Need more from Che, Shami and Vijay

[G_B_]

All three are seniors who have toured overseas 

 

Poor returns when it matters the most

[Forever Indian]

Agreed. Che finds bizaree ways to get out overseas.

 

Shami should give it his all in 2nd innings. Even if he gets injured because of that, atleast he gets injured after trying. No use giving half hearted performances.

Edited January 15, 2018 by Forever Indian

[Gollum]

Need more from Captain Kohli. His constant *ery in team selection is costing us more than the non performance of our seniors, besides he needs to stop shoving 'intent' down our batters' throats.

Edited January 15, 2018 by Gollum

[FischerTal]

at this point, it is foolish to expect pujara to succeed overseas. forget boundaries, he's struggling to rotate the strike, which is not expected of a number 3 batsman. i would suggest making him an opener overseas so that he atleast gets you through the initial phase of the new ball. right now, he pretty much is an opener because none of the actual openers are solid enough to get through the new ball.  make lokesh #3. 

 

shami's bowling has no fizz. he is primarily a hit-the-deck bowler but he is not zipping it off the surface like before and without that, you wont succeed overseas.  the injury has taken its toll on him. 

 

i expect more from vijay. after kohli and rahane, he's our best batsman overseas. he will come through at some point. 

 

the biggest question is when will kohli rid us of the rohit torture? is the team expected to persist with him for a hundred innings before he comes through just like in ODIs? 

Edited January 15, 2018 by FischerTal

[FischerTal]

7 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Need more from Captain Kohli. His constant *ery in team selection is costing us more than the non performance of our seniors, besides he needs to stop shoving 'intent' down our batters' throats.

i think he's right about intent part, but problem is his selections show the complete opposite of that. selecting dhawan, ishant, and rohit is a clear case of bias and has no justification. kohli the captain is a completely different beast from kohli the batsman unfortunately.

[sandeep]

Shami had everything laid out for him to succeed.  There's no way he should keep Bhuvi out for T3.