Should India have played a pacer instead of a spinner today?

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Should India have played an extra pacer in place of a spinner today?This pitch was for pacers.Poor team selection.

[kosingh]

definitely. ashwin should not be an auomatic selection in ODIs

[kira]

India should have played mishra ji 

[express bowling]

Yes

 

We should have played Umesh in place of Ashwin today

 

Hindsight is always 100% though.

[Texan]

Yes, Ashwin should no longer be an automatic selection in the ODI team.He bowls too negatively in ODIs compared to Tests and his batting is also more suited to Tests than ODIs.

 

What we ideally need is another all-rounder like Pandya, Stokes or Woakes who can bowl at a decent pace and get some runs. Not really sure if we have one. Since we don't have that, we should have at least played a wicket taking spinner like Mishra.

[vayuu1]

Yes, Ashwin should no longer be an automatic selection in the ODI team.He bowls too negatively in ODIs compared to Tests and his batting is also more suited to Tests than ODIs.

 

What we ideally need is another all-rounder like Pandya, Stokes or Woakes who can bowl at a decent pace and get some runs. Not really sure if we have one. Since we don't have that, we should have at least played a wicket taking spinner like Mishra.

I think vijay shankar could be one, Dravid has rates him very highly

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[fineleg]

People like Rahane (batting) and Ashwin (bowling and batting), are Test players. By making them "adapt to ODIs" - they only get mixed up and can affect their Test skills. Ashwin was throwing darts in ODIs, and hope he never becomes a Dartbhajan in Tests.

Keep Rahane and Ashwin and Pujara and M.Vijay ONLY for Tests

Edited January 22, 2017 by fineleg

[Texan]

1 hour ago, vayuu1 said:

I think vijay shankar could be one, Dravid has rates him very highly

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That was the name I had in mind too, but haven't seen him play List A or T20 cricket.