maniac Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Has overseas experience opening the batting and since we picked him,might as well use him for that role....will lend balance as we can play Pujara,Rahane,Kohli and Rohit with Pandya at 7 followed by Ash/Jaddu and Bhuvi at 8-9 that would be one heck of a line up.
lamellavig Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Just now, maniac said: Has overseas experience opening the batting and since we picked him,might as well use him for that role....will lend balance as we can play Pujara,Rahane,Kohli and Rohit with Pandya at 7 followed by Ash/Jaddu and Bhuvi at 8-9 that would be one heck of a line up. No man, why some more useless temporary oldies? At least use the opportunity to track potential for the future. DK is a known mediocre quantity who won't give you greatness or improve the test team in future.
maniac Posted January 17, 2018 Author Posted January 17, 2018 1 minute ago, lamellavig said: No man, why some more useless temporary oldies? At least use the opportunity to track potential for the future. DK is a known mediocre quantity who won't give you greatness or improve the test team in future. It is not what I want lol....it is what we have...Saha is injured and it is between Pappu and Dk anyways lol Pappu has proved to be useless and DK will be useless based on what we know but Since Pappu didn’t work out might as well try Karthik in a role he has done in the past.
maniac Posted January 17, 2018 Author Posted January 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Green Monster said: yeh karthik kaha se aaya? tum log cricket khelte ho ya musical chairs? now that this series result is determined, u should play backups kumar and yadav and young players... some of u seem high on pant as a keeper, so it seems strange he hasn't been brought over to play this dead rubber Karthik replaced Saha and the choice is between him and Parthiv so picking between the devil and deep blue sea, might as well open with a guy who has done it before. Also what has Kumar and Yadav got to do with picking an opening batsman
maniac Posted January 17, 2018 Author Posted January 17, 2018 Just now, Khota said: karthick should be picked but should not open. He has been an overseas test opener before and did well in both SA and England in that role.
Khota Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 5 hours ago, maniac said: He has been an overseas test opener before and did well in both SA and England in that role. Karthick will score well if he comes at 5/6 down. Let the specialist open.
vvvslaxman Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 Dinesh karthik and M Vijay hahaha lol In first over one of them will be run out. Gollum, sarcastic, Forever Indian and 5 others 8
saik Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 Karthik does not even open for his state side.Has become a middle order batsman
Gollum Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 Is this 2018 or 2008? Suddenly looks like after all these years we have PP and Karthik as our options, . Shambles....
bowl_out Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 Not a bad option.. They bottom 5 have outscored the top 5 this series... As the ball gets older, it is easier to score.. Might as well have somebody weather out the new ball and have your run scorers play after 15-20 overs DK Vijay Rahul Virat Rahane Rohit Pandya Ashwin Bhuvi Shami Bumrah
coffee_rules Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 kuch bhi..anything to get rohit in.. So, we 3 openers, but we need a fourth one now. After having invested in Rahul for 2 + years, he needs to be given 3 or 4 tests in a row.. beetle 1
diga Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 7 hours ago, Gollum said: Is this 2018 or 2008? Suddenly looks like after all these years we have PP and Karthik as our options, . Shambles.... Parthivs first test was in 2001 I think... Now he is 33 and Karthik too Cant expect them too have same reflexes.. we should have debuted one of the younger keepers in SL series
Austin 3:!6 Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 FGS nooooo. We have to stick with Vijay & Rahul. Incase we want to take a chance, I might open with Rohit (not kidding). His fate changed once he started opening in ODIs...who knows he may be a different batsman as an opener.
coffee_rules Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 Other openers to try.. Pujara Rahane Ashwin Pandya Bhuvi Patel
velu Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 OP forgot that someother talented player can open as well
Pollack Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 Where do people get these crazy ideas from? Opening is a very imp position in tests cricket. Stick with specialists most of the times.
maniac Posted January 18, 2018 Author Posted January 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Pollack said: Where do people get these crazy ideas from? Opening is a very imp position in tests cricket. Stick with specialists most of the times. Not everything is a Rohit conspiracy bro...Karthik opened for India previously in South Africa and England in 2007 and infact did very well. Since all our openers have bombed why not??? Not as left field as people are thinking
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