rollingstoned Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Title says it all especially in the backdrop of the mauling SRH handed to LSG. It should be a wake up call for the selectors and TM about what to expect in the WC when there is still time and a chance to make a course correction. Is there a SM campaign or some way we can sound them out and keep them from writing off another ICC trophy? Ultimate_Game 1 Link to comment
RajBan Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 They won't. They have sponsorship money riding on Kohli, Pandya, Rohit, Jadeja. Not sure why Chahal got included but probably he does something for the gang behind the curtains. But in one way I am happy. This time BCCI will get screwed. Karma calling. Ultimate_Game 1 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Next time BCCI should be forced to play qualifiers competing against minnows Link to comment
AKane Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Just tell me that Ireland does not have any players that can cause us trouble. Hopefully the likes of Bangles and Afg or even SL don't surprise us either. The Windies bowling is also pretty weak. We should be safe from minnows. Embarrassment is one thing. Humiliation should not happen. Link to comment
rollingstoned Posted May 9 Author Share Posted May 9 16 minutes ago, AKane said: Just tell me that Ireland does not have any players that can cause us trouble. Hopefully the likes of Bangles and Afg or even SL don't surprise us either. The Windies bowling is also pretty weak. We should be safe from minnows. Embarrassment is one thing. Humiliation should not happen. Nature of the format is such where a minnow always has a decent chance of surprising a stronger team on paper on any given day. Link to comment
singhvivek141 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Nothing will change. Only injuries will force the selectors to make changes, else coach and captain are happy with the mediocre avengers that they have assembled. rollingstoned 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Agarkar makes me miss MSK, next selector will make me miss Agarkar. Unprecedented incompetence and corruption. Ultimate_Game 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Here BCCI has made its succession plans clear, VVS will take over from Dravid. Do you expect any of their decisions to make sense? Ultimate_Game, Laaloo and AuxiliA 2 1 Link to comment
Ultimate_Game Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Just now, Gollum said: Here BCCI has made its succession plans clear, VVS will take over from Dravid. Do you expect any of their decisions to make sense? Based on what? Laxman is even worse than Dravid! We've somehow gone back to the age old ways of dynastic ruling or monarchy, where folks are born into roles instead of merit. Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 1 hour ago, AKane said: Just tell me that Ireland does not have any players that can cause us trouble. Hopefully the likes of Bangles and Afg or even SL don't surprise us either. The Windies bowling is also pretty weak. We should be safe from minnows. Embarrassment is one thing. Humiliation should not happen. Harry Tector and Josh Little can cause severe problems for India. Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 I can't think of a single scenario where the selectors will reconsider. Our entire cricketing ethos is based around picking specialists . As long as we don't develop batting allrounders , we are doomed. Link to comment
zen Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Selectors should be made accountable. If the team fails to make it to the final, they should all resign. Link to comment
Suhaan Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 47 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said: I can't think of a single scenario where the selectors will reconsider. Our entire cricketing ethos is based around picking specialists . As long as we don't develop batting allrounders , we are doomed. Not enough,need to completely change the rationale of the loi side by completely weeding out stone age strategists to senior players from the lineup Complete shakeup is needed,you can see some Indian kids coming of age in their franchise setup with foreign counterparts Those same will turn into timid consolidators as this is one popular notion in Indian cricket circles Aggression is mistaken as Siraj level Kohli level stupidity when their is zero aggression with the ball and bat in the hand Fielding is beyond pathetic Nikhil_cric 1 Link to comment
Ultimate_Game Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 4 hours ago, Suhaan said: Not enough,need to completely change the rationale of the loi side by completely weeding out stone age strategists to senior players from the lineup Complete shakeup is needed,you can see some Indian kids coming of age in their franchise setup with foreign counterparts Those same will turn into timid consolidators as this is one popular notion in Indian cricket circles Aggression is mistaken as Siraj level Kohli level stupidity when their is zero aggression with the ball and bat in the hand Fielding is beyond pathetic IMO Abhishek may already be learning that lesson. He played T20 the way it should be played and any other country would've fast-tracked him into T20s but here he isn't even considered! What do you think will happen if he continues to get ignored? He'll start playing for his averages. Same with Rinku as he'll try to bat up the order to score more runs as somehow the number of runs or averages mean much more than impact in Indian cricket. Parag will start doing the same as his SMA exploits didn't lead to anything. In Indian cricket "consolidation" and averages is all that matters and the selectors & team management still think on similar lines as KL, i.e., SR is over-rated Suhaan and BacktoCricaddict 1 1 Link to comment
AKane Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 (edited) 8 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said: Harry Tector and Josh Little can cause severe problems for India. This is what bothers me. Ireland will have their tail up because they have a point to prove - it is the first match on June 5 and hopefully the Indian team has got over the jet lag. Any jet lag, tiredness etc and this match will give us trouble...... The players that are not playing the IPL final/semifinals should leave earlier. Edited May 9 by AKane Nikhil_cric 1 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 8 hours ago, zen said: Selectors should be made accountable. If the team fails to make it to the final, they should all resign. Nothing's going to happen. T20 WC is played every 2 years now. There won't be any accountability. BacktoCricaddict 1 Link to comment
Downtown Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Injury to Hardik Pandya! Remember how Shami came into playing XI in WC23? Link to comment
IndianRenegade Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 16 hours ago, RajBan said: They won't. They have sponsorship money riding on Kohli, Pandya, Rohit, Jadeja. Not sure why Chahal got included but probably he does something for the gang behind the curtains. But in one way I am happy. This time BCCI will get screwed. Karma calling. We have been getting screwed for long time in T20I Wc, what has changed? nothing. They will keep doing what they want as long as the money keeps flowing, only thing that will make them change is money. Link to comment
IndianRenegade Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 38 minutes ago, Downtown said: Injury to Hardik Pandya! Remember how Shami came into playing XI in WC23? shami was already part of the squad, only thing that changed was playing XI. Link to comment
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