Ultimate_Game Posted December 27, 2024 Share Posted December 27, 2024 Just now, Vijy said: I would agree with this philosophy, but would pick 3 outright wicket taking pacers and have spin bowling AR. but our templates are pretty similar. We don't want to pick specialists for the sake of it. Unless someone is extremely good at their primary skill, better to go with multi-dimensional players. Right now only Jaiswal, Bumrah, Arshdeep and Varun C fit the bill. Rest 7 players have to be multi-dimensional. deepdynamo 1 Link to comment
Ultimate_Game Posted December 27, 2024 Share Posted December 27, 2024 1 minute ago, Vijy said: I am not saying we should have 4 specialist bowlers. Have 3 specialist bowlers (all pacers) + ARs for spin/pace. Specialist spinner is useful only when T20 takes place in Asia maybe Varun C is indispenable and a wkt taker. He should be in the team ahead of 3rd specialist pacer. BacktoCricaddict and nitinbwj 1 1 Link to comment
Need4Speed Posted December 27, 2024 Share Posted December 27, 2024 3 hours ago, Vijy said: none of our spinners are major wicket takers (maybe with the exception of revamped Varun C or kuldeep), so we may as well play a spin AR such as sundar, Axar, which will add to batting depth ahh I forgot about Sundar Vijy 1 Link to comment
Need4Speed Posted December 27, 2024 Share Posted December 27, 2024 3 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said: Or the 3rd specialist pacer is not needed. I don't want to compromise on batting depth by adding specialists. In shorter formats batting depth and multi-dimensional players wins you tourneys. I don't want to go back to Kohli or RCB days with 5 specialist bowlers and tail starting at 6 or 7. I want Harshit to step up in T20s..and bowl 145k with bounce..and need much improved batting performance.. then he may replace the likes of Mayank for #3 pacer..but if Mayank cab bowl wiyh 150+ express pace..with accuracy..he is tough to replace.. Hopefully Sunar ca dvelop doosra..and or Riyan can get more control and confidence on his variations..it will be great.. Ultimate_Game 1 Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 27, 2024 Share Posted December 27, 2024 4 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said: Varun C is indispenable and a wkt taker. He should be in the team ahead of 3rd specialist pacer. he's done very well lately. quite a turnaround for him Ultimate_Game and BacktoCricaddict 2 Link to comment
deepdynamo Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 Another impressive performance by the T20 team, great start to 2025. Just keep Jaiswal, Parag, Mayank & Bumrah in the mix and no need of Gill, Pant & Siraj. express bowling, tapandrun, Manucrick and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
Need4Speed Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I am really liking the look of this team..I want to make it more stronger by plugging any gaps we have.. 1-Pandya as an opening bowler: Its just a jugaad..and puts more pressure on Arshdeep 2- If we have to play Bishnoi and VC together..we lose one batter or one bowler..so Pandya opens the bowling My ideal bowling line up will be as far as penetration is concerned: 1-Boom 2-Arsh 3-VC 4-Mayank\Bishnoi 5-Pandya\Axar This means we are going with 7 batters only..thats the issue..so we will have to make Pandya 4th bowling option and Axar 5th or Harshit Rana..needs to pull up his socks and bowl well and contribute with the bat too..at 4th bowling option. Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 On 12/28/2024 at 12:04 AM, Ultimate_Game said: Varun C is indispenable and a wkt taker. He should be in the team ahead of 3rd specialist pacer. he is good because he keeps changing his deliveries,not like Bishnoi who exclusively bowls googlies. Ultimate_Game and raki05 1 1 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 When everybody goes hammer and tongs teams cannot focus on one guy. This was what missing. Consolidators like Rahul, Kohli buried us on flat wickets. raki05, nitinbwj, tapandrun and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment
tapandrun Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 5 minutes ago, cowboysfan said: he is good because he keeps changing his deliveries,not like Bishnoi who exclusively bowls googlies. He is more like a wrist off-spinner without dusra express bowling and raki05 1 1 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Bishnoi is not a long term option. Paragh should work on his spin. He can bowl both off spin and leg spin. ALso bowls side on eliveries. He can easily replace one of the specialist spinner. He can hit monsterous six as well. deepdynamo and raki05 1 1 Link to comment
Need4Speed Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 21 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Bishnoi is not a long term option. Paragh should work on his spin. He can bowl both off spin and leg spin. ALso bowls side on eliveries. He can easily replace one of the specialist spinner. He can hit monsterous six as well. Parag also tries mystery balls I think..I want him to develop that carrom bowl like Sikandar Raza\Saim Ayub.. That will make this team extremely powerful..if he develops penetration and consistency with the ball. Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Look who is setting the tone of the innings - a very destructive opener in Abhishek. Even after getting dropped , he continued his assault on Rashid with murderous intent. A certain other "GOAT" T20 batsman would have knuckled down and taken singles till he got to his 50. Lone Wolf, vvvslaxman, tweaker and 6 others 2 1 6 Link to comment
Ultimate_Game Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 2 hours ago, cowboysfan said: he is good because he keeps changing his deliveries,not like Bishnoi who exclusively bowls googlies. Varun C has consistently shown over the last couple of years - IPL and in T20Is - that he's difficult to hit and is a wkt taker during the middle of the innings when batters try to hit him. He should be in ODIs as well. raki05, nitinbwj and deepdynamo 2 1 Link to comment
straighttalk Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 We will know based on what they don't in t20 world cup and not in bilateral but approach has been refreshing no doubt express bowling 1 Link to comment
tapandrun Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 4 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said: Look who is setting the tone of the innings - a very destructive opener in Abhishek. Even after getting dropped , he continued his assault on Rashid with murderous intent. A certain other "GOAT" T20 batsman would have knuckled down and taken singles till he got to his 50. Abhishek has v.clear plan of trying to get to 50 with in 25 balls and then keep going. A v.good approach even if he goes early it would be like 10-12 ball 20-22, that would get total somewhere ~40 in 4-4.2 overs. A good platform to build on and getting 65+ runs in pp should be the target. raki05, Nikhil_cric and deepdynamo 1 2 Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Everyone loves this approach when we win. As soon as we lose you will start hearing match awareness, respecting conditions, consistency blah blah. Current Abhishek Sharma will only give 1 such inning every 4-5 games. Ask yourself if you can live with it. Manucrick, Lord and deepdynamo 1 2 Link to comment
StraightDrive26 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 13 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said: Everyone loves this approach when we win. As soon as we lose you will start hearing match awareness, respecting conditions, consistency blah blah. Current Abhishek Sharma will only give 1 such inning every 4-5 games. Ask yourself if you can live with it. I think India has enough people who can play both ways in this line up. If you look at it only Surya and Abhishek are full time hitters. Samson, Rinku, Pandya, Tilak all can buckle down if needed. The fact that the team has multiple gears is nice to see. The ODI XI for CT is a worry as the top 6 all have just one gear and it is going to be horrible to watch. Yes we will lose a few games but again with this approach we will win more than we lose. deepdynamo, nitinbwj and Manucrick 2 1 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Ashwin is all in for this aggressive approach deepdynamo 1 Link to comment
deepdynamo Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 11 hours ago, Need4Speed said: I am really liking the look of this team..I want to make it more stronger by plugging any gaps we have.. 1-Pandya as an opening bowler: Its just a jugaad..and puts more pressure on Arshdeep 2- If we have to play Bishnoi and VC together..we lose one batter or one bowler..so Pandya opens the bowling My ideal bowling line up will be as far as penetration is concerned: 1-Boom 2-Arsh 3-VC 4-Mayank\Bishnoi 5-Pandya\Axar This means we are going with 7 batters only..thats the issue..so we will have to make Pandya 4th bowling option and Axar 5th or Harshit Rana..needs to pull up his socks and bowl well and contribute with the bat too..at 4th bowling option. Pretty sure Pandya opening is just a stop gap option. We will definetly have Boom and Arsh playing all matches in future with only one of Varun/Kuldeep/Bishnoi. Parag/Reddy are also crucial for the balance as both can chip in with 2 overs in T20 easily. raki05 1 Link to comment
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