Chandan Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 We shouldn't over complicate this. Pick your best 11 players, then pick the captain. Dhoni is not in the best 11. Pick Kohli as captain. Sent from my HTC_PN071 using Tapatalk Is it time to split? Why not let Dhoni skipper the LOI team till the WC 2015 and relieve him test duties? That would refresh him, reduce his work-load and let him focus in the format he is good at. In the meanwhile, the new skipper, Kohli or Pujara and begin moulding the test team. What do you say?
bharat297 Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Yep I agree ... Dhoni is one of our best, if not our best, ODI batsmen. He deserves his place there. Keep Dhoni as ODI and T20 captain and Kohli as Test captain and bring either Karthik or Saha in as Test keeper. I'd pick Kohli over Pujara as captain purely because I feel Kohli has the slight edge in terms of mental toughness. Sent from my HTC_PN071 using Tapatalk
bharat297 Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Regarding Kohli being too emotional ... I did think that first but tbh I think a bit of emotion is what we need in our game atm Sent from my HTC_PN071 using Tapatalk
akshayxyz Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Throw him the in the fire. If he is captaincy material he will survive. After all' date= he is a fierce character. If he cares about winning, he will do better than Jharkhandi. ++ Wish more people understood this. This whole idea of 'easing' someone into batting/bowling/captaincy is so much against the spirit of sports.
cricketman Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Tbf despite what the result suggest. This has been nothing like 0-8. We were favourites to win the Jo'burg test. Rain killed our advantage in Durban after we got a great start. In NZ 1st test we almost pulled off a miracle, while the 2nd we should've won inside 3 days. How much would you stretch the luck card? Out of all these tests, shouldn't we have won at least 1?
Pagalpanti Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Throw him the in the fire. If he is captaincy material he will survive. After all' date= he is a fierce character. If he cares about winning, he will do better than Jharkhandi. ++++ And no, no one is expecting Kohli to turn things around quickly and expect him to win both the series or even draw. All we expect is the captains give a damn about winning and players are held accountable for their performances. Tbh even I was of thought that Dhoni should get a chance with a new-look team during 2011-12 debacle. But the team has changed, captaincy still remains stale. How long do we keep pushing it?
Austin 3:!6 Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Have we made a mistake by dropping Raina for Asia cup? He avgs. 70+ in Bangladesh where the Asia cup will be played. We all know he has weakness against bounce and recently going through a lean form. But the Asia cup will be played in Subcontinent and Raina is a beast of a batsman in these conditions. Have we made a mistake by dropping Raina for Asia cup?
Ultimate_Game Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Raina >>>>>> Rahane & Rohit in subcontinent. Should have been in the team for Asia Cup.
TNAmarkFrmIndia Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 It's a good decision in the long term. He might have done well in the Asia Cup but then they would go to England and he would be a sitting duck there and we would have to find a replacement. Might as well bring in Pujara and change up the batting order a little bit to see who's a good fit at No. 4/No. 5.
IndianRenegade Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Well we will need o decide what is more important, Asia cup or a better Indian team. He may win you the Asia Cup with great performances, which could make it difficult for the selectors to drop him for overseas assignments that are coming up. We all know what will happen there. Unless we field different teams based on the where we play, we are better off without him. Lt him fix his problems against the short ball, until that time we are better off without him.
gaurav92 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Raina is good in SC, but we don't have to regret the call taken. I just hope we will get a better Raina after a couple of tournaments without him. He is a very hard working cricketer and gives his 100% on the field. Its just his shortcoming against the short ball that makes him vulnerable outside the SC. But in SC, he is pretty good at No. 5, takes the responsibility of finishing games. So again, will we miss him? Well, certainly in SC conditions, yes, but we need to look beyond him for a couple of series and let him recoup. He will come out as a better player I am sure :nice:
zep1706 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Asia cup is meaningless. The goal is to build a team for the WC next year. From that point of view it's a good decision.
vvvslaxman Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Asia cup koosia cup Don't care about the loss. But i still don't know how Rahane can fit in this line up especially in subcontinent where frantic scoring is the order of the day bar few exceptions.
Cricket_Hacker Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 I got to say, I never ever hear an australian/english/saffer fan ask for dropping their player because they blow in the subcontinent. Strange mutation of inferiority complex. they forgive them because all pitches in India are "doctored" and a loss/bad performance doesn't matter Most of them are FTB's(fast track bullies)
TNAmarkFrmIndia Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Asia cup koosia cup Don't care about the loss. But i still don't know how Rahane can fit in this line up especially in subcontinent where frantic scoring is the order of the day bar few exceptions. He shouldn't IMO. Have Pujara opening with Dhawan and play Rohit Sharma down the order at No. 4.
CSK Fan Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 I got to say, I never ever hear an australian/english/saffer fan ask for dropping their player because they blow in the subcontinent. Strange mutation of inferiority complex. They would if they blow to such an extent and for such a long time. Most people who struggle in sub-continent, usually do it in one single country and not India/Pak/SL/Bangladesh combined
Sidhoni Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 He will become better when he comes back. He is that kind of a guy.
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