Is Iyer in T20s a right pick?

[zen]

Is Iyer a good pick for T20s (not necessarily ODIs) over SKY or Samson from a relatively long term perspective.  

 

This is not a ICF’s daily player stock price thread where last failure can equal a player needing to retires and the last success can mean cementing his place. 
 

Yes, Iyer did well in the first T20 b Eng and has a few upsides too. But Ind tends to unnecessarily squeeze in relatively non T20ish players (Manish Pandey for e.g. Maybe even Jadeja) over those more suitable for the format. Therefore, the discussion is from a relatively long term perspective esp. considering the upcoming T20 WC.

[Ankit_sharma03]

Look at this way

 

• Dhawan, iyer, manish are good batsman but they are suited if u wanna play 160-180 kind of total game , might seems better in collapses situation
• Rahul, Pandya, pant, kishen, samson, sky will look better in 180 + games 

 

As i said depends which game a team wants to play. England have decided their game so they dnt go with root who also bowls btw 

[chewy]

Not for T20s, even in IPL he struggles to go at 140 SR

 

[Majestic]

Top 7 should be:-

 

Rohit

Kishan

Kohli

KL

Pant

Pandya

Jadeja ( yes)

[RAZPOR]

Never was.

Niether was manish Pandey and rayudu.

and for the same reasons,manish however can atleast play short deliveries

[SK_IH]

No

[Ankit_sharma03]

4 hours ago, RAZPOR said:

Never was.

Niether was manish Pandey and rayudu.

and for the same reasons,manish however can atleast play short deliveries

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[Global.Baba]

Iyer should be a back up for Kohli at 3. He is not a 5-6 player. If Kohli has to sit out, Iyer comes in else sits out. Sky,Pandya type players are high risk as we need a proper no.3 in any form of cricket.

Rahul if he is in form also should be backup no.3 or opener.

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 hour ago, Global.Baba said:

Iyer should be a back up for Kohli at 3. He is not a 5-6 player. If Kohli has to sit out, Iyer comes in else sits out. Sky,Pandya type players are high risk as we need a proper no.3 in any form of cricket.

Rahul if he is in form also should be backup no.3 or opener.

 

Wo no.3 ka bhi player nahin hai.....he aint a t20 player. Here he skipped hard length in 1st game coz bowlers dnt get enough overs at a player but in 50 over format they can bowl longer spels

 

Backup of Kohli at 3 shud actually be Rohit in t20 and then u can also look at samson, kishen, pant and gill in ODI 

Edited March 16, 2021 by Ankit_sharma03

[Jay]

Iyer

Dhawan

Chahal

 

These 3 don't need to play T20 anywhere. They don't belong in this format. 

 

Gabbar used to be good but not anymore. He is still a beast in odi. 

[BacktoCricaddict]

<deleted> Wrong thread.

Edited March 17, 2021 by BacktoCricaddict

[WC2011INDIA]

No.

[RajBan]

5 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

Wo no.3 ka bhi player nahin hai.....he aint a t20 player. Here he skipped hard length in 1st game coz bowlers dnt get enough overs at a player but in 50 over format they can bowl longer spels

 

Backup of Kohli at 3 shud actually be Rohit in t20 and then u can also look at samson, kishen, pant and gill in ODI 

This is exactly it. Rohit and Kohli are backup to each other in terms of captaincy/anchoring in T20s. 

 

Samson is not ODI material. Too inconsistent for 50 overs game.

[Adamant]

Iyer shouldn’t be anywhere near the team in any format....Sorry, but that’s what it is.
Slow reflexes, too many horizontal bat swats and can't accelerate

[The Realist]

Iyer blows. Total misfit in T20s.

 

Another mediocre Pandey/Jadhav type who cannot hit from ball one

[zen]

oh, forgotten about this thread!  Good to see that I had another thread based on long term selection focus (and not last game stock price) 

[Jay]

Khota

Beetle

Adamant

 

 

All three shouldn't be part of t20 anymore. Khota maybe an exception if he performs again in IPL. 

[cricketfan28]

Iyer can stabilize the innings ..problem is we have too many.

[coffee_rules]

ODI at best. Definitely not T20 material. We need power hitters in MO, he is a Manish. Clone in T20s

[afan]

Seems woefully out of touch.