Chinks in Indian ODI side (no.1 in ICC ranking) - how to remove them ?

[Soorma_Bhopali]

Afer seeing today 's ODI, I think outstanding form of some players and these incredible chases on flat wickets are hidingsome key weaknesses which can e fully exploiter by quality sides in. WC 2015 in ANZ. Please add to the ones I see .Do you see any remedies inject one year to address them 1.Batting fully dependent on Rohit,Virat,Dhoni and too an extent Shikhar . Raina,Yuvraj and Jadeja woefully out of Depth in batting. 2. Lack of death bowlers 3.lack of pace bowlers to create some opportunity when nothing is happening in middle overs I think Rahane,Rayudu and even gambhir should be tried out if this trio fails in south Africa also as currently no.4,5and 7 look pretty brittle . MS dhoni should come at no.5 in ODI's ,in my opinion .Jadeja's batting is pretty woeful right now and if this is his stae of affairs batting wise , I don't think he should get th nod ahead of Ojha in tests .

[Sidhoni]

Jaddu is not there for just batting. He can win matches on bowling/fielding alone. It is Raina-Yuvi causing problems. Rahane can play in the middle order as well and he should replace one of Raina/Yuvi.

[Old guy]

drop raina,yuvi and need to swap batting position of ashwin and jaddu

[deathmonger]

pujar/rahane in for raina,yuvi

[Soorma_Bhopali]

If we win today 's match , I wouldn't mind resting Shikhar ,Rohit ,Virat and Dhoni and trying in their places ; Gambhir ,Pujara ,Rayudu and Karthick with Raina at no.3 , Yuvraj at no.4 and Jadeja at no.5 to see how these cope with the situation when they need to take the responsibility for putting a score or pacing a chase . So far, I believe, these three have not even been able to play supporting act to Virat ,Shikhar and Rohit .If Dhoni gets out cheaply in slog overs , I doubt these guys can extract much in the slog overs also .

[StriKe]

If we win today 's match ' date=' I wouldn't mind resting Shikhar ,Rohit ,Virat and Dhoni and trying in their places ; Gambhir ,Pujara ,Rayudu and Karthick with Raina at no.3 , Yuvraj at no.4 and Jadeja at no.5 to see how these cope with the situation when they need to take the responsibility for putting a score or pacing a chase . So far, I believe, these three have not even been able to play supporting act to Virat ,Shikhar and Rohit .If Dhoni gets out cheaply in slog overs , I doubt these guys can extract much in the slog overs also .[/quote'] what? they are not even squad :facepalm:

[Soorma_Bhopali]

In a home series , players are just a flight away ..Squad can be modified for last ODI if we win this match ..

[G_B_]

i will have pujara at 4 to add some steel to this Indian side.

[GoldenSun]

I say we start tinkering with the batting lineup toreplace Yuvi and Raina.... r atleast start thinking about it.

[Soorma_Bhopali]

I say we start tinkering with the batting lineup toreplace Yuvi and Raina.... r atleast start thinking about it.

I would still give them the long rope till the SA series and even NZ Series ..but we need to keep the backups ready if the same situation keeps on occurring ..Virat, Dhawan and Dhoni can't keep out bailing the side in each match .:omg:

[rkt.india]

you cannot play both Raina and Yuvraj, need a proper batsman at 4 who knows how to build an inning. Yuvraj is clearly struggling, so he will be out. Raina to bat at 6.

[Soorma_Bhopali]

Jaddu is not there for just batting. He can win matches on bowling/fielding alone. It is Raina-Yuvi causing problems. Rahane can play in the middle order as well and he should replace one of Raina/Yuvi.

I disagree ...He came in the side as a BATTING all-rounder and now is struggling to classify himself even as a BOWLING All-rounder .IF he is there just for bowling , Ojha is better .:sherlock:

[Soorma_Bhopali]

you cannot play both Raina and Yuvraj' date=' need a proper batsman at 4 who knows how to build an inning. Y[b']uvraj is clearly struggling, so he will be out. Raina to bat at 6.

He should be given the long rope since he is a MATCH-WINNING player ...Don't forget how long a rope Rohit Sharma was given for almost two years and here we are talking of the player who arguably was the dominant reason for us to win ODI WC 2011 and T20 World Cup 2007.He should be given till SA ODI series and NZ ODI Series to cement his spot . Same should be the case with Raina .

[rkt.india]

He should be given the long rope since he is a MATCH-WINNING player ...Don't forget how long a rope Rohit Sharma was given for almost two years and here we are talking of the player who arguably was the dominant reason for us to win ODI WC 2011 and T20 World Cup 2007.He should be given till SA ODI series and NZ ODI Series to cement his spot . Same should be the case with Raina .

Rohit went to FC cricket and the came back. Yuvraj is completely out of sorts. He should play FC cricket to get his touch back. He is not seeing the ball as closely or concentrating enough.

[Ghost Buster]

In SA our middle order will be exposed so we need a guy who is solid that's why i think pujara will be a good option.

[Soorma_Bhopali]

Rohit went to FC cricket and the came back. Yuvraj is completely out of sorts. He should play FC cricket to get his touch back. He is not seeing the ball as closely or concentrating enough.

So do you mean he was not playing FC cricket between Aug 2012 -Aug 2013 when he came back ..he scored big aainst WI A also ..:hehe:

[NareshK]

Pujara has to come in for Yuvraj. A seamer all rounder in place of Jadeja when we play outside the sub continent.

[Soorma_Bhopali]

Pujara has to come in for Yuvraj. A seamer all rounder in place of Jadeja when we play outside the sub continent.

Rishi Dhawan ?

[fineleg]

Pujara playing all SA odis is important to get him acclimatised before test match starts

[Soorma_Bhopali]

Pujara playing all SA odis is important to get him acclimatised before test match starts

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