randomGuy Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Probably he still has it, atleast for the world cup knock outs - as big as it gets? Link to comment
rangeelaraja Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, randomGuy said: Probably he still has it, atleast for the world cup knock outs - as big as it gets? For that he will have to change his mindset of taking things to the very last over. And we would have to rewind to 2011. Link to comment
asterix Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 (edited) If he reduces the number of dot balls and rotate the strike more, it’ll help. Nobody's expecting him to go all guns blazing... Most of us have issues of him wasting overs after overs and also denying batting to the other batsman by hogging the strike... He wastes atleast 2 balls every over... its frustrating...it angers me... Everybody feels helpless (except his sucker fans) at that time... His main aim at that time is not to take any risks and lose his wicket... Edited July 4, 2019 by asterix Amit228, diga and Suhaan 3 Link to comment
Amit228 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 (edited) As i hv stated earlier we can only hope that he bats while wearing a yellow jursey with afterthoughts of eating biryani with sirni mama.... Nd also if he can somehow see unadkats nd dhawals in English bowlers.. i m keeping my fingers crossed.. meanwhile his PR agency has already started with their fatuous campaign in line of an imminent retirement of lord thala..brace ur self with frivolous tweets nd post of 2011 wankhede six nd countless sad emojis in times to come.. even if we loose the semis with him fluffing it big time.. i can bet my money that lord thala's retirement news will be breaking TRP meter nd India's lose will catch a few lips.. this is what we deserve when we make a player greater than this country.. this hero worshipping culture has done more harm to indian cricket.. Edited July 4, 2019 by Amit228 Link to comment
asterix Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 (edited) He played atleast 2 dot balls every over... Then he uses one ball for a single... that leaves the other batsman 3 remaining deliveries in which he’s to take risk to score boundaries or unfortunately end up taking a single... with invariable Dhoni playing the 5th ball of the over as DOT and then taking a single on the last ball to hog the strike in the next over... In the next over he’ll play 2 DOT balls and take a single on 3rd... Keeo on repeating this... till we start swearing on that MoFo... Edited July 5, 2019 by asterix Suhaan, Adi BB, maniac and 2 others 5 Link to comment
velu Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 depends .. if he gets to pace the bowlers like wood or starc , he will massacre them .. if he gets to face rashid or woakes , he will simply park the bus Link to comment
velu Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 56 minutes ago, asterix said: He wastes atleast 2 balls every over... its frustrating...it angers me... Everybody feels helpless (except his sucker fans) at that time... His main aim at that time is not to take any risks and lose his wicket... fun to watch The Hound, Vilander and Real McCoy 3 Link to comment
nevada Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 He did well in the match against Australia, so we can entertain hopes that he can do well in the semis if things fall into place. Ideally, he should come in to bat with only 4-5 overs left and the score already pretty high and just needing a final flourish. Master_better 1 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 1 hour ago, asterix said: If he reduces the number of dot balls and rotate the strike more, it’ll help. Nobody's expecting him to go all guns blazing... Most of us have issues of him wasting overs after overs and also denying batting to the other batsman by hogging the strike... He wastes atleast 2 balls every over... its frustrating...it angers me... Everybody feels helpless (except his sucker fans) at that time... His main aim at that time is not to take any risks and lose his wicket... he just dead bats everything straight these days. asterix, Switchblade and SK_IH 1 2 Link to comment
mishra Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Best chance for us will be to bat first. In case we are chasing, our top order should bat at run rate that English are forced to use most of their main bowlers. No point to expect Dhoni to bat at higher SR against better English bowlers like Archer and Wood. Link to comment
Real McCoy Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 1 hour ago, asterix said: He wastes atleast 2 balls every over... its frustrating...it angers me.. Have you taken your BP pill today velu, Vilander, Stan AF and 2 others 5 Link to comment
asterix Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 37 minutes ago, velu said: fun to watch That’s why I’ve proposed to hand temporary bans on Dhoni fans... Master_better, nevada, Amit228 and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment
Real McCoy Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 These days I find him blink or do something with his eyes. I'm not sure if he can see properly. And you are having big hopes on the knockouts Anyway good luck to him. We may need it Link to comment
Laaloo Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 No SL in knock outs so it will be the usual thala Link to comment
ShoonyaSifar Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Short answer - a loud no. Across 4 WCs, he has a grand total of 2 good knocks, all of which have come only when someone at the other end has dominated. Last one was vs Zim in 2015 when Raina was blazing to a 100. Add other ICC events- CTs of 2006, 09, 13 and 17 and T20 WCs of 2007, 09, 10, 12, 14, 16..you can count at most 1 or 2 decent knocks. So 14 ICC tournaments, 76 matches, batting average of 36, ZERO 100s, a grand total of one MoM. At best an average career and should not even be counted as the best Indian keeper in ICC tournaments. That will always be Dravid. Sgattick10, Nash, Suhaan and 2 others 5 Link to comment
Vilander Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 if we set target then dhoni will make merry. Link to comment
Adi BB Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 When did he ever do anything special in KOs of ICC tournaments except for the 2011 finals ?? Link to comment
Adi BB Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Just hope that he doesn't turn worse than this ,he has the ability actually to go even worse, who knows we might see a 50 ball 35 in the last 15 overs from him Link to comment
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