Yup. Dhawan to be fair to him has an incredible record in the big tournaments so maybe he'll improve. Our world cup prospects don't look good.
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I suspect they'll go with Shankar at number four. Rayudu shouldn't even be in the squad. Pandey is similar. Rahane can be an option.
I think Dhawan till the WC and then hope that Shaw can takeover. Rahul I feel is also very talented but just hasn't done anything in ODI.
Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli (c)
?
Dhoni (wk)
Jadeja
Pandya
?
Bhuvi
Shami
Bumrah
We're still looking for our number 4, and the last slot can be decided depending on the pitch and the situation. Kuldeep, Shankar, maybe another batsman - Pandya and Jadeja being all rounders gives us the flexibility to choose that slot on a game by game basis.
Dhawan
Kohli (c)
?
Dhoni (wk)
Jadeja
Pandya
?
Bhuvi
Shami
Bumrah
We're still looking for our number 4, and the last slot can be decided depending on the pitch and the situation. Kuldeep, Shankar, maybe another batsman - Pandya and Jadeja being all rounders gives us the flexibility to choose that slot on a game by game basis.
Dhawan
Rohit
Kohli
Shankar
Dhoni
Jadhav
Pandya
Kuldeep
Bhuvi/Chahal/Jadeja(depends on the pitch)
Shami
Bumrah
Would be my eleven.
Rohit
Kohli
Shankar
Dhoni
Jadhav
Pandya
Kuldeep
Bhuvi/Chahal/Jadeja(depends on the pitch)
Shami
Bumrah
Would be my eleven.
Another Kohli masterclass?
Shankar needs to do more for me, and Jadhav may get the Finch treatment on some pitches. Rather go with Jadeja who usually saves us a few runs on the field and can run through the overs when necessary. Apart from that, I agree.
One of those low balls is going to creep through under the bat of Dhoni. The pitch is changing.
He isn't a God I think. This looks beyond him even.
Jadeja has been very poor as a bat. At number six you'd want a better batsman than Jadeja. Jadhav gets in as a pure batsman rather than on his bowling.
260 runs in 34 overs. If he wins this then it's one of his greatest innings.
Becoming more and more obvious that we won't be doing well at the world cup
Shankar's chance to earn his place at the WC.
Another day, another 100.
Different gravy
8 behind Tendulkar now iirc
8 behind Tendulkar now iirc
Kohli is box office .
Better ODI player than Tendulkar. There, I said it.
Good change he'll beat it by the end of the year. During the world cup is too much - I think they'll play 11 matches if they get to the final?A few too many to equal/beat during the world cup? Though you never know with Kohli
If only he had decent supporting cast around him.
He is.
And there goes the match.
Kohli is on another planet, but what's happened to the rest of the batting lineup? It's almost as if they've regressed as Kohli has progressed.
Yeah just extremely unlikely.
Switching off the TV once Kohli is out, almost like deja vu from a couple of decades ago.
Kohli's consistency is incredible. What a player!
Pitches are fake these days.
Kohli's overall ODI average is back to 60 now, while his average as captain is.. fecking 83. 
Damn.
Damn.
Today was not a flat pitch in 2nd innings. Nagpur wicket was tough to bat on as well. Pitches have become easy to bat on now a days but his batting is on another level to others in world cricket. He is THE best of this era in ODI cricket.
Yeah no doubt. The best I've ever seen play limited overs. Always hard to compare with other eras.
Excellent start so far
It’s criminal what they’re doing to him to be honest. He is so good and literally carrying the batting of the team these days. They don’t even need to do anything outstanding, they literally just need to support him and play around him, and they don’t even seem capable of that.
Ahh these cnuts. That classic collapse.
Good knock from Billings.
feck me his running gives you a heart attack though.
feck me his running gives you a heart attack though.
I think more than pitches, it's the quality of bowling, bat size (which Sachin himself benefited from), and shorter boundaries.
There's probably a fairer way to compare (player score vs team score or total runs in each match should normalise for that).
Chris Jordan on an absolute mad one
It really do be like that sometimes
Windies have made Jordan look like peak McGrath.
This is actually embarrassing
What odds would you have gotten when England were 32-4 that they'd win by over 100 runs?