How did Dhawan replace Vijay in the team even though the latter was match fit?

[jusarrived]

15 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

OPs hatred continues...no words for Rahul's failure but just point fingure towards Dhawan.

Reasons:

1) Rahul is from Karnataka (OPs home state)

2) Dhawan is a northy whom OP dislike.

Pathetic discrimination if you ask me

#FACT

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Kl has had 2 failures in last 12 innings , why would anyone criticize him home state or not ?

[Lannister]

21 minutes ago, jusarrived said:

Kl has had 2 failures in last 12 innings , why would anyone criticize him home state or not ?

That's the limitation of his thinking capacity. 

[New guy]

2 hours ago, Cricketics said:

He might prefer faster to score people is a different thing but doesn’t mean he will drop Pujara now. Pujara is currently 100 some not out and has played about 330 balls but Kohli understands thats his game. Like I said, that was a move Kohli tried and realized its not tthe right move and he changed it back. 

 

 

He won't drop someone who is performing. However if both are in indifferent form, kohli will prefer dhawan. As @vvslaxman pointed, he even spoke about pujara strike rate. There is nothing wrong with captain having preferences as long as there is no bias

 

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/17651903/asked-cheteshwar-pujara-quicken-strike-rate-virat-kohli

 

Edited November 26, 2017 by New guy

[Cricketics]

Just now, New guy said:

He won't drop someone who is performing. However if both are in indifferent form, kohli will prefer dhawan. As @vvslaxman pointed, he even spoke about pujara strike rate. There is nothing wrong with captain having preferences as long as there is no bias

Dhawan has been dropped previously too. And no Kohli won’t pick Dhawan ever ahead of Pujara.

 

 

[jusarrived]

5 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

Dhawan has been dropped previously too. And no Kohli won’t pick Dhawan ever ahead of Pujara.

 

 

Rohit over pujara

Dhawan over vj

Yaadav over bhuvi

 

These are clear virat preferences and all for wrong reasons . 

[Cricketics]

3 minutes ago, jusarrived said:

Rohit over pujara

Dhawan over vj

Yaadav over bhuvi

 

These are clear virat preferences and all for wrong reasons . 

I have said it over and over again, Kohli isn’t perfect and I agree with all those decisions being absolutely wrong, but doesn’t mean r tries to show preference in terms od showing dosti and yaarana. Its just means he has scene things different and realized later.

 

He made some choices which weren’t good, just like many captains make every game or series.

 

As he continues his career he will continue to make mistakes and so will other captains around the world since no one is oerfect and every sees the game differently from another. But it doesn’t mean captain like Kohli is showing bias in his decision making.

 

 

 

[New guy]

20 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

Dhawan has been dropped previously too. And no Kohli won’t pick Dhawan ever ahead of Pujara.

 

 

Well duh, Dhawan is an opener. However Kohli can pick Rohit over Pujara if he gets the chance

[New guy]

7 minutes ago, jusarrived said:

Rohit over pujara

Dhawan over vj

Yaadav over bhuvi

 

These are clear virat preferences and all for wrong reasons . 

I dunno about wrong reasons. Kohli wanted to bring a change in mindset where we play more aggressively with faster bowlers and aggressive batsmen

[Cricketics]

Just now, New guy said:

Well duh, Dhawan is an opener. However Kohli can pick Rohit over Pujara if he gets the chance

He will not, you keep repeating the same thing. 

[adi B]

2 hours ago, Khota said:

Dhawan is a damn good playerDhawan is a very good player. If you cannot see that he is better than Vijay than you need to clean your glasses. The only problem I see with Dhawans game is that he is prone to unforced errors (borrowed the term from tennis). If there is a real coach that can be sorted out. Vijay is a good player too but I will put dhawan over him.

You couldn't be more wrong mate.vijay is too good of a test bat and he has always scored "hard " runs which I value more.

 

[Shunya]

Why deleting the posts yaar? Ahh

[WC2011INDIA]

why the * do people talk about past records so much....ever heard that one should not live on his past glories?

A guy might be having poor past, but today the same person can do wonders depending on factors.

Shikhar has been very good as opener for the past couple of test matches. Should be persisted for SA series. If the same issues crop up then he should be dropped for overseas tours and be made a specialised subcontinent test opener. 

 

 

Same applies for Hahane. His past records don't mean jackshit because at present he is pathetic. I can tell that he is going to struggle big-time in SA because of Keshav and Rabada. Those guys will be introduced when Hahane comes in to bat. Rest we know. 

[Forever Indian]

6 minutes ago, WC2011INDIA said:

why the * do people talk about past records so much....ever heard that one should not live on his past glories?

A guy might be having poor past, but today the same person can do wonders depending on factors.

Shikhar has been very good as opener for the past couple of test matches. Should be persisted for SA series. If the same issues crop up then he should be dropped for overseas tours and be made a specialised subcontinent test opener. 

 

 

Same applies for Hahane. His past records don't mean jackshit because at present he is pathetic. I can tell that he is going to struggle big-time in SA because of Keshav and Rabada. Those guys will be introduced when Hahane comes in to bat. Rest we know. 

Your points would be valid if Dhawan is in great form outside subcontinent. Dhawan has always scored in subcontinent, so nothing has changed. Similarly he doesn't have a technique for overseas tests, nothing has changed in that either.

 

In subcontinent, especially at home any of these players will win you the match as long as Ashwin, Jadeja and Pujara are in team. It is overseas where we are struggling and so we need to invest in players who have done well overseas or have potential to do well overseas. No problem trying new in form players.

[The Dark Horse]

1 hour ago, jusarrived said:

I don't think so . You are only as good as your last innings and if kl does not get a Big hundred it will be VJ and Dhawan opening in SA

Sadly that's true. Rahul is one for the future though. I'd want him on the team sheet ahead of anyone else.

[New guy]

43 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

He will not, you keep repeating the same thing. 

He will if given a chance. Guaranteed 
 

[Khota]

7 hours ago, randomGuy said:

Dhawan makes starts count.. Vijay gets out... Otherwise Vijay is a more solid opener 

 

7 hours ago, The Dark Horse said:

I think I need a new set of glasses.

Vijay has tenacity and he knows he has fewer opportunities and he makes them count. Dhawan seems to be in rush.

[Khota]

5 hours ago, WC2011INDIA said:

why the * do people talk about past records so much....ever heard that one should not live on his past glories?

A guy might be having poor past, but today the same person can do wonders depending on factors.

Shikhar has been very good as opener for the past couple of test matches. Should be persisted for SA series. If the same issues crop up then he should be dropped for overseas tours and be made a specialised subcontinent test opener. 

 

 

Same applies for Hahane. His past records don't mean jackshit because at present he is pathetic. I can tell that he is going to struggle big-time in SA because of Keshav and Rabada. Those guys will be introduced when Hahane comes in to bat. Rest we know. 

I do not understand why people fail to comprehend what you have written. People improve their game and become better over time. Others regress. So please quit bringing up what happened two years back. Current form is all that count. Shove the damn cricket stats where sun dont shine and better picture will emerge.

[Khota]

5 hours ago, adi B said:

You couldn't be more wrong mate.vijay is too good of a test bat and he has always scored "hard " runs which I value more.

 

Buddy you got this one wrong. Dhawan cannot be ignored anymore.

[Ankit_sharma03]

5 hours ago, WC2011INDIA said:

why the * do people talk about past records so much....ever heard that one should not live on his past glories?

A guy might be having poor past, but today the same person can do wonders depending on factors.

Shikhar has been very good as opener for the past couple of test matches. Should be persisted for SA series. If the same issues crop up then he should be dropped for overseas tours and be made a specialised subcontinent test opener. 

 

 

Same applies for Hahane. His past records don't mean jackshit because at present he is pathetic. I can tell that he is going to struggle big-time in SA because of Keshav and Rabada. Those guys will be introduced when Hahane comes in to bat. Rest we know. 

Shikhar has done well in few tests..........yes but have u seen against whom??? SL

Just see the highlights looks worst then ranji side.......SA wudnt have these poor bowlers they ll have steyn, morkel, rabadda, philander........good luck against them

 

Have u heard that u shud learn lessons from past mistakes. Last time Rohit n dhawan went to Sa piling on runs in home season and we ll knw what happened

 

Rahane has always been avg against spinner but come overseas he is in diff

 

Past reputation well atleast vijay n rahane has one and vijay is also scoring presently.

 

This living in past is used for someone like yuvraj singh who hasnt been same for ages  or they are on verge of retirement

 

Really u dnt even see the diff between the attacks of a minnows like Lanka n SA.......

[jusarrived]

6 hours ago, Cricketics said:

I have said it over and over again, Kohli isn’t perfect and I agree with all those decisions being absolutely wrong, but doesn’t mean r tries to show preference in terms od showing dosti and yaarana. Its just means he has scene things different and realized later.

 

He made some choices which weren’t good, just like many captains make every game or series.

 

As he continues his career he will continue to make mistakes and so will other captains around the world since no one is oerfect and every sees the game differently from another. But it doesn’t mean captain like Kohli is showing bias in his decision making.

 

 

 

 

@New guy

I dont doubt Virats intentions  , but you get a feeling hes too emotional  ..it matters to him what the media/fans/ex-cricketers say about him , he likes the image of being aggressive  .Let alone his own fans , hes careful even giving statements about Pak players .

He should improve with his on field tactics with more experience , no doubts there and am not criticising that aspect , but what I doubt is he will struggle to pick the team he wants trying to make everyone around him happy .