SecondSlip Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Steve Smith in his last six matches: 3 runs vs Delhi Capitals 5 runs vs SunRisers Hyderabad 24 runs vs Delhi Capitals (In Sharjah) 6 runs vs Mumbai Indians 5 runs vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 3 v runs vs Kolkata Knight Riders Should Rajasthan Royals drop him and make Jos Buttler captain for the upcoming matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 why would they make their batting weak and have change in captaincy, this will make them more unstable Sab kohli ko impatience hone ke liye gaali denge par khudh bhi patience nhin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I6MTW Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 They should drop uthappa. beetle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohli Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 RR should drop smith after this ipl and take joe root Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chennai Chargers Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 39 minutes ago, I6MTW said: They should drop Uthappa. Exactly. Smith will deliver eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 No, just change the batting order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Wolf Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Manan Vohra has to open for them. Drop Uthappa ffs. Unless they don't get out of playoff race completely Smith should continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Drive Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) The captain is as good as a team. However, the captain also selects the team. During IPL auction and playing 11, i guess Smith would has lot of say in team selection and combinations being a captain and a experienced international captain across formats. Accountability has to be there. What RR can do is give him this whole season. If team manages to put on a decent dshow by fighting back, then thats fine. Else do a Kane Williamson to him. Pick a better T20i cricketer like Buttler (Like SRH opted for warner over Dhawan or Williamson) and Smith can therefore be dropped from playing 11 in some matches in next edition depending on his form. RR needs some reliable Indian batsmen. Currently they have no reliable Indian T20i batsman, everyone has been taken up by other franchisees. Last year Buttler's form managed to atleast give them good starts. This time Buttler has failed and it has exposed the weakness of other more than it did last year. A good Indian core is misisng in the team. Even Buttler will struggle. As such, an attempt should be made by RR to do good at the auction with regards to Indian players as well, however there is no Indian batsman or quality Indian bowler balance in the auction pool who are experienced and proven performers . Dravid and other management needs to take strategical blame too. They did all the nautanki of buying cheap players and on rare performances boasting that RR invested in quality, that he was such a baragin buy and what not. You can get the odd rare performances from inexperienced and unproven players but they should not be the core of the team. And if you are going to form the core of team with inexperienced young Indian players then be ready fro failure and wait for couple more years for IPL trophy until these core gets experience and quality performers. There is also a catch to that. After few years we do not know whether Buttler or Archer will be there with RR or not or whether the management wil blunder in other auction. Tough times ahead, no matter who the captain is. Edited October 15, 2020 by Straight Drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Gollum said: No, just change the batting order. Yup send samson at 3 and smith at 4 It wud be much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, kohli said: RR should drop smith after this ipl and take joe root He aint he even a good captain. That even settling for less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Drive Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 52 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Yup send samson at 3 and smith at 4 It wud be much better Just curious to know how that would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Not a good sign for out test tour. This guy will make up for lack of runs in the real format, he loves to troll us. WC2011INDIA and nevada 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpico Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 tbh something happened to smith, he looked impatient in england t20 series too, played an unnecessary slog in an easy chase and lost the first t20. And then got hit in the head in the nets by a training staff and didn't play odi series. Maybe the downhill has started or maybe he is just trolling us like gollum said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 6 hours ago, Straight Drive said: Just curious to know how that would be better. Its what a batsman enjoys Rohit worked at top for a reason Their is a reason kohli, ponting enjoys 3 more then 4. At 3 u get PP most days , its difff to come in at 1 down then 2 . Better chance to control game. He likes pace on ball early..new ball that comes better U give ur best players their fav positions. RR needs a bit of stability around riyan parag n tewatia which is why they kept uthappa but he isnt working so better use smith n let him make others bat around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Drive Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Its what a batsman enjoys Rohit worked at top for a reason Their is a reason kohli, ponting enjoys 3 more then 4. At 3 u get PP most days , its difff to come in at 1 down then 2 . Better chance to control game. He likes pace on ball early..new ball that comes better U give ur best players their fav positions. RR needs a bit of stability around riyan parag n tewatia which is why they kept uthappa but he isnt working so better use smith n let him make others bat around. Fair enough. For someone who likes to play in air using the power shots, field restrictions can be rule can be well used by such batsmen. Rather than Jaiswal it is better to give power play to Samson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, Straight Drive said: Fair enough. For someone who likes to play in air using the power shots, field restrictions can be rule can be well used by such batsmen. Rather than Jaiswal it is better to give power play to Samson. Its the case every yr Samson position is changed by RR, yes he is inconsistent but still a match winner u need to backup coz the day he works he ll runaway with the game. In last 2 games he has looked good but not in his position , who knws he may have pulled it had he been at 3 coz mindset is diff . Even smith likes 3 but samson is a match winner. Teams like kxip , rr need to learn from MI n csk how they back players n keep consistency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Drop smith drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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