sandeep Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Foolish Avoidable mistake # 1 - benching your best test batsman to accomodate Rahul and Dhawan in the team. Doubling down on the first mistake by benching Pujara and bringing in the greatest wicket-thrower Indian team has ever seen. Foolish Avoidable mistake - Risking himself to the new ball at the fall of the early wicket. Sure credit to him for having the right "attitude" at the individual level. But as a Captain, he has to primarily put his team and players in positions to succeed. This was a mistake from that perspective. tweaker, Rasgulla, sscomp32 and 1 other 4 Link to comment
sandeep Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 You can give him a pass on the Karn Sharma fiasco as a newbie error, not today's. Fact. Rasgulla, sscomp32 and tweaker 3 Link to comment
express bowling Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) Kohli's choice of batsmen, as well as batting order, were wrong today. Dropping Vijay was the worst of his decisions and promoting himself to no.3 against the new ball, was unnecessary as he was doing so well at no.4. What I would like to see is, whether he learns from these mistakes or not. In an earlier series, most probably against SL, he had chosen Rohit over Pujara but rectified this probably the next match after Pujara got a ton and Rohit failed. I would like him to do the same thing in the next test and choose Vijay and Pujara replacing Dhawan and Rohit. Edited August 9, 2016 by express bowling sscomp32, sandeep, Mosher and 1 other 4 Link to comment
PBN Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 27 minutes ago, express bowling said: Kohli's choice of batsmen, as well as batting order, were wrong today. Dropping Vijay was the worst of his decisions and promoting himself to no.3 against the new ball, was unnecessary as he was doing so well at no.4. What I would like to see is, whether he learns from these mistakes or not. In an earlier series, most probably against SL, he had chosen Rohit over Pujara but rectified this probably the next match after Pujara got a ton and Rohit failed. I would like him to do the same thing in the next test and choose Vijay and Pujara replacing Dhawan and Rohit. Vijay was dropped or injured? i thought he was injured and may not have fully recovered Link to comment
Scarface Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 1 minute ago, PBN said: Vijay was dropped or injured? i thought he was injured and may not have fully recovered Vijay was dropped Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Absolute foolishness by kohli today. I have no issues with his love for taking things in hand and playing aggressively to control. But dhawan n rohit cant be ur weapons as they have misfired time n again. He needs to end his love for these 2 or nothing would change for our test cricket tweaker, beetle and express bowling 3 Link to comment
express bowling Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 11 minutes ago, PBN said: Vijay was dropped or injured? i thought he was injured and may not have fully recovered Some posters have confirmed that Kohli has said that Vijay is fit. That means he was dropped. Link to comment
Laaloo Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I sort of understand why Pujara was replaced but baffled that Vijay wasnt played when he was fit. That is not explainable. Hope Kohli learns from this. And rohit sharma is a waste. Need to get rid of sharmas tweaker 1 Link to comment
Scarface Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 3 minutes ago, express bowling said: Some posters have confirmed that Kohli has said that Vijay is fit. That means he was dropped. http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/81936/murali-vijay-or-kl-rahul-virat-kohli-yet-to-take-a-call Quote The good thing is Vijay has been in a good head-space. He's back to the nets and back to fielding. We'll take a call on that. We still have to discuss that. tweaker 1 Link to comment
Bigg Brother Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 http://circleofcricket.co/murali-vijay-fit-pick-two-three-says-kohli/ Thats what kohli said earlier today..Vijay was dropped. http://m.rediff.com/cricket/report/3rd-test-kohli-likely-to-persist-with-rahul-ahead-of-vijay-west-indies-tour/20160809.htm http://circleofcricket.co/murali-vijay-fit-pick-two-three-says-kohli/ Thats what kohli said earlier today..Vijay was dropped. http://m.rediff.com/cricket/report/3rd-test-kohli-likely-to-persist-with-rahul-ahead-of-vijay-west-indies-tour/20160809.htm tweaker 1 Link to comment
PBN Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Scarface said: Vijay was dropped hmm..really surprising if true. has there been an official statement or just speculation from the fans. Because if they were going to drop Pujara, then Vijay Dhawan would have opened and Rahul at #3 was the more logicial step than completely changing the batting order by including Rohit Edited August 9, 2016 by PBN tweaker 1 Link to comment
Vilander Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 3 minutes ago, PBN said: hmm..really surprising if true. has there been an official statement or just speculation from the fans. Because if they were going to drop Pujara, then Vijay Dhawan would have opened and Rahul at #3 was the more logicial step than completely changing the batting order by including Rohit But Rohit is talented. tweaker and Ankit_sharma03 2 Link to comment
BeautifulGame Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, PBN said: hmm..really surprising if true. has there been an official statement or just speculation from the fans. From Kohli yesterday press conference Quote India captain Virat Kohli was quite cryptic about resolving the happy headache around the choice of openers, but he did suggest M Vijay was fit when he said the management would have to make the tough call after practice. http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-india-2016/content/story/1044087.html tweaker 1 Link to comment
mishra Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 We consistently scored over 500. Couldnt win last test because Bowlers couldnt take more than 2 wickets in 3 effin seasions. So we change the batting. Not to mention wundies have past where they have created tracks where nit a single wicket has fallen in 3 sessions chewy, G_B_, zen and 2 others 5 Link to comment
velu Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 vijay is injured.. dropping chepu is stupidity mishra 1 Link to comment
BeautifulGame Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 24 minutes ago, velu said: vijay is injured.. dropping chepu is stupidity Vijay is not injured Link to comment
velu Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Just now, BeautifulGame said: Vijay is not injured Link to comment
FischerTal Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) pujara can be dropped for nonperformance but not his delhi teammate ishant. plus, who the * benches vijay for sharma? for all those dhoni fans who thought we wouldn't criticize kohli, ur wrong. this is appalling captaincy. Edited August 10, 2016 by FischerTal tweaker, velu, Mosher and 1 other 4 Link to comment
G_B_ Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) What I want to know is to what extent is Kumble responsible for this? Ie Kohli is still a young captain. Surely this is where the coach steps in and makes the call From what I remember when MSD was made captain in tests regularly Dravid Ganguly Laxman Kumble Sachin were involved in decision making along with Gary who was a huge influence. Edited August 9, 2016 by G_B_ tweaker and express bowling 2 Link to comment
Bleed-Blue Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Wait a min, wasnt Kohli the one who dropped Ashwin for Karn Sharma vamos_rafa and velu 1 1 Link to comment
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