zen Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Basically, we have the following options: KL Rahul (appears to be in the best form among the choices) Shankar (but could be out of contention after a few games) Dhoni (need to slot him somewhere) DK (is in the squad so can be given the responsibility) Turn it into a floater position depending upon the situation Whom would you start with esp. in the first 3 games? Discuss and vote! Poll closes on May 31st. Cricket_Nostradamus 1 Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I will root for Shanker but he is not good against quick bowling ,struggles to score . Link to comment
zen Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 For the first 3 games, I will start with the following 11: Rohit Dhawan Kohli KL Pandya X - Jadhav / DK / Shankar Dhoni Kuldeep Shami Chahal / Bhuvi if conditions command Bumrah diehardpacer and Cricket_Nostradamus 1 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Virat Kohli. Rohit, Shikhar, KLPD in the top 3, with clear instructions to attack the bowling in the 2 over to 10 over timeframe. Even if one wicket falls. Let KLPD come in at #3 if Brohit won't give up his opening slot. Let Virat bat at #4. Lannister, jusarrived and diehardpacer 1 2 Link to comment
Gollum Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, sandeep said: Virat Kohli. Rohit, Shikhar, KLPD in the top 3, with clear instructions to attack the bowling in the 2 over to 10 over timeframe. Even if one wicket falls. Let KLPD come in at #3 if Brohit won't give up his opening slot. Let Virat bat at #4. Unfortunately it is a risky gambit. We should have tried this approach before, I agree with your idea but applying it directly in a high-stakes match, dunno conflicted . Edited April 15, 2019 by Gollum Link to comment
jusarrived Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Virat . shankar is a popular choice here , but the more I have seen him he does not look like a pure batsmen . KL has no experience batting in the middle order and has shown no signs he can adapt . zen and sergio04 2 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 shankar show faith in him .....for atleast 5 games, if it doesnt work KL rahul ....after that ill go with dhoni Link to comment
velu Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 hours ago, MultiB48 said: What a shame,such a batting mad country and can't find a high-quality middle order bat . we invested time and games on wrong players .. pandey and rayudu .. raina was a potential #4/#5 candidate as well Link to comment
The Realist Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Should have picked Manish Pandey... SK_IH, sandeep and Sgattick10 3 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, The Realist said: Should have picked Manish Pandey... Great substitute fielder velu, Sgattick10, The Dark Horse and 1 other 4 Link to comment
sandeep Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Gollum said: Unfortunately it is a risky gambit. We should have tried this approach before, I agree with your idea but applying it directly in a high-stakes match, dunno conflicted . Wrote an ICF "article" suggesting this about 20 months ago. But Virat batting at #4 on a regular basis means probably 30% fewer chances to rack up meaningless centuries in meaningless ODIs. Go check endorsement incomes and you will find that white ball top order batsmen - i.e. Kohli, Sharma and Dhawan - are right up there in maximum ad income. You think these arseholes are going to give up the gravy train just so the team gets 5% better and increases the chances of winning the WC? Lannister, velu and Gollum 3 Link to comment
zaqw222222 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Vijay shankar, but he needs to make big score once he is settled, he has a tendency to get out after getting settled. Number 4 is not expected to make only 30-40's and then get out. Link to comment
Sonix768 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 First three matches Shankar will play at 4. Being against tough opponenets in first three games, he will fail or fare just average in all three games.Virat will as usual lose patient and drop him and play DK at 4, who will rake up efficient 30 off 48 balls in one game and bottle up a big chase in the next game. Then Kohli drops him and he will play himself at 4 and include Rahul at 3 in two games. It will end like Mohali game where both not playing upto their potential and we will see Jadav at 4 Shankar at 6 in the next game then Dhoni at 4, Dk at 5, Shankar at 6 in the next. All in all its going to be comedy gold in the wc with the middle order esp a inpatient captain at the helm. DHONI_FANN, jusarrived, saik and 2 others 5 Link to comment
R!TTER Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 That sounds ominous, can we drop one of the incumbent openers instead? Link to comment
bowl_out Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 6 hours ago, The Realist said: Should have picked Manish Pandey... Even SRH aren't picking him DHONI_FANN, velu and vvvslaxman 3 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Sonix768 said: First three matches Shankar will play at 4. Being against tough opponenets in first three games, he will fail or fare just average in all three games.Virat will as usual lose patient and drop him and play DK at 4, who will rake up efficient 30 off 48 balls in one game and bottle up a big chase in the next game. Then Kohli drops him and he will play himself at 4 and include Rahul at 3 in two games. It will end like Mohali game where both not playing upto their potential and we will see Jadav at 4 Shankar at 6 in the next game then Dhoni at 4, Dk at 5, Shankar at 6 in the next. All in all its going to be comedy gold in the wc with the middle order esp a inpatient captain at the helm. I think KL Rahul will bat at no.4 But what you say cannot be ruled out. I would have kept Shankar as a back up options. Seeing the bowling of Pandya and Jadhav (found out) i don't trust these guys with 10 overs. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 43 minutes ago, bowl_out said: Even SRH aren't picking him You gotta suck off the charts not to be picked by such a weak batting line up like SRH. Link to comment
Texan Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 What is KL Rahul's record at #4? Link to comment
R!TTER Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 What is Shankar's record @4 or Jadhav for that matter? Link to comment
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