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Lot of Kohli threads but lets face it,the guy is going nowhere for the foreseeable future, when we are forced to play him opening is the only position that he can be useful in the modern t20 game where he can do a Williamson/Babar/erstwhile Rahane of Rajasthan Royals role.

My world T20 lineup and roles

 

Kohli-Anchor/Pitch assessment expert

Rohit-Hitman

Iyer-Secondary Anchor/Spin Killer

Pant-X factor batsman

Rahul/SKY-360 degree finisher

Pandya-Power hitter

Jadeja-Secondary Power hitter

Shardul-Slogger

Sundar-Maybe used as a floater or not all/Spinner

Bumrah-X factor bowler

Nattu-Yorker specialist

 

 

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Rohit n kohli are slow starters ull end up wasting overs :facepalm:

iYer at 3 :giggle:

 

 

 

Hope is that Kohli gets some nudges/drives in gap during the PP rather than playing sucking the life out of the middle overs

How is Iyer at 3 worse than Iyer at 4 though:cantstop:

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Kohli & Kedar Jadhav opening would be the perfect combination ever assembled in a T20. We also need to bring back Badrinath at no 4. I am sure ICC will be frightened to see these kind of power hitters in the side & hand us both T20 World cups lined up. 

Kolli can stay as demi god & best in the world for an eternity:hatsoff:

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Shaw/Kishan

Rohit

Rahul

Pant

SKY

Hardik

Jadeja/Washi

Shardul/Bhuvi/Deepak Chahar

Saini

Chahal/Chahar

Bumrah

 

Virat has no place in India's T20 XI. Why can't he imitate his idol Sachin & skip the format for others. Sachin was in golden touch in 2009-2010, he could have played the WT20 back then but he never did that. Virat should learn something & focus on other formats. 

 

 

 

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18 minutes ago, Sandeep99 said:

Actually this is a brilliant idea. Dump Rahul who is now looking to pad his stats and trying to become lol 2.0.

 

Lol

Rohit 

Sky 

Ishan

Pant

Pandya 

Sundar

Thakur 

Deepak Chahar 

Bhuvi

Saini 

Oh c'mon man Rahul is one of the best T20 batsman in the world. Even in this series I won't be surprise if he ends being the highest scorer. Even Virat cannot match his strokeplay.

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2 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

Shaw/Kishan

Rohit

Rahul

Pant

SKY

Hardik

Jadeja/Washi

Shardul/Bhuvi/Deepak Chahar

Saini

Chahal/Chahar

Bumrah

 

Virat has no place in India's T20 XI. Why can't he imitate his idol Sachin & skip the format for others. Sachin was in golden touch in 2009-2010, he could have played the WT20 back then but he never did that. Virat should learn something & focus on other formats. 

 

 

 

Kohli better player than Rohit in t20is. 

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14 minutes ago, GautiMaan said:

Hope is that Kohli gets some nudges/drives in gap during the PP rather than playing sucking the life out of the middle overs

 

Ur hope will come godo in one game what is ur plan in other. IF i send a pinch hitter he ll also come good in one game

 

14 minutes ago, GautiMaan said:

How is Iyer at 3 worse than Iyer at 4 though:cantstop:

 

iyer batted at 5

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2 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

Six hitting. Rohit plays purely because he is a monster six hitter & India lacks in that aspect big time. T20s are not about quick singles & doubles.

Then how much sr difference b/w so called six hitter and strike rotater in t20is?. 

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Just now, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

Ur hope will come godo in one game what is ur plan in other. IF i send a pinch hitter he ll also come good in one game

 

 

iyer batted at 5

Its simple optimization of resources when you have been given a non negotiable constraint-Kohli must play.

2016 version of Kohli is lost now, he had added some power to his game,his timing was good and placement godly, that guy could play in the middle order,now he is better off as an opener

However much we discuss Kohli's fall however it is not fair to say that he cannot be more consistent than a pinch hitter, he surely can be consistent once he gets into some form

 

Regarding Iyer, i'm ambivalent, TM should have played SKY ahead of him now that he has performed best to use his strength against spin.Rahul is doing the finishing job now in ODI's so he should be able to do it in T20's as well, a lower order of Rahul, Pant, Pandya,   Jadeja must surely give anyone nightmares and must be enough incentive for top 3 to go harder

 

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4 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

Obviously I can't debate with someone who are arguing with striking abilities of Rohit vis-a-vis Kohli. Think beyond stats.

 

but as per stats in t20is Kohli > Rohit. Ofcourse not only t20is. 

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27 minutes ago, GautiMaan said:

.Rahul is doing the finishing job now in ODI's so he should be able to do it in T20's as well, a lower order of Rahul, Pant, Pandya,   Jadeja must surely give anyone nightmares and must be enough incentive for top 3 to go harder

 

Rahul has one of the best s.r in pp in world why wud u drop him down. In odi he was batting like rahane at top not same case here. U wanna push our best pp batsman down for 2 slow starters ....this is absurd 

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8 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Rahul has one of the best s.r in pp in world why wud u drop him down. In odi he was batting like rahane at top not same case here. U wanna push our best pp batsman down for 2 slow starters ....this is absurd 

 

We can easily get a youngster to do that in PPs ..I hate to see KL turn into a accumulator.  I think he can get destructive at 4 or 5 . 

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