Virat Kohli to take break from T20Is, aims to focus on ODIs and Test

[speedracer]

21 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

 

Bumrah's main utility in ODIs is his death bowling.

 

Most of our other LOI pacers either lack pace and get hit in bigger matches or lack death bowling skills. 

Just use him directly only for wc. No need for bilaterals. 

[Vijy]

2 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

 

Bumrah's main utility in ODIs is his death bowling.

 

Most of our other LOI pacers either lack pace and get hit in bigger matches or lack death bowling skills. 

yes, we have zero death bowlers apart from him.

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, speedracer said:

Just use him directly only for wc. No need for bilaterals. 

 

Needs practice in this format in the preparatory ODIs in the ODI WC years like this one.

[Lone Wolf]

Ironically he looked his best version in T20 format...  He should be forced off after that dreadful inns in Cape Town test... When he scored 20 odd from 140+ balls. 

Historic match losing inns.  Guy was not able to play a single  square cut & Saffers kept bowling him short of good length & no drive able balls. 

Edited January 3, 2023 by Lone Wolf

[singhvivek141]

2 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

 

Bumrah's main utility in ODIs is his death bowling.

 

Most of our other LOI pacers either lack pace and get hit in bigger matches or lack death bowling skills. 

This is true, however, I think the time has come now to use Bumrah only in Tests and T20's. 

Bumrah also have tendency to choke in bigger matches and no balls, if he's in form then he can play ODI WC this year but surely not after that.

Shami is already bowling slower, don't want Bumrah as well to loose his sharpness by playing all 3 formats.

[singhvivek141]

12 hours ago, Vijy said:

ind test team is laden with failures and has-beens

All Kohli need is one century in test series...and all his failures will be forgotten.
Rahane used the same strategy to keep his Test career afloat despite giving mediocre returns for years, Pujara and Kohli are continuing the same tradition.

[express bowling]

13 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

This is true, however, I think the time has come now to use Bumrah only in Tests and T20's. 

Bumrah also have tendency to choke in bigger matches and no balls, if he's in form then he can play ODI WC this year but surely not after that.

Shami is already bowling slower, don't want Bumrah as well to loose his sharpness by playing all 3 formats.

 

 

For that, we need to develop a couple of more 140 k+ pacers with accurate yorkers.

 

Tyagi, Umran, Sen and Mohsin are good candidates. 

 

 

[singhvivek141]

16 minutes ago, express bowling said:

For that, we need to develop a couple of more 140 k+ pacers with accurate yorkers.

 

Tyagi, Umran, Sen and Mohsin are good candidates. 

 

Our current regime has to go first, they are resisting any developmental steps.
Tyagi should have been in the setup right after the U-19 WC, but his progress is delayed by 2-3 years (partially due to Covid and later due to reluctance by our mgmt), now him along with Mohsin are lost in wilderness.
Sen and Umran are at touch and go distance.

One of them need to have a breakthrough IPL to get noticed.

[speedracer]

37 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

All Kohli need is one century in test series...and all his failures will be forgotten.
Rahane used the same strategy to keep his Test career afloat despite giving mediocre returns for years, Pujara and Kohli are continuing the same tradition.

Rahane atleastplayef a match winning innings vs australia. What has kohli achieved away from home? Tell me one test we have won since 2019 because of kphli? 

[singhvivek141]

33 minutes ago, speedracer said:

Rahane atleastplayef a match winning innings vs australia. What has kohli achieved away from home? Tell me one test we have won since 2019 because of kphli? 

I am saying the same thing, these 3 (Kohli, Pujara, Rahane) aren't scoring runs from last 3 years. Rahane from 2020 averages 24, Kohli 26 and Pujara in 30.
But on SM they enjoy a demi god status and they keep on getting chances courtesy of 1-2 decent inngs in every test series.

Rahane is milking that 100 for a long time, remove that 100 and his average will come crashing to 20's. 

[speedracer]

3 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

I am saying the same thing, these 3 (Kohli, Pujara, Rahane) aren't scoring runs from last 3 years. Rahane from 2020 averages 24, Kohli 26 and Pujara in 30.
But on SM they enjoy a demi god status and they keep on getting chances courtesy of 1-2 decent inngs in every test series.

Rahane is milking that 100 for a long time, remove that 100 and his average will come crashing to 20's. 

All need to be thrown out. Ghujara atleast seems to try hard. I will give him a pass. Don't want him but if I have to pick one idiot of the 3 then I will go with puju bhai.

[Adamant]

19 hours ago, singhvivek141 said:

And what if he score around 240 runs in 4 Tests (8 inns) with 1 100 and 1 50 (or 2-3 50's maybe) ? Should he be dropped or continue to play next series ?
 

That depends on the relative scores. 

If the series is a low scoring one, then yes otherwise no.. 

[putrevus]

Kohli should have played Ranji trophy for Delhi, him skipping SL odis series should not be big deal.He was always going to be fine in whiteball cricket.He is a big liability in test cricket he neither can play spin nor can play fast bowling.He was a joke in Bangladesh.

 

If Jaidev could play for his Ranji team why is Kohli not doing the same for Delhi.