Kedar Jadhav is showing how useful he is going to be in India's ODI scheme of things, with a bowling performance like that. His bowling can help India play an extra seamer in English conditions while playing just one single spinner. His batting is not as flashy and beefy as Hardik, but he gets the quick runs almost as well.
How did Hardik get that injury? We have lost his batting in this game, which could be mighty crucial. Hope we dont need to get to the point where we miss Hardik's batting in this game. Is Rahul sick or what? If not, can't see how he can be dropped for such an important game. I'd have picked him over Karthik.
Kedar has always been in India's ODI scheme of things ever since he bamboozled NZ players in that home series. He has the ability to finish the games as well which is what India needs right now. However, his problem has been his inconsistency in batting and his fielding. Now I will give you the list of bad fielders that India currently have in their line-up. Chahal, Jadhav, Kuldeep, Rohit(not as bad the other three but he is getting there). However, if Kedar does take his chances and scores some runs at that number 6 position, I think he has probably sealed that position.
Now if Hardik does not play in the rest of the tournament, it will be a huge blow for India just because of the balance that he brings to our team. If we bring in Khaleel in place of him, we will be a batsman short. If we bring in Akshar Patel, we will have 4 spinners which might be too many and although Akshar can bat, it's not up to Hardik's level. It will be interesting to see what India does. One out of the box selection would be to bring in Krunal Pandya replacing Hardik in the squad. Krunal's batting is probably as good as Hardik but again, it will be one too many spinner in the line-up.
Rohit is looking pretty good now so I think this should match get over pretty quickly.
