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There is no opener who is good enough to replace either Sharma or Dhawan. Guys like Shaws and Gill are not even 1/100th level of those two. India will go as far their top three will take them. Mayank could be good no4 as he plays spin well but how good is he in rotating strike we don't know. 

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4 minutes ago, putrevus said:

There is no opener who is good enough to replace either Sharma or Dhawan. Guys like Shaws and Gill are not even 1/100th level of those two. India will go as far their top three will take them. Mayank could be good no4 as he plays spin well but how good is he in rotating strike we don't know. 

NO.4, 5 are vital spots as they bridge between the top and late order. You need a versatile player not duds like Rahane, Rayadu. I would not have worried too much if our no.5 and no.6 were very strong. We have Dhoni and Jadhav. Pandya is also a pure gamble at 7. He could go either way. Then 4 rank tailenders. This is why no.4 has to be a pure batsman with aggressive mindset. Shankar is doing a good job. But is he tested enough there? India has a team that is capable of collapsing in every single match.

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9 minutes ago, putrevus said:

There is no opener who is good enough to replace either Sharma or Dhawan. Guys like Shaws and Gill are not even 1/100th level of those two. India will go as far their top three will take them. Mayank could be good no4 as he plays spin well but how good is he in rotating strike we don't know. 

Lol 1/100, do you want to place bet Shaw will outscore Dhawan in this IPL at better SR? 

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23 minutes ago, putrevus said:

There is no opener who is good enough to replace either Sharma or Dhawan. Guys like Shaws and Gill are not even 1/100th level of those two. India will go as far their top three will take them. Mayank could be good no4 as he plays spin well but how good is he in rotating strike we don't know. 

Thats an exaggeration. Rohit-Dhawan indeed being a great servant for Indian cricket but they are clearly struggling for form. In Rohit's case...its not even form, its the age issue where he has lost that hand eye co-ordination. These days he just block block and then skies one up in an attempt to play pull shot. He has lost that aesthetic timing which he was once so gifted. Rohit is having the same issues as Sehwag had 5 years ago.

 

5 years ago, Dhoni sensed it, dropped Sehwag , opened with an young Rohit in CT 2013 and rest is history. Kohli needs to be visionary like him and select players on form and not by name.

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14 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

NO.4, 5 are vital spots as they bridge between the top and late order. You need a versatile player not duds like Rahane, Rayadu. I would not have worried too much if our no.5 and no.6 were very strong. We have Dhoni and Jadhav. Pandya is also a pure gamble at 7. He could go either way. Then 4 rank tailenders. This is why no.4 has to be a pure batsman with aggressive mindset. Shankar is doing a good job. But is he tested enough there? India has a team that is capable of collapsing in every single match.

Yes no 4 is pivotal but it is too late in the ball game to find a perfect no4. Anybody you take is going to be a gamble only. Mayank is in form but we have no clue if he can succeed.

 

India will go as far those top three take them.If they collapse like they did in CT finals or 2015 semis, India has no chance. This Indian team is very unbalanced team .

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3 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Thats an exaggeration. Rohit-Dhawan indeed being a great servant for Indian cricket but they are clearly struggling for form. In Rohit's case...its not even form, its the age issue where he has lost that hand eye co-ordination. These days he just block block and then skies one up in an attempt to play pull shot. He has lost that aesthetic timing which he was once so gifted. Rohit is having the same issues as Sehwag had 5 years ago.

 

5 years ago, Dhoni sensed it, dropped Sehwag , opened with an young Rohit in CT 2013 and rest is history. Kohli needs to be visionary like him and select players on form and not by name.

That is not an exaggaration, for this  world cup who is better bet , Dhawan and Sharma or any other guys you named .2013 Rohit had already played for four years. Dhawan was coming off great home season.Sehwag and Gambhir both were dropped after home season and Sharma did open the last odi in that season.

 

That was gamble which paid off do you think you have anyone close to that now even if the captain is willing to take gamble when you have so many holes in this team.Why do you want to break up one of the strengths of this team and try unknown.

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7 hours ago, wanted_desi said:

Lol 1/100, do you want to place bet Shaw will outscore Dhawan in this IPL at better SR? 

diff between IPL and WC is that in IPL there are atleast 2 rookie or past it bowlers per side, in WC there is only a part -timer if you are lucky.  Shaw migtht be good, but we have not seen him in internationals enough. This is why people keep crying for newer players to be tried earlier, that never happened. 

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33 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Which has been exposed lately.

Yes. Jadhav will not find a place in sides like Australia or England. He is merely an utility player who MAY come good in specific scenarios. Not a consistent threat to any opposition. No team is going to be sweating over this guy like Yuvraj or even Raina who came at 5 and 7.

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3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Yes. Jadhav will not find a place in sides like Australia or England. He is merely an utility player who MAY come good in specific scenarios. Not a consistent threat to any opposition. No team is going to be sweating over this guy like Yuvraj or even Raina who came at 5 and 7.

Kedar is a better batsman than Raina, but his fielding alone can cost us games.  

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