The importance of SKY

[mani sha]

As we near the final stages , it’s clear that ind , sa , aus and nz are the likely semi finalists. 
 

Pandya gives us the 5th or 6th bowling option . When he is fit , he will be back .

 

question is - should we have sky in place of shardul or Ayer going forward ? 
 

rsa , aussie and even nz have big power hitters . I do feel that if it’s not a turning pitch , india will be found wanting . 
 

our power hitting is limited to sky and maybe pandya . I don’t expect anyone else capable of doing maxwell or klassen role . 
 

sky is a must in semifinal and finals . 

[deathmonger]

5 bowlers is dangerous though. Lineup will be decided in the next 4 matches.

[mani sha]

3 minutes ago, deathmonger said:

5 bowlers is dangerous though. Lineup will be decided in the next 4 matches.

We may not have much choice . Bum Shami pandya yadav and jadeja is good attack 

 

sharma kohli must bowl a bit 

[tapandrun]

Donot think there is a role/position for SKY. He is not the one who can hit it like Klasen.

 

Sky likes to use the pace and the angle, at 5/6/7 he is useless, And donot think Ind is looking to change top 4 or top5.

 

Also Ind is not looking to bat-out opposition, they are working on a template where Rohit takes risks in PP and try getting some momentum and GIll and Kolhi to accumulate.

and try to get to some total from where they can think of upping the RR.

 

Realistically Ind team's approach is to get to 330 if batting first. 

[tapandrun]

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Edited October 26, 2023 by tapandrun

[deathmonger]

i hope curators do turning wicket in both semi and final lol

 

we can then play

 

rohit

gill

kohli

iyer

kl

pandya

jadeja

ashwin

bumrah

kuldeep

siraj

 

[SRT100]

SKY only has himself to blame here, poor failures in previous ODI's over the past two years and not practicing his bowling to give at least an option to bowl a few overs is his undoing.

[cricketfan28]

if iyer flops then sky.

[SRT100]

India had better be smart here and resort to Madness, it really needs to give game time to SKY, Kishan and Ashwin before the Finals.

 

Once Semi is secured, they should look to play them against the minnows.

 

The worst thing that could happen is if they dont play for a long time and all of a sudden are needed in a Final.

[Lord]

SKY is must in Wankhede.

[deathmonger]

I think semi/final should be - assuming Hardik is fit

 

Rohit

Gill

Kohli

Iyer/SKY - whoever plays better in the rest of the games

KL

Pandya

Jadeja

Shardul/Ashwin - depending on pitch

Shami/Siraj - whoever plays better. Siraj hasn't been as good as the ball is not swinging and Shami also bats a lot better. Let's see in the last 4 games.

Kuldeep

Bumrah

[Sooda]

Vs England with Pandya out, I think we need 6 bowlers and unfortuantely that means Shardul

 

Bottom 6 of: Jadeja, Thakur, Ashwin, Shami, Kuldeep, Bumrah

[deathmonger]

12 minutes ago, Sooda said:

Vs England with Pandya out, I think we need 6 bowlers and unfortuantely that means Shardul

 

Bottom 6 of: Jadeja, Thakur, Ashwin, Shami, Kuldeep, Bumrah

No. Batting becomes weaker.

 

They'll play the NZ XI with Siraj or Shami replaced by Ashwin.

[Sooda]

8 minutes ago, deathmonger said:

No. Batting becomes weaker.

 

They'll play the NZ XI with Siraj or Shami replaced by Ashwin.

The bowling is weak then!

Can we trust Jadeja and Ashwin with 10 overs each? I am not sure

[deathmonger]

1 hour ago, Sooda said:

The bowling is weak then!

Can we trust Jadeja and Ashwin with 10 overs each? I am not sure

Why not?

 

Indian conditions plus not must win game anyway.

 

These next 4 matches should be warm-ups basically.

[User30786]

I feel like a destructive SKY innings is just coming.... (just like Maxi did).  Lets see

[goose]

not seen him much but it is a fact he is a much better T20 player than 50 over player, which suggests he struggles with fear of failure and is likely wasted down the order unless he’s applying finishing touches to an already huge score.

[mani sha]

8 hours ago, goose said:

not seen him much but it is a fact he is a much better T20 player than 50 over player, which suggests he struggles with fear of failure and is likely wasted down the order unless he’s applying finishing touches to an already huge score.

No , seen him last games against aussie . Batted beautifully in the v . He is our trump card imo if flat pitches are there . He can get u a 40 ball 100 or even better . Also no weakness against short pitch balling . 

[nitinbwj]

If SKY fires, he will single handedly win it for you. That game when Ind scored 399 against Aus, he scored 70 off 36 and changed a par score of 350 to 400. I hope they play him somewhere. Too good a hitter to miss out everytime

[SRT100]

On 10/27/2023 at 4:41 AM, Lord said:

SKY is must in Wankhede.

Apologies for the ignorance but why?