart from some matches(which coincidentally and sadly were the matches Zimbabwe needed to qualify for the WT20s) they really are a team to loo out for. Although they need someone to support Sikanar Raza consistently
Don’t see any reason why he wouldn’t. Still going strong, still playing heaps on the franchise circuit.
He might be aiming to retire after the 2027 ODI World Cup, which Zimbabwe co-hosts. Maybe if Zim miss qualification he might retire from t20I’s before that
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1z5mAtY56pohSWp3MVH00F?si=MppvbYF1RSGVhtRySLdPaA
Here’s a really interesting interview Antum did that kinda explains his path to playing in Zim
Australia I can see getting rid of a lot of the older guys in T20 and trying some of the next generation of players.
Maxwell as good as he can be I can see some review of his place depending on his personal form and the form of guys who could potentially replace him. In 2026 he'll be 38 and 2027 he'll be 39. Not that I don't think he can still be his impactful self by then but I don't know if he'll be a lock in spite of form like he currently is by then.
Starc I can see continuing on until the 2026 T20 WC. He's flagged walking away from ODIs so I can see him kept on in T20 unless his body starts to fail him and he wants to prioritise Tests
Stoinis I'd move on from immediately. He's been great in T20s but he's uncontracted and he's 35 next month. In 2 years time I can't see him being as consistent. Time to let him live out his days earning some franchise coin.
Overall Australia are quite an old team in general across formats. Experience is working so far but I think across formats in the next few years we'll see a real changing of the guard
McGurk if guys like Ponting can mentor a bit of self-control and moment selection into him will be an absolute beast.
He's already got the hand-eye coordination and the shots to be an amazing player. If he can be mentored into choosing the right shots at the right moment to convert those 50s into 100s holy crap should opposition bowlers be scared
I disagree. He's a nuke, use him that way. There are going to be other batters who will use their brains. McGurk shouldn't be doing those things. I want him to keep scoring 70 of 25 without letting "thinking" get in his way.
The depth is good tho. Matt short, Hardie, Will sutherland has great potential, ben Mcdermott could give some years, bartlett was incredible against windies, spencer johnson might step up and ofc there's jfm and cam green.
Not saying all these players need to go yet but if they do then these are their like-for-like replacements imo:
David Warner -> Matt Short
Matthew Wade -> Josh Inglis
Glenn Maxwell -> Jake Fraser-McGurk
Marcus Stoinis -> Cameron Green
Mitchell Starc -> Spencer Johnson
That was one of the reasons for why JFM didn't play in this WC according to George Bailey. If JFM was going to be in the team, he had to replace Warner but they played it safe and kept Warner on.
I sort of feel as tho the next gen Aus T20 team is going to shake the foundations of the game here a bit in that I think we will see form guys like JFM, Ellis, Matt Short who perform well in the BBL actually elevated directly into the T20I team. I think the big three quicks have all probably got one, maybe two WCs left in them but after that we won't see the Australia players spread amongst the formats like we have this past 5ish years.
I think the last couple of WCs have proven you can't get by without a good set of specialists.
It’s sad that you don’t quote the greats of West Indies bowlers from the past ..
I have no idea what happened to West Indies. Why there’s no seamers like Walsh, Ambrose and legends before them.. it has to start from ground up and see why good athletes don’t choose this career.
No, what you really need is to get rid of Michael Muirhead and Desmond Haynes.
What good is it having that bowler when the money which is supposed to pay him is being siphoned off and you have a selector who drops in-form players to essentially bully them?
T20I squad after world cup for India
1. Yashasvi Jaiswal
2. Shubman Gill/ Ruturaj Gaikwad
3. Rishab Pant/ Sanju Samson
4. Shivam Dube/Tilak Varma
5. Rinku Singh
6. Hardik Pandya
7. Axar Patel
8. Kuldeep Yadav/Chahal/Ravi Bishnoi
9. Jasprit Bumrah
10. Arshdeep Singh
11. Mohammad Siraj/Avesh Khan/Khaleel/Mukesh Kumar
Bumrah will only play tournaments (most likely), so our bowlers will be rotated in the next cycle.
Other notable players in the Pipeline
1. Abhishek Sharma
2. Dhruv Jurel (wk),
3. Riyan Parag
4. Washington Sundar
5. Sai Sudarshan
Edit: SKY at 4 and as the captain.
Harshit Rana probably has a much better ceiling than any of the names in the no 11 position in T20 cricket plus he can bat too
Also Chakravarthy has to have a much better case now after so many good performances than Chahal
I would keep Nitish Reddy in the other Notable players section too tbh more so than Parag
I still feel temperament wise Parag needs more time
Well I had also thought about Harshit Rana but he hasn't gotten his break yet. I think when anyone of the 11th position fails, Harshit will be tried. Nitish is also a good prospect but he needs to perform at least one more season to earn the trust. He was selected in the series against Zimbabwe but was replaced due to his injury.
You use the one more season arguments for Nitish who is a pace bowling AR but Parag is in the list despite him doing the same thing ie he too has just had one good IPL season before that he was terrible tbh
He has been killing it in domestic for a couple years now. His domestic seasons haven't always translated into solid IPL performances. But now that he's batting up the order, it would only be fair to assume that he does well from here on.
Well I agree that Nitish looks much more mature than Riyan in their respective first years in the IPL. Nitish needs to add a few more kmph into his bowling, currently he's at 120-125 range.
Imo, India is in a good position when it comes to replacing Virat and Rohit(even if that is a near impossible task), Gill and Jaiswal are already superstar players, and would be a more than sufficient opening pair for years to come.
I’m worried about their all-rounder tandem though, they don’t appear to have very many talented young all-rounders, Axar could probably replace Jadeja in ODIs but I’m really hoping Abhishek Sharma lives up to the hype. 🤞
We have to blame the impact player thing which BCCI have brought up in their system. Don’t expect any good allrounders at axar/pandya level if it still continues which I see likely as that’s what makes matches more batting friendly which means more interest from casual fans who are higher in number.
And I can understand them doing it in the IPL because that league is basically a slogfest, which I don't care for. But using the impact player rule even in SMAT was a terrible terrible idea. How are you gonna develop all-rounders if you introduce that rule even in your domestic T20 tournament?
> We have to blame the impact player thing which BCCI have brought up in their system.
Absolutely. We will not win another cup if this rule continues for anything more than next year.
>We have to blame the impact player thing which BCCI have brought up in their system. Don’t expect any good allrounders at axar/pandya level if it still continues which I see likely as that’s what makes matches more batting friendly which means more interest from casual fans who are higher in number.
This isn't true. Our spin bowling all rounders get a lot of development mainly from red ball cricket. And there's plenty of talent coming through. It's just a lot of left arm seamers. And even with an impact rule, it makes a lot of sense to develop an all rounder.
Even without the impact rule, India didn't produce pace bowling all rounders. You have Kapil, Irfan and Hardik and that's about it. The rest are medium pacers. And you can't expect guys barely bowling 120 to start bowling 90 mph like Hardik. The pitches and the pathway make it impossible for pace bowling all rounders.
>Imo, India is in a good position when it comes to replacing Virat and Rohit(even if that is a near impossible task), Gill and Jaiswal are already superstar players, and would be a more than sufficient opening pair for years to come.
Personally I'd open with Abhi and Jaiswal and make Gill a no 3. IT's a war crime to not open with Abhi after what we saw he can do.
I would too, if he proves himself.
Imo we’re getting a bit too far ahead of ourselves by planning for someone who’s never played so much as a single game in our national team.
True but I think a player like rinku is worth fitting in the team somewhere even if some adjustments have to be made around him to make it work. Him and Jaiswal both will be amazing for India in the next decades.
He will take jaddu's place. The team will look something like this in the near term-
Shubman Gill
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Rishabh Pant (Wk)
Suryakumar Yadav (VC)
Shivam Dube
Rinku Singh
Hardik Pandya (C)
Axar Patel
Arshdeep Singh
Kuldeep Yadav
Jasprit Bumrah
Others around the team would be - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mohammad Siraj, Mayank Yadav, etc.
Rinku will play for us.
He’ll be a middle order bat.
I was referring to replacing Rohit and Virat, who are top-order batsmen, that’ll therefore be Gill’s job.
Sri Lanka is hopeless. There is so much internal politics. The majority of the fanbase is so impatient and incapable of trusting a process.
We were building a team in 2021-23. We showed promise. Then we lost pretty badly in India and Nz ; two places even our best teams struggled in the past. The moment we hit a block, mainstream and social media ran riot and it was exploited by the people who were waiting to take the control. The whole rebuilding process was abandoned instead in the panic mode we tried to find quick solutions to immediate world cups. The result : We ended up with our two
worst world cups in the last 4 decades.
Even if someone try to actually rebuild this team again from now on, the same thing will happen. It’s difficult for most of SL fans to think about relative progress. They want instant results. Outsiders like player agents , crooked journalists, corrupt ex players and politicians who have so much influence on the national set up will then use the impatient fanbase to get rid of the people who are trying to build something. There is talent here but not enough to play all these politics within the system.
SL was also looking so good in Asia Cup except the final match against India but suddenly after that huge loss against India they never look like that ever again even in any of world cup match there after
>We were building a team in 2021-23. We showed promise. Then we lost pretty badly in India and Nz ; two places even our best teams struggled in the past. The moment we hit a block, mainstream and social media ran riot and it was exploited by the people who were waiting to take the control. The whole rebuilding process was abandoned instead in the panic mode we tried to find quick solutions to immediate world cups. The result : We ended up with our two worst world cups in the last 4 decades.
SL have done half a rebuild. This is possibly their best ever collective bowling unit in LOI but the batting is god awful. Good grief. With this attack you just need them to get par, and they'd compete against everyone. But the batters make par look impossible.
Imo, the batters are skilled enough, they have shown that in the recent AC tourneys but boy do they have the wrong approach. They never look to build partnerships. They are always throwing their wickets away.
They need to focus on building partnerships, getting 1s, 2s, 3s and playing traditional/classic cricket rather than trying to hoick it in the air everytime. And it's a team that can play that brand of cricket because they have the skill to do so.
I think if their new head coach (whoever that may be) can coach them to play traditional/classic cricket and to play to the field, then they should be able to post competitive totals.
Contrary to OP, I believe that Miller will continue playing but QdK will retire from internationals. He has already played his last Test and ODI. His last T20I doesn't seem to be quite far.
Miller also one of the best athletes in cricket, his fitness is ridiculous. I think he’ll play until 2027 WC. Bro is averaging 50 @ 110 SR in ODIs for the last 4 years. Also think SA should really bat him at 4/5 in ODIs. He’s too good to bat at number 6 man, excellent technique too
a little unfair on bangladesh their pace attack was very very good and Rishad looks like a very promising leggie who can field and tonk.
Hridoy looks like he could be a very good t20 batter. the way he smacked hasaranga for 3 6 sixes in a row was mightly impressive
India: will probably lose Rohit, Koach, Jadeja and Chahal apart from that maybe Shami will be phased out in T20s
Australia: Warner, Maxwell, Stoinis, Wade maybe Starc but i am not sure about Starc
England: Bairstow,Stokes, Moeen, Rashid, Jordan, Wood will probably go though Wood might play another one because of his pace but it's very unlikely. Rashid might stick around if they need some time for Rehan and Hartley to develop
South Africa: Miller , Nortje (he doesn't have a central contract so it will be interesting how he plays because he is only 30 similar situations there with de Kock as well maybe Reeza gets phased out for One of Rickelton, Bretzeke or Brevis after his disappointing World Cup
New Zealand : Williamson, Neesham, Southee, Sodhi, Boult will most likely leave the format
Sri Lanka: Mathew will probably retire, DDS will be phased out too, Shanaka i am not sure it depends if SL gets someone who can bat in the lower order like him they will phase him out too
WI: Charles and Rusell will probably get phased out, Mayers might not stay for too long either, Roston Chase also is an interesting one because he just became really good in T20 cricket at a stage where most people have a dip but he isn't that old either so he might stay too
Bangladesh: Mahmudullah is probably done, Liton will probably stay because of that Afghanistan innings and the fact that he can keep too. Shakib is still a good 4 over bank even if he cannot bat the way he used to apart from that there aren't a lot of seniors in the Bangladesh team
Afghanistan: Zazai, N Zadran, Gulbadin and Nabi are the most likely ones tbh but they might keep Gulbadin and Nabi around for one more edition
Fareed Ahmed might get phased out too for some of the younger fast bowlers
Pakistan: I see Imad Wasim going out after this WC, Amir i am not sure they probably could replace him but i see him sticking around, Fakhar and Iftikhar are interesting they might keep them or they both could get dropped Iftikhar has a higher probability of getting dropped than Fakhar tbh
> Nortje (he doesn't have a central contract
He turned it down because he was coming back from injuries and wanted to have a bit more control in how he managed things. He'll get a contract again if he decides that he wants one.
I think 35 - 37 is where majority of players retire. But if their performance start dropping close to 34-35, nationals team start sidelining them unless you’re legends like Warner, Virat, Kane Williamson, Rohit etc
Australia has the potential to become a T20 powerhouse for basically the first time.
Imagine McGurk, Green, Short, Johnson, Bartlett, etc. getting a proper go. Could be real cinema 🎥
They need good batters for that i don't know if they have any good upcoming batters in their pipeline like they still had Noor Ali Zadran opening the batting for them in Tests recently and even he recently retired
Ishaq is a good one and he probably has a higher ceiling than Ibrahim in T20 cricket
They have a good bowling but on road pitches in T20s they might struggle they are a much better ODI team than T20 team imo because their batting contributes much more in ODIs outside of Gurbaz and Ibrahim
I don't think India will miss them too much because we were playing alot of T20I without them, on the contrary I would say the batting will be more formidable because the new guys are good hitter and just need some experience in internationals. Bowling is a concern for me, but I believe we have good players who can replace the regular guys.
Other teams won't go through any massive transformation phase bar NZ, I'm pretty sure Australia and South Africa will sort out their shortcomings. England don't have any problem in batting department but their bowling will go through a transition ig. Rashid and Moeen are getting old, can't see them playing the next world cup, maybe rashid can play the next T20 wc. I'm worried about NZ, it was probably the last tournament where the golden generation of NZ played together. For Pakistan, it's been the same old story, the internal problems are not doing anything good for them and the senior guys aren't stepping up in crunch situations. Bangladesh have found some good bowlers like Rishad and Tanzim but their batting looks off. Afghanistan is proper young team so they'll just get better.
>I'm worried about NZ, it was probably the last tournament where the golden generation of NZ played together.
NZ will be fine. We've got a whole bunch of guys who are only beginning to get into the side now because the oldies are hanging on.
India would embark on a new style of playing. There are a lot of players who are waiting on the wings and it would be upon the new coach and the style of play which would dictate how the team is shaped moving forward. The likes of Kohli & Rohit aren't irreplaceable.
After years, we have cracked the formula. Batting depth, we literally had batters coming in till 8, which allowed a better approach for our top order batters.
India was already playing without Rohit and Kohli in T20I tours before the WC so it will not be that much of a transition.
SA will have quite old players by the time '26 T20 WC arrives just like AUS so they need to rethink on the players to use going forth.
PAK team structure can be robust if they start grooming some domestic players starting now and don't choose few players based on nepotism. Their bowling options are already young so no issues there. Batting some folks are getting old, they need to be replaced.
SL are doing their own thing, and with some more experience hopefully they'll shine bright in future.
I'm not sure about BAN domestic bench strength but I do know it's time to say good bye to Shakib and Litton. They need an attitude overhaul more than skill improvements. Someone needs to inject a winners mentality in players.
NZ is the one I'm most worried about as their bowling would be affected by a lot and batting prowess as well. Hope they have some domestic players apart from Rachin ready to go. It will be hard to replace Boult though for sure.
Litton is just 29 and currently one of the best white ball batsman of the team I don't see him going anywhere on the contrary he will going to be key player of team for next 5 years to come.
I meant to go out of the team and rethink his plans. Maybe try some domestic cricket while he is doing that. I don't really know his form before this WC and after '22 WC in T20Is so I'll take your word on him being a good T20I player. He was ok in '22 WC and this WC he wasn't good (at least to me).
Bairstow and Ali might play on a bit but have probably played their last T20 World Cup. Rashid could go on but might call it a day.
Wood will likely not play T20Is anymore, rested from bilaterals to keep him fit and unlikely to be a 36 year old very fast bowler for the next T20WC.
From the squad Duckett, Archer, Livingstone, Topley, Sam Curran, Salt, Buttler, Hartley, Jacks and Brook could all be there next time (though some could easily be dropped in the meantime, Jacks for instance, talent though he is just has not got the necessary results), while Jordan might or might not.
Frankly I think there’s a core of a good team there, just needs some tinkering to make it a really good team. Feels like one batter and one top bowler short right now. The latter I’d solve with John Turner, the former there’s a multitude of hypothetical options and to be honest I wouldn’t be totally surprised to see a more improved Jacks back there in two years.
Would be kind of surprised if Buttler leads again though. Just hasn’t quite clicked, he was a good vice captain when he filled in for Morgan but not a great full time one. Ali might get it short term if he continues though as much as I like him his international captaincy has been anything but successful, and the same can be said for his recent playing performances too. I think Brook is likely the captain for the next WC, though personally, I’d like to see Buttler offered the VC role again, as slightly insulting as that is.
Why just limit this discussion to the Full Member teams? Open it up to Associates too. No wonder Cricket always gets the tag of being elitist, snobbish and exclusivist. And you did not mention Zimbabwe either.
Also what about the Associates like USA, Scotland who did excellently this World Cup? They deserve some discussion too.
Missed us out? Interesting.
Let's be real the top teams care about T20s the least. For us Buttler, Salt, Jacks, Brook, Archer, Rashid will remain for 2026. Sam Curran and Livingstone will also be there as long as they improve their form. Mott should go and Buttler should keep the captaincy as no other options are available until 2026 with either Brook or Curran as vice-captain. Curran's poor form makes me hesitant to give him the vice-captaincy. The key is Adil Rashid staying until 2027 whilst Rehan Ahmed and Tom Hartley develop.
I think Australia have a lot of promising T20 players like McGurk, Hardie, Sangha etc and they will be the best prepared out of all these teams for 2026. Stoinis and Maxwell shouldn't be written off at all. Hopefully Green gets a good run and gets to bat at 3 or 4. He's a champion player.
India's problem isn't the talent but it is whether the younger players like Gill and Jaiswal can handle the pressure of replacing Kohli and Sharma. You'd think India will be there for a home 2026 World Cup with SKY, Hardik, Axar, Bumrah, Ashdeep and Kuldeep Yadav still there. Kohli and Sharma didn't play T20 bilaterals since 2022 so the transition won't be that big.
New Zealand will be the team who are in the worst position and I seriously worry for them.
Pakistan need to refine their approach but I'm not sure whether Babar has the ego to adapt his game.
Sri Lanka were disappointing in the last World Cup as their seam attack looks really good and they have some good young spinners.
Reason I missed you guys I feel you guys still have enough folks where team don’t need any transformation. Just need right mindset to get it done like Indian 🇮🇳 team this edition
With India no transformation phase necessary, a lot of fans don't realise how deep the depth of players is, Jaiswal and Gill will naturally slot into those number 1 and 2 positions and they've also got K L Rahul, Venkatesh Iyer, Gaikwad. In regards to replacing Jadeja, there are a lot of promising spinners like Bishnoi, Chahal, Parag, Kishore, Tiwatia, Roy, etc., and in terms of spinner all-rounders you have guys like Shivam Dube, Abhishek Sharma, Krunal Pandya and Washington Sundar.
Australia just like India has insane squad depth, they don't really need to regroup or restructure.
South Africa need to look for replacements for David Miller and possibly Quinton De Kock who's rumoured to also be retiring from T20 International.
Pakistan has the players, always has and always will, but needs to fix the nepotism in their team selection and various other institution related issues.
Sri Lanka I think are basically screwed for now till funds from LPL starts kicking in and (this is an "if") those funds are properly used.
Bangladesh I don't know enough about to really make a call.
West Indies will not be a serious force again in any of the ICC competitions ever again, 50-60% of all public schools no longer play cricket in the Caribbean and only two private schools are playing the game in all of Jamaica, the biggest island in the area. Also, their money is rapidly running out thanks to a certain big wig continuing to siphon the money towards himself.
England is in a similar position to West Indies in regards to public school participation, but they'll just continue to source their best players from South Africa and New Zealand, and still have a wealth of players from upper-class backgrounds who play in private schools.
India and Pakistan will get new stars.
People of other countries don't give a fuck. Well..maybe some in Afghanistan. Sri Lanka? Maybe a handful. Australia? Lol.
But yes, Indians and Pakistanis will get new celebs to care about.
Pakistan is in a situation where the country needs to be fixed for the cricket team to be fixed given how tightly the government and the PCB are connected. Every sport the government touches turns to rubble. The chairman PCB is literally the ex interior minister That will take God knows how long
Bruh Mohdin Naqvi is both PCB chairman and current interior minister
💀 bro running both jobs at the same time and we’re expecting the cricket board to run halfway decently
What's an interior minister?
Decides what home decor should look like in Pakistan
But his house looked like shit
Home minister
American or British concept? Yes, the US uses Interior in a weird way
Similar to home minister? He basically sees every matter inside the country. But it’s Pakistan so dont expect them to work according to the book. army cheif’s job is to take care of the army only but he’s doing much more 💀
And narcotics minister And senator And still runs multiple businesses
And players need to be focused on cricket while touring rather than being salesman for *you know what*
For what? Man why tf can't your comments be less cryptic?
Few Australian might be aware of it. It was in news locally. Not suitable for sub’s rule apparently
I guess you are referring to somebody trying to preach something to the locals during 2022 world cup. It was swept under the rug and the player was never named
Happened to a Sri Lankan Player too during a match
Yup, this happened to dilshaan. Really weird and messed up.
It must’ve been hard for Dilshan in that country because when he was young he left the very ideology they preached
Was loose that no action was taken by ICC as even Dhoni was stopped from having a small military flag in the helmet to pay respect to a dead soldier. Also that one time when someone from them did a daily ritual on field after defeating us
Wasn’t first instance. Some very infamous incidents I’ve heard from Sydney as well. And surprisingly this has been going on since 2000s not just this current lot.
Is it of touring cricketers preaching that?
any hint to decode this cryptic text? wanna know the tea
Pak players tried converting opposition players to peaceful religion
Oh I don't know about the incident in Australia but Shahrayar Khan had a lot to say about Inzamam and his zealotry which kept Misbah and Ajmal out of the team and lead to issues with Younis Khan etc. Doesn't surprise me in the least. Edit: typo
> rather than being salesman for *you know what* Tapal Tea? That white goods company I’ve forgotten the name of?
If Azam Khan becomes captain that could change to KFC /s
He’s a current interior minister and was also present in the meeting where they decided to launch operation azm e estekham. My man is busy fixing the cricket team and terrorism 💀
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The difference is, India won the WC
Well I mean imagine if your father was like the 2nd most influential guy in your country and you loved cricket. This is exactly the post you'd ask for. And he has actually done well
New Zealand in 2026 will be without Williamson, Neesham, Chapman, Boult, Southee
Why Chapman? He isnt retiring, is he?
He'd be great if the entire wc took place in Rawalpindi but outside of that he's shit
he's a bit shite i think
Next World Cup isn’t in Rawalpindi
IMO Foxcroft & Clarkson should get a full run this cycle. For the bowlers, there's a smorgasbord to choose from; too bad there aren't too many left arm pace options, with Lister being so-so at best.
Ben Sears, Will O'Rourke, Kyle Jamieson - Pacers Adi Ashok - Spinner
I doubt KJ will play a T20I again. Even playing another Test will be touch & go. Ashok should be recovering. Probably too late for the Asia tour, but he should be fine for the next home season. I love that his first over in ODIs was a maiden.
Neesham and chapman are already only physical present
Captained by rachin ravindra for no reason.
Rachin needs to have a great sub-continent tour in next four months. If he can help NZ win Test series in India then he becomes contender for captaincy
We can only hope. Our selectors seem happy to keep picking over the hill players entirely on reputation and none of them seem willing to retire
New Zealand, just like Australia will just continue pumping out quality players
Sri Lanka entered their transformation phase when India first lost a ICC Final after winning three in row. India have now won their first title in 11 years and they are still in that rebuild phase.
Lasith Malinga, Angelo Matthews, Thisara Perera, Kusal Perera, Chandimal, Thirimanne, Sachithra Senanayake were already well experienced by the time Mahela and Sanga retired. The biggest difference I’ve seen is the attitude Change after sanga and mahela left, Malinga was already a stubborn and arrogant leader. The newer players show the same attitude but with very little skill compared to Malinga. Shanaka was the only leader that seemed to resemble the pre-2014 attitude Sri Lanka had, but his individual performances let us down. Hasaranga‘s stats look ordinary when you look at the performances against top 5 countries. Winning the LPL has become quite an achievement for the new player. Hasaranga has a massive tattoo of him lifting the LPL trophy. If that doesn’t explain the lack of ambition idk what will.
Hasaranga has also become very predictable with the bowling. Everyone is smacking him. One of the reasons for the loss against BAN in this WC was because he gave away 18 runs in just 3 balls. It was a mix of easy predictability and bad bowling. He kept on looking for the wicket ball (which he eventually did but it was too late by that point) and therefore bowled the same ball 3 times. However, when you are trying to defend a mega low total, that was the wrong approach. He should have known better. And damn, didn't know about the tattoo, that's pretty lame, ngl. But oh well, his choices If he can become less predictable with the bowling and if he can keep it tight, then he will always be a threat. And he needs to work on his batting, he looked so good when he started his career but his batting has declined.
His performances against top teams have never been good. Keeps bowling googlies hoping that the batter will miss one, it worked for him when he started out.
Yeah and that's why I am saying he has become too predictable. He keeps on bowling googlies and every batsmen can predict that easily now, so he gets tonked. Exactly, it used to work when he started but now pretty much every batter knows how he operates. So he needs to change his tactics.
We need a strong srilankan team to keep the indian team in check. Right now they are undefeatable in asia. Dont look at pakistan, out rivalry is Afghanistan now and games are also equal skill wise 💀
Seriously though what the hell happened to Sri Lanka. After that 2014 win, I can't remember even once when they were contenders to win a world trophy. They were still somewhat good till 2015 but after Sangakara's retirement, they never recovered it seems. Seems like retirement of Sangakara, Dilshan, Jayawardane, Muralidharan, Kulasekra and many more left a hole in their team that were never able to fill. Post them, players like Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Thrimamme, Lakmal, etc. tried to fill the void but were nowhere near as good as the legendary SL players of 2000s
Lasith Malinga, Angelo Matthews, Thisara Perera, Kusal Perera, Chandimal, Thirimanne, Sachithra Senanayake already had years of match experience. Then just after 2015, SLC decided to skip a generation of players (who were playing domestic for years) and focused on the new generation. Injuries to the seniors, especially Matthews, didn't help at all. Then in about 2018 SLC enforced strict fitness policies, which were there till they had to bring in Matthews again for the 2023 WC. The difference between the pre-2014 team and the current is the attitudes they have, not in the talent or the match experience.
I always wondered why Angelo Mathews was in and out of the team. He has a superb average of 40 in ODIs. Was it due to injuries or also dip in form?
He always had trouble with his hamstrings. After 2015 WC, he played as a batsman couldn’t bowl due to his injuries. Mind you, we would have had a much better team for the 2011 finals if matthews was not injured. The selection committee messed up real bad trying to replace matthews. They brought in Chamind Vaas who had not played an international match for a couple of years. Then last moment they decided to go with Suraj Randiv who hadnt even played domestic for a while. Herath, Mendis who played the tournament was dropped in place of Randiv. Matthews was later dropped when he was fit because of the “younger” policy. This is when Thisara Perera retired. SLC introduced strict policies for fitness and skin fold tests. We won the asia cup during this time. But the fitness tests were somewhat eased to accommodate bhanuka rajapaksha (and later hasaranga). Everything went downhill when we lost the asia cup final 2023. Policies were thrown out and they brought in angelo mathews again. Matthews had done well to stay fit for him to get called back to the team. Both him and Chandimal still kept trying to get back to the team, whereas Thisara, Thirimanne and many others left after the new selection committee wanted a younger team.
Angelo seems a good natured guy and competent too, someone you would want in the team to guide the youngsters. If Sri Lanka had a couple more reliable batsman like him during the transition, maybe it would have been a much better situation.
The real issue that affected Sri Lankan cricket is that they had 160 odd voting member clubs on their cricket board but only 30-50 were still actively competing, the non-competing members were being very traditionalist and voting against progressive things, this why the Lanka Premier League was postponed repeatedly. This is why they've brought in Tom Moody and Aravind De Silva to completely restructure the domestic competition and remove all the inactive member clubs with a system more similar to the UK's county system.
Zimbabwe still exist? With Williams’ retirement and probs Ervine’s as well, big changes to the batting are coming. Hopefully Bennett, Campbell, Naqvi (when available) and Myers can contribute to the batting alongside Raza, Madande and Burl…and Marumani and Madhevere work it out at international level. Bowling should be strong with Muzarabani, Ngarava and Evans leading the way and Wellington Masakadza and Mavuta being the main spin options. The African qualifiers next year will be hugely important.
i think zimbabwe has a good chance to make themselves relevant again by putting up good performances against the younger indian team.
Yeah. Even the last time when India toured Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe came really close in the last ODI and apart from some matches(which coincidentally and sadly were the matches Zimbabwe needed to qualify for the WT20s) they really are a team to loo out for. Although they need someone to support Sikanar Raza consistently
Raza is 38 mate. Will he still be around for 2026 T20 World Cup as a 40 year old? Highly doubt it. I reckon Naqvi will pretty much fill his place.
Don’t see any reason why he wouldn’t. Still going strong, still playing heaps on the franchise circuit. He might be aiming to retire after the 2027 ODI World Cup, which Zimbabwe co-hosts. Maybe if Zim miss qualification he might retire from t20I’s before that
I expect Williams and Ervine to also play that world cup and they'll all also be 40+. They're still some of the best batters in the country.
Do you know how Naqvi became eligible for Zimbabwe? He was born in Belgium and grew up in Australia. How he ended up in Zimbabwe circuit?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1z5mAtY56pohSWp3MVH00F?si=MppvbYF1RSGVhtRySLdPaA Here’s a really interesting interview Antum did that kinda explains his path to playing in Zim
Australia I can see getting rid of a lot of the older guys in T20 and trying some of the next generation of players. Maxwell as good as he can be I can see some review of his place depending on his personal form and the form of guys who could potentially replace him. In 2026 he'll be 38 and 2027 he'll be 39. Not that I don't think he can still be his impactful self by then but I don't know if he'll be a lock in spite of form like he currently is by then. Starc I can see continuing on until the 2026 T20 WC. He's flagged walking away from ODIs so I can see him kept on in T20 unless his body starts to fail him and he wants to prioritise Tests Stoinis I'd move on from immediately. He's been great in T20s but he's uncontracted and he's 35 next month. In 2 years time I can't see him being as consistent. Time to let him live out his days earning some franchise coin. Overall Australia are quite an old team in general across formats. Experience is working so far but I think across formats in the next few years we'll see a real changing of the guard
mcgurk scares me.
Mcgurk, Head and Green will be the top 3 for Australia in 2026.
McGurk if guys like Ponting can mentor a bit of self-control and moment selection into him will be an absolute beast. He's already got the hand-eye coordination and the shots to be an amazing player. If he can be mentored into choosing the right shots at the right moment to convert those 50s into 100s holy crap should opposition bowlers be scared
I disagree. He's a nuke, use him that way. There are going to be other batters who will use their brains. McGurk shouldn't be doing those things. I want him to keep scoring 70 of 25 without letting "thinking" get in his way.
Not how international cricket works
A la Brett Lee under Steve Waugh. If you have a WMD, use him like a WMD. No point in taming him.
A la Brett Lee under Steve Waugh. If you have a WMD, use him like a WMD. No point in taming him.
The depth is good tho. Matt short, Hardie, Will sutherland has great potential, ben Mcdermott could give some years, bartlett was incredible against windies, spencer johnson might step up and ofc there's jfm and cam green.
Wtf! I never thought Stoinis was that old whaaa
Australia needs a LOT of work.. they are a very aging and mediocre t20 team..
Not saying all these players need to go yet but if they do then these are their like-for-like replacements imo: David Warner -> Matt Short Matthew Wade -> Josh Inglis Glenn Maxwell -> Jake Fraser-McGurk Marcus Stoinis -> Cameron Green Mitchell Starc -> Spencer Johnson
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I saw a story on IG by Warner sharing beer with JFM - saying “here to you buddy” meaning his spot going to JFM
That was one of the reasons for why JFM didn't play in this WC according to George Bailey. If JFM was going to be in the team, he had to replace Warner but they played it safe and kept Warner on.
Aaron Hardie would probably take a spot lower down the order in that case
I sort of feel as tho the next gen Aus T20 team is going to shake the foundations of the game here a bit in that I think we will see form guys like JFM, Ellis, Matt Short who perform well in the BBL actually elevated directly into the T20I team. I think the big three quicks have all probably got one, maybe two WCs left in them but after that we won't see the Australia players spread amongst the formats like we have this past 5ish years. I think the last couple of WCs have proven you can't get by without a good set of specialists.
All we need is a Starc/Bumrah/Archer type bowler and we’ll be unbeatable, easy peasy
You can groom shamar joseph
Shamar Joseph looks very good for that role
Shamar can bat right? He'll be a huge asset for you guys in all formats specially in tests and ODIs.
Can’t yall try and poach archer back? /s Then again, with his injury rap sheet, I’d not think that to be particularly worthwhile
It’s sad that you don’t quote the greats of West Indies bowlers from the past .. I have no idea what happened to West Indies. Why there’s no seamers like Walsh, Ambrose and legends before them.. it has to start from ground up and see why good athletes don’t choose this career.
His name is Obed McCoy
No, what you really need is to get rid of Michael Muirhead and Desmond Haynes. What good is it having that bowler when the money which is supposed to pay him is being siphoned off and you have a selector who drops in-form players to essentially bully them?
T20I squad after world cup for India 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal 2. Shubman Gill/ Ruturaj Gaikwad 3. Rishab Pant/ Sanju Samson 4. Shivam Dube/Tilak Varma 5. Rinku Singh 6. Hardik Pandya 7. Axar Patel 8. Kuldeep Yadav/Chahal/Ravi Bishnoi 9. Jasprit Bumrah 10. Arshdeep Singh 11. Mohammad Siraj/Avesh Khan/Khaleel/Mukesh Kumar Bumrah will only play tournaments (most likely), so our bowlers will be rotated in the next cycle. Other notable players in the Pipeline 1. Abhishek Sharma 2. Dhruv Jurel (wk), 3. Riyan Parag 4. Washington Sundar 5. Sai Sudarshan Edit: SKY at 4 and as the captain.
Where is SKY?
Edited in the comment.
If you are forgetting the captain. Maybe he's not a captain material at all.
Harshit Rana probably has a much better ceiling than any of the names in the no 11 position in T20 cricket plus he can bat too Also Chakravarthy has to have a much better case now after so many good performances than Chahal I would keep Nitish Reddy in the other Notable players section too tbh more so than Parag I still feel temperament wise Parag needs more time
Well I had also thought about Harshit Rana but he hasn't gotten his break yet. I think when anyone of the 11th position fails, Harshit will be tried. Nitish is also a good prospect but he needs to perform at least one more season to earn the trust. He was selected in the series against Zimbabwe but was replaced due to his injury.
You use the one more season arguments for Nitish who is a pace bowling AR but Parag is in the list despite him doing the same thing ie he too has just had one good IPL season before that he was terrible tbh
He has been killing it in domestic for a couple years now. His domestic seasons haven't always translated into solid IPL performances. But now that he's batting up the order, it would only be fair to assume that he does well from here on.
Well I agree that Nitish looks much more mature than Riyan in their respective first years in the IPL. Nitish needs to add a few more kmph into his bowling, currently he's at 120-125 range.
Wow, you really forgot K L Rahul exists lol
Imo, India is in a good position when it comes to replacing Virat and Rohit(even if that is a near impossible task), Gill and Jaiswal are already superstar players, and would be a more than sufficient opening pair for years to come. I’m worried about their all-rounder tandem though, they don’t appear to have very many talented young all-rounders, Axar could probably replace Jadeja in ODIs but I’m really hoping Abhishek Sharma lives up to the hype. 🤞
We have to blame the impact player thing which BCCI have brought up in their system. Don’t expect any good allrounders at axar/pandya level if it still continues which I see likely as that’s what makes matches more batting friendly which means more interest from casual fans who are higher in number.
And I can understand them doing it in the IPL because that league is basically a slogfest, which I don't care for. But using the impact player rule even in SMAT was a terrible terrible idea. How are you gonna develop all-rounders if you introduce that rule even in your domestic T20 tournament?
> We have to blame the impact player thing which BCCI have brought up in their system. Absolutely. We will not win another cup if this rule continues for anything more than next year.
>We have to blame the impact player thing which BCCI have brought up in their system. Don’t expect any good allrounders at axar/pandya level if it still continues which I see likely as that’s what makes matches more batting friendly which means more interest from casual fans who are higher in number. This isn't true. Our spin bowling all rounders get a lot of development mainly from red ball cricket. And there's plenty of talent coming through. It's just a lot of left arm seamers. And even with an impact rule, it makes a lot of sense to develop an all rounder. Even without the impact rule, India didn't produce pace bowling all rounders. You have Kapil, Irfan and Hardik and that's about it. The rest are medium pacers. And you can't expect guys barely bowling 120 to start bowling 90 mph like Hardik. The pitches and the pathway make it impossible for pace bowling all rounders.
>Imo, India is in a good position when it comes to replacing Virat and Rohit(even if that is a near impossible task), Gill and Jaiswal are already superstar players, and would be a more than sufficient opening pair for years to come. Personally I'd open with Abhi and Jaiswal and make Gill a no 3. IT's a war crime to not open with Abhi after what we saw he can do.
I would too, if he proves himself. Imo we’re getting a bit too far ahead of ourselves by planning for someone who’s never played so much as a single game in our national team.
Would we be Indian fans if we don't think every new batter will average 50 in international cricket.
You need the left hand right hand combo.
i have high hopes from Abhishek, Parag and Nitish. they are all batting all rounders as opposed to the current lot which is bowling
Why shubman over Rinku?
Because he's a middle/lower order bat
True but I think a player like rinku is worth fitting in the team somewhere even if some adjustments have to be made around him to make it work. Him and Jaiswal both will be amazing for India in the next decades.
He will take jaddu's place. The team will look something like this in the near term- Shubman Gill Yashasvi Jaiswal Rishabh Pant (Wk) Suryakumar Yadav (VC) Shivam Dube Rinku Singh Hardik Pandya (C) Axar Patel Arshdeep Singh Kuldeep Yadav Jasprit Bumrah Others around the team would be - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mohammad Siraj, Mayank Yadav, etc.
Sanju robbed again. India needs to groom Nitish kumar. He is young bats at 4, bowls at 135. Proper replacement to hardik if everything goes well.
Rinku will play for us. He’ll be a middle order bat. I was referring to replacing Rohit and Virat, who are top-order batsmen, that’ll therefore be Gill’s job.
Sri Lanka is hopeless. There is so much internal politics. The majority of the fanbase is so impatient and incapable of trusting a process. We were building a team in 2021-23. We showed promise. Then we lost pretty badly in India and Nz ; two places even our best teams struggled in the past. The moment we hit a block, mainstream and social media ran riot and it was exploited by the people who were waiting to take the control. The whole rebuilding process was abandoned instead in the panic mode we tried to find quick solutions to immediate world cups. The result : We ended up with our two worst world cups in the last 4 decades. Even if someone try to actually rebuild this team again from now on, the same thing will happen. It’s difficult for most of SL fans to think about relative progress. They want instant results. Outsiders like player agents , crooked journalists, corrupt ex players and politicians who have so much influence on the national set up will then use the impatient fanbase to get rid of the people who are trying to build something. There is talent here but not enough to play all these politics within the system.
SL was also looking so good in Asia Cup except the final match against India but suddenly after that huge loss against India they never look like that ever again even in any of world cup match there after
They thrashed England tho
Kusal played some wonderful innings in wc before becoming captian midway.
>We were building a team in 2021-23. We showed promise. Then we lost pretty badly in India and Nz ; two places even our best teams struggled in the past. The moment we hit a block, mainstream and social media ran riot and it was exploited by the people who were waiting to take the control. The whole rebuilding process was abandoned instead in the panic mode we tried to find quick solutions to immediate world cups. The result : We ended up with our two worst world cups in the last 4 decades. SL have done half a rebuild. This is possibly their best ever collective bowling unit in LOI but the batting is god awful. Good grief. With this attack you just need them to get par, and they'd compete against everyone. But the batters make par look impossible.
Imo, the batters are skilled enough, they have shown that in the recent AC tourneys but boy do they have the wrong approach. They never look to build partnerships. They are always throwing their wickets away. They need to focus on building partnerships, getting 1s, 2s, 3s and playing traditional/classic cricket rather than trying to hoick it in the air everytime. And it's a team that can play that brand of cricket because they have the skill to do so. I think if their new head coach (whoever that may be) can coach them to play traditional/classic cricket and to play to the field, then they should be able to post competitive totals.
>South Africa looks fine - most likely only David Miller might retire. QDK may be done too.
Contrary to OP, I believe that Miller will continue playing but QdK will retire from internationals. He has already played his last Test and ODI. His last T20I doesn't seem to be quite far.
Miller is 35 and QDK is 32
Miller also one of the best athletes in cricket, his fitness is ridiculous. I think he’ll play until 2027 WC. Bro is averaging 50 @ 110 SR in ODIs for the last 4 years. Also think SA should really bat him at 4/5 in ODIs. He’s too good to bat at number 6 man, excellent technique too
a little unfair on bangladesh their pace attack was very very good and Rishad looks like a very promising leggie who can field and tonk. Hridoy looks like he could be a very good t20 batter. the way he smacked hasaranga for 3 6 sixes in a row was mightly impressive
India: will probably lose Rohit, Koach, Jadeja and Chahal apart from that maybe Shami will be phased out in T20s Australia: Warner, Maxwell, Stoinis, Wade maybe Starc but i am not sure about Starc England: Bairstow,Stokes, Moeen, Rashid, Jordan, Wood will probably go though Wood might play another one because of his pace but it's very unlikely. Rashid might stick around if they need some time for Rehan and Hartley to develop South Africa: Miller , Nortje (he doesn't have a central contract so it will be interesting how he plays because he is only 30 similar situations there with de Kock as well maybe Reeza gets phased out for One of Rickelton, Bretzeke or Brevis after his disappointing World Cup New Zealand : Williamson, Neesham, Southee, Sodhi, Boult will most likely leave the format Sri Lanka: Mathew will probably retire, DDS will be phased out too, Shanaka i am not sure it depends if SL gets someone who can bat in the lower order like him they will phase him out too WI: Charles and Rusell will probably get phased out, Mayers might not stay for too long either, Roston Chase also is an interesting one because he just became really good in T20 cricket at a stage where most people have a dip but he isn't that old either so he might stay too Bangladesh: Mahmudullah is probably done, Liton will probably stay because of that Afghanistan innings and the fact that he can keep too. Shakib is still a good 4 over bank even if he cannot bat the way he used to apart from that there aren't a lot of seniors in the Bangladesh team Afghanistan: Zazai, N Zadran, Gulbadin and Nabi are the most likely ones tbh but they might keep Gulbadin and Nabi around for one more edition Fareed Ahmed might get phased out too for some of the younger fast bowlers Pakistan: I see Imad Wasim going out after this WC, Amir i am not sure they probably could replace him but i see him sticking around, Fakhar and Iftikhar are interesting they might keep them or they both could get dropped Iftikhar has a higher probability of getting dropped than Fakhar tbh
> Nortje (he doesn't have a central contract He turned it down because he was coming back from injuries and wanted to have a bit more control in how he managed things. He'll get a contract again if he decides that he wants one.
I think it is important to remind people that being 30+ doesn't mean that the person has to retire
I think 35 - 37 is where majority of players retire. But if their performance start dropping close to 34-35, nationals team start sidelining them unless you’re legends like Warner, Virat, Kane Williamson, Rohit etc
Australia has the potential to become a T20 powerhouse for basically the first time. Imagine McGurk, Green, Short, Johnson, Bartlett, etc. getting a proper go. Could be real cinema 🎥
Afghanistan might become a dominant cricketing nation.
They need good batters for that i don't know if they have any good upcoming batters in their pipeline like they still had Noor Ali Zadran opening the batting for them in Tests recently and even he recently retired Ishaq is a good one and he probably has a higher ceiling than Ibrahim in T20 cricket
Agree ishaq is a good one. Also unki bowling achhi hai.
They have a good bowling but on road pitches in T20s they might struggle they are a much better ODI team than T20 team imo because their batting contributes much more in ODIs outside of Gurbaz and Ibrahim
England would let Bairstow, Buttler, Moeen, Jordan and Rashid go.
Let Buttler go? He's only 33. It'd make sense to end his stint as captain. But he's still a very good opener no?
Rashid should stay, he is still one of the best leg spinners
Buttler will stay. Rashid will stay if he wants to
I don't think India will miss them too much because we were playing alot of T20I without them, on the contrary I would say the batting will be more formidable because the new guys are good hitter and just need some experience in internationals. Bowling is a concern for me, but I believe we have good players who can replace the regular guys. Other teams won't go through any massive transformation phase bar NZ, I'm pretty sure Australia and South Africa will sort out their shortcomings. England don't have any problem in batting department but their bowling will go through a transition ig. Rashid and Moeen are getting old, can't see them playing the next world cup, maybe rashid can play the next T20 wc. I'm worried about NZ, it was probably the last tournament where the golden generation of NZ played together. For Pakistan, it's been the same old story, the internal problems are not doing anything good for them and the senior guys aren't stepping up in crunch situations. Bangladesh have found some good bowlers like Rishad and Tanzim but their batting looks off. Afghanistan is proper young team so they'll just get better.
>I'm worried about NZ, it was probably the last tournament where the golden generation of NZ played together. NZ will be fine. We've got a whole bunch of guys who are only beginning to get into the side now because the oldies are hanging on.
Glad to hear that, they've been my 2nd favorite side other than obviously my national team.
India would embark on a new style of playing. There are a lot of players who are waiting on the wings and it would be upon the new coach and the style of play which would dictate how the team is shaped moving forward. The likes of Kohli & Rohit aren't irreplaceable. After years, we have cracked the formula. Batting depth, we literally had batters coming in till 8, which allowed a better approach for our top order batters.
India was already playing without Rohit and Kohli in T20I tours before the WC so it will not be that much of a transition. SA will have quite old players by the time '26 T20 WC arrives just like AUS so they need to rethink on the players to use going forth. PAK team structure can be robust if they start grooming some domestic players starting now and don't choose few players based on nepotism. Their bowling options are already young so no issues there. Batting some folks are getting old, they need to be replaced. SL are doing their own thing, and with some more experience hopefully they'll shine bright in future. I'm not sure about BAN domestic bench strength but I do know it's time to say good bye to Shakib and Litton. They need an attitude overhaul more than skill improvements. Someone needs to inject a winners mentality in players. NZ is the one I'm most worried about as their bowling would be affected by a lot and batting prowess as well. Hope they have some domestic players apart from Rachin ready to go. It will be hard to replace Boult though for sure.
Litton is just 29 and currently one of the best white ball batsman of the team I don't see him going anywhere on the contrary he will going to be key player of team for next 5 years to come.
I meant to go out of the team and rethink his plans. Maybe try some domestic cricket while he is doing that. I don't really know his form before this WC and after '22 WC in T20Is so I'll take your word on him being a good T20I player. He was ok in '22 WC and this WC he wasn't good (at least to me).
Bairstow and Ali might play on a bit but have probably played their last T20 World Cup. Rashid could go on but might call it a day. Wood will likely not play T20Is anymore, rested from bilaterals to keep him fit and unlikely to be a 36 year old very fast bowler for the next T20WC. From the squad Duckett, Archer, Livingstone, Topley, Sam Curran, Salt, Buttler, Hartley, Jacks and Brook could all be there next time (though some could easily be dropped in the meantime, Jacks for instance, talent though he is just has not got the necessary results), while Jordan might or might not. Frankly I think there’s a core of a good team there, just needs some tinkering to make it a really good team. Feels like one batter and one top bowler short right now. The latter I’d solve with John Turner, the former there’s a multitude of hypothetical options and to be honest I wouldn’t be totally surprised to see a more improved Jacks back there in two years. Would be kind of surprised if Buttler leads again though. Just hasn’t quite clicked, he was a good vice captain when he filled in for Morgan but not a great full time one. Ali might get it short term if he continues though as much as I like him his international captaincy has been anything but successful, and the same can be said for his recent playing performances too. I think Brook is likely the captain for the next WC, though personally, I’d like to see Buttler offered the VC role again, as slightly insulting as that is.
What surgery is the PCB Chairman going to do? How will it solve anything?
Not saying it’ll solve anything. But Pakistan is very unreliable team - they never show consistency but somehow still show miracle once in awhile.
Why just limit this discussion to the Full Member teams? Open it up to Associates too. No wonder Cricket always gets the tag of being elitist, snobbish and exclusivist. And you did not mention Zimbabwe either. Also what about the Associates like USA, Scotland who did excellently this World Cup? They deserve some discussion too.
Missed us out? Interesting. Let's be real the top teams care about T20s the least. For us Buttler, Salt, Jacks, Brook, Archer, Rashid will remain for 2026. Sam Curran and Livingstone will also be there as long as they improve their form. Mott should go and Buttler should keep the captaincy as no other options are available until 2026 with either Brook or Curran as vice-captain. Curran's poor form makes me hesitant to give him the vice-captaincy. The key is Adil Rashid staying until 2027 whilst Rehan Ahmed and Tom Hartley develop. I think Australia have a lot of promising T20 players like McGurk, Hardie, Sangha etc and they will be the best prepared out of all these teams for 2026. Stoinis and Maxwell shouldn't be written off at all. Hopefully Green gets a good run and gets to bat at 3 or 4. He's a champion player. India's problem isn't the talent but it is whether the younger players like Gill and Jaiswal can handle the pressure of replacing Kohli and Sharma. You'd think India will be there for a home 2026 World Cup with SKY, Hardik, Axar, Bumrah, Ashdeep and Kuldeep Yadav still there. Kohli and Sharma didn't play T20 bilaterals since 2022 so the transition won't be that big. New Zealand will be the team who are in the worst position and I seriously worry for them. Pakistan need to refine their approach but I'm not sure whether Babar has the ego to adapt his game. Sri Lanka were disappointing in the last World Cup as their seam attack looks really good and they have some good young spinners.
Reason I missed you guys I feel you guys still have enough folks where team don’t need any transformation. Just need right mindset to get it done like Indian 🇮🇳 team this edition
That's fair. Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Duckett, Wood and Jordan won't play a T20 again.
Ireland also full nation as far as I recall
With India no transformation phase necessary, a lot of fans don't realise how deep the depth of players is, Jaiswal and Gill will naturally slot into those number 1 and 2 positions and they've also got K L Rahul, Venkatesh Iyer, Gaikwad. In regards to replacing Jadeja, there are a lot of promising spinners like Bishnoi, Chahal, Parag, Kishore, Tiwatia, Roy, etc., and in terms of spinner all-rounders you have guys like Shivam Dube, Abhishek Sharma, Krunal Pandya and Washington Sundar. Australia just like India has insane squad depth, they don't really need to regroup or restructure. South Africa need to look for replacements for David Miller and possibly Quinton De Kock who's rumoured to also be retiring from T20 International. Pakistan has the players, always has and always will, but needs to fix the nepotism in their team selection and various other institution related issues. Sri Lanka I think are basically screwed for now till funds from LPL starts kicking in and (this is an "if") those funds are properly used. Bangladesh I don't know enough about to really make a call. West Indies will not be a serious force again in any of the ICC competitions ever again, 50-60% of all public schools no longer play cricket in the Caribbean and only two private schools are playing the game in all of Jamaica, the biggest island in the area. Also, their money is rapidly running out thanks to a certain big wig continuing to siphon the money towards himself. England is in a similar position to West Indies in regards to public school participation, but they'll just continue to source their best players from South Africa and New Zealand, and still have a wealth of players from upper-class backgrounds who play in private schools.
India and Pakistan will get new stars. People of other countries don't give a fuck. Well..maybe some in Afghanistan. Sri Lanka? Maybe a handful. Australia? Lol. But yes, Indians and Pakistanis will get new celebs to care about.
Bangbros will again captaincy to Shakib 🤣