Siraj or Ashwin - Who's your choice for the WC Final?

[Lord]

1 minute ago, Suhaan said:

Where did I say Siraj?

And lol,safer option

He will go more than 10rpo with dew

Really hope they don't think like you and pick failure Ashwin

yeah I want pacer as I said 2 pacers are less. But for that reason only.

 

It should have been Prasidh but they'll go with same team.

[Suhaan]

Just now, Lord said:

yeah I want pacer as I said 2 pacers are less. But for that reason only.

 

It should have been Prasidh but they'll go with same team.

Fine

[Norman]

Ashwin can only play if 

 

• The wicket is a complete bunsen burner that is expected to turn from ball 1 and zero dew in the night.
• Kuldeep loses form (which didn't happen) or gets injured.

[Laaloo]

Ashwin hasn't played in over a month. You want to make changes to the best bowling attack in the world cup and that too in a final? Lol

[Frustrated]

Same team.  

[Suhaan]

 We could have played an extra spinner in 2011 as well that too in month of dry March April but we didn't

And Sreesanth did a decent job replacing injured Nehra

3 pacers are always useful in curbing runrate by picking wickets especially on slow or low or bouncy Indian pitches

2 spinners are enough

More spinners and that too finger spinners in the month of November is suicidal

And these are not SENA sides of 90s who cants play finger spinners,they murder spinners better than Asian sides

Pacers can bring in miscued shots just because of sticky nature of Indian pitches

 

Edited November 15, 2023 by Suhaan

[straighttalk]

29 minutes ago, Downtown said:

Aren't you tired of watching Siraj consistently underperform for India? His occasional wickets and unreliable performance in death overs are simply not cutting it. And let's not even get started on his lackluster fielding skills. It's clear that Siraj isn't living up to expectations.
 

Now, imagine a game-changer like Ashwin stepping up to the plate. Ashwin poses a real threat to teams like Australia and South Africa, with his impactful bowling that surpasses Siraj's efforts against these formidable opponents. Not just a bowler, Ashwin is also a handy batsman when the team needs it.

Considering these undeniable advantages, it's time to rethink our strategy for the World Cup finals. Ashwin seems like the obvious choice over Siraj. Don't you think it's time for a change that could lead India to victory?

Your assessment is correct..Ahmedabad is a massive stadium..but with dew..three spinners are a risk..if we had pandya then Shami in place Siraj and Ashwin in place of Thakur would have made us a much stronger team

[straighttalk]

24 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Ashwin is a spent force

When was the last time he won us a LOI?

Right after hai return..the second match against Australia..he doesn't play that many odis..hence your recency bias

[Suhaan]

2 minutes ago, straighttalk said:

he doesn't play that many odis..hence your recency bias

He doesn't play Odis , because of choice or his performance?

[Need4Speed]

We cant change team now in the finals..

he bowled poorer in the end but earlier he caused some troubke to Williamson..was unlucky a bit..

I feel Siraj went on bowling wide with the same plan orobably TM gave to him..

he oracticed it in last match..

initial few balls execution was good but he faltered later..it also gives time to batters..

TM need to have plan B for him as well..

Edited November 15, 2023 by Need4Speed

[gattaca]

Siraj no question about that. We are in to finals and people are talking about changes to the playing 11. Ashwin hasn’t played any matches yet and should be that way. The problem with playing a spinner is the last 10 overs will be very difficult to bowl with only two pacers.

[Suhaan]

5 minutes ago, straighttalk said:

Your assessment is correct..Ahmedabad is a massive stadium..but with dew..three spinners are a risk..if we had pandya then Shami in place Siraj and Ashwin in place of Thakur would have made us a much stronger team

It's not a massive stadium,60 metres square boundaries

75 metres straight though

[neel roy]

No way 3 spinners. Nz got hanmered against pak picking southee and boult with no lockie..if there is dew we ll be in massive trouble. They had sodhi santner glenn phillips rachin .. all were mauled. Couldnt even use daryl mitchell.. the game was done by then due to rain..

Edited November 15, 2023 by neel roy

[Frustrated]

For the ahmedabad game(final), it is not a question of Siraj vs Ashwin.  Rather a question of Siraj vs Prasidh.  Going with only 2 frontline pacers on a flat patta is a recipe for disaster.  With pandya injured, we don't hv the luxury of a 3rd seamer.   So, going with 3 frontline pacers is a no brainer.  

[Sean Bradley]

Don't think they will play Ashwin in the final.

 

Ashwin will end up being the only bowler in the history of Cricket who won two World Cups warming the bench.

[neel roy]

3 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

It's not a massive stadium,60 metres square boundaries

75 metres straight though

i still don’t understand on what basis they didnt make boundaries 70 metres.. we spent so much money to have a square the size of chinnaswamy.. thats why i love australian grounds other than adelaide.. hacks like haider ali asif ali all got caught in deep in mcg in the wt20 match.. 

[express bowling]

39 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

@express bowling

 

Siraj

 

We need 3 pacers in LOIs. 

[BacktoCricaddict]

19 minutes ago, Norman said:

Ashwin can only play if 

 

• zero dew in the night.
• Kuldeep loses form (which didn't happen) or gets injured.

And I don't see any way anyone can predict that correctly. If India chose Ashwin, batted first, didn't get too many wkts when lights first came on, and then dew hit ... it'll be tough no matter how else the pitch is behaving.

[Suhaan]

Just now, neel roy said:

i still don’t understand on what basis they didnt make boundaries 70 metres.. we spent so much money to have a square the size of chinnaswamy.. thats why i love australian grounds other than adelaide.. hacks like haider ali asif ali all got caught in deep in mcg in the wt20 match.. 

More sixes more boundaries more dancing cheer girls more tharki public more money more honey

[neel roy]

Just now, Suhaan said:

More sixes more boundaries more dancing cheer girls more tharki public more money more honey

Sahi pakde hai