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3 minutes ago, maniac said:

Pandya at No.3 or 4 :facepalm:

 Mumbai Indians tried that this past IPL and he looked totally clueless and lost against good bowlers with the new ball....He is a 6 or 7 at best with 4-5 overs to go and a full license to slog.

 

Pant(Wk)

Kohli

Rahul

Raina

Dhoni-Only as batsman

Mandeep

Pandya

Rasool

Chahal

Bhuvi

Bumrah

 

 

Yuvi has been bad,but manduck no way

Posted
2 hours ago, maniac said:

Pandya at No.3 or 4 :facepalm:

 Mumbai Indians tried that this past IPL and he looked totally clueless and lost against good bowlers with the new ball....He is a 6 or 7 at best with 4-5 overs to go and a full license to slog.

 

Pant(Wk)

Kohli

Rahul

Raina

Dhoni-Only as batsman

Mandeep

Pandya

Rasool

Chahal

Bhuvi

Bumrah

 

 

I see it differently. Pandya against good bowlers at their best at death will actually struggle more. Don't think he is a brilliant hitter down the line as people make it out to be. I think since we are developing him as an all rounder and see if he can hit, he can come in around the time when spinners are bowling or when Kohli is anchoring the innings in the middle and he can try to go for his shots from the other end. 

 

England death bowling is good. Probably too good for Pandya at this time. 

Posted

Pandya needs to learn to hold his shape when hitting quick bowlers. This will only come with experience. At the moment he neither has a solid base nor is watching the ball closely enough against quicks which is leading to a lot of plays and misses or edges.

Posted

1. Mandeep

2. Pant

3. Kohli

4. Rahul

5. Raina

6. Pandey

7. Pandya

8. Rasool

9. Bhuv

10. Bumrah

11. Nehra

 

Not really a fan of Mandeep's but since we have picked him in the squad we should play him ahead of our vintage oldies. 

Posted

Replace Pandey with Pant, Nehra with BK and Rasool with Mishra. Never trusted Pandey with hitting and Yuvraj at even this stage of his career could do a better job than him.

 

Open with Pant, get Rahul at no 4. Even with these changes England's a far better side both in bowling and power hitting.

 

Yuvraj, Raina and Pandya vs Morgan, Butler and Stokes :phehe:. Pace bowling is also superior with their bowlers managing to get extra pace and bounce.

 

Posted
3 hours ago, WeStMiDz said:

Pandya needs to learn to hold his shape when hitting quick bowlers. This will only come with experience. At the moment he neither has a solid base nor is watching the ball closely enough against quicks which is leading to a lot of plays and misses or edges.

He isnt watching the ball in attempt to hit too hard. he should rememeber he has enough power, so, needs to concentrate timing and plaing proper shots, not slogs.

Posted

As an Indian I am in "tears" about the way the selection of players is being handled.

 

Living in Australia, this kind of bullshit would never happen where a good young player was overlooked.

 

As I see it, its a cultural issue where the older guys are supporting one another and preventing younger kids from getting into the team because they know that they will cement their place in the team if given a decent chance.

 

Lets face it most Indian cricketers are thinking of themselves ahead of the country. In theory I am fine with that, in that you have to look after yourself and your family first. This is not war. However, its the spineless selection committee that needs to be shot.

 

For example, we all know why Binny was selected in the team despite failure upon failure. It got rather embarrassing towards the end.

 

I pray for 0-3 whitewash so that the selection committee come under scrutiny for their selections. King Kohli is on drugs, they were not 30 runs short on the 26th, India needed a solid 200 to defend.

Posted
33 minutes ago, Viper said:

Rahul and Yuvi out 

 

Rest is fine

Dhoni should be out too. Even in T20 match against WI, Dhoni lost us that game single handedly. Rahul scored a 50 ball 100 in that game chasing 245 and Dhoni could not put bat to ball against Bravo. Dhoni is the biggest panauti.

Posted

Give Pant and Pandya license to go for it.  Let VK and Dhoni consolidate if needed.  IIRC Dhoni sent in Pandya in top 5 in the SL T20s, did well too.  

Posted

Each of the oldies has a somewhat convincing reason to be selected, but there's no reason to select ALL oldies.

 

Nehra was outstanding in the last international T20 series he played- the T20 World Cup less than a year ago.

 

Yuvraj showed that in the ODI series that he's back in form, and if we get even half the Yuvi that he was in his prime, he'll make a  formidable batsman.

 

Dhoni also had a century in the recent ODI series and his captaincy experience may be useful to a still learning Virat for a few months.

 

All these reasons are good reasons. But like I said, there is no reason we need all three of these oldies. May be one of them. It is too just too defensive and risk averse. I don't see anything sinister behind their selections- no regional bias, no preference for buddies and no good ol'boys club scratching each other's back. Rather, I just see a overly defensive mindset and reluctance to go through the long and often frustrating period of finding new blood. 

Posted
26 minutes ago, sandeep said:

Give Pant and Pandya license to go for it.  Let VK and Dhoni consolidate if needed.  IIRC Dhoni sent in Pandya in top 5 in the SL T20s, did well too.  

He is trying too hard. Needs to relax and play the ball on its merit.

Posted
7 minutes ago, kosingh said:

Each of the oldies has a somewhat convincing reason to be selected, but there's no reason to select ALL oldies.

 

Nehra was outstanding in the last international T20 series he played- the T20 World Cup less than a year ago.

 

Yuvraj showed that in the ODI series that he's back in form, and if we get even half the Yuvi that he was in his prime, he'll make a  formidable batsman.

 

Dhoni also had a century in the recent ODI series and his captaincy experience may be useful to a still learning Virat for a few months.

 

All these reasons are good reasons. But like I said, there is no reason we need all three of these oldies. May be one of them. It is too just too defensive and risk averse. I don't see anything sinister behind their selections- no regional bias, no preference for buddies and no good ol'boys club scratching each other's back. Rather, I just see a overly defensive mindset and reluctance to go through the long and often frustrating period of finding new blood. 

ODIs are never the best indicator of performance in T20. Dhoni was always good in ODIs, but struggled in T20s.

Posted

Pant

Pandey

Kohli

Dhoni

Yuvi

Raina

Pandya

Bhuvi

Mishra

Chahal

Nehra

 

Ideally would have Jadhav instead of Yuvi and Kuldeep instead of Chahal.

Posted
8 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

He is trying too hard. Needs to relax and play the ball on its merit.

You have to try hard when you come down the order. Hence he needs to come up a bit to get a chance to hit. May be he needs to bat against spinners at time and need to play few extra deliveries before going for kill, so needs to come early so we can see if he can really replicate his domestic2020 game in international cricket. If he can't do it on regular basis, his days are numbered too in 2020, provided he is also bowling horribly in 2020, which he isn't yet, thankfully. 

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