India Team Discussion

[Sunildrosario]

Do you guys think Yuvi should come at 2 down instead of Raina when 2nd wicket falls before 10th over. What I feel is Raina doesn't play sensibly under the conditions like it was yesterday. It is clearly evident from the match against Pakistan and yesterday. Yes, yuvi too failed yesterday. But, I feel yuvi should be moved up. What do you guys think ?

No I don't think so....Raina has proven to be more consistent up the order in IPL and I feel he should remain there where he belongs

 

[Aalay]

Well well. It's high time we get a proper coach. Whether it's dravid or warne. Anyone except Ravi Shastri.

BCCI wants Rahul Dravid to coach India - Times of India

Even though I would love to see him as Indian team's coach, I don't think he will accept that role. I think they asked him last year as well before he was appointed as U-19 coach. He refused at that time saying he wants to be with his family and can't coach Indian team since they travel 9/12 months. So I don't see him accepting that role. I actually don't mind him coaching U-19 since we need someone like him at to keep those young kids grounded and of course he is full of cricketing knowledge.

 

[abhi_jacko]

Would definitely prefer Dravid over Warne

 

[zwarrior]

Nehra was ranked 85th on 31st Jan. Now he is ranked 11th. Bumrah is 7th.

 

[AliB]

Nehra was ranked 85th on 31st Jan. Now he is ranked 11th. Bumrah is 7th.

Indian pace =RIP batsmen.

 

[CerealKiller]

Indian pace =RIP batsmen.

Indian pitches in bilateral series = RIP Indian pace

 

[zwarrior]

Indian pitches in bilateral series = RIP Indian pace

More like RIP Indian and other team pace

 

[CerealKiller]

More like RIP Indian and other team pace

Yeah, that's more precise.

 

[zwarrior]

Decision on coaching India would depend on my 'bandwidth' - Rahul Dravid | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[SaiSrini]

I have been thinking that India slowly need to have a shift in mentality towards picking teams for their limited overs formats. With the limited overs game very quickly shifting towards big muscles and consistent six hitting, India need to have the players who fit that profile. It should not be a drastic change for sure (that won't serve anything), but gradually the mentality should shift where we pack our batting with players who can consistently clear the boundary and that too by a long way. And we need to ensure that we have a deep batting order.

This means people like Rahane, Yuvraj, etc. don't fit at all in the current scenario. And I am going to probably be criticized for saying this - Rohit needs to eventually be moved out of that opening spot. What Rohit does is, since he opens, he takes time to start flexing his muscles and that leaves us with quite a lot to do towards the end. Rohit needs to be told - "you have now revived your career by gaining some reputation at the top of the order. Now move back down the order and become the player who can start hitting almost from the word go". If Rohit can't do it, he needs to go. We can't have guys who say "I can only do this, I can only do that". Jayasuriya and Kaluwitharana revolutionized ODI batting with the Powerplay hitting in the 96 WC and changed the game. But India have in recent times gone with the mentality of "let's start real slow, we can always make up later". That style will most likely let you down during crucial stages.

We need guys like Yusuf Pathan (not necessarily him), Saurabh Tiwary, etc who are well built and hit big sixes. Raina can hit big sixes, but if he is not getting his form back soon, dump him. I have not seen Manish Pandey being this massive hitter, but he can build upon and turn into a guy like that, it would be great. We need to learn from West Indies and re-model our team for both ODI and T20.

 

[abhi_jacko]

Works for T20, not for ODIs. Especially if its a big ground or a slightly challenging wicket

But I agree that we do need a couple of big hitters who can clear the fence at will. Atleast on batting wickets.

 

[zwarrior]

We need players like yusuf pathan, uthappa in t20 squad atleast. Yusuf is a handy bowler and uthappa is a part time keeper too. They can hit the ball as soon as they come to bat. Uthappa is a good opener who can utilise the PP. We need to look and learn from other teams who utilise PP. That's the key in t20.

 

[grkrama]

i dont know about yusuf he fires once in a blue moon, but uthappa certainly yes, imo he should have been the opener with rohit! Murali vijay coming in as the next contender, he is another guy who can play situations either going form ball one or playing anchor!

 

[greymatter776]

Hardhik Pandhya should be preserved in the limited overs team if we are looking for big hitters.He can hit sixes at will that too massive ones.

 

[SaiSrini]

Uthappa and Vijay need to be drafted into the side. Rohit needs to move down the order. Rahane and Dhawan need to go out of the T20 side. Rohit should bat at the crucial No.4 position after Kohli. Raina bats below him. Raina is not the permanent No.4. Maybe Raina can even be dropped and Manish Pandey takes that spot, forcing Raina to work on his game.

Hope this IPL brings up a new/fresh big hitting Indian batsman that can slot into the middle order of our T20 team.