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Posted
2 hours ago, Rasgulla said:

He is only 36! 

Jadeja has replacements ready in white ball cricket.

Axar is preferred over him both with bat namaste ball.

That could be a back of the mind thought.

Posted
1 minute ago, singhvivek141 said:

Jadeja has replacements ready in white ball cricket.

Axar is preferred over him both with bat namaste ball.

That could be a back of the mind thought.

Both can play like here 

Posted

Oldies need to retire. I mean I get it winning a 50 over wc for them would be personal achievement, but I think they have served enough. Time to let others shine.

Posted

Don't see RoKo retiring anytime before the WC2027.    Our future is doomed.  But for now let's enjoy the 2 ICC titles we earned in last 9 months.  

Posted

Why should Rohit & kohli retire after having such a stellar tournament. Rohit only got 50 over WC missing from his resume he'll surely like another shot at that in 2027. 

Posted
5 minutes ago, The Hound said:

Why should Rohit & kohli retire after having such a stellar tournament. Rohit only got 50 over WC missing from his resume he'll surely like another shot at that in 2027. 

2 reasons for retirement.   1) Retiring on a high is utmost imp & well respected by local & global fans/fraternity 2) No intl cricketer plays cricket till the age of 40 (when the reflexes are zero) if he puts his country before his personal milestones. 

Posted
19 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

2 reasons for retirement.   1) Retiring on a high is utmost imp & well respected by local & global fans/fraternity 2) No intl cricketer plays cricket till the age of 40 (when the reflexes are zero) if he puts his country before his personal milestones. 

When Sharath kamal age 42can play table tennis  at highest level which is totally depends on reflexes so why can’t he 

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Just now, VT87 said:

When Sharath kamal age 42can play table tennis  at highest level which is totally depends on reflexes so why can’t he 

Because Sharath at age 42 was better than Indian youngsters, that is the difference in individual sports. If another person overtakes you in ranking he gets ahead of you, and everyone has equal opportunities to enter tournaments. Nobody can block a position, not even a GOAT like Djokovic. 

 

Here Jaiswal isn't even getting a chance to break through into the squad. 

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At least let 3 openers rotate from match to match or series to series and get equal number of chances in ODIs. Whichever two have the best stats play the next WC. Say even if Jaiswal isn't good enough to displace Rohit/Gill, he will get enough experience and can fill in last minute in case injury or sudden loss of form strikes (likely if you are carrying a 40 year old with big belly). In 2019 WC, Dhawan got injured and Rahul played as opener without much experience. 

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Sreejesh is a year younger than Rohit, was in the form of his life last year. Who can forget his keeping in the QF when India were one man short for most of the game, he kept Brits at bay whole game and then won us the shootout. Even he took retirement after Paris bronze because he wanted Pathak to get more game time before 26 WC. That is what a selfless legend does. 

 

And man was he fit, his yo-yo score at the age of 35 was  higher than that of any cricketer (even from SENA). 

Posted (edited)

Not just cricket , I don't remember any sportsman retiring on his absolute peak in recent time. The only one that comes to mind is Khabib in UFC but even he had personal reasons not sporting reasons for it (death of his father/coach). 

Edited by The Hound
Posted

For rohit I want him to break Afridi's 6 record in ODIs. He has another 8 sixes to go (and has played 104 less innings than Afridi).

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