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Posted
12 hours ago, Suhaan said:

Parag is quite smart operator,can bowl wrist spin and offspin both bit like Tendulkar 

Don't count out his bowling and Axar's bowling that dependable either to compensate for him,he is getting into that bits and pieces territory too

This side needs Parag desperately with quality that he brings in,has performed in IPL ,FC,List A in the past , unfortunately injured currently 

Yeah, I see Parag in the team eventually. Still only 24 so massive potential.

Posted
12 hours ago, raki05 said:

Axar himself get thrashed. Parag bowling in t20 against bd and sl was better than even main spinners for whatever little he played.

Axar bowls well most of the time. That ER of 7.31 doesn't lie.

Posted
23 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

India needs atleast 5 players to be in form. Kishan is in great form. But whenever ball is on the off side he just doesn't have the same fluency. He is kinda poking.

Varun, Abhishek, Tilak, Hardik are in peak form.

 

Dube, Arshdeep, Bumrah, Rinku, Samson, Axar are okay.

 

SKY is the only weak link. If he reaches his old self - insanely destructive team.

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, deathmonger said:

Varun, Abhishek, Tilak, Hardik are in peak form.

 

Dube, Arshdeep, Bumrah, Rinku, Samson, Axar are okay.

 

SKY is the only weak link. If he reaches his old self - insanely destructive team.

'Old self' SKY only bashed minnows and C/D SENA attacks, mostly in bilaterals. 

 

Good teams have figured him out, very limited player and one can't do much when you rely on behind the square area on leg side for 70% of your runs. If pitch is even a little bit two-paced, he will struggle to maintain SR of 80. 

 

I have no expectations from him. Just hope he leads well, fields/catches well, scores 16(10) type cameos consistently and gets lucky with the tosses like Finch in 21 WC. 

Edited by Gollum
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My biggest fear is SKY doing a 2014 final Yuvraj in one of the big games. TM shouldn't hesitate to retire him out if he heads in that direction. Better get out in 3 balls than waste 20-30 of them. 

Posted
4 minutes ago, Gollum said:

'Old self' SKY only bashed minnows and C/D SENA attacks, mostly in bilaterals. 

 

Good teams have figured him out, very limited player and one can't do much when you rely on behind the square area on leg side for 70% of your runs. If pitch is even a little bit two-paced, he will struggle to maintain SR of 80. 

 

I have no expectations from him. Just hope he leads well, fields/catches well, scores 16(10) type cameos consistently and gets lucky with the tosses like Finch in 21 WC. 

He had decent knocks vs Aus/Eng in the 24 WC

Posted
1 minute ago, deathmonger said:

He had decent knocks vs Aus/Eng in the 24 WC

Decent is the key word.

 

31(16) vs Aus, 47(36) vs Eng. 

 

Expect more from someone occupying such a key role. 

 

The only time he has really impressed me and justified his reputation is his 70 against RSA in the 22 WC. 

 

After 3 WCs all played when he was at the peak of his powers, one would expect more. 

Posted
1 hour ago, deathmonger said:

Axar bowls well most of the time. That ER of 7.31 doesn't lie.

Whats parag economy…. All i am saying is Parag atleast in t20 can do axar level bowling as axar himself is makeshift bowler. But in their lower down batting there is huge difference .

Posted
1 minute ago, raki05 said:

Whats parag economy…. All i am saying is Parag atleast in t20 can do axar level bowling as axar himself is makeshift bowler. But in their lower down batting there is huge difference .

Axar has proved his clutchness multiple times. In short term at least, we must continue to back our clutch guys like Axar, Dube, Arshdeep. Talent, ability, ceiling ko itna bhi zyada importance mat do....in a crucial SF/F I want my guy to stand up tall when we are under the pump. Parag is unproven. 

Posted
1 minute ago, Gollum said:

Axar has proved his clutchness multiple times. In short term at least, we must continue to back our clutch guys like Axar, Dube, Arshdeep. Talent, ability, ceiling ko itna bhi zyada importance mat do....in a crucial SF/F I want my guy to stand up tall when we are under the pump. Parag is unproven. 

I agree axar has proven in past thats why i am not out rightly replacing him. But as we know matches are in India so we need dasher down the order.

Posted
2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Axar has proved his clutchness multiple times. In short term at least, we must continue to back our clutch guys like Axar, Dube, Arshdeep. Talent, ability, ceiling ko itna bhi zyada importance mat do....in a crucial SF/F I want my guy to stand up tall when we are under the pump. Parag is unproven. 

Abhi koi nhi aa raha,the debate is for next cycle

Everyone comes with expiry date

Posted

After T20 WC 2026, next one is in Oct-Nov 2028 in Aus/NZ...thats 2.5 years, enough time to try out any combination. Also, not to forget 3 IPL will also be done during that period. 

For now though, backing the selected 15 to do the job this time. 

Posted
1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Decent is the key word.

 

31(16) vs Aus, 47(36) vs Eng. 

 

Expect more from someone occupying such a key role. 

 

The only time he has really impressed me and justified his reputation is his 70 against RSA in the 22 WC. 

 

After 3 WCs all played when he was at the peak of his powers, one would expect more. 

If he can churn out these knocks I would be more than happy considering the form of the rest of the lineup.

Posted
6 minutes ago, deepdynamo said:

After T20 WC 2026, next one is in Oct-Nov 2028 in Aus/NZ...thats 2.5 years, enough time to try out any combination. Also, not to forget 3 IPL will also be done during that period. 

For now though, backing the selected 15 to do the job this time. 

2028 will also have the Los Angeles Olympics in July.

 

Post this I expect Bumrah-Pandya-Axar to be shifted to the ODI squad for the 27 WC while newer guys will get a chance.

 

Posted (edited)
59 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Axar has proved his clutchness multiple times. In short term at least, we must continue to back our clutch guys like Axar, Dube, Arshdeep. Talent, ability, ceiling ko itna bhi zyada importance mat do....in a crucial SF/F I want my guy to stand up tall when we are under the pump. Parag is unproven. 

Axar-Pandya-Bumrah will be shifted to ODI team post this WC so plenty of spots will open up for T20 team until ODI WC 27 after which they will come back.

 

Parag etc can take their chances then.

Edited by deathmonger

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