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Rajasthan Royals should try Ben stokes at opening , Butler-stokes combo


Ankit_sharma03

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Once Stokes is out of quarantine RR shud send him to open , player like stokes has been wasted at 5,6 in t20 which is why his international t20 record is abysmal and even in IPL nothing beyond one season. They did the same to butler when he wasnt working in middle .

 

Stokes can play fast bowling really well and it ll make a left -right dashing combo , if this works they both will runaway will many games alone themselves

 

Now that uthappa n riyan are not in form smith can go at 4 and hold one end, they shud throw in anuj rawat and one more youngster may be anirrudha joshi or shashank singh

 

Stokes can also bat at 3 or 4 but at open it provides left hander at start . If stokes is in the form of his life why not use it to fullest 

 

Butler and stokes sounds a scary combo with samson n smith to follow and both arent just 30-40 run player they can bat long as well. 

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RR has two wins in 4 games. If some of these guys fire/play to their potential, they can help RR win 5-6 games from the next 10 to make it to the playoffs. In the playoffs, Stokes and Smith are quite good in pressure games. Buttler, Archer, Samson, etc., can play freely as well. In order to do all these, they have to use their resources well. 

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8 minutes ago, maniac said:

Stokes replacing Tom Curran is such a huge upgrade but not sure if Stokes is bowling fit though.

 

actually curran did a decent job, with stokes coming RR like SRH will become top heavy and bottom thin. Ben stokes hasnt done anything for RR , thats why send him at top or else he will become a liability this season to 

 

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28 minutes ago, zen said:

RR has two wins in 4 games. If some of these guys fire/play to their potential, they can help RR win 5-6 games from the next 10 to make it to the playoffs. In the playoffs, Stokes and Smith are quite good in pressure games. Buttler, Archer, Samson, etc., can play freely as well. In order to do all these, they have to use their resources well. 

 

they have to make sure stokes fire and even if it means promotion coz they heavily rely on overseas player and they cant afford another season failure of stokes 

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3 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

they have to make sure stokes fire and even if it means promotion coz they heavily rely on overseas player and they cant afford another season failure of stokes 

 

Not everyone can be consistent throughout the tournament, therefore RR would hope that Stokes performs at the business end and in playoffs. 

 

RR can try the 11 below (batting order can be flexible) 

 

Jaiswal 

Buttler

Smith 

Stokes

Samson

Lamror 

Tewatia 

Archer 

Gopal

Tyagi 

Bowler - Rajpoot, Aaron, Unadkat, .... per pitch and opposition 

 

 

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17 minutes ago, zen said:

 

Not everyone can be consistent throughout the tournament, therefore RR would hope that Stokes performs at the business end and in playoffs. 

 

RR can try the 11 below (batting order can be flexible) 

 

Jaiswal 

Buttler

Smith 

Stokes

Samson

Lamror 

Tewatia 

Archer 

Gopal

Tyagi 

Bowler - Rajpoot, Aaron, Unadkat, .... per pitch and opposition 

 

 

 

Rr have tried sending sanju down the order every year and its same result messing him. 

 

RR cant afford inconsistent stokes. Their indian setup isnt that powerful as others

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1 minute ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

Rr have tried sending sanju down the order every year and its same result messing him. 

 

RR cant afford inconsistent stokes. Their indian setup isnt that powerful as others

 

Batting order can be flexible. I have Stokes ahead at the moment so that he can get used to the conditions. Samson can be moved to the top order too 

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11 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Finally one came through now please for FFs send butler to open

when Stokes n butler opened against Dc its was the highest class of cricket produced in few overs

True they are wasting butler down the order

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11 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Finally one came through now please for FFs send butler to open

when Stokes n butler opened against Dc its was the highest class of cricket produced in few overs

Finally and the last few ones. 
Stokes needed a good innings before RR goes out and all the English players return home...

 

Now that one innings done, back to failings again..

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