RoKo Support Thread - New Brothers of Destruction!!

[putrevus]

14 minutes ago, Lord said:

It’s the spots they occupy 

 

Same logic was given for T20 team, but once they retired the team has actually gotten better

Yeah we saw how well they did chasing 146 total in finals.Brook scored 137 at number 5 for England yesterday. Nobody stopped other bozos to score runs.

Edited October 26, 2025 by putrevus

[Lord]

14 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Yeah we saw how well they did chasing 146 total in finals.Brook scored 137 at number 5 for England yesterday. Nobody stopped other bozos to score runs.

They won no?

[deathmonger]

1 hour ago, putrevus said:

Yeah we saw how well they did chasing 146 total in finals.Brook scored 137 at number 5 for England yesterday. Nobody stopped other bozos to score runs.

they won quite easily though. hardly mcg 2022 chase.

[putrevus]

2 hours ago, Lord said:

They won no?

That is the point, if two who carry the team to finals or semifinals fail, others are allowed to score some runs too. Cannot depend on same two people to do the job every match.

 

Roko failed in first two matches does not mean others should not score runs.

[Ultimate_Game]

2 hours ago, putrevus said:

Yeah we saw how well they did chasing 146 total in finals.Brook scored 137 at number 5 for England yesterday. Nobody stopped other bozos to score runs.

 

They won remaining unbeaten and going 3-0 against Pak, which nobody has ever done. We all recall the team under Kohli who laid an egg against a poor Pak team in 2017 CT where your hero couldn't even beat them twice in the same tourney.

Plus winning a final with 5 wkts with 2 balls to spare is a comfortable win in T20s. I would take it any day of the day instead of laying eggs in tourneys and blaming "30 mins of bad luck" or "one bad day" or "one poor session" which we repeatedly heard from the so called "King" who failed non-stop for a decade and was the reason for our "lost decade" where we went trophyless.

 

 This fanboy's hero couldn't win jackshyte for more than a decade and he's taking shots at youngsters for winning and beating Pak thrice coz the final was "close" 

[Prabhdeep Singh]

The bigger question is why did rest of the batting line up failed, surely by now they should be playing the main act rather than the supporting act.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 26, 2025 by Prabhdeep Singh

[jalebi_bhai]

BUMP

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Sadly, they turned into Doink and Dink when we played in Australia 

[Chakdephatte]

Was easy to bat in first 20 overs. Kohli did well to score well after that. 

[zen]

The issue is that they can show good touch here and there (a candle flickers hardest when about to be extinguished) but may turn duds in 2027.

 

A call should only be taken at the time of the ODI World Cup. I think focusing on one format + IPL will keep them relatively fresh, allowing them to work on their fitness and form, while reducing burnout. 

[Adamant]

2 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Sadly, they turned into Doink and Dink when we played in Australia 

And what did the others turn into?

[Chakdephatte]

30 minutes ago, Adamant said:

And what did the others turn into?

What did Doink and Dink mean actually? I thought it was praise 

[maniac]

Sochna bhi mat

[helperononline]

Actually  break from test and T20 cricket seem to have done good to them.
They should be der to guide our junior and ensure smooth transition  in ODI Cricket.

[Tillu]

Don't even want to imagine what would happen after these two stalwarts retire. We will be back to the 90s and BCCI will become a big laughing stock in front of the whole world.

[cricketfan28]

Youngstars should get all the guidance they can from these two.

[cricketfan28]

2027 is still doubt for me.

[Stan AF]

Both are still the best ODI batters in the country by a long mile.

 

Miles ahead, in fact.

[Bigg Brother]

Kohli made my day after difficult last few weeks.. Truly GOAT...

[nevada]

20 hours ago, zen said:

The issue is that they can show good touch here and there (a candle flickers hardest when about to be extinguished) but may turn duds in 2027.

 

A call should only be taken at the time of the ODI World Cup. I think focusing on one format + IPL will keep them relatively fresh, allowing them to work on their fitness and form, while reducing burnout. 

And there won't be any viable replacements as we wouldn't have tried any.Two years is too long a time to be banking on oldies and shutting the door on youngsters! I would pick Ro-Ko only for part of the series and try out other options in the remaining games.