Trichromatic Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Openers have been losing their places, Vijay, Dhawan, Rahul all have faced the axe. Pujara lost his spot. Rahane lost with concerns around their position and batting. Team will try to find players for all those positions. But they need 1 proper batsman for no 6 position too. Someone who can actually take advantage of favorable conditions. Laaloo 1 Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 I think its time to invest in part time spinner, who can bat at #6. Play with 4 proper fast bowlers. Is there anyone in Domestic circuits? Vilander 1 Link to comment
R.D forever Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Vijay Shankar looks a proper batsman. Can bowl a bit. Link to comment
Tibarn Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 I think the batting problems begin and end with the openers. We need two openers in the mold of Vijay(from our last round of overseas tours). The 3-5 are always exposed to the new ball because our openers are never able to even form 50 run partnerships overseas. Even if they don't score, openers should at least blunt/soften the new ball and tire our the opening bowlers in their first spells. Right now the older Vijay and mediocre at best Rahul/Dhawan are truly millstones around the neck of the team's batting. We need to get over the Sehwag obsession: he is a once in a lifetime type batsman; neither Dhawan nor Rahul are going to replicate him. Proper openers for us need to grind people to dust like Sunny. Moochad, nevada and Vilander 1 2 Link to comment
zen Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Whether we need an extra batsmen or an extra bowler will always be debated. The composition depends up on your strengths and options available Extra Batsman: Play extra batsman when your batting is the key strength. And you have batsmen capable of averaging 40+ in the reserves. If you have batsmen struggling, the struggling extra batsman does not necessarily strengthen the side Extra Bowler: Play extra bowler to further boost your bowling strength and when you have bowlers who can bowl at a SR of 55 India neither has strong batting nor bowling. It has a few good batsmen and a few good bowlers. Therefore it would need to first optimize the 5 batting slots and 4 bowling slots Moochad 1 Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Beg him! Stan AF, philcric, Vilander and 4 others 1 1 5 Link to comment
MechEng Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 (edited) On a serious note, the game has become so hectic and professional that batsmen do not have the time to work on their traditional test batting skills. Edited September 2, 2018 by MechEng Link to comment
R.D forever Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Rasgulla said: Beg him! To replace shastri? The Dark Horse, Mosher, Vilander and 1 other 4 Link to comment
bowl_out Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, R.D forever said: To replace shastri? No way.. He is a worse chamcha than Shastri.. speedheat 1 Link to comment
Number Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 9 minutes ago, R.D forever said: To replace shastri? To learn to not have any shame despite continuous losses. On Topic : Been saying this for 2 years now. Link to comment
The Dark Horse Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Sam Curran was the difference in the end. Vilander 1 Link to comment
Shunya Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 50 minutes ago, Rasgulla said: Beg him! He was legendary in England. In similar conditions, top order sucked even more and he continued to be good lower down the order. A better keeper/bat like him would have turned these losses into wins. Our bowling is so good nowadays, it sucks to lose games due to batting. Dhoni in England: Avg 37 @ no. 6 Avg 41 @ no. 7 nevada, Vilander, Rasgulla and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
Shunya Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Pandya needs to go. A proper batsman or bowler needs to come and better keeper as well who can contribute more than this. Link to comment
sandsaims Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Pandya is definitely not the solution. Link to comment
figo6762 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 1 hour ago, R.D forever said: Vijay Shankar looks a proper batsman. Can bowl a bit. No. Link to comment
figo6762 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Prepare Nagarkoti. Vilander 1 Link to comment
Vilander Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, figo6762 said: Prepare Nagarkoti. This and Mavi..get them in.. They surely can't do worse than pandya.. Rightarmfast 1 Link to comment
Sgattick10 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 1 hour ago, R.D forever said: Vijay Shankar looks a proper batsman. Can bowl a bit. Lmao. The guy couldnt put bat to ball in SL raki05 1 Link to comment
R.D forever Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, Sgattick10 said: Lmao. The guy couldnt put bat to ball in SL Exact problem with Indian fans. T20 performance to judge Test selection Vilander and Ankit_sharma03 2 Link to comment
Sgattick10 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 1 minute ago, R.D forever said: Exact problem with Indian fans. T20 performance to judge Test selection How much does he avg with the bat in Ranji? Link to comment
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