Sundar can be promoted up the order in place of Iyer

[QuarantineTormentino]

Sundar has done enough to prove that he is a gun batsmen and he can surely bat as good as, if not better, than Iyer. Given that Sundar is also a decent t20 bowler, surely he can replace Iyer at the top and free up a spot for a bowler/Bowling AR

[dilliboy]

Iyer needs to be dropped next match.. If you aren't playing him in the top 5, then there's no point playing him at all. Sky to come in next match at 3 or 4.

[Ankit_sharma03]

Need to test sky 

[Majestic]

He should be played in top 4. He will do better there.

[kubrickian]

Think surely he will replace one of the regular batsman like Shreyas Iyer in World T20, so someone like Bumrah can come in. Needs to bat up the order in the next couple of games. This series is mostly for finding the right X1 for World T20 anyway.

[Forever Indian]

2 minutes ago, kubrickian said:

Think surely he will replace one of the regular batsman like Shreyas Iyer in World T20, so someone like Bumrah can come in. Needs to bat up the order in the next couple of games. This series is mostly for finding the right X1 for World T20 anyway.

Do you really think so - If so, why was SKY dropped?

[kubrickian]

1 minute ago, Forever Indian said:

Do you really think so - If so, why was SKY dropped?

 

KL/Rohit is the chosen opening pair for World T20. So they need to have some practice as the openers.

Edited March 16, 2021 by kubrickian

[bowl_out]

Get Sundar to open with Rohit and ask him to be the Sunil Narine of KKR.

Kishan, Kolhi, SKY at 3,4,5

Pant, Pandya at 6,7

 

Plan B : Open with Kishan, Rohit.. At 3,4,5 come Kohli, SKY, Pant... and then at 6,7 play Pandya and Tewatia... Kick out Chahal.. and play Sundar, Varun, Bumrah and Nattu as the 4 bowlers

 

 

 

 

[Rasgulla]

Iyer needs to be dropped!

[R!TTER]

12 minutes ago, kubrickian said:

KL/Rohit is the chosen opening pair for World T20.

You sure about that, how?

[RAZPOR]

not a bad idea,he can score at similar rate and can give the option to add a bowler or batsman.

[R!TTER]

Just now, RAZPOR said:

he can score at similar rate and can give the option to add a bowler or batsman.

Jadeja comes in for mental midget no.1 IMO, that's the biggest change I want - then BK out & Bumrah & maybe Natarajan in. Thakur should play only if the conditions really suite him - i.e. slow/low track without dew!

[RAZPOR]

1 minute ago, R!TTER said:

Jadeja comes in for mental midget no.1 IMO, that's the biggest change I want - then BK out & Bumrah & maybe Natarajan in. Thakur should play only if the conditions really suite him - i.e. slow/low track without dew!

shami should be kept in the loop,he might go for a few but he will get us early wickets

[nevada]

On 3/16/2021 at 10:43 PM, bowl_out said:

Get Sundar to open with Rohit and ask him to be the Sunil Narine of KKR.

Kishan, Kolhi, SKY at 3,4,5

Pant, Pandya at 6,7

 

Plan B : Open with Kishan, Rohit.. At 3,4,5 come Kohli, SKY, Pant... and then at 6,7 play Pandya and Tewatia... Kick out Chahal.. and play Sundar, Varun, Bumrah and Nattu as the 4 bowlers

 

 

 

 

Both great ideas! Hope we get to see these at-least partially.

[prudent_kreeda]

On 3/16/2021 at 10:43 PM, kubrickian said:

 

KL/Rohit is the chosen opening pair for World T20. So they need to have some practice as the openers.

 

Actually it should be other way round  at least till WCT20 in Oct.  Rohit/KL are chosen pair  but need to find the best 3 rd opener if you have to replace one of them  may be due to Injury bad form etc. 

So before WC need to identify that opener. 

Edited March 18, 2021 by prudent_kreeda

[BacktoCricaddict]

Sundar is a victim of his own success as a T20 bowler.  For this format, he is perceived as a bowler who can bat a bit, thus never getting a chance to prove his worth with the bat.  Honestly, I am not sure he will be a truly effective modern T20 bat, but if he is, he adds incredible balance.  He can open the batting or play #4, clearing space in the rear for another bowling all-rounder like say Axar Patel.

 

But then again, am just another guy with a "play-the-newbie" complex and a keyboard, so ...

 

 

Edited March 18, 2021 by BacktoCricaddict