What was Karthik thinking?

[Ankit_sharma03]

12 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

Ya Vada Pav can’t be captaining India. We must look for a younger t20 captain and hand it over to may be Pant or someone in t20 after this 50 over world cup.

Their is no better option for LOI captaincy then rohit as of now

Let others 1st even captain n show something

 

Every captain shud be given time to build his side, rohit is captaining a side trying some new ideas before Wc

 

[philcric]

I don't think it's as ridiculous as it seems.

 

Whether Karthik or Krunal, it was about hitting 2 sixes in the last 3 balls. Karthik may have felt he had slightly better chance than Krunal to do it. That single wouldn't have made a difference. It was more about taking a call about who has to face the last 3 deliveries. IMO it was the right call. Karthik is more capable to hit 6s than Krunal and even in this innings he was timing it better and more in control than Krunal.

 

 

[Cricketics]

3 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

DK played well but the discussion is about that call. I didnt say he played bad

 

those who failed failed

here the question is that call 

 

We are being harsh on even rohit- happens on days when u cnt get going.......doesnt make him less of a t20 batsman

Rohit is good, but he shouldn’t captain India in t20. He thinks too much or over thinks. Take it away from Kohli also who is not regularly playing t20 for India.

 

Just give to some you guy or once Rahul is back, we can give it to him too. 

 

Too early to worry about t20s and its really not a big deal for now but post 2019 wc, we must prepare for t20 wc and look to have a younger captain. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

Rohit is good, but he shouldn’t captain India in f20s. He thinks too much or kver thinks. Take it away from Kohli also who m is not regularly playing t20 for India.

 

Just give to some you guy or once Rahul is wbck, we can give it to him too. 

 

Too early to worry about t20s and its really not a big deal for now but post 2019 wc, we must prepare dor f20 wc and look to have a younger captain. 

captaincy aint a joke that u give it to anyone. It worked with dhoni doesnt work every day and he was also a VC for a while and had a fixed spot in side

Rohit is a damn good LOI captain and shud be allowed to run team his way 

Edited February 10, 2019 by Ankit_sharma03

[Gollum]

Dhoni's PR machinery on twitter blaming Karthik for today's loss and elevating thala. DK has been a far superior T20 bat right from the format's inception. 

[jf1gp_1]

game was already lost by then. 

[philcric]

That 2nd ball of the 20th over was crucial, a bit of error from Karthik. He shouldn't even have a thought of leaving the ball after making such a big move in the crease. That miss kind of broke the momentum of Karthik.

 

 

Edited February 10, 2019 by philcric

[Cricketics]

2 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

captaincy aint a joke that u give it to anyone. It worked with dhoni doesnt work every day and he was also a VC for a while and had a fixed spot in side

Rohit is a damn good LOI captain and shud be allowed to run team his way 

T20 is a joke format untill world cup comes anyway, no harm in trying others. Let Rohit play as best top order player in the world. . And slowly the younger captainc an transition into 50 over captian too for India and take it over from Virat. 

[vvvslaxman]

Topic should be What was Rohit thinking. He was sleep walking all match lol. He is mentally fatigued. Why did he even take part in T20 games. Not like we have world T20 coming up. FIrst of all what is the point o T20 series. 

[Nikola]

Rohit is fine captain just that we are testing players for worldcup and key players are rested then it might look difficult. He did fine job in past when ever he got chance because he was able to play as he wanted. Kohli should better continue and let him manage team the way he wants for worldcup. I would actually be happy if we drop rohit (drop not rest) and tell him to be fit before worldcup. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 minute ago, Cricketics said:

T20 is a joke format untill world cup comes anyway, no harm in trying others. Let Rohit play as best top order player in the world. . And slowly the younger captainc an transition into 50 over captian too for India and take it over from Virat. 

Rohit has earned his captaincy 

Let these others even earn a spot , a captain needs to earn respect as well 

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said:

Topic should be What was Rohit thinking. He was sleep walking all match lol. He is mentally fatigued. Why did he even take part in T20 games. Not like we have world T20 coming up. FIrst of all what is the point o T20 series. 

Was just scratchy today, somedays u just are not able to get it goin

[neel roy]

4 minutes ago, philcric said:

That 2nd ball of the 20th over was crucial, a bit of error from Karthik. He shouldn't even have a thought of leaving the ball after making such a big move in the crease.

 

Yes he should have attempted a shot. Krunal played and missed a few hence DK thought of taking the strike. Anyways lots of hitters. We still need 5/6 hitters to be ready after Kohli is back.  Sanju Samson. Kl Rahul. Mayank Agarwal ( he murders spin). Also K Gowtham. Ishan Kishan. 

Edited February 10, 2019 by neel roy

[SK_IH]

1 minute ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Was just scratchy today, somedays u just are not able to get it goin

I thought it was pretty much deliberate half way through, he was just looking for singles. And once he decided to move on he couldn't and when you don't convert such ordinary starts, teams seldom wins.

[Cricketics]

Just now, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Rohit has earned his captaincy 

Let these others even earn a spot , a captain needs to earn respect as well 

You don’t earn anythin in t20 like I said, its still seen as joke of format and money making scheme ourside ipl and world t20. When world t20 comes we can get serious but for now series losses shouldn’t hurt fans. We should just look to find changes and one change is ee is that let younger guy takenover captaincy be so we can help that captain transition intonour 50 over captaincy down the line. 

 

Also, there is no consistency ever with the t20 squads if you notice like 50 over squds before,  every time some new dude might impress and make his way while also some top 50 over performer miht get into t20 squad even though he doesn’t fit.

 

For example, they kept picking Manish Pandey earlier for T20 :) while were dropping him for 50 where he fits better.

 

T20 seriously isn’t worth worrying about. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

4 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

I thought it was pretty much deliberate half way through, he was just looking for singles. And once he decided to move on he couldn't and when you don't convert such ordinary starts, teams seldom wins.

when he was trying to play shots was timing well 

[Ankit_sharma03]

3 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

You don’t earn anythin in t20 like I said, its still seen as joke of format and money making scheme ourside ipl and world t20. When world t20 comes we can get serious but for now series losses shouldn’t hurt fans. We should just look to find changes and one change is ee is that let younger guy takenover captaincy be so we can help that captain transition intonour 50 over captaincy down the line. 

cant go in a WC thinking like that. u treat game as a joke n game will make a joke out of u 

3 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

Also, there is no consistency ever with the t20 squads if you notice like 50 over squds before,  every time some new dude might impress and make his way while also some top 50 over performer miht get into t20 squad even though he doesn’t fit.

Poor selection

3 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

For example, they kept picking Manish Pandey earlier for T20 :) while were dropping him for 50 where he fits better.

Poor selection

3 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

 

T20 seriously isn’t worth worrying about. 

every format is ....just needs to have ppl who understand it. We have selectors who have no idea about modern cricket 

[vvvslaxman]

As much as you hate his denial of single i find something positive. HE designates himself as a finisher, backs himself to do the job. How many really can do that job with such self-confidence.  You gotta appreciate that.  

[Cricketics]

17 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

cant go in a WC thinking like that. u treat game as a joke n game will make a joke out of u 

Poor selection

Poor selection

every format is ....just needs to have ppl who understand it. We have selectors who have no idea about modern cricket 

My answer about not worth worrying about comes from the way we are treatinf which is written in the same para above.

 

Its not worth worrying untill we fix and start picking a consistent squad.  This drama of randomly dropping and picking won’t work.

 

Pick guys and give them proper run. You see them for one game and throw them away even though you know t20s are rarely played. It even ends up costing them their place in 50 overs. Its almost like becomes a burden on their resume. Vijay Shankar was actually remembered by many posterss just for that innings uptill he played that gutsy knock the other day. People forgot he was picked for wrong format and is still a decent 50 over prospect. 

 

People make too much out of nothing from t20s and think failing their once means you can’t play at all. That mentality needs to change. Back the players properly in t20s just like you try to back them for 50 overs and t20s. 

[Cricketics]

3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

As much as you hate his denial of single i find something positive. HE designates himself as a finisher, backs himself to do the job. How many really can do that job with such self-confidence.  You gotta appreciate that.  

Exacy, the guy has done it before and he is senior and so wanted to take the pressure instead of throwing it on youngster. No big deal really.