zen Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 Coming back to the topic, what a change in player's performances much like we saw in GT. Below Axar Patel commenting on his captain: Axar Patel | Player of the Series: Feel happier when the team benefits from my batting (when compared to bowling). Didn't do anything different for this series, just that the captain gave me a lot of confidence in the dugout. He tells me to play freely and tells me that he is there to protect me. We do a lot of planning during team meetings but sometimes things do go wrong and I just focus on doing my plans properly. Link to comment
Vilander Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Don Pandya = Dandiya raki05 and Rightarmfast 2 Link to comment
Kothili Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Beginner's luck. Nothing more. He will be found out soon. SDP is bogus with bat. Lord 1 Link to comment
Pollack Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Tibarn said: It will be interesting when the senior players come back or if they actually are retired from the format. If they come back, the team will go back to playing conservative cricket during the PP. Powerplay scores 1st T20 : Ind 41/2 RR 6.83 2nd T20 : Ind 39/4 RR 6.50 (chasing 200+) 3rd T20 : Ind 53/2 RR 8.83 (only tripathi scoring fast) India has played same conservative in PP and even beyond and exploded later. Same template oldies used to follow. Ofcourse except SKY who always play positive cricket even around oldies. Tripathi only got chance due to injury to Samson and he is the one who looked positive from ball 1 in both the matches he played. Edited January 8, 2023 by Pollack Tibarn, raki05 and Vijy 1 1 1 Link to comment
zen Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) The Don of Indian cricket Liked: * His backing of players esp. Axar * Playing Tripathi at 3, who was included in the squad based on his recommendation * Mavi too appears like an improved bowler (another of his calls where he asked for an extra pace bowler), helped Ind win a game * Arshdeep is said to have adjusted his run up to avoid no balls (though could have done it on his own initiative) * Umran showing improvement * Hooda, who was moved to #6, helping India win a game Most importantly the fighting spirit shown in all 3 games, where the team defended the lowest total at Wankhede, competed well in the 2nd game after losing early wkts chasing a big total mainly coz of no balls (SL was bundled out for 137 when it chased a big total in the last T20), and of course the onslaught in the 3rd T20 A good start to 2023!! Edited January 8, 2023 by zen Link to comment
Tibarn Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 17 hours ago, Pollack said: Powerplay scores 1st T20 : Ind 41/2 RR 6.83 2nd T20 : Ind 39/4 RR 6.50 (chasing 200+) 3rd T20 : Ind 53/2 RR 8.83 (only tripathi scoring fast) India has played same conservative in PP and even beyond and exploded later. Same template oldies used to follow. Ofcourse except SKY who always play positive cricket even around oldies. Tripathi only got chance due to injury to Samson and he is the one who looked positive from ball 1 in both the matches he played. So no change so far... Considering Gill/Sanju generally play slower, the onus is on Kishan to really give the team a fast start. Link to comment
Vijy Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 5 minutes ago, Tibarn said: So no change so far... Considering Gill/Sanju generally play slower, the onus is on Kishan to really give the team a fast start. and he is quite hit-or-miss (mostly miss). perhaps it's better to have SKY play 20 overs like buttler as opener Link to comment
zen Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Tibarn said: So no change so far... Considering Gill/Sanju generally play slower, the onus is on Kishan to really give the team a fast start. Those stats are like suggesting that Eng does not play aggressively based on its performances against Ire, SL, or Pak! (And suggesting Stokes played slowly in the final unlike Hales and Buttler in the semi final). Wankhede was a low scoring game. In the 2nd, Ind lost wkts chasing a big total. In the 3rd one, it did well batting first (only Gill played the steady role). Many of the batsmen are also in the process of settling down being in and out of the T20 team (Gill, Tripathi, & Mavi made their debut). It is not a “deliberate” play like India did batting first on a good batting pitch at Adelaide versus England. Edited January 8, 2023 by zen Link to comment
Tibarn Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, zen said: Those stats are like suggesting that Eng does not play aggressively based on its performances against Ire, SL, or Pak! (And suggesting Stokes played slowly in the final unlike Hales and Buttler in the semi final). Wankhede was a low scoring game. In the 2nd, Ind lost wkts chasing a big total . In the 3rd one, it did well batting first (only Gill played the steady role). Many of the batsmen are also in the process of settling down. It is not a deliberate play like India did batting first on a good batting pitch at Adelaide versus England. Yes, looking at the 2nd T20, losing 4 wickets in the first 6 overs is a recipe for a slow powerplay. A 3 game sample size for his captaincy is too small to make any conclusions negative or positive, at least for me. He has until the next WT20 before I make up my mind. Edited January 8, 2023 by Tibarn zen 1 Link to comment
Tibarn Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 16 minutes ago, Vijy said: and he is quite hit-or-miss (mostly miss). perhaps it's better to have SKY play 20 overs like buttler as opener I personally was always hoping to see Shaw + Pant open together in T20s. I felt that Pant was thrust into the Dhoni-role just because he was a keeper. A 1-2-3 of Shaw-Pant-Sky would be ideal, IMO. Link to comment
Vijy Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 11 minutes ago, Tibarn said: I personally was always hoping to see Shaw + Pant open together in T20s. I felt that Pant was thrust into the Dhoni-role just because he was a keeper. A 1-2-3 of Shaw-Pant-Sky would be ideal, IMO. pant has not cracked the T20 game yet. even in IPL, his game has gone backward after 2 good initial seasons. and shaw is very liable to get out, much like kishan. that's why I think our best T20 bat (SKY) should play from the outset, i.e., as opener. Tibarn 1 Link to comment
Machine Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 how pandya got captaincy zen, Lord, Frustrated and 1 other 4 Link to comment
diehardpacer Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 SKY and Kishan can bat as finishers much better than Pandya, Axar .Their bowling is not good enough . putrevus 1 Link to comment
Lord Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Led from the front with both bat and ball raki05, Frustrated, Swag and 1 other 4 Link to comment
Swag Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Attitude faces North, performance is South, both never match. That's Mr Captain for you. Rightarmfast, Lord, Frustrated and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, Lord said: Led from the front with both bat and ball cant do much as a captain when your designated death bowler concedes 27 in the 20th over. zen 1 Link to comment
Lord Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 minute ago, rkt.india said: cant do much as a captain when your designated death bowler concedes 27 in the 20th over. as if he himself did well lol took new ball ahead of pure bowlers and conceded 33 in 3. Then 21 off 20 and threw it away with a slog. As for Arshdeep, he also conceded only 2 in 18th over and took out Conway. Evens out. Rightarmfast, Frustrated, putrevus and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
cricketfan28 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 yes !! now bilaterals are interesting as well, big win for cricket. Swag and raki05 2 Link to comment
putrevus Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 It is hilarious to see some morons defending this guy’s play and captaincy. cricspirit, Lord, eulbninem and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
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