Chronic middle and lower bat aches

[Vk1]

Let's look at our batting order...

 

1,2 and 3: they are usually gun players in most bilateral series and hardly fail... But their job is made easier because most teams play majority of their matches at home and Indians have this luxury of perennially playing in their second home srilanka.. and when we do tour Australia or south Africa , their selectors/players prioritise tests and ODIs kind of lose relevance. How well does our top 3 perform against fully fit top teams in overseas conditions in crunch games is still a question mark! Otherwise, they are perhaps the best top 3 in the world. 

 

4 & 5 : 

The most important spots in the crunch games or the knockouts in the world cups especially since 2 out of top 3 are likely to fail going by their history... Do we have permanent players in these positions ? Absolute no.  We have wasted it with Pandey, Yuvi , Rahane for a long time. Rahul is a must and should play all the matches irrespective of the results. Kedar too can be given a long rope coz of our penchant for 6th bowler. Actual problem is that they rarely get to bat for long more so while chasing and when they do get the chance they dont grab it... How do we ensure they get more chances... especially while chasing?  One option would be to go the English way of aggressive batting by openers.. thereby getting out and giving chances to middle order.. last match was a blessing in this sense...

Replacements:  Iyer, Karthik, Rayudu.. scratching my brain.. Nitish Rana since he can bowl part-time ?

6 & 7 

Pant slots in here smoothly at 6 but BCCI ecosystem and politics don't let that happen. So we have to deal with Dhoni... These two slots are hopeless at the moment. Frankly hard to expect Pandya to win us games while Dhoni being dhoni would rather let us lose than changing his style. 

Replacements: Pant or Karthik for Dhoni. 

Krunal / Krishnappa  in place of Pandya? 

[Suhaan]

Along with Kdk or Pant for Dhoni,Krunal pandya can be fitted in for the void called Raina,Krunal is light years ahead of him in batting and the less said about the bowling the better

[tweaker]

Yesterday situation should happen again.Crowd should boo Dhoni as it is clear that he has lost his ability to finish game.

Why is the selection committee & team management blind to this.Are they going to learn this after loosing lot of time.

 

This series against Ireland and England was perfect opportunity to try young players.

 

England have complete different bowlers for odi & test series, but our management wants our main bowlers to bowl In every match,as a result we have injury scares for Bumrah & Bhubaneswar

 

In T20 series against Ireland and England Pant, Kishan,Rana, Khaleel ,Siraj Rajpoot should have played.

[rkt.india]

Rahul needs to settle down at 4 first and then. Dhoni is certainty. So Raina's position is in question.