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***Official*** India in New Zealand 2013/14
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Robin Singh and Noel David the only that come to mind.
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Blocky
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Just catching up on the game, had a few too many client meetings.
Initial thoughts - ballsy from India putting Kohli up to open but that has now been wasted due to Sharma doing a Guptill - either going for the boundary or not being able to rotate strike. Short ball in the opening stages, more than makes sense, batsman aren't really trying to score boundaries on every ball, so far so good.
Taylor however... time to demote him from the cordon? He takes some really really good catches at times, but in the last few seasons there have been so many of these types of drops that he should really swallow.
Initial thoughts - ballsy from India putting Kohli up to open but that has now been wasted due to Sharma doing a Guptill - either going for the boundary or not being able to rotate strike. Short ball in the opening stages, more than makes sense, batsman aren't really trying to score boundaries on every ball, so far so good.
Taylor however... time to demote him from the cordon? He takes some really really good catches at times, but in the last few seasons there have been so many of these types of drops that he should really swallow.
Zinzan
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And Robin Singh, although he was born in the Windies IIRC.
Prince EWS
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Pretty sure that's who he meant when he said Ronin. Even if there was a player called Ronin Singh, which I don't think there was, "Ronin" doesn't qualify as a western name anyway. Was a typo I reckon.
Blocky
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Guptill has major major flaws in his technique and ability to build an innings - McCullum has major flaws in giving away starts, but has shown his ability to rotate strike or hit boundaries. For a lot of the time in question he was also working on a "test" gameplan where he wasn't taking on the bowlers as much as he used to and I think that caused a mess. Hard to be hard on McCullum when he's not been our worst player in that time period and has captained the side pretty damn well in my view for the last year or so.
As for more chance of him being dropped from ODIs - we have more potential talent in the ODI format who can perform his job with the bat and offer something with the ball. We don't have as many players who can average a near on consistent 35-40 series through series as McCullum has for most of his career in the test format.
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Correct.
Blocky
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Sharma isn't the worst player to drop to be honest... as long as McCullum remembers what sort of player he is, keeps the field up to ensure he doesn't squirt the ball into holes for singles, he can pretty reliably bowl to him knowing he won't find gaps and will hit the occasional boundary while gifting chances through and through.
The mistake captains make with block or bash players is that they start protecting the boundary too early and giving easy singles. Guys like Sharma live for that, because suddenly they have other scoring options outside of smashing a boundary off loose deliveries.
The mistake captains make with block or bash players is that they start protecting the boundary too early and giving easy singles. Guys like Sharma live for that, because suddenly they have other scoring options outside of smashing a boundary off loose deliveries.