Who would be your choice for 2nd opener in 1st test against England ?

[Ankit_sharma03]

1. Pujara - Woefully out of form, but if their is one thing he can do in poor form its playing out deliveries
2. Vihari- He did open in Australia n did the job off seieng off new ball 
3. KL- He has been  an opener but TM is considering him now a middle order batsman 
4. Easwaran-  Someone whom TM doesnt look impressed at all 

 

Who will be your choice ?

[Ankit_sharma03]

Opening in england is pretty much the toughest job and the guy at other end doesnt have great reliability in these conditions either. So this has to be a very well thought out call 

[Lone Wolf]

KL is my #1 choice in middle order.  With how things are going dude will be pushed to no 3 most likely.  Ideal position for him is no 5.

 

Pujara looks like the guy who'll open.  Probably his final chance in England. 

 

 

 

[Prabhdeep Singh]

'Go for the jugular'

 

The opposition will fear KL Rahul more than C Pujara, A Eashwaran or H Vihari opening.

 

With KL Rahul opening there will be less disruption with rest of order. 

 

Also his last test innings in England opening was 149.

 

R Sharma

KL Rahul

C Pujara

V Kohli

A Rahane

R Pant

R Jadeja

R Ashwin

I Sharma

M Shami

M Siraj

 

 

Edited August 2, 2021 by Prabhdeep Singh

[cricketfan28]

Pujara , if he gets into the groove it will work for the rest of the series.

[ShoonyaSifar]

Ideally push Pujara to open, have Rahane at 3 (as Kohli will not move from his no. 4), pick KL Rahul for no. 5 (pick him while he is in form)

[Real McCoy]

49 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Ideally push Pujara to open, have Rahane at 3 (as Kohli will not move from his no. 4), pick KL Rahul for no. 5 (pick him while he is in form)

I agree with Pujrara opening but Rahane at 3 is major lol. Kohli if he wants to win has to come in at 3 or even send KLR at 3. KLR can play the counter attacking kind of innings same with rat but Rahane will just edge to gully and walk off.

[Serpico]

Jadeja at no. 3 

 

will give some left right combo in top order. won't have to bat with the tail. can pick thakur as allrounder 

[Dery]

Eshwaran. Instead of messing with batting order just have a proper opener 

[bowl_out]

Pujara. Blunt the new ball. That's the only thing he can do these days. At least use it at a time when we need that, and have KL bat at 3 or 5

[New guy]

1 minute ago, bowl_out said:

Pujara. Blunt the new ball. That's the only thing he can do these days. At least use it at a time when we need that, and have KL bat at 3 or 5

Thing is, in England ball will keep swinging through out, so blunting without scoring is useless. In fact we need someone who can score in first 10-15 overs as Duke balks only start swinging after that 

[QuarantineTormentino]

Lol apparently Rahane has said that India does not plan to move Pujara away from the no 3. Position... so possible one of Rahul/Vihari may open considering Easwaran is yet to make his debut

Edited August 3, 2021 by QuarantineTormentino

[CodeOfWisden]

42 minutes ago, New guy said:

Thing is, in England ball will keep swinging through out, so blunting without scoring is useless. In fact we need someone who can score in first 10-15 overs as Duke balks only start swinging after that 

Bro, you have developed a new theory. 

The likes of Geoffrey Boycott and Gatting executed the exact same strategy and scored heaps of runs in england. 

You have to blunt the new ball in England can't score well without doing that and yes scoring becomes easier as the games goes on. It's not just about the condition of the ball it's also about the confidence level of the batsman. 

After playing 100 balls you definitely are much more assured but yes Pujji these days looks the same even after facing 200 balls lol but that doesn't mean that you discard the whole batting style. 

Many have scored thousands of runs in England using the same strategy 

[Lord]

Pujara

[Nikola]

Team management will surely pick KL Rahul. Idk what they will do if mayank gets fit for 2nd test and rahul has decent test match. Will they swap his position again in middle order?

[Majestic]

I will go with Vihari. Want to see Rahul back in M.O.

[maniac]

15 hours ago, bowl_out said:

Pujara. Blunt the new ball. That's the only thing he can do these days. At least use it at a time when we need that, and have KL bat at 3 or 5

he will blunt till the 2nd new ball without adding much runs but by then half of the Indian batting will be out to the first new ball and the other half to the 2nd 

[Cricket_Ticket]

I have tickets for India vs England @Lords on Sat, 14th August and Sun, 15th Aug. Unfortunately I can't go as will be quaranting after India visit.

Drop me a line cricket.ticket2021 @ gmail . com if anyone interested to buy.