Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Kohli is arguably the best T20 batsman in the world and he has been successful at no.3.Why make him open? He is being forced to Open so that has beens like Raina and Yuvraj can play. I can understand,Dhoni being a Wk/batsman being in the team but Why is Raina in the team?He is overweight and out of shape and has been work.Yuvraj may still have something to give the team in ODI format,but its clear that he can no longer come out and hit from the word go,he needs time to settle before he can do that.That cannot happen in T20. In midst of this we are losing matches and spoiling Kohli's form. New guy 1 Link to comment
New guy Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Forcing? He is the freaking captain Sidhoni, express bowling, MK55 and 5 others 8 Link to comment
msplash9 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Kohli is just not strong enough or too emotional to drop the seniors / his friends. Link to comment
Laaloo Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Nah. Only unfair if he is forced. Fair if he is picking his own side. New guy 1 Link to comment
tweaker Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 9 minutes ago, msplash9 said: Kohli is just not strong enough or too emotional to drop the seniors / his friends. Kohli paying his debt to senior who supported him during his initial struggle Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Am glad pant isn't in the team. Not the best place to make debut. He has to come on a flat track with nothing for the bowlers hopefully next game. Link to comment
Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 31 minutes ago, New guy said: Forcing? He is the freaking captain Heard of the terms "team management" "team player"? New guy 1 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I dnt get it , there are 11 players in team. What are others doing 2 matches kohli has played where kohli has to play his unnatural game coz rahul hasnt been in form. What are old **** like raina, yuvi doing since t20s last yr....... Why not give kohli 11 times to bat Link to comment
jusarrived Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Opening is a privilege in LOIs , I bet all of them would love to open given an opportunity ..seems desperate to cook theories Shunya 1 Link to comment
Lord Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 2 hours ago, New guy said: Forcing? He is the freaking captain Exactly lol Should open with Pandey or Pant.Raina at 5 and Yuvi out New guy 1 Link to comment
Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Lord said: Exactly lol Should open with Pandey or Pant.Raina at 5 and Yuvi out Heard of the terms "team management" "team player"? New guy 1 Link to comment
Lord Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Heard of the terms "team management" "team player"? Ultimately its his own decision. You can't say he's forced Sent from my Lenovo A7010a48 using Tapatalk Link to comment
Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 6 minutes ago, Lord said: Ultimately its his own decision. You can't say he's forced Sent from my Lenovo A7010a48 using Tapatalk You are forced to do things for the team.Clearly the reason Pant isnt playing because he will outperform the oldies and then they cant drop him. New guy 1 Link to comment
Lord Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, Malcolm Merlyn said: You are forced to do things for the team.Clearly the reason Pant isnt playing because he will outperform the oldies and then they cant drop him. So you saying Kohli hasnt got the guts to drop oldies and back young talent,right? Again its his own decision,hows he forced Link to comment
Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Lord said: So you saying Kohli hasnt got the guts to drop oldies and back young talent,right? Again its his own decision,hows he forced Team management.Manger,coach,senior players.Kohli is barely 2 weeks old as a LOI captain. New guy 1 Link to comment
Lord Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Malcolm Merlyn said: Team management.Manger,coach,senior players.Kohli is barely 2 weeks old as a LOI captain. He's the captain.Its his decision and accountability only.Hes not being forced into anything IIRC Dhoni was a month old into ODI captaincy when he dropped Ganguly and Dravid Sidhoni 1 Link to comment
Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 6 minutes ago, Lord said: He's the captain.Its his decision and accountability only.Hes not being forced into anything IIRC Dhoni was a month old into ODI captaincy when he dropped Ganguly and Dravid Dhoni became T20 captain in 2007.So he was already handling the LOI team and had won a world title.Kohli hasnt. Its his accountability yes,but not his decision alone. Link to comment
BeautifulGame Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Dhoni became T20 captain in 2007.So he was already handling the LOI team and had won a world title.Kohli hasnt. Its his accountability yes,but not his decision alone. Kohli has been test captain for nearly 2 years .He is currently the most influential cricketer in Indian cricket. If he wants to drop a player from the XI, no one can stop him.Not coach, team management , anyone . Shunya and Lord 2 Link to comment
Unleashed Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 He's the freaking captain and is probably the most influential cricketer right now. Nobody can't force him to make a decision. Pathetic to blame the seniors for his batting position. Lord 1 Link to comment
Lord Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Is he still being 'forced' to open ? @Malcolm Merlyn Sidhoni 1 Link to comment
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