zen Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) Have seen a lot of discussions about Ind having nailed things down for the WC. While it is a good idea to shortlist a pool of players for the WC, it is also important to keep an open mind and device strategy / tactics based on your strengths and conditions during the tournament. Ind's problem could stem from keeping a rigid stance where the top 3 of Rohit-Dhawan-Kohli have been identified as key strength, along with Dhoni. Other pieces have to fit around these 4. For e.g. #4-5 could be chosen / accommodated based on his ability to stabilize the innings if the top 3 fail rather than the ability to win the game on his own. In certain scenarios, these strengths could turn into a relative weakness. Say for example, the par scores in the WC range from 325-350. In this scenario, it may be beneficial to maximize our return in the PPs, but a) We would have Rohit-Dhawan, who could focus on building a foundation, which is an exercise to keep Ind in the game vs. taking the game away b) Followed by Kohli who too is focused on playing a long inning c) And Dhoni, who seeks to take the game deep, slotted in the top 6 As we saw in the last T20 vs NZ, if you focus too much on laying a foundation on good batting surface, the strength is not the person laying the foundation but the big hitters, who turn the game by playing at an extraordinary high SR. If we pursue this strategy over a set of matches, inevitably we are relying on luck as the big hitters, who are the strength in this situation, cannot always come in and get going after playing a few balls. At times, we are going to have collapses In the above scenario, the top 3, along with Dhoni, are taking almost no risks. While the other 2-3 batsmen in the top 7 are taking all the risks. On the other hand, if the pitch is bowling friendly, our openers are not known to make the desired impact (i.e. lay foundation) To spread the risk and optimize the 50 overs, we may need to look at different approaches. I have represented my school/city/district in some team sports. In hockey, for e.g. there is a concept of creating triangles, where we have 3 players who play well as a group. If we adapt this concept to batting positions, may be have 1-2 big hitters in 3 consecutive slots depending up on the stage of the game. To illustrate 1) Brickie 2) Slayer / Brickie 3) Brickie / Slayer and so on Therefore, if we are opening with Rohit-Dhawan, we have someone like Pant at 3. On the other hand, if Kohli, a brickie, is slotted at 3, we may need to open with a slayer Per the above, the concept of having to play someone like Rayudu for e.g. goes out of window. And the combinations below emerge: 1. Dhawan (brickie) 2. Pant / Shaw / Agarwal (slayer) 3. Kohli (brickie) 4 / 5. Pandya / Rohit (slayer / brickie per situation) 6. Jadhav (slayer) 7. Dhoni or 1. Dhawan (brickie) 2. Rohit (brickie) 3. Pant / Shaw / Agarwal (slayer) 4. Kohli (brickie) 5. Pandya (slayer) 6. Jadhav (slayer) 7. Dhoni Edited February 11, 2019 by zen Link to comment
maniac Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, zen said: Have seen a lot of discussions about Ind having nailed things down for the WC. While it is a good idea to shortlist a pool of players for the WC, it is also important to keep an open mind and device strategy / tactics based on your strengths and conditions during the tournament. Ind's problem could stem from keeping a rigid stance where the top 3 of Rohit-Dhawan-Kohli have been identified as key strength, along with Dhoni. Other pieces have to fit around these 4. For e.g. #4-5 could be chosen / accommodated based on his ability to stabilize the innings if the top 3 fail rather than the ability to win the game on his own. In certain scenarios, these strengths could turn into a relative weakness. Say for example, the par scores in the WC range from 325-350. In this scenario, it may be beneficial to maximize our return in the PPs, but a) We would have Rohit-Dhawan, who could focus on building a foundation, which is an exercise to keep Ind in the game vs. taking the game away b) Followed by Kohli who too is focused on playing a long inning c) And Dhoni, who seeks to take the game deep, slotted in the top 6 As we saw in the last T20 vs NZ, if you focus too much on laying a foundation on good batting surface, the strength is not the person laying the foundation but the big hitters, who turn the game by playing at an extraordinary high SR. If we pursue this strategy over a period of matches, inevitable we are relying on luck as the big hitters, who are the strength in this situation, cannot always come in and get going after playing a few balls. At times, we are going to have collapses In the above scenario, the top 3, along with Dhoni, are taking almost no risks. While the other 2-3 batsmen in the top 7 are taking all the risks. On the other hand, if the pitch is bowling friendly, our openers are not known to make the desired impact (i.e. lay foundation) To spread the risk and optimize the 50 overs, we may have need to look at different approaches. I have represented my school/city/district in some team sports. In hockey, for e.g. there is a concept of creating triangles, where we have 3 players who play well as a group. If we adapt this concept to batting positions, may be have 1-2 big hitters in 3 consecutive slots depending up on the stage of the game. To illustrate 1) Brickie 2) Slayer / Bricklie 3) Brickie / Slayer and so on Therefore, if we are opening with Rohit-Dhawan, we have someone like Pant at 3. On the other hand, if Kohli, a brickie, is slotted at 3, we may need to open with a slasher Per the above, the concept of playing someone like Rayudu for e.g. goes out of window. And the combinations below emerge: 1. Dhawan (brickie) 2. Pant (slayer) 3. Kohli (brickie) 4 / 5. Pandya / Rohit (slayer / brickie per situation) 6. Jadhav (slayer) 7. Dhoni or 1. Dhawan (brickie) 2. Rohit (brickie) 3. Pant (Slayer) 4. Kohli (brickie) 5. Pandya (Slayer) 6. Jadhav (Slayer) 7. Dhoni Rohit is not a brickie, he is the world’s most powerful bulldozer, you know the ones that take down these big casino hotels when they rebuild them Link to comment
zen Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, maniac said: Rohit is not a brickie, he is the world’s most powerful bulldozer, you know the ones that take down these big casino hotels when they rebuild them In multinational tourneys since 2015: View overall figures [change view] Primary team Australia or England or India or New Zealand or South Africa Start of match date greater than or equal to 1 Jan 2015 Tournament type 3-4 team tournaments or 5+ team tournaments Batting position between 1 and 3 Qualifications runs scored greater than or equal to 100 Ordered by batting strike rate (descending) Page 1 of 1 Showing 1 - 25 of 25 First Previous Next Last Return to query menu Cleared query menu Overall figures Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s BB McCullum (NZ) 2015-2015 9 9 0 328 77 36.44 174 188.50 0 4 1 44 17 L Ronchi (NZ) 2017-2017 7 7 0 182 65 26.00 151 120.52 0 1 1 29 4 DA Warner (AUS) 2015-2017 17 16 2 731 178 52.21 701 104.27 3 1 0 80 11 MJ Guptill (NZ) 2015-2017 12 12 1 633 237* 57.54 613 103.26 2 1 0 72 17 AD Hales (ENG) 2015-2017 6 6 0 228 95 38.00 232 98.27 0 2 1 23 6 JE Root (ENG) 2017-2017 4 4 1 258 133* 86.00 264 97.72 1 1 0 19 3 MM Ali (ENG) 2015-2015 10 10 0 311 128 31.10 327 95.10 1 0 0 36 9 S Dhawan (INDIA) 2015-2018 22 22 0 1141 137 51.86 1203 94.84 5 3 0 140 19 SR Watson (AUS) 2015-2015 5 5 0 104 41 20.80 113 92.03 0 0 1 13 1 RG Sharma (INDIA) 2015-2018 19 19 4 1089 138 72.60 1188 91.66 4 6 2 96 33 HM Amla (SA) 2015-2017 17 17 1 728 159 45.50 811 89.76 3 2 0 69 9 IR Bell (ENG) 2015-2015 11 11 2 509 141 56.55 578 88.06 1 4 1 54 1 TWM Latham (NZ) 2017-2017 4 4 0 257 104 64.25 292 88.01 1 2 0 26 5 SPD Smith (AUS) 2015-2017 14 13 4 819 105 91.00 933 87.78 2 7 0 69 7 V Kohli (INDIA) 2015-2017 14 14 5 571 107 63.44 654 87.30 1 3 1 55 5 NT Broom (NZ) 2017-2017 2 2 0 101 63 50.50 118 85.59 0 1 0 11 0 AJ Finch (AUS) 2015-2017 23 21 0 685 135 32.61 807 84.88 1 4 3 69 12 KS Williamson (NZ) 2015-2017 12 12 2 478 100 47.80 564 84.75 1 3 0 49 5 F du Plessis (SA) 2015-2017 13 12 1 583 109 53.00 697 83.64 1 5 0 41 4 UT Khawaja (AUS) 2016-2016 7 6 0 217 98 36.16 270 80.37 0 2 0 17 4 RR Rossouw (SA) 2015-2016 3 3 0 111 61 37.00 143 77.62 0 1 0 11 0 AT Rayudu (INDIA) 2015-2018 8 8 2 221 60 36.83 295 74.91 0 2 0 16 7 Q de Kock (SA) 2015-2017 17 17 2 403 78* 26.86 538 74.90 0 3 1 48 1 AM Rahane (INDIA) 2015-2015 4 4 1 146 73 48.66 213 68.54 0 1 0 8 2 JWA Taylor (ENG) 2015-2015 6 6 2 155 82 38.75 239 64.85 0 2 1 8 0 It is similar to playing 3 Amlas in top 3 Link to comment
zen Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 If the par scores are 300+, I would not mind starting with a line up like the one below: Dhawan / Rohit / Agarwal Agarwal / Shaw (for relatively quick starts and also probably better bets vs swing too) Kohli Rohit / Agarwal (if Rohit is opening) / Pant Pandya Jadhav Dhoni Kuldeep Bhuvi / Chahal Shami Bumrah Link to comment
flamy Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I like how on ICF imaginary potentials replace actual people playing. First, it was Gill, and once he played couple of matches, disappears from all the wishlists. And, now Shaw and Agarwal are the golden boys. velu, Nikola, Cricketics and 1 other 4 Link to comment
zen Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, flamy said: I like how on ICF imaginary potentials replace actual people playing. First, it was Gill, and once he played couple of matches, disappears from all the wishlists. And, now Shaw and Agarwal are the golden boys. When Rohit and Dhawan were being seen as potential, ppl considered them to be imaginary too . Trichromatic, philcric and flamy 3 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 The batting order should be modified as per the scorecard situation. Who would be the floaters. (1) Jadhav - who is likely to be promoted ahead of if it's a great scoreboard after 2 wickets and 20 overs are yet to be bowled. (2) Pandya - who is likely to be promoted if it's a great scoreboard after 2 wickets and 15 overs are yet to be bowled. This is a khayali pukao though. We might see the same biryani being served at scheduled time zen 1 Link to comment
zen Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 29 minutes ago, Straight Drive said: This is a khayali pukao though. We might see the same biryani being served at scheduled time Ind is not known to be flexible / street smart .... It is probably like someone wearing the black suit everyday to work Link to comment
zen Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Need a strategy on how we make use of PPs positively .... Have to consider Pant or Pandya as top order options Link to comment
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