Unstable Joe Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Jimmy Cliff said: The XI I see being picked (not my choice but the one I expect) Rohit Dhawan Raina Pandey Karthik Hooda/Pant/Sundar Shankar Axar Thakur Unadkat Chahal KL Rahul as the reserve opener obviously. Not so sure about that. Rohit is the captain remember. He usually makes sensible selections and gives opportunities to guys. Link to comment
sandeep Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 4 hours ago, Jimmy Cliff said: Karthik is well ahead of Pant in the hierarchy as a wk-batsman. The team management have made it clear time and again. However, this squad lacks a middle order option like Iyer so they may be forced to pick Pant as a specialist batsman at 6. They have clearly decided that Karthik is the designated backup to Dhoni in ODIs, at least up to 2019. If that's the case, then its best if he keeps getting opportunity and practice at the int'l level till then. Ideally I wouldn't want to see either him or Manish Pandey in the T20 team. Pandey is good for ODIs, not T20s as much. I would go as far as to say that Karthik is a better bet in T20s with the bat than Manish. And I say that as someone who actually sympathizes with Pandey. Sgattick10 1 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Looks like chairman of selectors sleeps with these trundlers,what can be the apt reason to select them in the 50ovr team time n again.Why no Saini,Khaleel or for that matter Umeah Yadav? Link to comment
Suhaan Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 4 hours ago, sergio04 said: pant and rahul wont get game Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk I believe this profecy..if they perform they will certainly spoil the selector's scheme of things Link to comment
Lannister Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Dhawan as VC? lol what a joke Indian cricket team has become. On the other hand, SA just assigned captaincy to a young player like Markram and here we have playing seniority with in this sorry team. Link to comment
Jimmy Cliff Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 13 minutes ago, sandeep said: They have clearly decided that Karthik is the designated backup to Dhoni in ODIs, at least up to 2019. If that's the case, then its best if he keeps getting opportunity and practice at the int'l level till then. Ideally I wouldn't want to see either him or Manish Pandey in the T20 team. Pandey is good for ODIs, not T20s as much. I would go as far as to say that Karthik is a better bet in T20s with the bat than Manish. And I say that as someone who actually sympathizes with Pandey. They clearly have which is what makes this series tricky. If Karthik sucks throughout and if Pant makes the most of 1-2 opportunities he gets, will they still stick with Karthik until 2019? I guess they can looking at what they've done with Rahul . Interesting times ahead. Link to comment
Khota Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Positives: Pace bowlers rested. Karthick as first choice wkt kpr and Pant the back up. Batting is good. Bowling decent. Slowni out. Negatives: Two allrounders. They do not work and so get specialists. Jaddu should have been in the team. Overall selectors get a A-. Not bad. Edited February 25, 2018 by Khota Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 Good squad , as much as i wanted but i knew their wont be radical changes 1. Dhawan shudnt have been the vice captain, raina was a better choice. Has done well as captain in IPL 2. Missed krunal.....big mistake 3. for the sake of spinner i hope pant is selected ahead of karthik, kathik is not a good keeper against spinners and then he also hasnt kept wickets for a long long time now. Remeber asia cup in 2014. I really d pray for chahal n sundar career 4. I hope rohit gives rahul chances, he is a good captain n made a lot of good calls in SL series i hope he puts his faith in Rahul again. 5. Khaleel or kulwant shud have been really looked at , i wud have also preferred thampi over siraj or thakur 6. Will be a huge test for manish pandey as well. My starting lineup 1. Dhawan 2. Rohit 3. Raina 4. Rahul 5. shankar 6. Hooda 7. Pant ( i knw its to low for him but i dnt see place above unless we sit dhawan out) 8. Sundar 9. Chahal 10. unadkat 11. Siraj Link to comment
philcric Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Now that the squad is selected, I'd like this to be the playing XI. + R Pant K Rahul S Raina V Shankar D Hooda * R Sharma W Sundar A Patel J Unadkat S Thakur M Siraj Link to comment
Khota Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Need to add other negative. Rohit is a basket case right now. He needs to work on his batting or benched. I am not sure how he will juggle it. He still is too good to be dropped. Link to comment
Pollack Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Good squad , as much as i wanted but i knew their wont be radical changes 1. Dhawan shudnt have been the vice captain, raina was a better choice. Has done well as captain in IPL 2. Missed krunal.....big mistake 3. for the sake of spinner i hope pant is selected ahead of karthik, kathik is not a good keeper against spinners and then he also hasnt kept wickets for a long long time now. Remeber asia cup in 2014. I really d pray for chahal n sundar career 4. I hope rohit gives rahul chances, he is a good captain n made a lot of good calls in SL series i hope he puts his faith in Rahul again. 5. Khaleel or kulwant shud have been really looked at , i wud have also preferred thampi over siraj or thakur 6. Will be a huge test for manish pandey as well. My starting lineup 1. Dhawan 2. Rohit 3. Raina 4. Rahul 5. shankar 6. Hooda 7. Pant ( i knw its to low for him but i dnt see place above unless we sit dhawan out) 8. Sundar 9. Chahal 10. unadkat 11. Siraj Why Unadcutter? Thakur sahab better than him. Also, Hooda at 6 is also not suitable. It's Shankar vs Hooda and I would pick Shankar tbh and bat him at 3, 4 or 5. I will push Raina at 5, 6 or 7 since he can get going from ball one. My team: Sl basher + captaan Gabbar Shankar Rahul Pant/Raina Raina/Pant Axar Sundar Chahal Siraj Thakur Edited February 25, 2018 by Pollack Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Not worst squad no dhoni was good enough for me . Stopped reading squad news after that , was happy and don’t need to know more Suhaan, Laaloo, Mosher and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 7 minutes ago, Pollack said: Why Unadcutter? Thakur sahab better than him. left arm variety and then will help get some rough for off spinner n i have 3 - raina, hooda, n sundar His cutter will be better in those condition Raina for me has to bat at 3 Link to comment
Pollack Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 1 minute ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: left arm variety and then will help get some rough for off spinner n i have 3 - raina, hooda, n sundar His cutter will be better in those condition Raina for me has to bat at 3 Raina at 3 is great. But we may not want to put Pant, hooda and Shankar at 5, 6 and 7 and when they throw bat at everything be called useless hacks. Raina has capability to hit from ball one. He can do good at any position in t20. We need to make new guys feel a bit more comfortable and not put them under the bus. Link to comment
beetle Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 22 minutes ago, philcric said: Now that the squad is selected, I'd like this to be the playing XI. + R Pant K Rahul S Raina V Shankar D Hooda * R Sharma W Sundar A Patel J Unadkat S Thakur M Siraj Vice captain kidhar hai? Link to comment
philcric Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 17 minutes ago, beetle said: Vice captain kidhar hai? Thigh injury. adi B, beetle, sarcastic and 5 others 8 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 19 minutes ago, Pollack said: Raina at 3 is great. But we may not want to put Pant, hooda and Shankar at 5, 6 and 7 and when they throw bat at everything be called useless hacks. Raina has capability to hit from ball one. He can do good at any position in t20. We need to make new guys feel a bit more comfortable and not put them under the bus. 1st thing we knw pant wont even get a chance, as karthik wud be preffered I dont think that way of them calling hacks , yea but many wud I agree wid ur point n i wnt mind sending pant opening in few games but no point having such fantasies it wont happen . M Being practical n hoping that they get a chance in 1st place. I knw , no way wud dhawan, rohit or raina leave this Langar of making runs Link to comment
Popular Post speedster Posted February 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2018 7 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: What happened to kuldeep? We have unadkat for some quality left arm spin vijaydude, DHONI_FANN, adi B and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment
mancalledsting Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) missed a trick by not selecting Mayank Aggarwal and Thampi, otherwise reasonably happy. My main concern was that they keep Bumrah, Bhuvi, Shami, Pandya and Kohli away from this tourney and kudos to them for that. Edited February 25, 2018 by mancalledsting express bowling 1 Link to comment
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