Yuvraj - Mirage or are there signs he is back?

[King Tendulkar]

5 minutes ago, Yoda-esque said:

Would you like Dhoni to do well,just asking

Yes I would of course 

[vishalvirsingh]

9 minutes ago, King Tendulkar said:

Would you like him to do well ?

Yes I would wanna uv to do well.

 

He is fighting hard still though he has got hurt.

 

If he scores 100 today I will eat my words.

My judgement says he won't score more than 50 today.

[King Tendulkar]

1 minute ago, vishalvirsingh said:

Yes I would wanna uv to do well.

 

He is fighting hard still though he has got hurt.

 

If he scores 100 today I will eat my words.

My judgement says he won't score more than 50 today.

Fair enough 

[vishalvirsingh]

19 minutes ago, King Tendulkar said:

Fair enough 

I have to admit uv is fighting hard and applying himself..getting into front foot.

 

Let's see. Uv looks good.

But English pacers are average except woakes. 

Anderson and broad on this pitch would have ensured England win.

[King Tendulkar]

Bouncy pitch. Ball zipping around 

 

yuvraj looked most comfortable of our batters . Even more comfortable then Kohli today

 

and those short balls . Licking them with pure arrogance 

[kira]

Yuvi haters hiding in some tunnel somewhere, epic egg on the face of haters 

[Yoda-esque]

Yes I would wanna uv to do well.

 

He is fighting hard still though he has got hurt.

 

If he scores 100 today I will eat my words.

My judgement says he won't score more than 50 today.

Good judgement though he played well

[WC2011INDIA]

he is back. 

 

Still damn good for ODIs. 

[vishalvirsingh]

1 hour ago, King Tendulkar said:

Fair enough 

Uv played well got out at 45.

I am still not convinced about his game but still I will play him for champion trophy in first 11 atleast for first match.

[vishalvirsingh]

I like kedar...I believe he will win us the match today.

 

 

[rkt.india]

Wasted a lot of balls, SR of 78, not impressed at all. Dhoni too, SR of 69.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

On this pitch UV showed he is still not over.

[Texan]

Still not convinced he is there yet. Both Yuv and Dhoni started slowly. Dhoni was not even trying, got 7 off 20, got a lucky 6 to get the SR a little higher and then got out.

 

While chasing 300+, wasting first 10-15 balls is also a sin, you just cannot afford that. From first 20 balls, Dhoni should get minimum 15 runs.

Edited January 22, 2017 by Texan

[Texan]

Runs scored in the first 20 balls  (for batsmen that lasted 20 balls) in this match:

 

Kohli - 21 runs

Yuvraj - 9 runs

Dhoni - 7 runs

Jadhav - 22 runs

Pandya - 21 runs

 

As you can see, both Yuvraj and Dhoni tend to start a bit slow and unless they can last and score hundreds, these kind of innings will suck up the momentum of a chase or even while trying to setup a big score. In the last match, everything worked out since they got big hundreds.

 

Don't want to be too harsh on them especially after they got hundreds just in the previous match, but I feel the ODI cricket these days is more suitable for players who can knock around runs right from ball 1.

[cowboysfan]

52 minutes ago, Texan said:

Runs scored in the first 20 balls  (for batsmen that lasted 20 balls) in this match:

 

Kohli - 21 runs

Yuvraj - 9 runs

Dhoni - 7 runs

Jadhav - 22 runs

Pandya - 21 runs

 

As you can see, both Yuvraj and Dhoni tend to start a bit slow and unless they can last and score hundreds, these kind of innings will suck up the momentum of a chase or even while trying to setup a big score. In the last match, everything worked out since they got big hundreds.

 

Don't want to be too harsh on them especially after they got hundreds just in the previous match, but I feel the ODI cricket these days is more suitable for players who can knock around runs right from ball 1.

the game has passed both yuvi and dhoni,there is no slow start phase in ODIs anymore,if you cant maintain a close to a run a ball pace early then you should not be in the team.

[fineleg]

22 minutes ago, cowboysfan said:

the game has passed both yuvi and dhoni,there is no slow start phase in ODIs anymore,if you cant maintain a close to a run a ball pace early then you should not be in the team.

(N)ohit Sharma is another very slow starter (and Rahane).

Edited January 22, 2017 by fineleg

[King Tendulkar]

None of you watched the game hence spouting this nonsense .

 

when yuvraj walked in ball was decking around everywhere. Like a test match . But as both innings showed it was getting through the tough period and then accelerating later . Yuvraj faced very tough bowling and looked most at ease against it out of our top 5 . 

 

Looked the part 

[WeStMiDz]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

Wasted a lot of balls, SR of 78, not impressed at all. Dhoni too, SR of 69.

I thought it was a very mature innings. Firstly steadying the ship with Kohli and then coming into his own with some delightful strokes. On another day he would have clipped that ball for six. 

[King Tendulkar]

And yes people criticising yuvraj and dhoni for today are not just being harsh but down right ridiculous .

 

yes they did both score tons and yvraj last match scored a glorious 150.

[GautiMaan]

Conditions where tough when Yuvraj came in.So its understandable that his SR was less initially

Dhoni cannot give this excuse,his pokes and nudges kept finding fielders.He was the main reason Moeen Ali got away with an economic spell.