Ideal Playing XI for 2nd T20I

[Lone Wolf]

Rohit is rested for Two games as Kolli mentioned at toss. Perfect opportunity to test Kishan. 

Next Playing XI

Kishan

Rahul

VK

Shreyas

Pant

Hardik

Tewatia

Sundar

Shardul

Bhuvi

Saini

 

Pretty sure this XI will put up a great fight & can beat England if Kishan explodes in Powerplay. 

But Will lolli let go of his fraaaands. 

[chewy]

 good luck getting this team, next match all three grandpas will be playing Dhawan, Rohit and Kohli. One of them will hog the innings for 15 overs plodding to something like 70 off 50-60 balls.

[Sgattick10]

Where are the fast bowlers? Can't play two trundlers on a good pitch against a top side. 

[Majestic]

Try this next test. Rest Kohli also.

 

KL

Kishan

Pant

Shreyas

SKY

Pandya

Sundar

Shardul

Bhuvi

Saini

Chahal

[zen]

My team as posted on the other thread:

 

Top order: KL, Kishan and Kohli/Rohit (can be rotated) 

Middle Order (Flexible batting order): SKY, Pant, SDP and Tewatia (give him a shot) 

#8: Sundar  

#9-11: 2 pace bowlers + 1 spinner or 3 pace bowlers per conditions 

 

In the above, 

• Batting till #8 (4 to 8 can handle pressure. Kishan is good in pressure situations too)
• 4 right-handers & 4 left-handers in the top 8 
• 2 spinners - Sundar (off) and Tweatia (leg spin) 
• 3 specialist bowlers per conditions and form + SDP 

 

 

Iyer did well but I like to pick teams with relatively long term interest in mind therefore need to see SKY, who appears to be more suited to the format, in action too 

[Lone Wolf]

Everyone wants to see Kishan instead of Dhawan as it should be.  But chances of that happening are next to none.  SKY will only get a game if RAT takes a rest...  Which is unlikely. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

1. Kishen
2. Rahul
3. Kohli 
4. Pant
5. Hardik
6. SKY
7. Sundar
8. Deepak chahar
9. Saini
10. Thakur
11. Rahul chahar

 

Will still drop iyer- Plan A was to drop him coz he of his issues which  still we cant say is addressed and also he aint an impact player. If we keep changing our plans after 1-1 game then most of us will end up having dhawan to coz some day he even he ll make runs. The idea shud be to play give right set of players long chanace or else Rayudu story wud be repeated again

Edited March 12, 2021 by Ankit_sharma03

[sage]

Rohit and Kishan should open

[express bowling]

1. Rahul

2. Kishan

3. Kohli

4. Pant

5. Iyer

6. Hardik

7. Shardul

8. Sundar

9. Axar

10. Bhuvi

11. Saini

[Sandeep99]

Ideal XI -

 

Rohit (c) 

Rahul

SKY

Kishan 

Pant (k) 

Pandya 

Tewatia 

Thakur 

Sundar 

Rahul Chahar / Natarajan 

Bhuvanesh 

[ash]

Sundar

Rahul

Kohli

Iyer

Sky

Pant

Pandya

Axar

Bhuvi

Thakur

Any Leg spinner

[Ankit_sharma03]

India Bought in new players to play a new brand of cricket

 

1. sky- benched
2. kishen- benched 
3. Varun.C - out on fitness test (idiotic)
4. Nattu- unfit
5. Tewatia- whats the scene with him ?

[The Realist]

SOS to Pujara, Rahane & Saha

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

Excellent point- we need to decide what kind of team we want and then have resources for that strategy . 

This team needs to quickly decide the brand of cricket they wanna play and be stubborn about it . Occasional bad games will happen which also happened with england but they stuck by their plan

 

[ShoonyaSifar]

51 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

India Bought in new players to play a new brand of cricket

 

1. sky- benched
2. kishen- benched 
3. Varun.C - out on fitness test (idiotic)
4. Nattu- unfit
5. Tewatia- whats the scene with him ?

Varun and Tewatia are out due to fitness issues. Kohli has already said no compromise on fitness standards. Count them out from the T20 WC.

 

Will be interesting to see the fitness results for Rohit, Pujara and Ashwin or is an exception made for them unless same fitness rules do not apply for all the formats? 

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 minute ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Varun and Tewatia are out due to fitness issues. Kohli has already said no compromise on fitness standards. Count them out from the T20 WC.

 

Will be interesting to see the fitness results for Rohit, Pujara and Ashwin or is an exception made for them unless same fitness rules do not apply for all the formats? 

 

The question needs to be asked did u bought them for their x factor or fielding ?? 

 Varun.C clearly was bought for being an x factor player so hide him in field. Also they shud be understanding in his case since he didnt come through proper system . Hide one guy as we use to hide bumrah in early days. If fielding is such a problem then kohli, dhawan n iyer are serial droppers. 

[SRT100]

Its amazing to think that if Kohli was injured or rested for this series, India win it.

[ShoonyaSifar]

11 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

The question needs to be asked did u bought them for their x factor or fielding ?? 

 Varun.C clearly was bought for being an x factor player so hide him in field. Also they shud be understanding in his case since he didnt come through proper system . Hide one guy as we use to hide bumrah in early days. If fielding is such a problem then kohli, dhawan n iyer are serial droppers. 

The 'fitness is paramount' argument looks like a new idea which could soon be used to ease out Rohit from the LOIs.

 

Insecure Kohli can sink to any depths. See how he didn't let Rohit play Aus LOIs and now rested him here while he himself played dead rubbers in Aus!

[Jay]

49 minutes ago, SRT100 said:

Its amazing to think that if Kohli was injured or rested for this series, India win it.

100% we would win without Kohli. 

[Jay]

I am *ing sick.of this *ing bullshit where a player like Kohli has more control over the selection and management decisions. It's a team game. I get it. It's a business at the end of the day but I am sure most Indian fans would love to watch India win rather than pay to watch their soooperstars in action playing for their retirement pension. 

Edited March 12, 2021 by Jay