Rohit Sharma's performance as Indian captain

[zen]

• Banking on stats padding has beens (including himself) in the important top order (#1-3) 
• Going with a trundling attack in the name of "control" 
• Fielding standards have taken a plunge because of players like him in the 11
• Ashwin brought in to the mix said to be per his request - even in the last WC, he is said to have influenced Ashwin's selection - Link
• Axar played at #7 (and his bowling not even utilized properly) 

 

Difficult to win a T20 WC with Rohit, KL, Kohli, Bhuvi, & Ashwin in the 11 ... Expected result: Losses to major teams -> SA & ENG, along with a fluke win over Pak 

 

 

These guys have and continue to mess with Indian cricket

 

 

[sage]

Garbage thread by garbage spammer.

[zen]

1 minute ago, sage said:

Garbage thread by garbage spammer.

 

Piece of crap ... take your dumb comments and Rohit fanboyism elsewhere 

 

Won't go easy on you next time 

 

[Serpico]

He's probably delusional. All these years when MI had great death overs, he thought it's because of his brilliance and not because of the quality of malinga/bumrah. Dude thought bhuvi can do the same thing as malinga if he just shouts at him. 

[zen]

In the last world cup in UAE, it was Rohit Sharma (as VC) who was influencing many selection decisions - T20 World Cup 2021: Rohit Sharma played big role in R Ashwin's return to India’s T20I squad – Report

 

This year too we saw the continuation of some of the things that did not work ... and we can see whose fingerprints are likely to be on it

 

 

 

 

[IndianRenegade]

3 minutes ago, zen said:

In the last world cup in UAE, it was Rohit Sharma (as VC) who was influencing many selection decisions - T20 World Cup 2021: Rohit Sharma played big role in R Ashwin's return to India’s T20I squad – Report

 

This year too we saw the continuation of some of the things that did not work ... and we can see whose fingerprints are likely to be on it

 

 

 

 

If ashwin failed in UAE what was the likelihood he will succeed in Australia? 

[zen]

2 minutes ago, IndianRenegade said:

If ashwin failed in UAE what was the likelihood he will succeed in Australia? 

 

Just picked up 1 wkt in 3 games v ENG, Pak, & SA 

 

Primary team India

Opposition team England  or Pakistan  or South Africa

Start of match date between 1 Jan 2022 and 31 Dec 2022

Trophy ICC Men's T20 World Cup

 

Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
Arshdeep Singh	3	3	10.0	0	72	5	3/32	14.40	7.20	12.0	0	0
HH Pandya	3	3	11.0	0	93	4	3/30	23.25	8.45	16.5	0	0
Mohammed Shami	3	3	11.0	0	77	2	1/13	38.50	7.00	33.0	0	0
R Ashwin	3	3	9.0	0	93	1	1/43	93.00	10.33	54.0	0	0
B Kumar	3	3	9.4	0	68	1	1/22	68.00	7.03	58.0	0	0
AR Patel	2	2	5.0	0	51	0	-	-	10.20	-	0	0

 

[zen]

Below is his selection policy: 

 

While Indian selectors for the World Cup are keeping an eye on the IPL performances, Rohit Sharma feels they should be judged on how they played for the last four years.

[zen]

Many articles in media too: 

 

However, sports fans may be wondering what exactly went wrong for the Indian side? Lets us look at the key factors which became responsible for India's downfall in the 2022 T20 World Cup:

 

 

Rohit Sharma's promise of playing “fearless cricket" remained just on paper:

 

A new template of “fearless cricket" was created when skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid made a new team. Though few successes in the bilateral series, but for the ICC events, the squad could not perform on the field. According to stats, India's run-rate in the powerplay in this World Cup were just ahead of Netherlands (5.4) and Zimbabwe (5.7) with a run rate of just 6.0. This reflected India's conservative cricket which costed them the cup.

 

 

Not playing wrist spinner in Australian conditions:

 

For the Mega-event, India though invested heavily on Yuzvendra Chahal, but went on with a defensive approach of selecting Ashwin. India competed in six matches of T20 World Cup 2022, five of which were in the Super 12s and one in the semifinals. Chahal -- only wrist spinner in the 15-man team -- was not used in any of these matches. Both Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin were the targets of persistent coaching. As per stats, wrist spinners have historically proven to be viable options for taking wickets in T20 cricket.

 

 

Lack of courage to drop non-performing players:

 

Despite having a commendable bench strength, India continued to carry liabilities in this T20 World Cup. KL Rahul's performance in past one year raised serious questions over his selection as likes of Sanju Samson were not picked. Bhuvneshwar Kumar's bowling was a disaster since last one year, despite that, he played in the playing eleven. bowlers like Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umran Malik were not picked citing lack of experience. If experience was the only basis for selection, we could have asked the greats of Zaheer Khan, Aashish Nehra to play in the World Cup.

 

 

Lack of pace and pacers in the bowling attack:

 

India did miss Jasprit Bumrah during the tournament. His injury played like a dent in the bowling side of the Indian squad. Though Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar did try their best, but were not at their best. Even Bumrah's replacement Mohd Shami was could not prove to be that economical.

 

 

An aged team of tired minds and juggled thinkers playing conservative Cricket

 

India's worst decision was to rely too much on the star and ageing players. Virat Kohli (34), Rohit Sharma (35), Suryakumar Yadav (32), Dinesh Karthik (37) and the list goes on. Though the players did perform, but the overdependence on these players, somehow gave an extra inch to the opposition teams. Apart from Kohli and Yadav, hardly any player matched to the classic they are known for.

 

 

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Edited November 14, 2022 by zen

[sage]

Rohit did an excellent job getting this terrible team to the semi-finals. I doff my hat to him. 

[zen]

ppl are angry and already asking for his retirement:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[cricketfan28]

He can still redeem himself by winning Odi wc. Odi format will suit our top 3(with dhawan Bhai) and they can retire with a bang. I think pandya will lead in t20 going forward.

[zen]

1 hour ago, cricketfan28 said:

He can still redeem himself by winning Odi wc. Odi format will suit our top 3(with dhawan Bhai) and they can retire with a bang.

 

ODI WC is in Oct-Nov 2023 ... the fitness & form of many are expected to be questionable ... And many teams are likely to bring in innovations to the ODI game in the upcoming WC (which could catch an old fashioned India off guard) ... The way India plays its cricket currently, the best chance for it to compete is if most of its players are in top form in all the departments (an unlikely situation) 

 

Let's leave building castles in air to the Indian media

Edited November 14, 2022 by zen

[Laaloo]

1 hour ago, sage said:

Rohit did an excellent job getting this terrible team to the semi-finals. I doff my hat to him. 

Lol. We were pretty much guaranteed a spot in the semi finals. We won against pakistan  due to brilliance of Kohli. What did Rohit do there? We barely scrapped against Bangladesh and we got thumped by South Africa.  There was nothing innovative done by Sharma. Chahal and harshal even though they are crap didn’t get a game. Pant didn’t play a single game until the last dead match against zimbabwe and the knock out against England. He played hooda one match and dropped him  afterwards. Promoted axar once and then never did. It made sense to do it against England but I guess after playing a scintillating innings of 27(28), he was tired. 

and don’t forget his wonderful fielding. Leading from the front by missing run outs few feet away and then too tired to bend down a little that could stop an extra run here and there and pointing at the outfielder to get the ball. 

[FischerTal]

Tondu Sharma should open vada pav stall in Chembur. Uski aukaat wahi hain

[zen]

2023 is the 40th Anniversary of Ind's 1983 win ... The ODI WC is at home so expect media to go berserk with creating expectations ... Many of these old chokers could pee in their pants under the additional pressure 

[Vijy]

50 minutes ago, zen said:

2023 is the 40th Anniversary of Ind's 1983 win ... The ODI WC is at home so expect media to go berserk with creating expectations ... Many of these old chokers could pee in their pants under the additional pressure 

they won't make it past round 1 perhaps

[nevada]

2 hours ago, zen said:

 

ODI WC is in Oct-Nov 2023 ... the fitness & form of many are expected to be questionable ... And many teams are likely to bring in innovations to the ODI game in the upcoming WC (which could catch an old fashioned India off guard) ... The way India plays its cricket currently, the best chance for it to compete is if most of its players are in top form in all the departments (an unlikely situation) 

 

Let's leave building castles in air to the Indian media

We will never learn. We will lose badly again by picking over the hill players based on past glories. 

[zen]

 

[Number]

The last 2 years are somewhat similar to 2009 and 2010 debacles.

 

2009 and 2010 editions : Lost all super six games.

2021 and 2022 editions : Lost all matches against big teams except one match against Pakistan

Edited November 15, 2022 by Number