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Shubman Gill should replace Dhawan in ODIs ASAP


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If Kohli got any sense left and want to win any ICC trophy, he should get Shubman to replace Dhawan at opening position. I know there is no way Shubman can match Dhawan's unique skill of thigh slap and twirled moustache, but he is better batsman than him already at age 21.  How can you justify benching someone who looks at better at age 21 against some almost 36 years old guy?

 

 

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No. Kohli needs to move to number 4 and Gill should play at 3. Iyer hasn't done anything convincing at number 4. He is vulnerable to short ball. For opening, get Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Aggarwal. They do have some technical flaws but its just a rough patch. They will improve. We need openers who can score quickly at top. 

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5 hours ago, wanted_desi said:

If Kohli got any sense left and want to win any ICC trophy, he should get Shubman to replace Dhawan at opening position. I know there is no way Shubman can match Dhawan's unique skill of thigh slap and twirled moustache, but he is better batsman than him already at age 21.  How can you justify benching someone who looks at better at age 21 against some almost 36 years old guy?

Only in ODIs

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1 hour ago, LordPrabhzy said:

Ok lets keep Rohit and Dhawan till they are 45 because Dhawan is left handed... what fuddu logic

They can try someone like Ishan Kishan or padikkal for left right combination

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How dare a young batsman score stylish runs for India?! That too selfless and in the toughest possible conditions against the best bowling attack! Surely a threat to the king.. 

 

Gill will be abandoned into dustbin systematically over the next few months...

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Dhawan is such a fraud that he will score enough for himself and won't get dropped.

 

IMO,

Gill in, Dhawan out

Pant in, Iyer in

KL Rahul bats at 4 as specialist batsman

 

But they will wait for Dhawan and Iyer to fail enough before dropping them.

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4 hours ago, Sandeep99 said:

The Aussies go gaga over average players like Labu and Green. Imagine if they get someone like Gill. It works the opposite way in India. The fans will find reasons to oost him citing some random ODI bilateral 

Labu is not average but a different breed of batsman which is beyond conventional school of cricket. He is that kind of a player who regardless of style or technical ability, demonstrates reasonable defence while also ensuring to score at a positive rate. These type of people are very effective in a team where most batsman don't know how to bat long and those who know, don't know how to score. As long as you don't have 3 or 4 Labus in your team in which case it becomes counter productive (similar to our ODI batting) , you will really benefit from such plaeyers. Imagine if we get a batsman like Labu in our team, we probably would a deficit of 40 runs in the first innings. We thought Vihari can be that kind of an underated but utility player but has been disappointing so far.

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I agree. We need to groom in Gill and Jaiswal for ODI lineup in 2023.

 

Rohit/Dhawan ( can't have both)

Jaiswal ( can bowl)

Gill 

Kohli 

KL 

Pandya (can bowl)

Jadeja / All rounder

Kartik Tyagi 

Bumrah 

Chahal 

Natarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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