Razzaq and AfridiI don't think depth covers up for a truly dependable finisher like Dhoni. Plus Inzi and Yousuf are both accumulators like Abbas and Miandad. The lower middle order seriously lacks firepower compared to Symonds/Hussey or Yuvraj/Dhoni etc. The current team doesn't have any options for those spots either.
Lol, I have the opposite view.
He is perfect for 15 ball 25 which is all that is needed from him.
This is better Ind and Pak team
I already mentioned that in earlier post. On the Kapil Imran part in LOI’s I disagree. I think both are near ATG. I personally think cause literally 2 of India’s top 3 are amongst the top 3 ODI batsmen ever, the gulf between their batting is larger, than the gulf in bowling. However I feel that even if consider it the same, Dhoni’s captaincy will clinch it for India.
Also by that logic, Zaheer Abbas, Pak’s best batter is behind Rohit, Ind’s fourth best batter. Tendulkar, Kohli, Dhoni are by most measures in the top 6, not even top 10.
Asshole Bhai, in ODI cricket you need a blaster up at the top which is why I would put Sehwag and Afridi there. Babar is too precious to open. Ganguly needs to be sacrificed, Sharma can move up.
It doesn't work like that. You have to see how their respective batting matches up with the opposite bowling.
Personally, I see Ind's batting notching a good score against the Pak, just as likely Pak's batting dominating Ind's bowling. Pak's batting is the same quality as Ind's bowling. Ind also has four out and out ATG batsmen, out of which compelling cases can be made for two of them to ranked as the greatest ODI bat(tho I'll chose Viv, might chose Kohli if he dominates the upcoming WC, and maintains an average close to 60 till retirement.)
No, even Subshakerz some while back, said that Rohit was better than Zaheer, and Dhoni is either regarded as top 5 or top 6 in the best ODI batters list.
I do think it also matters which era the game takes place. With modern designer pitches and ball changes it does neutralise Waqar a fair bit.
Yeah once again I had to defend Indian players from Indian posters.
He is easily. He just gets overshadowed cause he peaked alongside Kohli. Guys averages 55+ as an opener, has done well everywhere except SA, dominated a WC.
And people compare him to Warner who averages 45 odd as an opener. The initial part of Rohit's career in ODIs was horrible. As an opener, he's the greatest beside Sachin in ODIs pretty easily. And I'm just waiting for one of the geniuses here to era adjust Jayasuriya's average of 30, and say he's better than Rohit.
And? More often than not the opposite of what Subs says is right.
Lara, Ponting and Chappel better than Dhoni? Sure why not. And Kapil Dev is a better ODI bowler than Waqar Younis.
And Buttler over Rohit. Cmon.
