Hatsoff Kohli-Shastri !

[Tridibans_16]

Atleast, for now, we should really admire their bold decision. They have resisted the urge to play Pandya straight in, which was almost a given here in ICF.

Also, to drop both the openers and move Vihari up the order, I feel will bring rich dividends. I believe he should be given a long rope now. FFS, the other openers got almost a year and still failed.

 

Whatever selection blunders they did, I hope this time around we win MCG and they redeem themselves. I think this is the best team combination at the moment. Also, Jadeja will save atleast 15-20 runs throughout the match with his fielding alone, not to mention we now have batting till no.8.

 

M. Agarwal

Vihari (Best decision by mngmt)

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Rohit

Pant

Jadeja

Shami

Ishant

Bumrah

 

Now if only our tail can atleast survive and bat with Pant/ Jadeja, I trust our last 3-4 wickets to add around 40 each innings. We have been basically batting with 7 players past 2-3 matches.

Edited December 25, 2018 by Tridibans_16

[Trichromatic]

This is a good combination. Can't complain much.

[Straight Drive]

16 minutes ago, Tridibans_16 said:

Atleast, for now, we should really admire their bold decision. They have resisted the urge to play Pandya straight in, which was almost a given here in ICF.

Also, to drop both the openers and move Vihari up the order, I feel will bring rich dividends. I believe he should be given a long rope now. FFS, the other openers got almost a year and still failed.

 

Whatever selection blunders they did, I hope this time around we win MCG and they redeem themselves. I think this is the best team combination at the moment. Also, Jadeja will save atleast 15-20 runs throughout the match with his fielding alone, not to mention we now have batting till no.8.

 

M. Agarwal

Vihari (Best decision by mngmt)

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Rohit

Pant

Jadeja

Shami

Ishant

Bumrah

 

Now if only our tail can atleast survive and bat with Pant/ Jadeja, I trust our last 3-4 wickets to add around 40 each innings. We have been basically batting with 7 players past 2-3 matches.

Hanuma Vihari bats in top order for Andhra as well. Even though it will be a different ball game as opener in Australia against Starc, Cummins, Hazelwood  is worth giving him a fair chance.

[SK_IH]

If Jadeja can pick up wickets, it's a good combo, however it's a big IF. Wanted Kuldeep in his place.

[Pollack]

Rohit over Pandya

Dropping both openers might look like a good idea to ICF. But trust me it's not a good move. Rahul and Pujara should have opened. Rahul don't deserve much but throwing Mayank in opening in Australia against Pat, Starc, and co is as pointless as Rahul's brainfarts. Don't at all see Mayank succeeding here. He should not be debuted in Australia for his own good.

Edited December 25, 2018 by Pollack

[Clarke]

Rohit in SENA doesn't figure in any good combination, forget best. He may even score a double on a flat track, even Ajay Ratra scored a ton in WI. It doesn't mean he becomes a permanent member.

[Nikola]

3 minutes ago, Pollack said:

Rohit over Pandya

Dropping both openers might look like a good idea to ICF. But trust me it's not a good move. Rahul and Pujara should have opened. Rahul don't deserve much but throwing Mayank in opening in Australia against Pat, Starc, and co is as pointless as Rahul's brainfarts. Don't at all see Mayank succeeding here. He should not be debuted in Australia for his own good.

So play rahul and let him fail in next 4 innings as well? I would take risk and play Mayank & even if he fails i won't care much as rahul was already failing.

[UrmiSinhaRay]

Rohit over Pandya
Dropping both openers might look like a good idea to ICF. But trust me it's not a good move. Rahul and Pujara should have opened. Rahul don't deserve much but throwing Mayank in opening in Australia against Pat, Starc, and co is as pointless as Rahul's brainfarts. Don't at all see Mayank succeeding here. He should not be debuted in Australia for his own good.

They should have called another guy or retain Vijay

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[Tridibans_16]

22 minutes ago, Pollack said:

Rohit over Pandya

Dropping both openers might look like a good idea to ICF. But trust me it's not a good move. Rahul and Pujara should have opened. Rahul don't deserve much but throwing Mayank in opening in Australia against Pat, Starc, and co is as pointless as Rahul's brainfarts. Don't at all see Mayank succeeding here. He should not be debuted in Australia for his own good.

No way in hell Rahul should get another chance. Who is he? Bradman? Sachin? Why he should get 19 chances in a year to fail and lose the match for India and not 50 other players waiting in the domestic circuit?

[Tridibans_16]

13 minutes ago, UrmiSinhaRay said:

They should have called another guy or retain Vijay

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Trust me, as things stand, this is our best bet. They may well fail in MCG but we should atleast give them till SCG. They won't be worse than Rahul/Vijay, as almost always we are 10/2 anyway.

[Rookie123]

This is the best that one can do from current reserves....

 

But I would have preferred Kuldeep over Jaddu....

 

Also how much should one expect from Mayank and Vihari as openers, I will take 30 odd runs or 10 opening overs without a wicket

[jf1gp_1]

Rohit should open. Vihari has been exceptional and he is here to stay in the middle order, let him remain in middle order and who know Rohit might just be able to replicate his ODI success in test as opener. 

[zen]

would have preferred Kuldeep + Hardik 

[flamy]

All fine but why Rohit instead of Pandya. And, what is to resist? He is an obvious choice. What does Rohit offer? 

[Tridibans_16]

2 minutes ago, flamy said:

All fine but why Rohit instead of Pandya. And, what is to resist? He is an obvious choice. What does Rohit offer? 

Pandya is straight out of injury without even 1 first class match! He would be too risky. The next thing you know, Pandya breaks down into his 3rd spell on day 1 and we are doomed for the rest of the match.

[SK_IH]

2 minutes ago, Tridibans_16 said:

Pandya is straight out of injury without even 1 first class match! He would be too risky. The next thing you know, Pandya breaks down into his 3rd spell on day 1 and we are doomed for the rest of the match.

I agree, anyways Rohit deserves a full series here.If he fails in next two, dump him forever.

[JourneyMan]

They've taken a risk putting two fresh faced kids as openers. I hope it pays off. As long as they get off the mark they would have done better than Vijay. 

[nevada]

3 hours ago, SK_IH said:

If Jadeja can pick up wickets, it's a good combo, however it's a big IF. Wanted Kuldeep in his place.

Same here. I would have picked Kuldeep instead of Jaddu.

[velu]

too many changes

 

[raki05]

Kohli k luck pe khujali waley kuttey ne sushu kiya hai. Sala important matches me toss harna, injury issue, youngsters failing in his captaincy, old man group suddenly started performing well in ipl to screw kohli eventually in international. His fate in captaincy would not be any different than tendulkar. Where tendulkar had mediocre bunch to choose from, kohli has all the option to choose potential good youngsters to make his own legacy but he choose to * with it.