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8 hours ago, cowboysfan said:

he should open in T20s,he can hit the gaps like no other player in the game.

Realising it a few months before the WC! So typical of the confused decision making which has been a hall mark of our cricket in last 4-5 years.

 

The fact IMO however is this - Kishan and SKY left him with no option. SKY had shown him how to bat at 3 and couldn't have been dropped. One more chance to Kishan as an opener and he would have sealed that spot too. That leaves VeeRat out of top 3, with his tuk tuk approach that means many match losing innings and possibly a loss of captaincy.

 

By proclaiming himself as the new opener, clown ensures no threat from Kishan, more opportunities to play run a ball 25-30 and then sometimes with some acceleration a 65-70 in 45 type of innings. If he fails, he can always say others could not step up as an opener so I was forced to take that responsibility. Watch this script unfold in the next few months.

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That's the only way to keep new group of attacking batsmen out of the line-up. Kishaan has shown what is needed at the top, earlier KL has done the same but that approach puts question marks against the usual style of Kohli and Rohit. KL's demise(hopefully temporary) have given a grand opportunity to now stamp this philosophy of safety first again.

 

Here is the thing. The MO is now fixed even though order may vary. Pant, Sky, Iyer(atleast two of them in playing 11) and Pandya along with lower middle of Jadeja,Sundar, is kind of a draft line-up. The competition is now for top 3. If KL and Ishaan gets chances and plays some 25-26 ball 50s, it not just demonstrates how outdated Kohli and Rohit's approach is (specially when both plays ) but also raises questions that is Kishaan (and the old KL) actually better/effective than Kohli and Rohit and do we need both then.

 

With KLs horrible form and Ishaan's mysterious niggle , Kohli has a window of opportunity to eliminate the competition.

 

 

 

 

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The thing to ponder over here is whether Kohli has made this move to satisfy the team needs or his own selfish needs? 

He was proactive in this series twice & both times got out trying to go from ball one. Good intention but he doesn't have the game to play in that way. Now, suddenly there is an epiphany that best batsmen should play maximum overs & he vows to open from now on.

It's blasphemous to question Kohli's batting but let's be honest is there anything extraordinary he accomplished last night? Run a ball for first 30 balls again & then wait for last overs to hit. That's just routine stuff.

I will stick my neck out & say Indian team needs an opener like Shaw/Kishan who can make use of power play & it would have been beneficial for the side if Virat had tried to evolve his game staying in the middle order. He has understood the fact that his style of play is untenable in middle order in current context of T20 batsmanship & he has moved to opening.

He talked about his batting chemistry with Rohit, how one can play second fiddle if the other is going strong. FFS move on from this retrograde thought process, if the pitch is flat (like it was yesterday), teams try n do maximum damage to the opposition. And also we very well know who is gonna play second fiddle most of the times anyways.

Rohit once again showed why he is captain of a successful side when he trashed Virat 's "I ll open from now" remark & said the World Cup is still far off & nothing is final. He definitely knows his captain & is well aware of mood swings.

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6 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

The thing to ponder over here is whether Kohli has made this move to satisfy the team needs or his own selfish needs? 

He was proactive in this series twice & both times got out trying to go from ball one. Good intention but he doesn't have the game to play in that way. Now, suddenly there is an epiphany that best batsmen should play maximum overs & he vows to open from now on.

It's blasphemous to question Kohli's batting but let's be honest is there anything extraordinary he accomplished last night? Run a ball for first 30 balls again & then wait for last overs to hit. That's just routine stuff.

I will stick my neck out & say Indian team needs an opener like Shaw/Kishan who can make use of power play & it would have been beneficial for the side if Virat had tried to evolve his game staying in the middle order. He has understood the fact that his style of play is untenable in middle order in current context of T20 batsmanship & he has moved to opening.

He talked about his batting chemistry with Rohit, how one can play second fiddle if the other is going strong. FFS move on from this retrograde thought process, if the pitch is flat (like it was yesterday), teams try n do maximum damage to the opposition. And also we very well know who is gonna play second fiddle most of the times anyways.

Rohit once again showed why he is captain of a successful side when he trashed Virat 's "I ll open from now" remark & said the World Cup is still far off & nothing is final. He definitely knows his captain & is well aware of mood swings.

He is not our best batsman in any format, no one stays ,there is always shelf life his batting and leadership (was always rotten)have exceeded that period

He himself and his deluded fangirls can have all the joy while screaming"he's our best batsman",who cares

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Today’s promotion of kohli to open was a logical one. Not going to attach nefarious intentions to it.

 

if kishan is actually injured then he can’t open.

 

KL is terribly out of form, & he has been given enough chances, the team didn’t want to risk one more failure in a decider.

 

The other option was to bring back Dhawan, that is just a step backward. They could have opened with Pant, but we don’t know how it might have worked.

 

Kohli is kind of opening anyways with India losing a wicket early, so why not promote himself? It gives him more time which is how he bats.

 

Now the question would be whether this is permanent? Kohli might have a bad IPL at the top, while KL might have a good one. Does it change things? What happens when Kishan is fit? Nothing is certain with Kohli’s captaincy.
 

 

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12 hours ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Haha last match before T20 WC, captain decides to drop the best T20 player in the team and then publicly says I will open.

 

Before the series the same clown had said Rohit and Rahul are the openers, Shikhar is the 3rd opener. Now 5 matches later all that stands for nothing. 

 

Nothing new or surprising though. Before the 2019 WC,  this is how he went

Sept '18 - Rahane is our no. 4

Jan '19 - Rayudu is the no. 4 for the WC

Come the WC - Vijay Shankar was our no. 4

 

 

At the start of the WC, Rahul was our no. 4

In the middle of the WC, Vijay Shankar was our no. 4

By the end of the WC, Pant was our no. 4

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Kishan, SKY are not experienced , seasoned players . They are bound to fail. Then what happens to No.3 & no.4 slots ? 

This is what Virat should think about . 

Its OK if you can do this once in a while or against a particular team . But that should be done with a purpose to gain advantage over the opposition plan . 

For Eg. I would prefer Virat opening if 

 Eng go with same tactic of high pace attack in PP with Wood & Archer  BUT the objective of Virat opening is to attack them and get runs and nullify their advantage in PP.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, prudent_kreeda said:

Kishan, SKY are not experienced , seasoned players . They are bound to fail. Then what happens to No.3 & no.4 slots ? 

This is what Virat should think about . 

Its OK if you can do this once in a while or against a particular team . But that should be done with a purpose to gain advantage over the opposition plan . 

For Eg. I would prefer Virat opening if 

 Eng go with same tactic of high pace attack in PP with Wood & Archer  BUT the objective of Virat opening is to attack them and get runs and nullify their advantage in PP.

 

 

Iyer is there as second line of defence if both Rohit and Kohli get out early,this is much better than Iyer and Kohli batting together.

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4 minutes ago, prudent_kreeda said:

Kishan, SKY are not experienced , seasoned players . They are bound to fail. Then what happens to No.3 & no.4 slots ? 

This is what Virat should think about . 

Its OK if you can do this once in a while or against a particular team . But that should be done with a purpose to gain advantage over the opposition plan . 

For Eg. I would prefer Virat opening if 

 Eng go with same tactic of high pace attack in PP with Wood & Archer  BUT the objective of Virat opening is to attack them and get runs and nullify their advantage in PP.

 

 

Good point. Virat is most comfortable facing pace. 

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