The real issues with our ODI batting lineup.

[Nikhil_cric]

While I agree with the majority that Dhoni is well past it as a finisher today and should ideally have been replaced, a couple of other poor decisions in the last 3 years have really cost us as well. And really the selectors/Dhoni/Kohli are to blame for this. Raina had previously played ODI cricket in 2015 and subsequently dropped. The selectors instead chose to put the likes of rahane at no.4 when it was clear that he could not score quickly enough at that position. manish pandey was relatively better in that he had a good List A record and even at ODI level, he has stats of 40/90. Yuvraj was a short sighted choice despite doing reasonably well since he was clearly not going to make it to the world cup when he is 38. Moreover he was brought back after 3 years in exile. Jadhav was poor in the field and quite mediocre with the bat although he did show the ability to bat at a fair clip. But where was the foresight to prepare for this World Cup if these were the names being recycled. If KL Rahul was considered to be talented , why wasn't he given a consistent run atleast 3 years ago so that he could settle into his role by now? His List A stats are not particularly impressive. And then at 5, the selectors did another UV by bringing Raina back after 3 years in the wilderness. Again this was poor vision shown by them. Now 3 years have gone by, we are a year away from the World Cup and we have no established batsmen at 4 or 5 and Dhoni at 6. Are there no young batsmen at List A level with the potential to average 40-45 with the bat and strike at around 95 for these two spots or atleast for one spot in the hope that Rahul can fill the other spot? Discuss.

[putrevus]

Planning does not work for three years, form and injuries play a big part.New comers may come in so planning for world cup for four years is a folly.

 

12 months is good enough IMO, now it is the time to give the contenders a chance to prove themselves.

[Straight Drive]

The so called issues are easily resolvable and self created. Replace Dhoni and Raina with Rishabh and Karthik. Both better batsmen at this point than the two flops. Other batsmen are good, just these two making the batting lineup look bad.

Edited July 16, 2018 by Straight Drive

[Nikhil_cric]

9 hours ago, Straight Drive said:

The so called issues are easily resolvable and self created. Replace Dhoni and Raina with Rishabh and Karthik. Both better batsmen at this point than the two flops. Other batsmen are good, just these two making the batting lineup look bad.

But both are keeper batsmen aren't they? Or are you suggesting that we play Rishabh purely for his batting. 

[raki05]

25 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

But both are keeper batsmen aren't they? Or are you suggesting that we play Rishabh purely for his batting. 

Get krunal who is already in the team in place of Raina and Karthik in place of old man, how does it sound to start with than thinking what happened in past 3 years.

[tweaker]

Iyer,Rana, can be tried at no 5 position.

 

Rana is a left handed batsman & can roll his arm for 2 or 3 overs.He has ability to strike big & also is a good fielder.

[Straight Drive]

10 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

But both are keeper batsmen aren't they? Or are you suggesting that we play Rishabh purely for his batting. 

Rishabh can play as a batsman alone as well as wicket keeping batsman. He has the ability to score @ SR 100 in ODI and then average between 35- 40 to compliment that SR. Think he can manage the average and SR combo for T20 and ODI well.