India vs Afghanistan, 1st T20I - Mohali 11th Jan

[Nikhil_cric]

Players who have been in and around our white ball setup in recent times

 

Jaiswal, Sai, Samson, Ruturaj, Rinku, Jitesh, Dube, Iyer, Kishan, Tripathi.

 

At least these 10 players have shown more ability than Tilak across both white ball formats .

 

But they selected the worst player at #3 so that there is no threat to former captains spot in the lineup 

Edited January 11, 2024 by Nikhil_cric

[rollingstoned]

1 minute ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Players who have been in and around our white ball setup in recent times

 

Jaiswal, Sai, Samson, Ruturaj, Rinku, Jitesh, Dube, Iyer, Kishan, Tripathi.

 

At least these 10 players have shown more ability than Tilak across both white ball formats .

 

But they selected the worst player at #3 so that there is no threat to former captains spot has no real threat. 

Tilak got a nod because he can bowl to a large extent. 

[Lord]

9 minutes ago, putrevus said:

I will take wicket taking ability over accuracy any day in t20s.

 

And he's taking wickets. Then you say you dont care how many wickets he takes

[putrevus]

Another useless theory floated by genius here in regards to Tilka verma and Kohli.

 

Tillak verma is one of the players for future  who also has secondary skills, he is 20 , he will have growing pains.

 

 

 

 

[coffee_rules]

Afg missing Rashid Khan both in bowling and batting depts.

[rageaddict]

Dube, what a beast. With that innings,Dube seals his spot for the upcoming T20 WC. 

[Lord]

12 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

Is that fog or smog (from paroli burning) in the stadium? 

 

Fog. Its very cold here. 

[Nikhil_cric]

Just now, rollingstoned said:

Tilak got a nod because he can bowl to a large extent. 

Thats the rationale they give us but when is he even asked to bowl?

 

You'd think he'd be given enough chances to improve his bowling but I've never seen him bowl a spell of any decent length. 

[Lord]

2 minutes ago, rollingstoned said:

Tilak got a nod because he can bowl to a large extent. 

 

Tewatia can bowl and is much better finisher. Tilak plays because he plays for MI. 

 

 

[putrevus]

Just now, Lord said:

 

And he's taking wickets. Then you say you dont care how many wickets he takes

When has he taken wickets.What good team has he taken wickets against. He got no wicket against england in last semis.

 

[Lord]

11 minutes ago, Sgattick10 said:

Jitesh gone 31 of 20. Ok not bad 

 

Thats pretty good. Didn't drag it to end unnecessarily like Thala

[Lord]

1 minute ago, putrevus said:

When has he taken wickets.What good team has he taken wickets against. He got no wicket against england in last semis.

 

 

Bhuvi,Shami also didn't wickets that game. He was our highest wicket taker in that tourney taking 4 v Pak IIRC

[Nikhil_cric]

Good stuff from Jitesh. Our white ball batting pool has never been deeper imo.

 

 

[Lord]

Just now, Nikhil_cric said:

Good stuff from Jitesh. Our white ball batting pool has never been deeper imo.

 

 

Yet we continue selecting same players 

[cowboysfan]

Rinku too good for Afghan bros.

[Number]

2 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Tewatia can bowl and is much better finisher. Tilak plays because he plays for MI. 

 

 

Also babysits Rohit's daughter regularly. I see Ritika's stories, he is almost always with them.

[coffee_rules]

2 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Tewatia can bowl and is much better finisher. Tilak plays because he plays for MI. 

 

 

Dube is from Mumbai and plays for CSK. He should be in the T20 WC on that accord itself.  50 up!!!!

[Sgattick10]

Raja Rinku has the best avg and strike rate in T20 for India 

[cowboysfan]

Jitesh is a wild swinger of the bat,too hit and miss.

[rollingstoned]

We mysteriously dropped Rahul tripathi from our T20 setup not sure why. He would have enhanced our options even more.