Are the Indian youngsters overrated

[sarcastic]

The Sri Lankan team is so bad and yet they almost won the series against this young Indian team.

The hype before the series was these young guns are going to blaze away and crush this second (or third) string SriLankan team to pieces but alas that is not to be.

Sri Lanka could have easily won the 2nd ODI but for the backend heroics of Deepak Chahar (who is not really a youngster) and the third ODI is one sided more or less.

Are we rating these youngsters too higher than what they deserve to be. Are Kohli and Rohit still the best batsmen for India. 

Edited July 23, 2021 by sarcastic

[Ankit_sharma03]

Nope, they are off the highest quality in world. Even the player i dnt rate highly are better then playing for other international sides

Only fans have no patience

[Majestic]

Rohit and Kohli are still the best batsman in the Indian team. That's true.

 

But seniors didn't really stood up much.

 

Pandya was flop.

Bhuvi didn't do much.

Dhawan played a support knock in 1st ODI but failed in next two.

Pandey was crap.

 

Now, coming to youngsters, below youngsters are very good:-

 

Shaw

Gill

Kishan

Shreyas

SKY

Samson

 

But Pant and Rahul are better than them and India were missing them too.

[Bigg Brother]

Yup, they are. Still some people want them to replace Rohit -Kohli. Those good looking 30-40 runs arent going to help in long run.

[Lord]

good job comparing debutants to seniors who also fail on slightly tough pitches

[Majestic]

1 minute ago, Bigg Brother said:

Yup, they are. Still some people want them to replace Rohit -Kohli. Those good looking 30-40 runs arent going to help in long run.

You need a combination of both.

 

Those 30-40 will be impactful when they will have Rohit and Kohli scoring big runs alongside them at the S/R which they are doing from last couple of years.

 

Rohit and Kohli need a Shaw or Kishan alongside them.

 

Rahul and Pant should have a backup like SKY.

 

 

[Frustrated]

4 minutes ago, Lord said:

good job comparing debutants to seniors who also fail on slightly tough pitches

OP is not trying to compare the performance of debutants with the seniors.

All he is saying is that many ICFers overrate and hype these youngsters.  And he is spot on.

[Lord]

Just now, Frustrated said:

OP is not trying to compare the performance of debutants with the seniors.

All he is saying is that many ICFers overrate and hype these youngsters.  And he is spot on.

hype is based on potential and domestic which is justified

 

its not like Kohli Rohit performed from get go.Give these guys time

 

We won the first game thanks to these guys only

[sandsaims]

Sri Lanka is missing 8 first choice players. 

[Frustrated]

3 minutes ago, Lord said:

hype is based on potential and domestic which is justified

 

its not like Kohli Rohit performed from get go.Give these guys time

 

We won the first game thanks to these guys only

 

We won the first game mainly due to oldies.  Dhawan who scored unbeaten 86 and Chahal  picked up 2 crucial top order wickets.

[Lord]

Just now, Frustrated said:

 

We won the first game mainly due to oldies.  Dhawan who scored unbeaten 86 and Chahal  picked up 2 crucial top order wickets.

 

no

 

Dhawan was struggling big time but Shaw Kishan took off all the pressure.After that he could play at his own pace.

 

in bowling Bhuvi got smacked.Chahal was decent at best.Rahul Chahar was much better today

[Lone Wolf]

I think Pitches have been slow n low in last two games..  Same pitch is being used I guess.  

They could have rotated b/w SSC Colombo & premadasa..  Poor planning by SLC. 

Flat pitches would have helped us. 

Selectors picked a crap attack too

[Frustrated]

8 minutes ago, sandsaims said:

Sri Lanka is missing 8 first choice players. 

This.

 

[SK_IH]

Some self loathers having a field day, trying to educate us about the fake bench strength based on 3 match series which India actually won with multiple debuts. Thanks for this enlightenment

[speedheat]

They are good but have been terribly overrated on this forum, I don't see Dhoni uv Kohli esq star in them.

 

[Norman]

9 minutes ago, sandsaims said:

Sri Lanka is missing 8 first choice players. 

 

They're missing none except Kusal Perera and maybe Mathews. All others that to they're "missing" are mediocrities that lost 3-0 to toygers. 

 

There is no such thing as "first choice" for a team like Sri Lanka which makes 4-5 changes every series. 

[Sean Bradley]

They are good and deservingly playing, though I would doubt the inclusion of K Gowtham in this team, I don't find his bowling special. Our batters are really good against pace but theirs a big question mark over their spin playing ability, and that "Indians Play spin better" is a thing of past.

[SK_IH]

Though I will definitely say Indian ODI cap has absolutely been tossed around like crap by giving debuts to the likes of Gowtham, Sakariya today. 

[Frustrated]

17 minutes ago, Norman said:

 

They're missing none except Kusal Perera and maybe Mathews. All others that to they're "missing" are mediocrities that lost 3-0 to toygers. 

 

There is no such thing as "first choice" for a team like Sri Lanka which makes 4-5 changes every series. 

Their best bowler Hasaranga did not play today. Yet we lost it.

Edited July 23, 2021 by Frustrated

[maniac]

Not all some of them are