Afghanistan tour of India | 3 ODIs | June 13th, 17th, 20th | 1:30 pm IST | Dharamshala, Ekana, Chepauk | Star Sports, Jio Hotstar

[vvvslaxman]

THis Paan Paragh  should be backed no matter how inconsistent he is.

[putrevus]

Lower order does not become magically better if bowlers cannot bat.

 

Even in t20s it was the top order who did the heavy lifting.Without Samson doing his job as opener they were not winning anything.

[putrevus]

2 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

Sundar makes no sense , he is not top 6 batters in any format and does not have power game to play 6/7/8 in white-ball and does not offer any other skill.

 

In tests too , is he really the top off-spinner in Ind ???-- He can be a force multiplier in test when Ind has a settled bowling and batting line-ups where he can be good transition batter between the top order and lower order but on his own he does not make into any ind 11.

This idiot Sundar does not belong in Indian team in any format.

[rkt.india]

Axar should have been there instead of Sundar, both better bowler and batsmen in LOIs.

[vvvslaxman]

I think Nishant SIndhu can be tried as well. ANother guy is Kanishk CHauhan who is a big six hitting spinning all rounder

[tapandrun]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

I think Nishant SIndhu can be tried as well. ANother guy is Kanishk CHauhan who is a big six hitting spinning all rounder

Sindhu can hardly hit as well, Let Chauhan play some proper cricket U-19 is nowhere near itnl crkt. 

[Chaos]

Now most boring part of the game: our bowling.

[tapandrun]

6 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Lower order does not become magically better if bowlers cannot bat.

 

Even in t20s it was the top order who did the heavy lifting.Without Samson doing his job as opener they were not winning anything.

T20 wc Ind had a strong batting line-up with multiple players having a lot of experience playing at various slots and match conditions.

 

Yes Sanju was phenomenal in the world-cup but there was proper batting lin-up , every 1 well suited to play T20s in sc and sc like conditions 

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, tapandrun said:

Sindhu can hardly hit as well, Let Chauhan play some proper cricket U-19 is nowhere near itnl crkt. 

You just need someone better than Sundar. He is better than him for sure. Paragh is ideal. If Abhishek improves his bowling prowess he can be one. But he is an opener now.  Venkatesh Iyer ,SHedge other options.

[putrevus]

Last 13.2 overs they scored 82 runs. India was 320/3. That is why Iyer and Rahul become so important for this team.

 

 

Iyer cannot be too loose , he has to value his wicket  he needs to finish the matches.

[putrevus]

21 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

This is the lack of fire power and depth in the batting been posting about, tis should have been 420+ target but Ind struggled.

 

If not that big partnership, anytime 1-2 wkts falls in bunch Ind will have nothing, can not counter attack or keep the tempo up.

Depth comes from bowlers's ability to bat.India is not blessed with those kind of bowlers.I would be happy if they did their primary job well.They mostly are on same level as Mcgrath with bat without his bowling skills.

Edited June 17 by putrevus

[tapandrun]

6 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Last 13.2 overs they scored 82 runs. India was 320/3. That is why Iyer and Rahul become so important for this team.

 

 

Iyer cannot be too loose , he has to value his wicket  he needs to finish the matches.

 

Iyer is only batter in this side who can provide the impetus in the middle order if he fails, ind will always be in search for some quick runs. there is no fire-power or depth in the side, unless 1-2 batters from top5 are not there in last 10 overs ind will always be short be 20-25 runs.

 

This is a poor batting line-up which ends at #5 and there in always a kl in this line-up. even with Pandaya it extends to 5.5 batters now how can this side be adventurous and even after batting ending at 5-6 Ind does not look like like having 5+ bowlers in the side. With such batting one would think they have a top or the line bowling which can defend anything

 

 

Edited June 17 by tapandrun

[Lone Wolf]

24 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

This is the lack of fire power and depth in the batting been posting about, tis should have been 420+ target but Ind struggled.

 

If not that big partnership, anytime 1-2 wkts falls in bunch Ind will have nothing, can not counter attack or keep the tempo up.

India rarely finishes strong in ODIs.. we often rely on a set batter to get 10 RPO in final 6-7 overs.

 

Lack of dedicated finishers has always been a issue

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Lone Wolf said:

India rarely finishes strong in ODIs.. we often rely on a set batter to get 10 RPO in final 6-7 overs.

 

Lack of dedicated finishers has always been a issue

 

Axar is the best option amnog the ones we have. But even he can be tied down by pacers. But today they got away with spinners.  Jadeja also does the same that Sundar does until 49th over. So basically we need batting all rounder.

[vvvslaxman]

Looking at the auditions in Srilanka, they may consider vipraj as an option. His bowling is toothless though. Very very risky if they go that way.

[Lone Wolf]

Damn Pakistan W will play a night game... 

ICC always screws up viewing experience of India games.  We will play a D/N fixture just to pander to India timings lol

 

Let's hope they don't do this in 2027 WC

Edited June 17 by Lone Wolf

[putrevus]

14 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

 

Iyer is only batter in this side who can provide the impetus in the middle order if he fails, ind will always be in search for some quick runs. there is no fire-power or depth in the side, unless 1-2 batters from top5 are not there in last 10 overs ind will always be short be 20-25 runs.

 

This is a poor batting line-up which ends at #5 and there in always a kl in this line-up. even with Pandaya it extends to 5.5 batters now how can this side be adventurous and even after batting ending at 5-6 Ind does not look like like having 5+ bowlers in the side. With such batting one would think they have a top or the line bowling which can defend anything

 

 

It has been same story for last 15 plus years in almost all formats.In t20s lack of depth is not exposed that much but there also if top order fails, India is not winning anything.

 

In finals Kohli got out at 148/4 and India could not add even 100 runs in last 22 overs.

 

IMO Iyer is too loose, it would be between , Iyer, Rahul and Kishen for two spots. Kishen has shown he does well under pressure than other two.He is a keeper too.Plus Kishen is explosive with bat.

 

 

Edited June 17 by putrevus

[vvvslaxman]

Want to se how Prince yadav goes

[vvvslaxman]

India needs wicket of Gurbaz

[Vickydev]

Cmon now Prince is not 24