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*Official* India in South Africa
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Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Wants to go sleep early,i guess.And great captaincy by smith, should give the spinners 5 more overs i guess.
M0rphin3
International Debutant
Haha yeah.
Bun
Banned
He is by far better than Ravi Jadeja.
Contra
Cricketer Of The Year
If Yusuf can take us home from here then I won't grudge him his place in the WC squad. The guy definitely has the abilitiy. He just needs to really focus and work on the short ball and I will accept him as our finisher (even though I don't think he's fit for the role).
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
I would certainly play him in the world cup.
If we are batting first ,he can be shifted up on the slog overs to accelerate.
While if we are batting second ,then he can do what he is doing here and what he did against Newzealand in the last ODI.
He brings that hard hitting ability which is different to the other batsman we have.
Just look here . Every other batsman has had to struggle big time to get into the 20's and he already is a 37 and has brought the run rate down.
While Kohli may be a better bat ,Yousuf is a better fit at 7.
kingkallis
International Coach
Thats exactly why Yusuf should be our No.7 in short format of the game.
RRR is back to 4 from 5.21 in the span of just 3 overs. WOW!
RRR is back to 4 from 5.21 in the span of just 3 overs. WOW!
M0rphin3
International Debutant
Should get him in the team without a doubt tbh. You need such a game changer to bat at the lower order of a gun batting lineup imo.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
We already have Dhoni and when in form Yuvraj as our finishers.
Yousuf is just the freelance smasher ,who can give some good momentum and reduce pressure on others.
He won't neccesarily carry the team to a win ,but what he will do is help and make it easy for others to carry the team to the finish.
Howe_zat
Audio File
Why not play both? I'd rather play Kholi right now than Raina.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
No he isn't overall.
But he is better at the role we require our 7th batsman to play ,when we have 6 very good batsman before him.
Bun
Banned
No, not as a No.3 for sure. But at no.7, I'd take him over Kohli.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Raina is undroppable in India.
He is a proper finisher for us there and specializes coming down the order at 5th ,6th.
While Kohli is a top order batsman and there is no point loading ourselves with them,when 1,2 and 3 will be Sachin,Sehwag and Gambhir.
Raina also is very good on pitches where the ball is not coming on to the bat and those with inconsistent bounce which are not too high scoring in nature.
While the likes of Yuvraj,Sehwag,Kohli all like Truer bounce pitches more.
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