Manee
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Jadeja would have come in at seven in any other situation than the final few overs though, tbf.
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*Official* Australia in India - ODIs
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How often does the number 7 come in with more than a few overs left, though? Particularly in India.
Manee
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I am, in no way supporting, the inclusion of Jadeja over Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan or even Yusuf Pathan, I'll make that clear now. However, it is not unfeasible to send in more accomplished hitters ahead of your number seven. It can be seen that a duck (or 4 off 4) in the name of slogging is, of more value than coming in at 9 and not batting, but the overall result is similar. Moreover, I do believe that the number seven role is crucial in ODIs and that the middle order batting through 95% of the innings is not such a regular occurance that the number seven becomes a useless position.
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I think unless there's a collapse, which given the quality of this batting lineup would be highly uncharacteristic, Jadeja is a bit surplus to requirements. I wouldn't be especially keen to send him in ahead of Sehwag, Tendulkar, Gambhir, Dhoni, Yuvraj or Raina, surely?
May as well bring in a slogger or an extra bowler. Shame, because Jadeja's a useful player, but he's a bit of a square peg in a round hole.
May as well bring in a slogger or an extra bowler. Shame, because Jadeja's a useful player, but he's a bit of a square peg in a round hole.
Manee
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You'd be surprised.
Yes, would agree with that. The lack of a genuine all rounder makes it difficult to fill the number seven spot though, and so I partially empathise with Dhoni's selection. Yusuf Pathan should have been given more goes, in my personal opinion, but it is fair enough that Dhoni felt that he'd had enough chances; Nayar is not quite up to international cricket; there is no reason yet to believe that Irfan Pathan has improved his bowling and Rajat Bhatia will surely get taken apart in ODIs - we just do not have any good all rounders.
Personally, I would have gone in with an extra batsman but the move to include Jadeja may be seen as an extra bowler who can bat. Although many on CW (including myself) do not rate Jadeja's bowling, he does boast 28 OD wickets at 25.21 with an economy of 4.13.
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was Mike Proctor.. u can chk it.. can't find the link now.. at work.
Manee
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Yes, would have personally gone in with Mishra instead of Praveen or Ishant and played Kohli (from the squad, he is not my number 1 choice) instead of Jadeja.
Manee
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Irfan Pathan's bowling is of no use whatsoever and it is felt that nor is Yusuf's batting.
silentstriker
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Start off strong and then drop off the face of the earth?