ICC Cricket World Cup - May/July 2019

[NILAYSHAH60]

Can't understand the approach by South Africa. Why unnecessary play slowly and put pressure on yourself ? Because they still keep on losing wickets. It's time for counter-attack now or I don't see them winning this. Need to score 300 atleast[DOUBLEPOST=1560949068][/DOUBLEPOST]There I can see that intent from Markram with that massive cover drive

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Here we go Markram is finding boundaries now

 

[SaiSrini]

And Dhawan is ruled out of WC

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...-world-cup-rishabh-pant-confirmed-replacement

Big blow. Destabilizes the middle order again. Hope this is Rahul's moment of reckoning in international cricket. A good WC from here will cement his spot in the team for a pretty long period of time.

I can't see Pant getting many games. If India do need a pure middle order batting option, it should be Dinesh Karthik. But I think they will persist with Vijay Shankar who can add a bit with the ball when conditions are ripe. But atleast good that now Pant can come out and field as a substitute if the need arises.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Big blow. Destabilizes the middle order again. Hope this is Rahul's moment of reckoning in international cricket. A good WC from here will cement his spot in the team for a pretty long period of time.

I can't see Pant getting many games. If India do need a pure middle order batting option, it should be Dinesh Karthik. But I think they will persist with Vijay Shankar who can add a bit with the ball when conditions are ripe. But atleast good that now Pant can come out and field as a substitute if the need arises.

Do you think Vijay Shankar can get us to a big score when we are a couple down early in the innings, even a worser situation when they both would be Rohit and Kohli ?

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

I am also worried about situation which was mentioned over here by @aditya123 and also Scott Styris in pre-match show that what will happen if Shami breaks down early in the morning on match day with Bhuvi being injured already ?

 

[asprin]

I am also worried about situation which was mentioned over here by @aditya123 and also Scott Styris in pre-match show that what will happen if Shami breaks down early in the morning on match day with Bhuvi being injured already ?

I hope he isn't picked at all. Tests are where his strengths lie, T20 is not his cup of tea, and ODIs are where he is very unpredictable.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

I hope he isn't picked at all. Tests are where his strengths lie, T20 is not his cup of tea, and ODIs are where he is very unpredictable.

Think you've quoted the wrong post or you didn't understand my question

 

[SaiSrini]

Do you think Vijay Shankar can get us to a big score when we are a couple down early in the innings, even a worser situation when they both would be Rohit and Kohli ?

If Rohit and Kohli are getting out early in the innings, it means the conditions are not batting friendly and that it needs grafting to get to a good defendable score. Shankar did something like that in NZ where he and Ambati Rayudu pulled India out of a rut and took them to a score where Hardik came out and unleashed his strokes. And we won that game.

Where I would worry about Shankar is when India have set a good platform to launch big towards the end and we have only a few balls left and Shankar has to come out and start blazing from the word go. Which is what happened in the last game and he showed that he does not yet have the game for it. He is more of a classical batsman who takes time to get going and plays mostly proper cricketing shots and is conventional in every sense. So it would then be a case of selecting for the conditions - if its seaming, Shankar plays as his bowling becomes useful. If it's not seaming and is a bright sunny day, Karthik plays as he has the game to come out and start blazing. I would play Pant only in case of an injury to one of the batsmen.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

If Rohit and Kohli are getting out early in the innings, it means the conditions are not batting friendly and that it needs grafting to get to a good defendable score. Shankar did something like that in NZ where he and Ambati Rayudu pulled India out of a rut and took them to a score where Hardik came out and unleashed his strokes. And we won that game.

Where I would worry about Shankar is when India have set a good platform to launch big towards the end and we have only a few balls left and Shankar has to come out and start blazing from the word go. Which is what happened in the last game and he showed that he does not yet have the game for it. He is more of a classical batsman who takes time to get going and plays mostly proper cricketing shots and is conventional in every sense. So it would then be a case of selecting for the conditions - if its seaming, Shankar plays as his bowling becomes useful. If it's not seaming and is a bright sunny day, Karthik plays as he has the game to come out and start blazing. I would play Pant only in case of an injury to one of the batsmen.

And what is something similar happens to what happened in Ranchi in the Australia series where we would be chasing 300+ and we lost our top-order and Kohli with still 100 runs to win. Do you feel we can win matches matches from that position ? I am a bit worried with this aspect

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Can South Africa pull it off?

 

[aditya123]

Can South Africa pull it off?

SA 'phainta' lagayega.

 

[asprin]

Think you've quoted the wrong post or you didn't understand my question

Nope. Your post made mention of Shami injuring himself after he finds a place in the team and I said I wouldn't mind if he sits on the bench for the entire tournament.

 

[SaiSrini]

Nope. Your post made mention of Shami injuring himself after he finds a place in the team and I said I wouldn't mind if he sits on the bench for the entire tournament.

Shami is the only pacer left to partner Bumrah. Unless we go ahead and seek a replacement for Bhuvi and rule Bhuvi out of the WC.

 

[Master Khan]

I Believe South Africa could pull this off and win this match if the can get one more wicket.
RRR is gone to 6 now.[DOUBLEPOST=1560964089][/DOUBLEPOST]

Shami is the only pacer left to partner Bumrah. Unless we go ahead and seek a replacement for Bhuvi and rule Bhuvi out of the WC.

I Think they should give Shami a chance in this world cup, he is not a bad bowler to be honest.
They got Afghanistan next so why not try out some of your players like Shami etc.

 

[Bevab]

I hope he isn't picked at all. Tests are where his strengths lie, T20 is not his cup of tea, and ODIs are where he is very unpredictable.

Thoroughly disagree. Isn’t Shami one amongst the quickest to 100 ODI wickets? Doesn’t seem like a sign of someone who’s very unpredictable in ODIs. Had it not been for his fitness issues, he would have been in our ODI squad a lot more regularly. Even in tests, the second innings is where he usually shines quite often.

This is perhaps the first time in Indian history where we have plenty of pacers for test cricket that are reliable too. Off the top of my head, we’ve got Ishant, Bhuvi, Shami, Bumrah, Umesh (on home tracks at least) and we’re yet to even try out the likes of Chahar, Siraj and Gurbani who are all proper first class bowlers. In comparison Bumrah, Shami and Bhuvi have been the only ODI pace bowlers that have consistently won games for us. I would definitely give Shami a lot more ODI games going forward. This situation reminds me a lot of how the Aussies have managed Starc saving him for tests largely even inspite of other options when he’s a better bowler in ODIs than tests.