Have we now got the best batting lineup

[spectre]

When Sachin comes back, i feel this will be the best batting order we can assemble From now, they should mix and match the batting order, get them to play in various positions to become versatile ahead of the WC For me, this is the only way we can get anywhere close to the trophy, considering our bowling and fielding is piss poor pathetic Sachin Sehwag Gambhir Kohli Yuvraj Raina Dhoni Jadeja /Dartbhajan/ or any other spinner should fight for that single spot If Irfan can give less than 7 per over, we should get him in - but i dont think he can do it Although I never thought i would say this ever, get in Sir.Aggi, he cant be worst of the current lot in bowling and his fielding and catching are a real plus Plus his death bowling is pretty good, atleast one Indian bowler who knows how to bowl the damn yorkers

[Ram]

Its a good batting line-up no doubt, but our eternal Achilles heel - the infamous no.7 spot - is still haunting us. Yusuf Pathan excited us all for a while with his club-swinging skills, but he has disappointed since. Jadeja is a very handy bowler and a decent fielder, but is he good enough to be a no.7 batsmen? I dont think so. You can stack your top order with as many world beating batsmen as you can, but if you dont have the batsmen who can come lower down the order and finish the fight during the business end of the innings, you will still end up losing a sizeable portion of the matches you play.

[Desi Cartman]

Maybe raina can concentrate more on bowling and that way we can play an extra batsman :lollypop:

[Anakin]

IKP or TAV, agree with the OP

[vvvslaxman]

if only Yuseless pathan had clicked 1 out of every 2 matches India would have been even stronger.

[spectre]

Its a good batting line-up no doubt, but our eternal Achilles heel - the infamous no.7 spot - is still haunting us. Yusuf Pathan excited us all for a while with his club-swinging skills, but he has disappointed since. Jadeja is a very handy bowler and a decent fielder, but is he good enough to be a no.7 batsmen? I dont think so. You can stack your top order with as many world beating batsmen as you can, but if you dont have the batsmen who can come lower down the order and finish the fight during the business end of the innings, you will still end up losing a sizeable portion of the matches you play.

I have listed all 7 We need to rotate this top 7 players a bit and see who can do well in that No.7 slot At the moment - Raina seems to be the one (though i dont like him so down) - he is a better and consistent striker than the yuseless With Yuvi, Dhoni and Raina at 567, we have enough strike force to decimate any attack Yuseless pathan is power without brains We can have IKP at 8, if his bowling has improved one bit

[Ram]

I have listed all 7 We need to rotate this top 7 players a bit and see who can do well in that No.7 slot At the moment - Raina seems to be the one (though i dont like him so down) - he is a better and consistent striker than the yuseless With Yuvi, Dhoni and Raina at 567, we have enough strike force to decimate any attack Yuseless pathan is power without brains We can have IKP at 8, if his bowling has improved one bit

Or, there's the other alternative; Ditch Jadeja altogether and play 7 specialist batsmen. That way, you get to keep BOTH Raina and Kohli. Unfortunately, Dhoni simply does not trust our part-time bowling option (Yuvi+Sehwag+Raina) enough to not play Jadeja, but the way things are going, I doubt if he will have an option. The no.7 is simply too important for an inadequate batsmen like Jadeja to occupy. And besides, even with Jadeja around, our bowling has hardly look threatening anyway. Or, if MSD says he likes the comfort of having the extra bowling option of Jadeja too much, at least they should draft in Irfan to bolster the batting at no.8.

[spectre]

Or, there's the other alternative; Ditch Jadeja altogether and play 7 specialist batsmen. That way, you get to keep BOTH Raina and Kohli. Unfortunately, Dhoni simply does not trust our part-time bowling option (Yuvi+Sehwag+Raina) enough to not play Jadeja, but the way things are going, I doubt if he will have an option. The no.7 is simply too important for an inadequate batsmen like Jadeja to occupy. And besides, even with Jadeja around, our bowling has hardly look threatening anyway. Or, if MSD says he likes the comfort of having the extra bowling option of Jadeja too much, at least they should draft in Irfan to bolster the batting at no.8.

Thats the point right, A Yuvi can bowl as good as Harbhajan Singh, atleast give the same amount of runs. We need to extract few overs each from Raina, Sehwag, Kohli etc and bolster the batting, Yuvi should bowl full quote in most matches, he is also going to have his few off matches but thats ok I dont have much confidence in Dartbhajans bowling, seriously the way he is just darting it to the legside(with 5fer) and trying the contain most often, any part timer can do it We dont need a specialist spinner to throw darts

[Lord]

why cant we play just 2 pacers,they r useless anyway