Get on this boat! (Before it’s late)

[nevada]

17 hours ago, maniac said:

The boat needs Indias most prolific 6 hitter and no not a 1-2 6 per match guy but a guy who can hit more than 5 6’s in games he is set. Make that guy the captain too

 

Agreed! Unlike Kohli, Hitman is a capable hitter and is a calm, successful captain as well. He is a game changer the longer he bats. Even in the opening overs, he dispatches short balls with effortless ease. Thanks to his hitting against the short ball, the 15 crore Cummins was hammered like a trundler and made to look very ordinary. 

[zen]

Lots of people on the boat!!

 

Like SDP, you guys are game changers too and would be known as pioneers of change or the founding fathers of “new” Indian cricket

[zen]

“ Is it fair to view T20 through the same lens as we do cricket? Yes, the bat and ball are present in T20, but the fact that ten wickets are available to be spent in 120 balls fundamentally alters the calculus of risk and reward, arguably making it an entirely different game. In this condensed world, boundaries are the real currency, representing the maximal use of each precious delivery of the 120 you get to face. Adopting a mentality that pushes boundary-hitting to the forefront of batting strategy involves shelving a key tenet of batting as it is taught: the aversion to risk. The need to preserve one's wicket dominates the psyche of players, almost all of whom begin learning from a red-ball point of view. Success in T20 demands unlearning this and embracing the high-risk, high-reward strategy of trying to hit as many balls as possible.”
 

 

“The data speaks conclusively: running between the wickets is overrated in T20, dot balls are not a crime, and boundary-hitting is the real driver of success.”

 

How many boundaries should a T20 team attempt in an innings? More than you might think

Edited December 9, 2020 by zen

[SK_IH]

2 hours ago, zen said:

“ Is it fair to view T20 through the same lens as we do cricket? Yes, the bat and ball are present in T20, but the fact that ten wickets are available to be spent in 120 balls fundamentally alters the calculus of risk and reward, arguably making it an entirely different game. In this condensed world, boundaries are the real currency, representing the maximal use of each precious delivery of the 120 you get to face. Adopting a mentality that pushes boundary-hitting to the forefront of batting strategy involves shelving a key tenet of batting as it is taught: the aversion to risk. The need to preserve one's wicket dominates the psyche of players, almost all of whom begin learning from a red-ball point of view. Success in T20 demands unlearning this and embracing the high-risk, high-reward strategy of trying to hit as many balls as possible.”
 

 

“The data speaks conclusively: running between the wickets is overrated in T20, dot balls are not a crime, and boundary-hitting is the real driver of success.”

 

How many boundaries should a T20 team attempt in an innings? More than you might think

TFS.

T20 cricket has advanced at a rapid pace. Some people still judge team combinations, batting positions etc, based on ODIs. Paradoxically, playing risk free is full of risk in so far as T20 batsmanship is concerned, you are putting your team in danger if you try to be a smart aleck. 

Secondly, six hitting is the key, that is only reason why WI has dominated this form of cricket. It's only now that the while world is trying to catch up with that approach, obviously excluding India.

[zen]

The six hitting team!