India tour of West Indies 2022 - 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is

[NILAYSHAH60]

Left arm pace bowlers and Rohit Sharma have been a one-sided affair for quite a while now!

 

[Ashutosh.]

No Bhuvi. Best captain Rohit

 

[SMMODS]

Stupid Avesh khan you beauty

 

[Ashutosh.]

Stupid Avesh khan you beauty

Who gave him the last over?
WI needed 27 runs in 3 overs. We were so close.

 

[Bevab]

Big brain move from Rohit. Avesh has always been a bit poor at the death whenever I’ve seen him play.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

As Rohit said in the post match presentation, Bhuvi we all know does well in the death, trying Avesh or any other bowler don't do any harm instead of piling up the win record.

Yeah Avesh has not done well in few of the IPL death overs game I have seen but has been good as well its about handling pressure.

Rohit Sharma | Losing skipper: Firstly, there weren't enough runs on the board. We didn't bat well. The pitch was playing nicely but we didn't apply ourselves. But this can happen. When you are doing something as a batting group, you might not always succeed. But we will learn from this. It is all about giving opportunities to these guys. [On the last over] We know what Bhuvi does for us; he has been doing it for years. Unless you give chances to guys like Avesh and Arshdeep you'll never know. But it is just one game. They have the skills and the talent and it is all about backing them. I am really proud of the bowlers and the team. Targets such as these can get over in 13-14 overs but we dragged it to the last over. I thought the guys executed the plans and really happy with the way the guys bowled. We have to look at some things in our batting. But I will say it again and again, this is the approach we want with the bat. We won't panic. We won't change anything after one loss.

 

[asprin]

Been reading that the 3rd T20I will also have a delayed start - reason seems to be some extra hours of rest for players as it's a back to back match.

 

[Bevab]

As Rohit said in the post match presentation, Bhuvi we all know does well in the death, trying Avesh or any other bowler don't do any harm instead of piling up the win record.

Yeah Avesh has not done well in few of the IPL death overs game I have seen but has been good as well its about handling pressure.

Yeah I do agree with you. Would rather Avesh gets a chance here to be tested than elsewhere in a higher profile game. Still don’t think he’s a good death bowling option though.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

 

[Velocity]

Not liking Hetty at five though. He is the type of talent that wins you games at three once he is in.

Given his numbers and the scores at 5 in the last year or so in T20's, think that's the position to get the best out of him in the context of the WI XI. He's had a pretty big impact at the death overs for RR and Delhi Capitals in the IPL. And at the same time, WI lack experience down the order. The #6/#7 spots would be taken by two of Holder/Shepherd/Odean, the latter two still are relatively inexperienced. In terms of talent you could say the same thing about Pooran, on his day he could play a gamechanging innings once he's set which makes him another good option to bat at #3 as well.

 

[Ashutosh.]

 

[Bevab]

Ah yea let’s rest Jadeja and instead of bringing in the closest like for like world cricket has in today’s existence to him and someone in good nick from ODIs and who deserves to play more white ball games, we’ll play a batsman who can bowl a bit instead. Probably out of position because we do not want real competition to Kohli’s spot.

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Yet again I refer to my conspiracy theory that he is being played as the number three because the management knows that he has too many obvious flaws that there is no way he will completely go bonkers with the bat and hence there will be no public pressure for him to play ahead of Kohli.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Feel like Kyle Mayers is trying to step into the gap left by Chris Gayle.

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Rohit Sharma and injuries is match made in heaven!

 

[icyman]

Admittedly, I havent been watching the games. The timings are just too odd for me. As it is the WI matches used to start around 2000 hours in India. Since, I'm further up, I have to wait until 2230/2330 to watch he matches.

Feel like Kyle Mayers is trying to step into the gap left by Chris Gayle.

Funny, I was about to comment the same. His hairstyles too are on the same lines

Rohit Sharma and injuries is match made in heaven!

Look at the bright side here. India will again have a new captain