If India bat first, will Rohit and Rahul look to start of aggressive against Imad and shaheeh?

[Mesky99]

India batting first both Rahul and Rohit should look to unsettle Shaheen and Imad, hopefully they take advantage of the loose floaty deliveries of Shaheen, if he then goes short Rohit should pull him, a quick start early on Pak would eventually go to Plan B with hafeez and Malik in the middle orders, this brings pant, sky and pandya into the game against their spinners, my only fear is Imad may get some dots balls early on and Rohit could loose patience hitting one in the air, sweeping Imad early should be the way to go in my opinion, he is nothing special but a darter with a dodgy action, treat him like a dibbly dobbler who gets the ball to come in with his action, one from Rohit or Rahul should be ultra aggressive early on, if they both play still the 7th over then sky should come in next.

 

 

 

 

[Sandeep99]

I fully expect India to happily end powerplay at 40-0 even if it means slow start. Plenty of firepower to make up for it later. Rohit somehow gets into mood against Pakistan and he may destroy their young leg spinner Shadab if he stays that long.

[Lord]

Rahul will go for it. Rohit will be sedate.

 

There's a chance Kishan might play as well

[New guy]

Need lefties like ishan and pant to take on Imad in powerplay. But doubt management will be so inventive as to use them like that

 

Kohli against Imad will be comical

Edited October 22, 2021 by New guy

[sandeep]

The word is out on the Indian batting - it is deadly against pace, but the vaunted top order is not as effective against spin and slower bowlers.  Guys like Surya, Ishan, Hardik can maul the spinners, but Rohit, Virat and even KL to some extent, aren't as dangerous.  

 

OP has hit upon a non-trivial question that can potentially turn this game.  

[rangeelaraja]

2 hours ago, Mesky99 said:

India batting first both Rahul and Rohit should look to unsettle Shaheen and Imad, hopefully they take advantage of the loose floaty deliveries of Shaheen, if he then goes short Rohit should pull him, a quick start early on Pak would eventually go to Plan B with hafeez and Malik in the middle orders, this brings pant, sky and pandya into the game against their spinners, my only fear is Imad may get some dots balls early on and Rohit could loose patience hitting one in the air, sweeping Imad early should be the way to go in my opinion, he is nothing special but a darter with a dodgy action, treat him like a dibbly dobbler who gets the ball to come in with his action, one from Rohit or Rahul should be ultra aggressive early on, if they both play still the 7th over then sky should come in next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not that complicated.  Shaheen is the only "danger" early on. He is a decent bowler, but it is more about him being a super tall left armer that our top order is not very used to facing.  SKY, Pant, Hardik, Rohit - they are all capable of hitting 6s of any of the Pak spinners at will. There is absolutely nothing special about them. 

[Mesky99]

12 hours ago, sandeep said:

The word is out on the Indian batting - it is deadly against pace, but the vaunted top order is not as effective against spin and slower bowlers.  Guys like Surya, Ishan, Hardik can maul the spinners, but Rohit, Virat and even KL to some extent, aren't as dangerous.  

 

OP has hit upon a non-trivial question that can potentially turn this game.  

Hopefully our management is proactive with the batting order, there could potentially be more than 8 overs of spin by Pakistan if their seamers get a hammering early on by Rohit and Rahul. No better scenario for the likes of pant, sky and pandya against Pak spinners after a quick start by India, Pak will definitely panic.

[Lord]

1 hour ago, New guy said:

Need lefties like ishan and pant to take on Imad in powerplay. But doubt management will be so inventive as to use them like that

 

Kohli against Imad will be comical

 

hearing Ishan will play and SKY won't. If its true surely Ishan will open

[rangeelaraja]

7 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

hearing Ishan will play and SKY won't. If its true surely Ishan will open

 

From which news source ?

[maniac]

Afridi first 2 overs will be critical. Imad can be negotiated. He is threatening against foreign teams who try to slog sleep him or over attack him. Afridi should be negotiated carefully. Play him on merit and he will give some loose balls.

 

No Kishen against Pakistan please we need proper technical  bats to play out the first few overs.

[zen]

100 from Rohit coming up. The guy is such a genius that he needs to play 30 balls in T20s before he can look to make an impact (Russell could be laughing at this)

 

KL is one of the best openers (stats padding makes you best)

 

Kohli is a beast in LOIs (cutting down risks in a format which encourages you to take risks makes you a different type of beast)

 

and so on … 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2021 by zen

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 hour ago, New guy said:

Need lefties like ishan and pant to take on Imad in powerplay. But doubt management will be so inventive as to use them like that

 

Kohli against Imad will be comical

 

yup imad n shadab can be made their weak links , once u start taking them on pressure will increase on other bowlers n captain 

 

• once u take down Imad in PP, they ll save him for middle . In middle send pandya (as krunal n imad are same bowlers , so hardik can hit him easy and he has in past) pant and sky , all 3 can take down their both spinners. Either their 8 overs will go very expensive or they look to go part timers. ALthough those part timers hafeez n malik can be dangerous with chucking
• Shadab batting has improved a lot but bowling has declined 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2021 by Ankit_sharma03

[Ankit_sharma03]

28 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

hearing Ishan will play and SKY won't. If its true surely Ishan will open

hope not as SKY is outstanding against leg spin, they havent seen him much and he is a very difficult guy to set field to. 

[Lord]

2 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

hope not as SKY is outstanding against leg spin, they havent seen him much and he is a very difficult guy to set field to. 

 

yes other option is just going with Ishan as keeper and dropping Pant. 

[New guy]

9 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

yes other option is just going with Ishan as keeper and dropping Pant. 

Would be a dumb move, particularly since pant is an excellent player of spin

[putrevus]

I would open with a leftie. Both Rohit and Rahul along with Kohli are sitting ducks against that indipper.That guy Shaheen did not have that indipper when he started out but looks like he has it now.

[nitinbwj]

What if they bat first  uski strategy 

[nitinbwj]

ICF - Kohli must have a clever strategy if Ind bats first!! 

Kohli - WROGN 

[Sgattick10]

If dew is a big factor, we should chase..

My 11 would be

 

Ishan

Rohit

Kohli

Rahul

Sky

Pant

Jaddu

Bhuvi

Shami

Bumraah

VC

[Norman]

5 minutes ago, nitinbwj said:

ICF - Kohli must have a clever strategy if Ind bats first!! 

Kohli - WROGN 

 

Oh man that post will become a huuge meme if/when we lose to poyzz (somehow) or get knocked out in the semis. Loli should have chosen some other way to promote his sadakchaap brands.