We need gritty and good temperament players like Rahul Tewatia in Indian XI

[anish2tweet]

He has to come into the team. He is just 27, so take him now itself. In T20s atleast if not ODIs

 

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[Majestic]

He is clutch but doesn't have the best of the techniques to counter international quality attacks. He can be in the mix as it is not a one IPL series wonder for him anymore. He has been excellent this season.

 

[vvvslaxman]

Yea if all the matches happen on batting paradises with 60 meter boundaries.  Last year 14 matches 155 runs 105 strike rate. He just fed on brainless bowling in a nothing to lose situation.

[sensible-indian]

Lets see when he faces hard length.

[sensible-indian]

I respect Tewatia but you aint gonna get buffet bowling like he faced.

[cricketfan28]

can try after the worldcup.

[Majestic]

We need a genuinely high class finisher in our team.

 

Who can it be?

 

Suryakumar is a wonderful batsman, has all shots in the book but just doesn't seem to be the guy with clutch gene in finishing off games.

 

Pandya is also batting up the order this season and that is perhaps what suits him which is why he has success in IPL.

 

We need someone like a Klusenar, Albie Morkel (in IPl), Bevan sort of finisher in this team who can won us these pressure games. 

[I6MTW]

Let's wait for another season before taking a call on Tewatia. 2020 was decent, so is 2022, he was average in 2021 but not bad. Another good season like this year, and he's good to go. 

[neel roy]

He was already picked in indian team against england in 2021. He couldnt play due to injuries

https://wisden.com/series-stories/india-v-england/rahul-tewatia-and-suryakumar-yadav-earns-maiden-india-call-ups-for-england-t20i-series/amp

[BacktoCricaddict]

On 4/28/2022 at 10:23 AM, vvvslaxman said:

Yea if all the matches happen on batting paradises with 60 meter boundaries.  Last year 14 matches 155 runs 105 strike rate. He just fed on brainless bowling in a nothing to lose situation.

He can only control what he can control.  And based on what he has done so far, he has earned the opportunity to show if he can repeat his success in bigger grounds with better bowlers.  He seems to have a cool head and, compared to last year, has an improved range of strokes.  He is a must for the SA T20 series.  WCT20?  Too early to tell, but if he succeeds against SA, book his ticket.    

 

 

[raki05]

When butler feast on the same bowling he is great and when tewatiya is winning matches he is just another avg batsmen. BTW other than aus, Pak and NZ how many nation have better bowling than these ipl teams. Even Pak only had Shaheen at opening burst similarly stark for aus. So not sure how international bowling and pitches would be any different than what we have in ipl. Besides, who else other than tewatiya is playing Blinder at 6-7 down ...forget blinders our top 4 Maharathis are so useless against this so called buffet bowling that tewatiya can play at any position from 1-7.

[anish2tweet]

Tewatia or Tripathi

[zen]

Should get his opportunities post T20 WC 2022 … The guy is at another level as far as mental toughness and self belief are concerned! … These things cannot be taught by coaches and has to be a part of one’s character! 
 

Iceman as the call him now 

 

[Jay]

1 hour ago, zen said:

Should get his opportunities post T20 WC 2022 … The guy is at another level as far as mental toughness and self belief are concerned! … These things cannot be taught by coaches and has to be a part of one’s character! 
 

Iceman as the call him now 

 

He will get it when he is 33. That's how we roll.

[Adamant]

How do people get impressed by such players is beyond my understanding. 

[Majestic]

IPL should no longer be benchmark for selection. Instead of picking Shaw, these guys have picked Ruturaj. Kya mil gaya Ruturaj ko pick karke??

[express bowling]

9 minutes ago, Adamant said:

How do people get impressed by such players is beyond my understanding. 

 

What would your Playing 11 be for this year's T20 WC in Australia ?

[Ankit_sharma03]

4 minutes ago, Majestic said:

IPL should no longer be benchmark for selection. Instead of picking Shaw, these guys have picked Ruturaj. Kya mil gaya Ruturaj ko pick karke??

IPL is the right benchmark provided u anaylise n take call rightly , 

 

As u said Shaw vs Rutu- Rutu is a wrong call coz he doesnt anything new to what our already ones are doing. IPL job is to offer choices which it had done a great job at. Many do well so u have many options but u need to pick the one that suits ur team combination n can work on international level and add more reasoning to it 

 

Now coming to shaw vs Rutu - i see someone logic coz Rutu is an excellent player of pace n bounce ,infact the he has played express pace is remarkable and he also has shown no issues against spin . Whereas shaw has struggled to control bounce in last 3 yrs and has been dismissed multiple times to short ball. Now its upto team to take a call on either they want someone solid which CSK prefer or they want somenoe who can bat in different gear. Problem with solid is we already have KL n Rohit

[Majestic]

The best 18 that I see by being realistic to selections :-

 

Rohit(c)

Rahul

Kohli

SKY

Jadeja

Pandya

DK(wkt)

Bhuvi/Harshal

Shami

Bumrah

Yuzi

 

Harshal/ Bhuvi

Kishan(backup opener)

Pant( middle order backup)

Kuldeep

 

Extras :-

Deepak Chahar

Umran Malik

A spin all rounder( or even Hooda)

 

Important points :-

 

1. Pant needs to be dropped whether it is temporarily fix or permanent. His shot selection is outright poor. The deliveries that are bowled outside off and not there in slot needs to be respected unless we are in the final three overs of the game. Pant simply fails to do that and it has happened numerous times now with no hope of improvement, you need to develop a correct mind to score even in T20Is, maybe dropping him might work well when he comes back again.

 

2. Use Jadeja in middle order, that way you can use his batting well and you also have DK who can bat at 7 and keep. A year ago, there wasn't a DK in the frame so Jadeja at 7 was a waste with bat and with ball, he doesnt contribute much anyways. So, atleast at 5, he will contribute with bat and he ain't going anywhere we all know with what he brings on field.

 

3. No Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur in WT20s.

 

[Majestic]

30 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

IPL is the right benchmark provided u anaylise n take call rightly , 

 

As u said Shaw vs Rutu- Rutu is a wrong call coz he doesnt anything new to what our already ones are doing. IPL job is to offer choices which it had done a great job at. Many do well so u have many options but u need to pick the one that suits ur team combination n can work on international level and add more reasoning to it 

 

Now coming to shaw vs Rutu - i see someone logic coz Rutu is an excellent player of pace n bounce ,infact the he has played express pace is remarkable and he also has shown no issues against spin . Whereas shaw has struggled to control bounce in last 3 yrs and has been dismissed multiple times to short ball. Now its upto team to take a call on either they want someone solid which CSK prefer or they want somenoe who can bat in different gear. Problem with solid is we already have KL n Rohit

How is IPL right benchmark when the same guys who were blowing opposition in IPL-the likes of Yuzi, Pandya(with bowl), Harshal have started going missing now? Kishan who was in bad form in IPL has become the best Indian batsman in these two games. Watch out for Jadeja, he will be back to best too. Shami was excellent with new ball for GT but same Shami doesn't pick wickets consistently in T20 internationals for India. Why is it so? I would say it is because they get the support from their international comporaries in IPL. Hence why IPL results shouldn't be set as benchmark.

 

As for Shaw and Ruturaj, Shaw inspite of these small weaknesses scored 300+ runs in 9 innings only and scored his runs at a brisk rate. He doesn't start in Indian XI straightaway but having an option of him is always good to have. There is no reason why he shouldnt be playing for this second string Indian team or having an option in the squad wasn't thought of.

 

 

 

 

Edited June 13, 2022 by Majestic