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***Official*** India in South Africa 2013/14

karan316

karan316

State Vice-Captain
Sarun said:
do we have any pace allrounder that can step up to international level atm. Hearing Rishi Dhawan a lot but is doing that well domestically? If so, hopefully, he is atleast more than medium fast.
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He is in awesome form in domestic matches, he is not that quick but has been really effective overall.

I think we can not go with 4 bowlers while playing in SA, Aus or Eng. 5 bowlers gives us a much better chance and also helps in managing the workload of the bowlers well.
When we choose 4 bowlers(including a spinner), and if our spin bowler is not very effective, it gets really difficult for the other 3 to manage the overall workload. And it wouldn't be a great idea either to not select even one spinner since that is our strength and if the pitch wears enough an Ashwin or Ojha can get deadly. So the only solution here would be to go with 5 bowlers. Ashwin has anyways improved his batting, he can bat at 7, if he is injured or out of form he can be replaced with Jadeja. And at number 8, we can have Rishi Dhawan/ Irfan(if fit) or anyone else who fits in that role.

That would also strengthen our bowling and add more variety without making the batting weak. 6 batsmen + 2 allrounders + 3 pace bowlers is the ideal combination for us.
 
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Maximas

Maximas

Cricketer Of The Year
karan316 said:
He is in awesome form in domestic matches, he is not that quick but has been really effective overall.

I think we cant go with 4 bowlers while playing in SA, Aus or Eng. 5 bowlers gives us a much better chance and also helps in managing the workload of the bowlers well.
When we choose 4 bowlers(including a spinner), and if our spin bowler is not very effective, it gets really difficult for the other 3 to manage the overall workload. And it wouldn't be a great idea either to not select even one spinner since that is our strength and if the pitch wears enough a spinner can get deadly. So the only solution here would be to go with 5 bowlers. Ashwin has anyways improved his batting, he can bat at 7. We can get Rishi Dhawan/Irfan(if fit) or anyone else who seems to fit in that role. It also offers a lot of flexibility to the captain since there is a lot more variety in the bowling department.
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Dhoni can't bat 6 though
 
OverratedSanity

OverratedSanity

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Kohli :wub:
Those quick runs suddenly made the session a decent one for India. Been a very good partnership between these two. Loving it
 
Jono

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
Which of JontyPanesar or OverratedSanity is the one who rags on Kohli all the time?

Gonna make your life living hell if he scores well here. In a nice way of course.
 
MW1304

MW1304

Cricketer Of The Year
Playing 5 bowlers would mean you have a weaker batting line up and you still accommodate Ishant. Just drop Ishant ffs.
 
Jono

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
India's session. Day 1 Jo'burg you take that. Most importantly it was the two openers out, not Kohli or Pujara.
 
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