Maybe the last 6 matches being won by the team batting first has influenced his decision?
Fair point. Just think that RCB are a bit different, their bowling can't be trusted to save their souls while defending targets.
Some lucky shot from Kohli, closed his bat on the ball, somehow hit the back of his bat and went for 6Apart from Shaw none of them are crazy hitters. Rahul did well for some time but we saw even at the last WC last year, his strike rate was 80.
I don't think Rahul was like that though. He was quite a dynamic batsman from what I remember (and he still is when he's played the MO for India in his last few outings), but there's something about opening that makes them play so cautiously.
KL was never the most dynamic batsman as a youngster and then had a spell of 2 years when he suddenly developed into a 360 player and is now regressing to his mean.
Do you not accept that a batsman needs to get his eye in, to get a big score at 170 SR?
Not every batsman should be looking to score 80+ in T20 cricket. There are only 20 overs.
You have a point watching this Chennai innings. They are stacked in hitters (Dhoni Curran jadeja) but batters batted so slowly, hitters have no time to make a decent impact.
I wonder if a generation of Indian cricketers who watched Dhoni take games deep are pre-conditioned to play that way. It feels like the rest of the world is moving on before them.
Not going to chance down anything if your top 4 hit 97 off 98, should have bumped up Curran to open or 3 to try and put some interpose in the innings.
I think its more the Rohit & Dhawan effect. India for some reason have decided they need their openers to bat through half an innings at the cost of run-rate, so a lot of these players are now approaching top order batting in the same vain.
Am not sure why Indian selectors are so scared of retiring Rohit and Dhawan from white ball cricket. Space need to be created for this next generation to flourish on their terms.
Well Rohits still got more to give them in ODIs at least. But they need to be bringing the likes of Shaw/Gill into the fold on the ender end to him.
Sharma unlikely to be there in 2023 World Cup. I think ICCB needs symbolically draw a line under last era as its inhibiting new generation from flourishing. Time to place big long term bets.
No KL?
This last generation is one of the greatest underachievers in international sport. 7 semifinal or final losses in a row.
It's a good thing that the a bulk of the next-gen (Shaw, Iyer and Pant) are being influenced by Ponting.
I'd let him bat at 5 in ODIs - he's only been tried out there this year but he's been very good. He over thinks it as an opener trying to bat like Rohit and Dhawan. At 5 the innings is already set and he either has to hit out or consolidate as per the situation.
Posted this before: plus minus this should be India’s immediate future IMO.
What's the point having Pant and Hardik in so late if Rahul and Kohli are going to soak up so many balls?
What about T20Is? Bench until Kohli retires or starts declining?
This. Unforgivable basically.
I'd say let him fight it for the gloves with Pant/Samson in the MO. The other thing India desperately need to avoid is too many keepers in the same line up (i.e. guys who can't bowl anything at all). They need to be able to hide some of their bowlers who are having a bad day
India should be playing 4 bowlers + Hardik and Jadeja imo. Gives them the option to hide one bowler if necessary. Iyer can bowl a bit of spin as well.
Now we are talking.
