56 of 89 balls - Hitman

[Lannister]

12 hours ago, Nikola said:

It wasn't selfish. He is just unable to rotate strike in powerplay or play against spinners these days. 

Of course it's a selfish way to play your innings as others don't have this kind of luxury. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

29 minutes ago, Lannister said:

If a 30+ year old player is considered your next captain, who is a complete failure in Test cricket, then there's no future to Indian Cricket. 

test failure has nothing to do with ODI captaincy, morgan captains england he doesnt even have a place in test side

Didnt dravid n kumble also became captain after 30, 30+ is also not an issue . 

[Nikola]

26 minutes ago, Lannister said:

Of course it's a selfish way to play your innings as others don't have this kind of luxury. 

It was all good till pant was playing. If you look when he got out required run rate was below 6. Yesterday someone had to play selfish knock if we had to win. Kohli or Dhawan didn't so it's their mistake.

[SK_IH]

14 minutes ago, Nikola said:

It was all good till pant was playing. If you look when he got out required run rate was below 6. Yesterday someone had to play selfish knock if we had to win. Kohli or Dhawan didn't so it's their mistake.

really? this doesn't make any sense. At least try n get regular singles. Also the onus was on him yesterday to game deep and build a partnership but he tried a hoick after playing series of dots even from someone like Maxwell. If thats what Rohit can do then there is not much difference between peak Rohit and washed up Dhoni in a chase

Someone like Virat gets occasional boundaries in a chase and never relies on his partner to maintain the rate. .

Edited March 14, 2019 by SK_IH

[rtmohanlal]

got out to Zampa of all people after well set  at a crucial point of time. Just can't understand

[Lannister]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

test failure has nothing to do with ODI captaincy, morgan captains england he doesnt even have a place in test side

 

Morgan has been leading their team for 3-4 years now. England have been developing him for this year's World cup. Sharma's time is up already as he don't even deserve to play as a batsman let alone as a captain. 

 

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 Didnt dravid n kumble also became captain after 30, 30+ is also not an issue . 

Kumble mostly captained in Test format which is acceptable for that age and he was an all-format player. Sharma don't even come into the picture as for captaincy goes. 

[Lannister]

1 hour ago, Nikola said:

It was all good till pant was playing. If you look when he got out required run rate was below 6. Yesterday someone had to play selfish knock if we had to win. Kohli or Dhawan didn't so it's their mistake.

And he failed in the end. How many times has that happened for him? 

[Zero_Unit]

should be renamed to MissMan

[Nikola]

1 hour ago, Lannister said:

And he failed in the end. How many times has that happened for him? 

Agree. Agarwal or Shaw should be brought in quickly as replacement. 

[jusarrived]

17 hours ago, velu said:

 

as far as batsmen at the other end is scoring , i am ok with it ..

no need to go full retard from both the ends ..

 

anywya i agree that he eats way too many balls in the beginning 

in a chase its fine to anchor an innings as long you stay till the end and finish off the job . 

[Turning_track]

After making something like 12(31) in powerplay he won't be able to convert it into 95(92) like the previous Mohali ODI eachtime. That is why this approach is risky. His fitness has really become an issue & definitely playing a big part in the way he's constructing his innings lately.

[R!TTER]

1 hour ago, jusarrived said:

in a chase its fine to anchor an innings as long you stay till the end and finish off the job . 

That's old school Dhoni, when he had Yuvraj or Raina at the other end, thinking 

 

All it does is balloon the run rate up & we lose 9 out of 10 times, the best way to chase is to keep up or ahead of the RR always!

[CSK Fan]

1 hour ago, jusarrived said:

in a chase its fine to anchor an innings as long you stay till the end and finish off the job . 

Zamana badal gaya hai. Cricket evolved from 80s style to 90s style to 2000 style to 2010s to now. 

[jusarrived]

10 minutes ago, CSK Fan said:

Zamana badal gaya hai. Cricket evolved from 80s style to 90s style to 2000 style to 2010s to now. 

 

 

17 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

That's old school Dhoni, when he had Yuvraj or Raina at the other end, thinking 

 

All it does is balloon the run rate up & we lose 9 out of 10 times, the best way to chase is to keep up or ahead of the RR always!

 

Yes true , but we where chasing only 280 here , anything less than 300 you can still go old school as its easier to make up 20-30 runs in last 10 with wickets in hand . 

[R!TTER]

On normal pitches, when the pitch is slowing down/keeping low or turning square you need to go bang bang in PP but TM aur fat ass ko kaun samjhaye 

 

They play the same way in T20, ODI & sometimes tests as well 

[zen]

Unless Ind wants to turn a 50 overs game into a 40 overs one, it is better off opening with anyone except Rohit, who does not look inclined to change his approach 

[Ankit_sharma03]

9 hours ago, Lannister said:

Morgan has been leading their team for 3-4 years now. England have been developing him for this year's World cup. Sharma's time is up already as he don't even deserve to play as a batsman let alone as a captain. 

sharma avg 50+ in last 5 yrs if that guys doesnt deserve to play god knws who does

9 hours ago, Lannister said:

 

Kumble mostly captained in Test format which is acceptable for that age and he was an all-format player. Sharma don't even come into the picture as for captaincy goes. 

Their is nowere written that u cant captain a loi side if ur 30+, dravid became captain after he was 30+

[Haarkarjeetgaye]

13 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

sharma avg 50+ in last 5 yrs if that guys doesnt deserve to play god knws who does

Their is nowere written that u cant captain a loi side if ur 30+, dravid became captain after he was 30+

He gets the best opportunity as an opener. While he makes the most of it, it hurts the team. Sooner or later we will realise this approach is wrong. A strong middle order with higher averages will always work better than openers with high averages, because a strong middle order allows openers to go berserk or at least play freely.

[MechEng]

You don't get the indirect message here - Hitman is trying to prove that he can play tests too with that 56. Otherwise he can hit 200s at will.

[maniac]

1 minute ago, Haarkarjeetgaye said:

He gets the best opportunity as an opener. While he makes the most of it, it hurts the team. Sooner or later we will realise this approach is wrong. A strong middle order with higher averages will always work better than openers with high averages, because a strong middle order allows openers to go berserk or at least play freely.

And how many openers have 3 200s, record number of 175+ scores, 4 T20I 100s across the world?

 

All these teams have played on pattas and against weak bowling one time or the other.