Rohit Sharma out of South Africa Series

[NameGoesHere]

Why all the crying.

 

Rohit already said he wanted the middle order to prepare for 10/3.

 

This is just 0/ 1 and not a damn ball bowled.

 

Rohit the genius inscrutable sage isn’t injured, just giving tough love to the team. 

[sandeep]

13 minutes ago, GeeGaw said:

Considering our MO selections the last two years, I laughed my ass off when I read this.

There's a queue for openers, and Shaw was the incumbent until he got dismantled in the pink ball test.  His bad luck that Rohit solidified one opener's slot while he was out due to cough syrup issues, and then Gill grabbed his chance in the Australia tour.  As far as the slot for backup openers is concerned, please compare Mayank's performances to Shaw - its not close.

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

Agarwal joins his dost after 2 years at the top of the order. Hope they make it count.

[vvvslaxman]

So no "come to India" dialogue this time

[LordPrabhzy]

29 minutes ago, NameGoesHere said:

Why all the crying.

 

Rohit already said he wanted the middle order to prepare for 10/3.

 

This is just 0/ 1 and not a damn ball bowled.

 

Rohit the genius inscrutable sage isn’t injured, just giving tough love to the team. 

He gave us the hint- we just didn’t get it 

[RajBan]

11 hours ago, BlueBlood said:

This is done on purpose by Rohit to spite Kohli.

 

Good luck with this much vitriol and politics to Indian cricket.

 

Ganguly and Shah are proving to be pathetic administrators.

 

If they cannot control Rohit vs Kohli rivalry very soon, then we are looking at more world cup exits.

 

Now Rohits underperformance in T20 worldcup also looks suspect. Might have done it on purpose to spite Kohli and get Kohli to lose 50 over captaincy too.

 

There was no way Kohli could retain ODI captaincy after losing to Pakistan in a WC with 10 wickets. Even Dhoni would have been sacked with such a performance.

 

I hate Rohit Sharma and his antics as its ruining team India. I guess we can expect Kohli to underperform in ODIs now to spite Rohit.

 

And stupid fans in this forum cheer for Rohit like he is some genius when he has created a rift in the team that looks like will only end after both rohit and kohli get dropped or retire.

Lol. 

[Iconoclast]

Captaincy Wars: Episode V - The Kohli Strikes Back

 

Will miss ODI's for planned holiday

 

 

 

[SRT100]

40 minutes ago, Iconoclast said:

Captaincy Wars: Episode V - The Kohli Strikes Back

 

Will miss ODI's for planned holiday

 

 

 

 

Hitman missing for the Test series is a big blow for India and Kohli.

 

Kohli missing the ODI series is a big blow for South Africa and their captain.

[Chakdephatte]

16 hours ago, sandeep said:

There's a queue for openers, and Shaw was the incumbent until he got dismantled in the pink ball test.  His bad luck that Rohit solidified one opener's slot while he was out due to cough syrup issues, and then Gill grabbed his chance in the Australia tour.  As far as the slot for backup openers is concerned, please compare Mayank's performances to Shaw - its not close.

 

How is mayank better than Shaw. Shaw played just five matches, impressed in three of them. Failed in one match Australia and one in NZ. That's a good success rate. Mayank Agarwal been equally poor in Australia this year, much better overall, similar in NZ, and failed in WI. Most batsmen fail overseas, so did Shaw. He is better choice at home than Gill.

 

Bottomline is, both are HTBs, hard to get out when there is no swing on offer.

[prudent_kreeda]

8 hours ago, Iconoclast said:

Captaincy Wars: Episode V - The Kohli Strikes Back

 

Will miss ODI's for planned holiday

 

 

 

 

How its kohli striking back ?  Makes no difference if India loses a bilateral. In fact it is a god send opportunity to test younger players in an overseas tour and zero in on deserving players for MO. If baby's birthday is on 11th and he is not playing to celebrate baby's birthday after 19th . Ye nautanki nahi chalne waali.  

Nautanki jyaada ho to strike back by 

- let selectors skip him for 2 more one day series  - reason need to give newcomers extended opportunities.. 

- When included in X1 , Play at 5 or 6  - reason  all hitters have a go first as we have started playing aggressively . 

- Rest him in between - reason he is needed for tests. 

- Do not play against minnows - reason we need him against quality teams 

After 2-3 series sab kuch line pe aayega . Tab tak  Ghamand utra nahi to , apne aap bahar ho jayega.

 

Edited December 14, 2021 by prudent_kreeda

[sandeep]

12 hours ago, Chakdephatte said:

 

How is mayank better than Shaw. Shaw played just five matches, impressed in three of them. Failed in one match Australia and one in NZ. That's a good success rate. Mayank Agarwal been equally poor in Australia this year, much better overall, similar in NZ, and failed in WI. Most batsmen fail overseas, so did Shaw. He is better choice at home than Gill.

 

Bottomline is, both are HTBs, hard to get out when there is no swing on offer.

I personally rate Shaw's ceiling as much higher than Mayank's.  But IIRC Mayank's put up big runs much more frequently than Shaw has - at FC level, A level and India level.  

[diga]

3 hours ago, sandeep said:

I personally rate Shaw's ceiling as much higher than Mayank's.  But IIRC Mayank's put up big runs much more frequently than Shaw has - at FC level, A level and India level.  

Shaw is still young and one season of county cricket might help his game. 

[Vijy]

36 minutes ago, diga said:

Shaw is still young and one season of county cricket might help his game. 

Doubtful. he seems like the type who will bat better when there's not much lateral movement. he should play at home first

Edited December 15, 2021 by Vijy

[rollingstoned]

Kohli is just missing a jamodi series and arguably we need to move on from him in that format anyway. Hitman is a big loss for the test series though, without a doubt. 

[diga]

55 minutes ago, Vijy said:

Doubtful. he seems like the type who will bat better when there's not much lateral movement. he should play at home first

Thats because of his backlift & tendency to hit through the line.. Not saying he should curb it, but might help him gauge his backlift & footwork based on swing

[Majestic]

Rohit

Mayank

Pujara

Kohli

Vihari

Iyer

Pant(wkt)

Ashwin

Siraj

Shami

Bumrah

 

[neel roy]

3 hours ago, Majestic said:

Rohit

Mayank

Pujara

Kohli

Vihari

Iyer

Pant(wkt)

Ashwin

Siraj

Shami

Bumrah

 

Rahul instead of Rohit as he is injured

also kohli will play with 5 bowlers. So shardul Will play instead of vihari or iyer. 

[Majestic]

49 minutes ago, neel roy said:

Rahul instead of Rohit as he is injured

also kohli will play with 5 bowlers. So shardul Will play instead of vihari or iyer. 

If the wickets are similar as last time around or even anywhere close to it, they should pick 7 batsman because of no Rohit who is the only in form batsman we have overseas.

[neel roy]

30 minutes ago, Majestic said:

If the wickets are similar as last time around or even anywhere close to it, they should pick 7 batsman because of no Rohit who is the only in form batsman we have overseas.

Yeah i agree. In those pitches you ll bowl for 80 odd overs at a max. So we can afford to play 4 bowlers. Also hanuma can easily bowl 7-8 overs if we need spin in second innings