Malcolm Merlyn Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Poor team selection by team India once again as we play 5 pure bowlers,a very poor third rate batsmen wicketkeeper and only 5 batters. velu and tweaker 2 Link to comment
FischerTal Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 rahul is not a good WK, otherwise he would be perfect in that spot. Link to comment
sandeep Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I dont think its poor selection. If we end up conceding a big first innings lead then we can talk about it. Link to comment
Malcolm Merlyn Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, FischerTal said: rahul is not a good WK, otherwise he would be perfect in that spot. Saha is nothing exceptional.I believe we are playing one bowler too many.Rahul in place of Shami. 1 minute ago, sandeep said: I dont think its poor selection. If we end up conceding a big first innings lead then we can talk about it. Ok wait for it. Link to comment
jusarrived Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I like the idea of promoting Ashwin , infact wanted to see this happen for a while . if he does well we can always go with an extra bowler & the team will only get stronger once saha is replaced by a better bat . express bowling, tweaker and bowl_out 3 Link to comment
Sooda Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Could argue that its an aggressive move to go with Mishra instead of Jadeja - had RJ been in the batting would have had a bit more depth. Do not know if or how the pitch will favour Mishras spin instead of Jaddus tweaker 1 Link to comment
SLICKR392 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Against Windies on a flat deck? It's not a bad idea sscomp32, Ankit_sharma03 and New guy 3 Link to comment
express bowling Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Ashwin plays with a straight bat and is decent against the bouncing ball. Plays at a fast SR and has 2 test centuries...so, not a bad idea if we are playing 5 batsmen only. nevada 1 Link to comment
bowl_out Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Not bad at all.. Gives a chance to try Ashwin at 6.. It might work out well and he might be the overseas all rounder that we've been looking for.. If anything I'd have played Bhuvi instead of one of the bowlers to strengthen lower order batting.. Vilander, beetle and sandeep 3 Link to comment
New guy Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Kohli prefers this combination. He believes in attacking. He believes his bowlers should be able to defend 300 runs Mosher, express bowling and Ironhide 3 Link to comment
velu Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Kohli prefers this combination. He believes in attacking. He believes his bowlers should be able to defend 300 runs You dont need to see beyond IPL to check how he handles his bowlers sscomp32, Ironhide, beetle and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment
tweaker Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Selectors should have selected Naman Ojha instead of some bowlers in the squad to give more options to Kohli.Kohli certainly does not have confidence in Saha batting he will play all four test as there is no back up wk in the squad Ironhide 1 Link to comment
mishra Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 This thread is big . Ashwin is batting better than most of batsman so far. Straight full face of bat and patience. Also he lft the balls which should be left. Detonator and UnknownGenius 1 1 Link to comment
Silva Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Bk ahead of one of the pacers would give good batting depth. 7,8,9 averaving 20+ makes up for a specialist batsman. Plus u still have 5 legit bowlers. But even binny has more chances of being picked it seems. Not sure why they hate bk so much. tweaker, UnknownGenius and beetle 3 Link to comment
sandeep Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Yadav better take some wickets this game. Bhuvi is missing out because of him. I think it should have been the other way around. Only reason I can think of is that Kohli wants to invest in Yadav as a long-term project and wants to give him maximum opportunities. tweaker and beetle 2 Link to comment
mishra Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 19 minutes ago, sandeep said: Yadav better take some wickets this game. Bhuvi is missing out because of him. I think it should have been the other way around. Only reason I can think of is that Kohli wants to invest in Yadav as a long-term project and wants to give him maximum opportunities. Bhuvi has nothing to offer on this track and thats why he has been rightly left out. express bowling 1 Link to comment
Mosher Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) 23 minutes ago, sandeep said: Yadav better take some wickets this game. Bhuvi is missing out because of him. I think it should have been the other way around. Only reason I can think of is that Kohli wants to invest in Yadav as a long-term project and wants to give him maximum opportunities. In ODI/T20's BK is a better bowler but in test matches Yadav > BK. Bhuvi wont be as effective on these slow pitches and he is not very good with the old ball whereas Umesh is a lot quicker than BK and is very good when the ball reversing. Umesh is a wicket taker too. If we are playing in Eng/NZ where the ball will move around a lot, pick BK ahead of Umesh but everywhere else it should be Umesh ahead of BK. Edited July 22, 2016 by Mosher express bowling and Ironhide 2 Link to comment
sandeep Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 2 minutes ago, Mosher said: In ODI/T20's BK is a better bowler but in test matches Yadav > BK. Bhuvi wont be as effective on these slow pitches and he is not very good with the old ball whereas Umesh is a lot quicker than BK and is very good when the ball reversing. Umesh is a wicket taker too. If we are playing in Eng/NZ where the ball will move around a lot, pick BK ahead of Umesh but everywhere else it should be Umesh ahead of BK. Well, lets hope you are right and Yadav takes wickets. Link to comment
G_B_ Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 No doubt Ash played a great hand yesterday. But I personally think India should play another batsman (Rahul not Sharma) overseas. Saha is not really a reliable batter and neither is Ash. So we do into matches with only 5 proper frontline batters. Link to comment
sandeep Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Already another thread on this - http://www.indiancricketfans.com/forums/topic/96899-ashwin-batting-at-no6-poor-team-selection-once-again-from-team-india/ Link to comment
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