What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik?

[jf1gp_1]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik? Give the nature of modern cricket who would make an ideal ODI opener. Some who is comfortable facing quality fast bowling, should be able to rotate strike but also punish lose balls. Uthapa, Gambhir, Sehwag all are too flashy, to explosive and cant play a cautious game. Two guys who have shown that they can play be both cautious and explosive game also happen to be keepers. Dhoni and Kartick as openers in ODIs.

[yoda]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik?

yup Gambhir' date=' Uthhapa and one more??[/quote'] 3rd opener, for what?

[kabira]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik? reserve...

[The Outsider]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik? Uthappa? Are you guys serious? The guy is as useless as they come, specially in tests. On ODI pattas he might score the odd 50.

[kabira]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik? most ODI wickets are pattas..hence Utthapa should be there.. Guy has talent...had not Vaas taken that stunner, he was taking game away from Lanka.. I dont know many indians who can hook off front foot against Malinga..

[King]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik? I wouldn't drop Sehwag from the test team, no way. He is one of those rare openers in India that produces big inning every series. He is a hit and miss mostly but is far more consistent in tests. The statistics usually don't really show the full picture but in Sehwag's case it sure does. One look at his average in ODIs and tests will reveal how indifferent his form is in these two forms. I would go with Uthappa/Gambhir in ODIs and Jaffer/Sehwag in tests.

[veer]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik?

dhoni ko nikalo, karthik ko andar dalo... yes in both forms.. we seriously need to drop Dhoni for couple of series..

dhoni should play as a pure bat in ODIs alone and Karthick should become the keeper in both forms - this till karthick starts sucking and then we can switch their roles.

i know he should play.. but before he plays, he needs to get dropped.. he is taking things for granted.. money is getting into his head.. two ducks in three outings at WC.. nope.. drop him for couple of series and he will know that there are other players who are raring to replace him..

[Sooda]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik? Gambhir deserves a run vs banglas. no im not convinced at his international credentials...but if he can cut out the rash strokes...you never know Kartik can open- and has done well...so why not him as reserve...seeing that our middle order is packed at the moment- id say kaif and Yuvraj deserve middle order spots ahead of DKK in a test 11 also Sehwag is actually cranking back to gear...he did well vs SL in the WC im not sure if we should drop him... agst banglas Open with kartik and uthappa in ODIs GG and Jaffer in tests... BUT if were playing at full 'strength' Sehwag in tests with WJ - and he shd play at 4/5 in ODIs

[The Outsider]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik? If you take out Sehwag's 180 on the patta in WI he has made 370 runs since the Karachi test @ 19.47. Further if you take out the 76* which he made while batting in the middle order, his contribution as opener has been 294 runs @ 15.47 over 19 innings. He really really needs to sort out his game. One year is a long time to be out of form.

[King]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik? Shwetabh, you can't keep taking out the big runs he scored in every series. Every batter will have similar numbers unless he has hit purple form. In cricket numbers can't always be taken seriously. Why would you not want to include the runs he scored in Pakistan in the first two tests? It is a bit unfair to keep taking away big innings out of his record. How many openers have you seen score 99 runs in the first session of a test match? That after winning the toss and choosing to bat. That kind of confidence is unheard of in Indian cricketers. You could call him mad but he is terrific a lot of times. I would back him any day in test cricket. In ODI he goes a bit too mental but in test cricket he plays by his strength. In fact he sets up the game really nicely for India but the bowlers or the umpires haven't favoured India when he has scored a lot of runs first up.

[Chaos]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik?

gambhir/jaffer - tests gambhir/uthappa - odis try this for another 10 tests and 20 ODIs before making a change.

u always come with some moronic non-sense like this.

[Cricketics]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik? Aakash Chopra should be called back in test side.. Odi, Gambhir should be called back..

[Chaos]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik? akash chopra? u guys kidding me? he is slow as a snail, we need good agressive pair like aussies (Langer/Haydo)

[Chandan]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik?

Shwetabh, you can't keep taking out the big runs he scored in every series. Every batter will have similar numbers unless he has hit purple form. In cricket numbers can't always be taken seriously. Why would you not want to include the runs he scored in Pakistan in the first two tests? It is a bit unfair to keep taking away big innings out of his record. How many openers have you seen score 99 runs in the first session of a test match? That after winning the toss and choosing to bat. That kind of confidence is unheard of in Indian cricketers. You could call him mad but he is terrific a lot of times. I would back him any day in test cricket. In ODI he goes a bit too mental but in test cricket he plays by his strength. In fact he sets up the game really nicely for India but the bowlers or the umpires haven't favoured India when he has scored a lot of runs first up.

Agree with Ravi completely and can't believe you guys are pitching for Gambhir over Sehwag!! So you forgot very quickly how badly he has done in tests? Shwetabh, why don't you pull out Gambhir's stats in tests? Whats the point of trying him out in BD when we know that he'd invariably fail against better bowlers in England when the ball moves seriously for at least one session?? I'm telling you, after having watched domestic cricket this year that India lacks a good opener, in the longer version! And Sehwag is a rare breed who made his talent count even as an opener after having played his whole life as a MO batsman. Don't mess with this opening pair in tests. You won't gain anything!

[yoda]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik?

gambhir/jaffer - tests gambhir/uthappa - odis try this for another 10 tests and 20 ODIs before making a change.

u always come with some moronic non-sense like this.

why don't you write about your brilliant suggestions for a change instead of only commenting on others. we can see whether your brain thinks beyond "SRT".

[beetle]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik? kartick is the future.....sehwag sadly looks like past.

[The Outsider]

Re: What should we do with Sehwag and Karthik?

Why would you not want to include the runs he scored in Pakistan in the first two tests? It is a bit unfair to keep taking away big innings out of his record.

Ravi, those two tracks in Pakistan were not test standard wickets. The likes of Afridi were scoring hundreds on them for fun. To make an objective analysis those kind of wickets need not be considered. The WI 180 was also on a patta and if you wish you can inlcude it. Wont change the numbers much. Point I was trying to make was that it has been more than a year or even more since Sehwag played a meaningful knock in trying conditions, one of the primary requirements of an opener.