putrevus Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 2 minutes ago, cowboysfan said: spare a thought to Iyer,that guy can't catch a break and ge might be replaced by Tilak in the WC squad. So true, he should have played last world cup too. Link to comment
Suhaan Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 rollingstoned, MK55, Frustrated and 1 other 4 Link to comment
jalebi_bhai Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Credit where due. Stepped up yesterday. Hopefully the extended break has freshened him up. Austin 3:!6, BacktoCricaddict, cricspirit and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 20 hours ago, cowboysfan said: spare a thought to Iyer,that guy can't catch a break and ge might be replaced by Tilak in the WC squad. Aur naacho saala! Nacchanniya Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 4 hours ago, jalebi_bhai said: Credit where due. Stepped up yesterday. Hopefully the extended break has freshened him up. First time i appreciate him in a while. More than the runs he played the way you should play spinners on a track like this. BacktoCricaddict 1 Link to comment
BacktoCricaddict Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said: First time i appreciate him in a while. More than the runs he played the way you should play spinners on a track like this. Yesterday, I gladly had kaage biriyani served up by KL Rahul. Link to comment
rageaddict Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Match 50-50 now . Almost 220 on board. Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 I hope i'm not jinxing but he's looking really good. Getting into good positions while batting, good awareness while keeping, being a tremendous help to Kuldeep with his line, better DRS decisions than Ishan. I've never seen KL play this comfortably in an Indian shirt and look like he "belongs" in the team. Maybe a Coffee with Karan controversy and a couple of serious injuries is what our players need to become elite? Norman 1 Link to comment
Serpico Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 2 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said: I hope i'm not jinxing but he's looking really good. Getting into good positions while batting, good awareness while keeping, being a tremendous help to Kuldeep with his line, better DRS decisions than Ishan. I've never seen KL play this comfortably in an Indian shirt and look like he "belongs" in the team. Maybe a Coffee with Karan controversy and a couple of serious injuries is what our players need to become elite? Someone should arrange an interview for Gill next Norman and Nikhil_cric 2 Link to comment
Frustrated Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/the-next-time-we-face-wellalage-rahul-throws-open-challenge-for-sri-lanka-spinner-after-his-five-wickets-vs-india-101694578795293.html Link to comment
prudent_kreeda Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 19 hours ago, vvvslaxman said: First time i appreciate him in a while. More than the runs he played the way you should play spinners on a track like this. That is the way one should play on spinning pitches . Mostly play on backfoot and use the wrists to deflect either on off side or leg side with occasional charge if bowler bowls fuller and get as many singles as possible . Art of getting singles often is gold dust cos most of the time these would be low scoring games . But none of our batters have that technique now as most practice big hits or charge down too often and cannot stay long . Check Gill , Kohli, Rohit , Ishan(slightly better but does not have knack of getting singles . Too many dot balls ) , Hardik. You cannot expect that skill to be mastered in 2 months. If we get a turning pitch in a KO match this WC , we really do not have the batsmen to come on top. One needs to go back and play ranji often to get that skill which our sooperstars do not do. SL batsmen are much better technically vs turning ball as they pick up lot more singles and use sweep quite often. Lesson - Go with 3 140 k accurate pacers + Hardik against PAK,SL & BD in WC as most pitches would be decent pitches and bit of movement in winter. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 3 hours ago, prudent_kreeda said: That is the way one should play on spinning pitches . Mostly play on backfoot and use the wrists to deflect either on off side or leg side with occasional charge if bowler bowls fuller and get as many singles as possible . Art of getting singles often is gold dust cos most of the time these would be low scoring games . But none of our batters have that technique now as most practice big hits or charge down too often and cannot stay long . Check Gill , Kohli, Rohit , Ishan(slightly better but does not have knack of getting singles . Too many dot balls ) , Hardik. You cannot expect that skill to be mastered in 2 months. If we get a turning pitch in a KO match this WC , we really do not have the batsmen to come on top. One needs to go back and play ranji often to get that skill which our sooperstars do not do. SL batsmen are much better technically vs turning ball as they pick up lot more singles and use sweep quite often. Lesson - Go with 3 140 k accurate pacers + Hardik against PAK,SL & BD in WC as most pitches would be decent pitches and bit of movement in winter. Gill and Kohli and frontfoot plonkers. Over commit themselves on the frontfoot. That is why they struggle even against orthodox spinners. Link to comment
rollingstoned Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 3 hours ago, prudent_kreeda said: That is the way one should play on spinning pitches . Mostly play on backfoot and use the wrists to deflect either on off side or leg side with occasional charge if bowler bowls fuller and get as many singles as possible . Art of getting singles often is gold dust cos most of the time these would be low scoring games . But none of our batters have that technique now as most practice big hits or charge down too often and cannot stay long . Check Gill , Kohli, Rohit , Ishan(slightly better but does not have knack of getting singles . Too many dot balls ) , Hardik. You cannot expect that skill to be mastered in 2 months. If we get a turning pitch in a KO match this WC , we really do not have the batsmen to come on top. One needs to go back and play ranji often to get that skill which our sooperstars do not do. SL batsmen are much better technically vs turning ball as they pick up lot more singles and use sweep quite often. Lesson - Go with 3 140 k accurate pacers + Hardik against PAK,SL & BD in WC as most pitches would be decent pitches and bit of movement in winter. We have started producing quite a few batsmen who do not play with soft hands or have the ability to use their wrists which is a problem when you have to maneuver the ball against spin eg Gill, Rahane. Both of these 2 have the kind of technique youe xpect of players coming from Saf rather than India. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 2 minutes ago, rollingstoned said: We have started producing quite a few batsmen who do not play with soft hands or have the ability to use their wrists which is a problem when you have to maneuver the ball against spin eg Gill, Rahane. Both of these 2 have the kind of technique youe xpect of players coming from Saf rather than India. On a turning track we shouldn't be going straight at t he ball with straight bat. KL Rahul when he plays shot he looks okay. But in Bangladesh he was strugglign while defending with fielders surrounding him. Positive feet movement is the only way you can counter the threat. Bit like Sachin Tendulkar (early days), Aravinda De Silva kind of guys had brilliant weight transfer to deal with spin. Among the current crop i only see this kind of backfoot game in domestic. Eswaran, Jaiswal all showed good skill on such pitches. tweaker 1 Link to comment
prudent_kreeda Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 22 hours ago, vvvslaxman said: On a turning track we shouldn't be going straight at t he ball with straight bat. KL Rahul when he plays shot he looks okay. But in Bangladesh he was strugglign while defending with fielders surrounding him. Positive feet movement is the only way you can counter the threat. Bit like Sachin Tendulkar (early days), Aravinda De Silva kind of guys had brilliant weight transfer to deal with spin. Among the current crop i only see this kind of backfoot game in domestic. Eswaran, Jaiswal all showed good skill on such pitches. Due to - 1.Overkill of T20s where the primary aim is to hit BIG. 2.All established indian players never play domestic, hence they have lost that art. younger players and seasoned domestic players play spin much better than established players like Rinku, Jaiswal, Sai sudarshan Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 11 minutes ago, prudent_kreeda said: Due to - 1.Overkill of T20s where the primary aim is to hit BIG. 2.All established indian players never play domestic, hence they have lost that art. younger players and seasoned domestic players play spin much better than established players like Rinku, Jaiswal, Sai sudarshan Eswaran is probably the bonafide sweep expert. Bit like how Harmanpreet in women's cricket. Link to comment
putrevus Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 (edited) 22 hours ago, vvvslaxman said: On a turning track we shouldn't be going straight at t he ball with straight bat. KL Rahul when he plays shot he looks okay. But in Bangladesh he was strugglign while defending with fielders surrounding him. Positive feet movement is the only way you can counter the threat. Bit like Sachin Tendulkar (early days), Aravinda De Silva kind of guys had brilliant weight transfer to deal with spin. Among the current crop i only see this kind of backfoot game in domestic. Eswaran, Jaiswal all showed good skill on such pitches. Don't you think most players who have come thru ranks know how to play spin. As Dravid once put it, once you start playing international cricket, your focus shifts from playing spin bowling to play fast bowlers. During that process your footwork against spin bowling suffers as you age in international cricket. So you need to stop bringing every tom dick and harry domestic player into equation, everyone knows it they would be better against spin bowling than international players. Jaiswal will look better now as he is still not used to grind of international cricket.Once his footwork is retuned to face fast bowling in international cricket he will also look like current Indian players. Mayank looked the best player of spin during Australian tour in 2018 but he has other deficiencies which are far greater for him to remain in international cricket. Guys like Eswaran are in domestic cricket for a reason. Edited September 14 by putrevus Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 1 minute ago, putrevus said: Don't you think most players who have come thru ranks know how to play spin. As Dravid once put it, once you start playing international cricket, your focus shifts from playing spin bowling to play fast bowlers. During that process your footwork against spin bowling suffers as you age in international cricket. So you need to stop bringing domestic player into equation, everyone know it they would be better against spin bowling than international players. Jaiswal will look better now as he is still not used to grind of international cricket.Once his footwork is retuned to face fast bowling in international cricket he will also look like current Indian players. Guys like Eswaran are in domestic cricket for a reason. Where do you get that idea?. Even within Indian team they all don't play spin the same way. Gill and Kohli are the weakest among them. Gill is fairly new. Rahane always sucked against spin from the beginning even fresh out of first class. They will practice against all types of bowlers. Just that some are good. Some are not so good. Sehwag's game against spin never dipped after a decade. First time i am hearing. Facing fast bowlers in international will make you worse against spin. For the record India faces boat load of spin bowling at Home. We got trolled by Moeen Ali in England. We face spinners in West Indies. Almost lost a test to Bangladesh spinners. We face spinners in SL. Link to comment
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