02/03 - 01:30 PM IST: 1st ODI (D/N), Australia tour of India at Hyderabad, Mar 2 2019

[Nikola]

Just now, jusarrived said:

You mean they where scoring runs , dosent necessarily mean they where winning us matches . One is inconsistent and other only scores soft runs , most overrated opening pair ever . 

Rohit scored match winning centuries in SA, ENG & was MOS in ENG T20 series.

Dhawan gave quick starts in SA, Top scorer in Asia cup.

Idk what soft runs means imo. Both have won you matches single handedly. Soft runs means scoring in bilaterals? then even kohli is soft scorer till now.

[CSK Fan]

Just now, Starpower said:

Our player need rest they fed up with Schedule of non stop cricket

Hope they rest in IPL

[vvvslaxman]

3 minutes ago, Starpower said:

Vvvslaxman

Toss yet at St Lucia?

Not yet.

[Nikola]

1 minute ago, Starpower said:

Our player need rest they fed up with Schedule of non stop cricket

Agree both openers should have been rested for t20 & first 3 odis. They got to play ipl too now. 

[vvvslaxman]

I am not going to bother about top 3 at this point. They have been the highest run getters. World no.1 ranked batsman Kohli. World no.2 ranked batsman Rohit sharma. That factors runs against good opposition as well.  Dhawan's form has dipped especially with respect to converting the starts. He has some familiar mode of dismissals. Falling over against left arm seamers, getting caught at point while slashing,  getting caught at third man while playing upper cut then there is another way of getting out to bouncer. Teams are upto speed against his favorite shots and they bowl and set field accordingly. He has to come out with different plans. I wouldn't worry about Rohit. India's problem is middle order. 

[vvvslaxman]

5 minutes ago, Starpower said:

Our player need rest they fed up with Schedule of non stop cricket

That is exactly what they need. They play in every goddamn series opening. You will eventually start looking more and more scratchy. Bit of time off is needed. THey will be back. 

[velu]

dhoni needs to bat till the end ..

he has earned every right to consolidate today @Jimmy Cliff 

 

[Nikola]

2 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

I am not going to bother about top 3 at this point. They have been the highest run getters. World no.1 ranked batsman Kohli. World no.2 ranked batsman Rohit sharma. That factors runs against good opposition as well.  Dhawan's form has dipped especially with respect to converting the starts. He has some familiar mode of dismissals. Falling over against left arm seamers, getting caught at point while slashing,  getting caught at third man while playing upper cut then there is another way of getting out to bouncer. Teams are upto speed against his favorite shots and they bowl and set field accordingly. He has to come out with different plans. I wouldn't worry about Rohit. India's problem is middle order. 

Issue is middle order is too weak to score something over 6+ rpo if we got to make 150+ runs. If top order fails to give stable start then middle order will fail badly and problem atm is all top 3 is failing in every other match.

[jusarrived]

1 minute ago, Nikola said:

Rohit scored match winning centuries in SA, ENG & was MOS in ENG T20 series.

Dhawan gave quick starts in SA, Top scorer in Asia cup.

Idk what soft runs means imo. Both have won you matches single handedly. Soft runs means scoring in bilaterals? then even kohli is soft scorer till now.

Let’s just say you and me have very different definition of match winner . 

[Jimmy Cliff]

3 minutes ago, velu said:

dhoni needs to bat till the end ..

he has earned every right to consolidate today @Jimmy Cliff 

 

Seems to be an extremely promising innings so far .

[R!TTER]

Depends on what ball they're using, there's a chance they might use white Dukes. Also the tournament starts early season & ends mid season, don't expect the same flat tracks everywhere, through the WC unless the ICC has directed their curators to do a repeat of WC 2015 which was absolutely pathetic given how lifeless those were.

[Wall2018]

Dhoni waiting for the last over???

[Real McCoy]

12(27) solid tuk after tuk

[DHONI_FANN]

Rayadud and Dongi biggest liability for us

[The Dark Horse]

Lol

[vvvslaxman]

I agree with Haydos. It is all about intent. If you are going to push the asking rate to 7, you better finish it instead of leaving it to lower order. These guys in the name of consolidating play way too slowly. 13 in 29 balls? that is pathetic.

[vvvslaxman]

7 minutes ago, Nikola said:

Issue is middle order is too weak to score something over 6+ rpo if we got to make 150+ runs. If top order fails to give stable start then middle order will fail badly and problem atm is all top 3 is failing in every other match.

50/3, 100/3, 150/3, 200/3 India will always find themselves in trouble with the current middle order. 

[zen]

131/4 will not count Rayudu as a wkt so 131/3 .... Trying to climb out of the hole that Tuktuk Sharma dug

[Mosher]

Mumbai Indians series is now available on Netflix. Anybody watched it? 

Edited March 2, 2019 by Mosher

[vvvslaxman]

My logic is you get to use up so many balls and if you can't accelerate how can you expect lower order to accelerate from the get go without any sighters.