fineleg Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Why? Why why why why!?? Why not in ODIs? 300+ out of 290+ balls in Test cricket. Ok, why not 70 off 80 balls in ODIs??? a more consistent avg than presently in ODIs? EVEN WHEN he is in good test form, he does not replicate 70% of it to ODIs!? :hmmmm: Very sad that we can only imagine what if he can do 70% atleast in ODIs! Link to comment
DomainK Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I read on one cricinfo article yesterday that Sehwag feels that there are too many parameters in ODIs. Match condition, power plays, required run rates etc. I think he feels pressurized in a oneday match and relaxed in a test match. In test match he can play a ball on its merit, but in ODIs, he pushes himself to raise the scoring. The best brief a captain can giv him: "Go and play as you like". Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 It is very strange! Why he does not deliver in odis. Unexplainable really! Link to comment
Desi Cartman Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I read on one cricinfo article yesterday that Sehwag feels that there are too many parameters in ODIs. Match condition, power plays, required run rates etc. I think he feels pressurized in a oneday match and relaxed in a test match. In test match he can play a ball on its merit, but in ODIs, he pushes himself to raise the scoring. The best brief a captain can giv him: "Go and play as you like". That makes sense ... plus its more attacking field in Test matches so there are opportunities to get boundaries Link to comment
fineleg Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 The thing he needs to realize is that "he will anyway score fast". He should stop worrying about few maiden overs etc in ODIs...Let there be maiden overs in first 10 overs. Dont be bothered. If he stays till 30-35 overs he will more than make up for initial slow RR. Thats what he should say - dont be pressured by RR or RRR etc. Play slow initially if you want, and by merit of ball. Link to comment
yoda Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 why! why! why! would someone worry about a guy's ODI performances on the day when he has delivered one of the most emphatic test knocks, ever. Link to comment
fineleg Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 why! why! why! would someone worry about a guy's ODI performances on the day when he has delivered one of the most emphatic test knocks' date=' ever.[/quote'] Not "worry" but wondering how much better it would be to our ODI team if he is only cool about ODIs and plays without the pressure to "take care of RR or RRR". Then he can do lot better in ODIs. Link to comment
yoda Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Not "worry" but wondering how much better it would be to our ODI team if he is only cool about ODIs and plays without the pressure to "take care of RR or RRR". Then he can do lot better in ODIs. Just wondering? How about being "very sad"? Link to comment
fineleg Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Just wondering? How about being "very sad"? Yes, sad that he is not doing justice to what he can really do in ODIs Link to comment
yoda Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Yes' date=' sad that he is not doing justice to what he can really do in ODIs[/quote'] Even in tests, he has been inconsistent. You will see a 250 and then a string of low scores. Then a 150, 300 and possibly another string of low scores. What you are not seeing are those massive innings in ODIs that we see from him in tests. Link to comment
fineleg Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Yes. I suppose, Not enough 100s in ODIs Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Yes. I suppose' date=' Not enough 100s in ODIs[/quote'] I agree. In test at least he scores big scores now and then. And when on a roll reels of big scores. In odis never done this, no tons and flurry of top knocks. Really is a mystery as his batting seems perfect for odis! Really is a case of why? Link to comment
DomainK Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I think everyone will agree to the fact that Sehwag hasnt walways played upto his potential. Most of his failures could easily be attributed to false stroke play/bad shot selection- a drawback he seems to have worked on as we havent seen much of bad shot selection since he came back. Lets hope he just takes the flavor to ODIs as well. Link to comment
Gambit Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 He was awesome as an opener when Gangs promoted him in ODIs. His best period was 2001-2003. He sort of fell apart after that. Link to comment
Temujin Khaghan Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 if sehwag shows a bit of patience in the first 10 overs of an ODI, then he will have a chance of scoring a double century. Infact i believe he has a better chance of doing that than Sachin tendulkar too. Link to comment
DomainK Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Who can forget that century against Lanka in Dhaka (i think). Sachin was injured and hence Ganguly promoted him to open and Viru tore the Lankans apart with a brilliant hundred. Link to comment
Sachinism Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Why? Why why why why!?? Why not in ODIs? 300+ out of 290+ balls in Test cricket. Ok, why not 70 off 80 balls in ODIs??? a more consistent avg than presently in ODIs? EVEN WHEN he is in good test form, he does not replicate 70% of it to ODIs!? :hmmmm: Very sad that we can only imagine what if he can do 70% atleast in ODIs! he's not even consistent in test matches, how can we expect consistency in ODI's but its strange how he is a better test player the way he bats i guess in ODI's he feels he needs to smash everything in test matches he can wait for bat deliveries and put them away plus the way the fields are set Link to comment
cochise Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 The answer lies in the difference in field placements for tests and ODIs. As there are limited overs and precitability to the shots to be played, the field in ODI's are set to counter his range of attacking shots at the right time. In tests, orthodox field placings are set and the tempo of attack is somewhat on the batsmen imperative and cannot be planned for as it is in ODI's. Link to comment
fineleg Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 if sehwag shows a bit of patience in the first 10 overs of an ODI' date= then he will have a chance of scoring a double century. Infact i believe he has a better chance of doing that than Sachin tendulkar too. True - if only Sehwag decides to take it easy during first 10-12 overs of ODI, then it will be better. He should play the first dozen overs real cool, even if his S/R is only 50 in first dozen overs no big deal. Dont sweat, just relax. Once he starts getting the hand eye coordination going etc, he can make up in the rest of the overs. Dont go trying to smash things initially in ODIs. Link to comment
fineleg Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 An alternative is to send Sehwag one down in ODIs. Dont know if that will help. He still needs to make sure that for the first 40 balls he faces, its ok if he scores only 15-20 runs (even if he is one down player) Link to comment
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