prudent_kreeda

Best series i my mind to get failed(Starts in June -early to mid summer) and remove this leach from team

Something tells me a positive aggressive KL as MO keeper in the team may become a reality!

Of course he will get hit at times . May loose form & fitness also by 27 who knows? . Even over exposure could be another issue. But if you see some of the dismissals , quite a few have perished trying to hit his back of length ball towards mid wicket including a monster like Klassen , livingstone , brook due to overspin and ball gaining more height . Re: away going delivery, do not think that is big worry as his googly comes a long way in. A slight deviation going away ball or a straighter one is good enough in his case to get LBW, bowled , outside edge. But what he should to further improve . Any ideas ? Definitely he cannot bowl big leg break rippers. That means real messup of his bowling action at this late stage of his career.

Let me put it this way . He should be only in short format. T20 best format & then 50 overs. If he plays till WC 2027 he had a very good career . Major issue is his fitness & injuries. Re: reinventing not sure what else he can add ? He has great control over his stock ball which googly , bowls leg spin ( most difficult to pick variations among indian spinners),has the best faster ball and a very good yorker length ball , bowls with drift ( watch Phillips delivery in final)and imparts overspin making ball to bounce more than normal resulting in mishits. What more he can add ? Jo hai wahi bahut hai . Bas fit raho till 2027.

Solution for Sa could be If patta pitches- Jaiswal, Gill, Tilak, Iyer, Rahul ,riyan, hardik , Bhumra, Axar , Varun , Kuldeep If seaming wicket- Jaiswal, Gill, Tilak, Pant , Rahul ,Riyan, Nishit ,hardik , Bhumra, Varun , Arshdeep

It has more to do with pitch at Dubai. Will it work in SA pitches - is the question.

Agree re: Axar's position. We will not get WI /Dubai kind of slow pitches in SA . Hence Axar may not be permanent member in playing eleven in SA .A possible combo to replace Axar can be Tilak & Riyan in playing eleven. For SA patta pitches, hope Riyan improves his bowling so that he can be a replacement of Axar (Not very sure how effective Axar on SA pitches for full 10 overs on those pattas ?). Riyan is a better bat and good fit at 5/6 position.

Look at the positives at this CT - KL Rahul -has improved his game with positive play , Iyer - has made big effort to improve his game vs bounce, Kuldeep -Looked really good in finals -when he bowled around mid 80K getting more turn and zip . (Ball to Rachin was superb and had a big impact in the final.) Should look at what they are now, than what they were . Most of the players by that time would be well experienced and leading the team may not a that difficult. BTW why we are discounting Bhumra's captaincy? Even Hardik, Iyer can do the job in case Bhumra is not able to play . No point to hang on Rohit just for captaincy.

Batting seems to have almost sorted out . Just need to find #3 bat (assuming VK may not play) -Jaiswal, Gill, Pant, Iyer, Rahul Potential batting newcomers- Tilak, Sai All rounders - Nitish, hardik , Riyan ,Axar Pace Bowlers - Bhumra, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep/ Mayank (if fit and firing) Spinners - Varun , Kuldeep Problem will be to have 8 batsmen within eleven.

Yes Shastri was not Coach . Did not even influence in picking right players many times. Just went with Chokli's illogical selections several times. His Plus point was man management. In that respect GG seem to be more firm in backing players . His backing of Varun & KL in this CT had massive impact in winning this CT.

A lead batsman who is nearly 41 years playing a WC for India will be madness . Where indian cricket will go with that ? Are we so short of good batsmen? I bet even now jaiswal will beat Rohit hands down as a batsmen. Lets not get fooled by his final innings in CT 25. What he is doing now ( quickie 20- 30) will be done by Abhishek too with some more maturity leave alone jaiswal ! Even Virat is expendable by then . It is not good if he picks & chooses when to play, Not good for team development. Both have done enough and its time they go on a high. India should look to phase out Rohit, VK, Jadeja ,Shami ASAP.

5 Players improving further can make India a Great T20 side in future - 1. Riyan Parag - Improve spin bowling so that he can be bowl 2-3 overs every match + bats with better run scoring. I think his bowling in T20 is under appreciated. 2. Abhishek Sharma- Improves consistency in run scoring further and bowls 1-2 overs in each match when required. This would help in excluding Axar 3. Jaiswal - Starts keeping wickets . This will solve WK problem and india will have GOAT WK for 8-10 years in T20 like Buttler. Will replace Samson. 4. Ravi Bishnoi- Can be very good defensive bowler in T20 if he can bowl the one which holds its line or move away from RH bats with good change of pace and overspin in addition to fast googlies. We cannot expect him to bowl genuine leg break with his action but he can develop skills mentioned above. He should work under ASH for sometime . ASH should be bowling coach for indian team for spin bowlers. Since our batting is deep ,one can expect 200+ runs most of the times and role of a good defensive bowler is critical in increasing the required RR and put pressure to induce wrong shots from batters. Can replace Varun in future. 5. NKR - Improves bowling to ensure we have replacement for Hardik when needed. If india has 3 genuine bowlers of quality like Boom, Arsh , Varun/Bishnoi and (8 top class batters- Abhi, Jaiswal, Tilak, SKY, Riyan,Rinku,NKR, Pandya) we can win most of the matches . Just need to trust their ability. Eventually we should aspire to have 4 genuine bowlers of quality like Boom, Arsh , Varun & Bishnoi and 7 top Gun T20 batters- Abhi, Jaiswal, Tilak, SKY, Riyan,NKR, Pandya ) Excluding young pacers for the time being due to history of injuries .

yes. very exciting indian team to watch There should be a fixed slot for Jaiswal . Can't be Abhi or Jaiswal. How about Samson abhi jaiswal surya (Back up Rinku) tilak (Back up Rinku) riyan NKR Pandya bumrah arshdeep varun You will have terrific batting till 8 and 4 regular bowlers + Riyan who is more than adequate for T20 and part timers -NKR ,Tilak, Abhi. fielding wise too - good bunch of energetic fielders in Tilak, jaiswal. Rinku, NKR, Riyan , Abhi, Pandya . Really Most watchable indian team across till date of watching, be it wins or loses a match. Need one more MO bat as performance of SKY & Rinku dropped of late.

I think we need to get through this CT tourney and hope is that from that point onwards we should be seeing at least 3 senior guys going out of one day team immediately - Rohit, Kohli & jadeja.Looks like this was decided few months when india won T20 WC to give a last chance to them. I think if this thing does not happen then it will be very bad for indian cricket. Hope sane minds will work towards rebuilding the team. Till then need to be patient till we reach that time line.

Exactly. He will train with team and may get couple of games to check his fitness and preparedness for CT. They want fit Shami for CT desperately as we do not have even 3 proven pacers for 50 overs. Do not see Shami doing real good in this T20. Not very hopeful of the experiment .