Surya kumar Yadav is a national treasure

[nitinbwj]

He is Shoonya now. His time is over. Time to hand over captaincy to Pandoo.

[Norman]

Think we can afford him in the current T20 setup which has a very good batting depth now. Just give him the free reign until the 2026 T20 WC..no reason to drop a guy after he wins these games as captain 

[Frustrated]

Shunya Yadav with another spectacular Shunya.    On the world's flattest and smallest ground.   5 out of 5 shunyas in this series.  Kaptaan leading by example.  

[Texan]

1 hour ago, Norman said:

Think we can afford him in the current T20 setup which has a very good batting depth now. Just give him the free reign until the 2026 T20 WC..no reason to drop a guy after he wins these games as captain 

I don't believe we should drop him but also, never give anybody a free reign. Even when you are winning there needs to be a post assessment and review of SKY's batting performance.

 

If you give a free reign then you end up creating more Kohlis and Rohit Sharmas who have zero accountability for their actions. 

[Ultimate_Game]

6 hours ago, Lord said:

 

that goes for Rohit too then in T20s, has been playing for much longer and has not much to show in knockouts/must win games. 

 

Agreed. His best T20 innings was the one he played against Aus in the recent WT20. And he played a half-decent innings in the SF against Eng. Other than these two, Rohit's whole career has been disappointing in T20s and good he's retired.

[Ultimate_Game]

8 hours ago, Adamant said:

He hasn't played a standout innings in wt20 but last year played two good support knocks, 30 off 15 against aus and 47 against England in semis.

 

He is overhyped but still is a good t20 player.

 

He's way too overhyped for what he has delivered. 3 WT20s is not a small sample size. When you consistently fail in WT20s and show up in bilaterals across multiple tourneys, it shows you're not gonna win too many when you're required.

[Frustrated]

We are leading the series 3-1 despite Shunya Yadav's 5 consecutive flop shows.  This goes to show how much utility (or the lack of) this 35 yr old buddha has.    Better let him retire/drop him and make Pandya captain.   

Edited February 2, 2025 by Frustrated

[Lord]

National pressure 

[Lord]

Just now, Frustrated said:

We are the leading the series 3-1 despite Shunya Yadav's 5 consecutive flop shows.  This goes to show how much utility (or the lack of) this 35 yr old buddha has.    Better let him retire/drop him and make Pandya captain.   

 

Pandu is injury prone though.

[Ultimate_Game]

3 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

We are the leading the series 3-1 despite Shunya Yadav's 5 consecutive flop shows.  This goes to show how much utility (or the lack of) this 35 yr old buddha has.    Better let him retire/drop him and make Pandya captain.   

 

Yup, Pandya is a decent captaincy option and should replace SKY as the captain. We can't have a liability with the bat at 4 just like we've Kohli in Tests.

[Gollum]

Jaiswal is sitting out for these kind of players, awful.

[Lord]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

Jaiswal is sitting out for these kind of players, awful.

 

Even worse, yet to debut in ODIs where guys like RoKo, Iyer,KL still play

[tapandrun]

With batter like Sky who have no other skills t20i becomes a format where couple of bad innings it start to look like a waste of batter.

He  has been averaging 29 and 15 in last 2 years and with no other secondary skills he will start looking like a dead-weight on the team. 

 

Plus his inability to play a noteworthy innings against a top/decent bowing unit it also some concern...

Ind need him to bat well he is still the only1 who can manipulate the field with some unconventional shot making.

[Ultimate_Game]

48 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

With batter like Sky who have no other skills t20i becomes a format where couple of bad innings it start to look like a waste of batter.

He  has been averaging 29 and 15 in last 2 years and with no other secondary skills he will start looking like a dead-weight on the team. 

 

Plus his inability to play a noteworthy innings against a top/decent bowing unit it also some concern...

Ind need him to bat well he is still the only1 who can manipulate the field with some unconventional shot making.

 

He's a typical bully. Shows up against weaker bowling sides and you can rest assured he won't turn up against good bowling or in high stakes matches in tourneys. He doesn't deserve a spot in the team and should be kicked out with Pandya given the captaincy.

[tapandrun]

3 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

He's a typical bully. Shows up against weaker bowling sides and you can rest assured he won't turn up against good bowling or in high stakes matches in tourneys. He doesn't deserve a spot in the team and should be kicked out with Pandya given the captaincy.

 

No need to drop him, this is the style of cricket one would like to see, sky is enabling it. He is not eating up deliveries himself to get to some decent score where he can say I am contributing, need this kind of mind-set, just that he needs to deliver against top bowling unit and high stakes matches.

 

Pandya still take time in get going and even with quickstart he fails to capitalize, pandaya too struggles against good bowling unit, its just that he can contribute with the ball.

Ind batting has failed in transition batters in this series, it was a good knock by dube today not wasting the time and tking on eng. fast bowlers.

 

The other issue is losing the steam in last 3 over Ind need some1 who is capable hitter and can it 4/6 batting with tail. From pandaya to bisnoi ind got only 1-six and 3-fours.  

 

 

 

Edited February 2, 2025 by tapandrun

[Suhaan]

3 hours ago, Lord said:

 

Even worse, yet to debut in ODIs where guys like RoKo, Iyer,KL still play

All the stinkers in samelineup

[Ultimate_Game]

6 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

 

No need to drop him, this is the style of cricket one would like to see, sky is enabling it. He is not eating up deliveries himself to get to some decent score where he can say I am contributing, need this kind of mind-set, just that he needs to deliver against top bowling unit and high stakes matches.

 

Pandya still take time in get going and even with quickstart he fails to capitalize, pandaya too struggles against good bowling unit, its just that he can contribute with the ball.

Ind batting has failed in transition batters in this series, it was a good know by dube today not wasting the time and tking on eng. fast bowlers.

 

The other issue is losing the steam in last 3 over Ind need some1 who is cable hitter and can it 4/6 batting with tail. From pandaya to bisnoi ind got only 1-six and 3-fours.  

 

 

 

 

I would rather replace him with Parag or Ramandeep. Pandya has already shown he's a good captain and can win. We're wasting a spot with SKY. Next WT20 is in India and our best chance to win. Let's make the most of it.

[tapandrun]

2 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

I would rather replace him with Parag or Ramandeep. Pandya has already shown he's a good captain and can win. We're wasting a spot with SKY. Next WT20 is in India and our best chance to win. Let's make the most of it.

Parag would replace sundar, and there will be pick and chose between reddy/dube/raman. They should get v.iyer in the mix.

Need to find some1 else for Jurel not a t20i material now, lacks power and field manipulations, not a good back-up keeper.

 

 

[Need4Speed]

SKY is getting out almost the same way often..aren they checking whats this new issue he has developed..that he end up lofting the ball straight up..he used to hit sixes in similar manner around fine leg..may be he is just trying too hard..and mistiming\playing too early..

[Frustrated]

51 minutes ago, Need4Speed said:

SKY is getting out almost the same way often..aren they checking whats this new issue he has developed..that he end up lofting the ball straight up..he used to hit sixes in similar manner around fine leg..may be he is just trying too hard..and mistiming\playing too early..

We are winning t20 matches more often these days despite SKY's failure.  That's masking lot of loopholes in the team.  Our TM (which has always been reactive rather than being proactive) won't be bothered to look into SKY or Samson's repeated flop shows as long as we keep winning.  This is likely to continue till we face group stage exit or a humiliating KO defeat in the next T20 WC.  (As luck will eventually run out).