Popular Post Ultimate_Game Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 Today's RCB vs RR match was the perfect example of what's wrong with RCB and Team India's batting approach, and why neither will win anything unless they change their approach to the game. Today RCB's openers Kohli and Duplessis faced 105 out of 120 deliveries, and never took initiative. They plodded along saving wickets for god knows what. Kohli was downright selfish tapping full-tosses at the death taking singles to get to his useless 100. They ended up with a total of 180 odd, which was nearly 30-40 runs less than what they should've score if a more enterprising team had gotten the type of start they got. And RCB was lucky to even get to 180 thanks to the trash bowling of Avesh. Any half decent bowler in place of Avesh, who could simply land ball on the good length instead of plethora of full tosses would've kept RCB to under 170. While commies were lauding Kohli's 100, and trying to blame "rest of the RCB batsman", nobody bothered to do even simple Math. If your openers take 105 out of 120 deliveries, what exactly are the rest of the batsmen supposed to do in the remaining 15 deliveries? Were they expecting rest of the batsmen to hit 10 sixers out of the possible 15 deliveries? When the openers couldn't do shyte while getting their eyes in, do they expect new batsmen to get their eyes in and flog bowling from ball 1 while the top order crawl along to their personal milestones? Commentators like Deep Dasgupta need to be called out for their lack of integrity and knowledge. A knock which Abhishek Sharma played (37 off 12) on a tougher pitch is 100 times more valuable than "King" Kohli's useless century. I hope selectors wake up and see today's match as a reflection of RBC and Team India's failure where top order bat selfishly and without any impact. I pray India select likes of Abhishek, Jaiswal, Parag, Jitesh/Jurel etc. who play for the team instead of individual milestone. That's why I will always rate Raina so highly - the guy was a team player to the core and I don't recall a single selfish innings from him. Raina could've stuck around for long becoming selfish as others but he never changed his game, and kudos to him for that. I would prefer likes of Raina over selfish batsmen like Kohli, KL Rahul and Rohit any day. BacktoCricaddict, sorak, Gollum and 15 others 1 9 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kosingh Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 The swag with which Kohli walked off the field after his 100 today was something else. Ajju, bowl_out, sensible-indian and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate_Game Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 (edited) 18 minutes ago, kosingh said: The swag with which Kohli walked off the field after his 100 today was something else. The best part was Kohli tapping around Avesh's full tosses for singles to get to his 100 and smiling & laughing as if he played a match-winning knock Someone like Buttler, Abhishek, or anyone from KKR would've slaughtered Avesh and gotten to a score of around 210-220. Edited April 6 by Ultimate_Game sorak, tweaker, nevada and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tapandrun Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) V.apt title. This is what Ind team has been doing scoring just par or sub-par score and asking for not so strong t20 bowling unit defend those totals. batters playing for personal milestones eg. Kolhi was 37 or 30 balls, RCB had 0 wkts for more than 100 runs and they never looked like getting 200. Had Avesh bowled better they would have been 180 or something. 60-70 ball hundred in IPL with not so good bowling attack always going to lose you match. There were no demons in the pitch this is normal Jaipur pitch not that bouncy but skiddy, it was not holding up. there were no slower1s from RR bowlers. Burger was bowling into 145 and was slippery. Once RR had 2 player going at 160+ SR it was over for RCB, this is where CSK has been different for last 2 season 2 batters going all-out getting them 20 ball 40 each taking down bowlers. Rahane is taking down pacer CSK do not want a 30-35 ball 50 from him they want him to face pacer and give then 20-22 ball 40 and when spinner come take any kind of risk, even if he gets out they are sending Dube who will take down spinner and longer he stays dangerous he get even for pacers he is not holding up. KKR did the same sending Sunil asking him to hit everything give then 20 ball 40 or 25 ball 50, SRH did that they scored heavily in PP on a tricky tack and had a simple chase to follow. Ind batting lacks power, Only SKY play in t20 mode, rest are T20 accumulators. There is no proper power hitter. even when they have a good PP unless there is SKY they can not carry or increase the tempo. SKY plays v.high risk cricket and rest just try to nudge and try to get to personal scores before they try some hitting on their own. Due to this if SKY gets out they are already 2 down with no much on the board and accumulators goes into shell and in place of scoring they try to wait till last few over before they will go hitting. Edited April 6 by tapandrun sorak, singhvivek141, Ultimate_Game and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate_Game Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Abhishek's innings last night and Kohli's innings today should be shown as a lesson to everyone. A 15-20 ball 40 is much more valuable in a T20 than a 60+ ball 100. Don't think our commies, selectors, and cricketing experts get it though. Suhaan, Vicks57, nevada and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowl_out Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Kohli's kind of innings is just not appropriate while batting first. Despite so much experience, Kohli honestly lacks awareness batting first. His goal is to not get out. I still trust him to strike better while chasing because he knows the target. In a nutshell, Kohli's way of thinking is: Bat first - Stay not out till the end Bat second - Chase the target. If RCB have to win anything, they need to move Kohli to the middle order at least when they bat first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Realist Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Kohli is like Mourinho. Once good many moons ago but now stuck in the past and whoc tactics/way of playing has been left behind by the modern game. express bowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 2022 T20 WC SF I think, considering Ind’s vast talent pool, if you have played international cricket for 10 years and are over 33-34, you should not be considered for T20Is. sorak, Suhaan, Ultimate_Game and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate_Game Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 5 hours ago, bowl_out said: Kohli's kind of innings is just not appropriate while batting first. Despite so much experience, Kohli honestly lacks awareness batting first. His goal is to not get out. I still trust him to strike better while chasing because he knows the target. In a nutshell, Kohli's way of thinking is: Bat first - Stay not out till the end Bat second - Chase the target. If RCB have to win anything, they need to move Kohli to the middle order at least when they bat first But even while chasing, Kohli is good for middling totals in 150-170 range. His top innings in T20s came against Aussies in 2016 WT20 and against Pak in 2022 WTO. In both the cases we were chasing a total around 160. I don't think his approach will work in case we have to chase a total in excess of 180. If we ever end up chasing a total around 200 in a must win game, it's curtains for us unless we pack our side with likes of Jaiswal, Abhishek, SKY, Parag, Rinku, Jitesh etc. who can go from ball one and can continue the momentum when set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillu Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Brand Kohli is an elaborate scam played by BCCI, the broadcasters and the advertisers. The longer Kohli plays an innings the longer the eyeballs glued to television by the fans. None of the stakeholders are interested whether India wins or loses. Even if India loses and Kohli scores a useless century it's a win-win situation for all the stakeholders except the fans. Sachin first understood this and created a template and Kohli followed and mastered it. Sachin and Kohli made 100s of crores of money using this template, now the younger batsmen want to follow it to make easy money. This scam became so successful, it caught on with the Padosis who adopted it and made a brand out of Zimbabar. Still remember Ramiz saying "Don't you like a Babar century" when he created the highways for those ill fated test series. Even the ICC is complicit in this who still use aggregate runs and average to rank the batsmen in an era where the most important metric is strike rate. Because batting with a high strike rate is high risk cricket and not very useful in creating useless brands like Kohli. Tomorrow when this guy retires the scam will continue by creating brands out of young batsmen like Gill and Jaiswal. So the future also looks grim. Ultimate_Game, sorak and zen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricketfan28 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Anchoring works in odis, used to work in t20s not anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillu Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Kohli after power play. Lord and express bowling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhaan Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Not out king ,king of chases,king of singles,doubles, multi some And what not Puurrrrrffffect No. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jf1gp_1 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 3 hours ago, Tillu said: Brand Kohli is an elaborate scam played by BCCI, the broadcasters and the advertisers. The longer Kohli plays an innings the longer the eyeballs glued to television by the fans. I am yet to meet one person (in person not the trolls on SM) who is okay with a loss as long as Kohli gets a 100. sorak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillu Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 (edited) ... Edited April 7 by Tillu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillu Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 26 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said: I am yet to meet one person (in person not the trolls on SM) who is okay with a loss as long as Kohli gets a 100. Fans would always want us to win. It's the broadcasters and advertisers I am talking about who are okay with him batting at a snail's pace inspite of whether we win or lose. Back in the 2012 there was so much anticipation about Sachin's 100th 100 that there were allegations about Sachin wilfully not scoring a hundred and getting out after 60s and 70s to keep anticipation going. That's the nature of the broadcasting business. They create unreal hype around a few batsmen and try to profit from it. jf1gp_1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 5 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said: But even while chasing, Kohli is good for middling totals in 150-170 range. His top innings in T20s came against Aussies in 2016 WT20 and against Pak in 2022 WTO. In both the cases we were chasing a total around 160. I don't think his approach will work in case we have to chase a total in excess of 180. If we ever end up chasing a total around 200 in a must win game, it's curtains for us unless we pack our side with likes of Jaiswal, Abhishek, SKY, Parag, Rinku, Jitesh etc. who can go from ball one and can continue the momentum when set. jitesh? what has he done? .I would rather pick Pant than Jitesh and I don't think Pant is a good LOI player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Why is no one considering Samson for keeping job? cricketfan28 and Tillu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhaan Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 6 minutes ago, cowboysfan said: I don't think Pant is a good LOI player. Pant was doing quite well in Odis and then he got injured Just he cannot break the T20 code,has everything to atleast 'good'if not 'great' in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Indian Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 3 hours ago, Tillu said: Kohli after power play. Kohli also after scoring a 80 ball hundred in T20s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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