What is the utility of picking so many Consolidators Upfront if most of them invariably fail when the conditions favour pace / swing bowling ?

[The Realist]

8 hours ago, express bowling said:

There are problems in every department of this team ... Slow top 3 ... non dependable middle order ... Too many trundler pacers ... below par spinners.

 

" Do this before that " can't be the approach.  All have to be solved  

 

Which means this is barely a functioning cricket team.

 

And begs the question what are Dravid/Sharma plus selectors getting paid for? 

 

Staggering levels of incompetence. 

[The Realist]

8 hours ago, SRT100 said:

 

Correct.

 

You could easily pick a 2nd XI that would beat this team in Australian conditions.

Team was picked as if the WC was in India.

 

Even for Ind conditions this squad is crap. 

[Adamant]

3 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

Suggestion is to have just 1 high SR batter as opener in place of Rahul ... and not change the entire 11

 

Rahul can infact add value in the middle order.

 

From the current squad, Pant can replace Karthick and bat in the top 3 and Rahul can come at 5. Hardik is more suited to 6 than 5.

 

Minimal change in batting personnel but can solve a lot of problems.

 

 

 

 

We won the ODI series 

 

Won the first T20I too. 

 

Then 8 or 6 members got Covid.  We could barely put forth a Playing 11 in the next 2 T20Is. Bhuvi was batting at 6 and Saini at 7. Next match Bhuvi at 6 snd Kuldeep at 7.

 

Don't you remember ?

 

 

I don't think you ever said that our B tema would beat the current one. 

 

So I definitely wasn't referring to you. 

 

Agreed. 

Yes we can have a better team than this, Pant should play ahead of Rahul and Siraj in for bhuvi, but that doesn't mean our b team is better. 

 

 

[express bowling]

In yesterday's crunch match our top order consolidators failed again ... that too without extra pace or extra swing on display. 

 

Seriously, why do we need them ?  Just to score 50s in low key bilaterals and against minnows ?

 

CT17 final, WC 19, WC 21, AC 22, WC 22

 

They never fail to fail in crunch matches or challenging bowling conditions. ( Kohli being the exception on occasions )

[Vijy]

14 hours ago, express bowling said:

In yesterday's crunch match our top order consolidators failed again ... that too without extra pace or extra swing on display. 

 

Seriously, why do we need them ?  Just to score 50s in low key bilaterals and against minnows ?

 

CT17 final, WC 19, WC 21, AC 22, WC 22

 

They never fail to fail in crunch matches or challenging bowling conditions. ( Kohli being the exception on occasions )

that's their ceiling, so they will happily stat pad their way.