MechEng Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Dhoni is a human, stress of captaincy made a huge impact on his batting, he has to work hard on things today which came to him naturally ten years ago. I think he's hoping for a 2006 Rocky Balboa style of comeback. Link to comment
maniac Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, MechEng said: Dhoni is a human, stress of captaincy made a huge impact on his batting, he has to work hard on things today which came to him naturally ten years ago. I think he's hoping for a 2006 Rocky Balboa style of comeback. Pretty sure Stallone will make 10 more substandard Rocky sequels before that happens ....creed was pretty good though Edited October 22, 2017 by maniac abc, MechEng and King Tendulkar 2 1 Link to comment
fineleg Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) Who will be the keeper bat instead of Dhoni? rkt is right, Dhoni is indeed a problem, but we have bigger problems in ODI lineup. Dhoni problem comes after that. Is Samson (not regular keeper), or R.Pant or Ishan Kishan or Naman Ojha or W. Saha or Dinesh Kartik or anyone ready to replace keep-bat spot in ODI 11? (For T20, try R. Pant) Edited October 22, 2017 by fineleg LORD_analyst 1 Link to comment
MechEng Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, maniac said: Pretty sure Stallone will make 10 more substandard Rocky sequels before that happens ....creed was pretty good though Still nothing beats Rocky 4 in cringe meter. maniac and velu 2 Link to comment
maniac Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, fineleg said: Who will be the keeper bat instead of Dhoni? rkt is right, Dhoni is indeed a problem, but we have bigger problems in ODI lineup. Dhoni problem comes after that. Is Samson (not regular keeper), or R.Pant or Ishan Kishan or Naman Ojha or W. Saha or Dinesh Kartik or anyone ready to replace keep-bat spot in ODI 11? (For T20, try R. Pant) Well how would you know that answer if you don't try anyone? Karthik seemed like a huge upgrade over the crap we had in the 90s and early 2000s before we stumbled over Dhoni....we won't know till we try what's available over there Link to comment
velu Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 6 minutes ago, maniac said: Pretty sure Stallone will make 10 more substandard Rocky sequels before that happens ....creed was pretty good though expendables series is good esp first and second films .. written and directed by dhoni errrr stallone Rasgulla 1 Link to comment
Vk1 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) Kiwis made Latham to keep. We played karthik as a pure batsman knowing Dhoni will hardly ever contribute. More importantly the stats guy of our team should hilite the amount of runs made by 35+ old batsman over the years when playing quality fast bowling. Easier to play knocks against spin and medium Pacers like Faulkner. Not easy against Boult and co. And on top of it Dhoni is struggling against spinners as well. Edited October 22, 2017 by Vk1 speedheat, Laaloo and Khota 1 2 Link to comment
maniac Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 9 minutes ago, MechEng said: Still nothing beats Rocky 4 in cringe meter. I liked Rocky 4 ..... it's like a masala telugu movie...brainless, sub standard but still entertaining Link to comment
mancalledsting Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 how long can we continue to carry this passenger? Link to comment
Khota Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 This is a shame. If not dhoni it will be someone else. The solution is 3 formats 3 captains. Dhoni is done. maniac and LORD_analyst 2 Link to comment
Khota Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Like I said there are 5 wktkprs in India who will outperform dhoni. the mafia of kohli/shastri/dhoni cannot hold a nation of 1 billion people ransom. Link to comment
LORD_analyst Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) dhoni is indeed a dud against good pacers .... but the problem is there isnt anyone reliable enough to replace dhoni Edited October 22, 2017 by beetle Link to comment
fineleg Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, maniac said: Well how would you know that answer if you don't try anyone? R. Pant played two ODIs against these same Boult, Southee bowlers few days ago. We are trying Pant, Samson, Ishan Kishan in quite a few matches. Pant's single digit scores are not yet sufficient to knock the selectors' doors loudly. Hopefully those guys grab the opportunities at some point? Right now, they are not grabbing it yet. Edited October 22, 2017 by fineleg Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) 11 minutes ago, fineleg said: Pant's single digit scores are not yet sufficient to knock the selectors' doors loudly 2 and 3 in last series and series before that 0 2 6 something like that.. but we want pant we want pant Edited October 22, 2017 by Rasgulla Nikola, beetle and velu 1 1 1 Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 3 hours ago, fineleg said: R. Pant played two ODIs against these same Boult, Southee bowlers few days ago. We are trying Pant, Samson, Ishan Kishan in quite a few matches. Pant's single digit scores are not yet sufficient to knock the selectors' doors loudly. Hopefully those guys grab the opportunities at some point? Right now, they are not grabbing it yet. Pant's recent scores Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard 1c/0s, 7 Ind Pres XI v N Zealanders Mumbai (BS) 19 Oct 2017 Other OD 15, 2c/0s Ind Pres XI v N Zealanders Mumbai (BS) 17 Oct 2017 Other OD 1c/2s, 1 India A v NZ A Visakhapatnam 15 Oct 2017 LA 2, 0c/1s India A v NZ A Visakhapatnam 13 Oct 2017 LA 1c/0s, 67, 1c/0s India A v NZ A Vijayawada 23 Sep 2017 FC 15, 3c/1s, 46 India Red v India Blue Kanpur 13 Sep 2017 FC 11, 0c/3s, 1c/0s India Red v India Green Lucknow 7 Sep 2017 FC 2c/0s India A v SA A Pretoria 8 Aug 2017 LA 3c/0s, 20 India A v SA A Pretoria 3 Aug 2017 LA 60, 0c/0s India A v Afghan A Pretoria 1 Aug 2017 LA 1 fifties in 3 FC matches and 1 in 7 limited over games. His List A avg is 21. velu and Rasgulla 1 1 Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 24 minutes ago, gharampaani said: Everyone talks about his batting being a problem but imo the bigger issue is his keeping. With teams forging ahead with new, athletic keepers, Dhoni not only looks chunky but can barely move behind the stumps. If he has to stay, then stay as a genuine batsman and bring in a new keeper. You must be joking right? Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Why is dhoni still picked ? Shoudl be our long ago . Why still picked 1. Kohli likes him too much 2. Kohli and bcci fear public back lash and worry about image 3. Has powerful backers in bcci , godfathers won’t allow it take your pick Link to comment
SK_IH Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 6 hours ago, gharampaani said: Everyone talks about his batting being a problem but imo the bigger issue is his keeping. With teams forging ahead with new, athletic keepers, Dhoni not only looks chunky but can barely move behind the stumps. If he has to stay, then stay as a genuine batsman and bring in a new keeper. lol he is a brilliant keeper and its even more funnier pakistani fan talking about athletic keepers , ffs your wk is sarafraz dhoni batting is his major hurdle,not being proactive as a batsman in the middle overs to be specific,if it was only about wicket keeping and running between the wickets dhoni would play for another decade and retire at the age of misbah Rasgulla 1 Link to comment
sergio04 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 without dhoni -kohli partenship india would have all out under 200 Rasgulla 1 Link to comment
Vk1 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 This eternal transition that Kohli seems to be taking from Dhoni should end. Can't believe that this is happening under Shastri who is a master strategizer on his own. Link to comment
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