Gob
International Coach
Kohli is the glue that held the innings togetherYeah Kohli didn't even attempt.
Kohli is the glue that held the innings togetherYeah Kohli didn't even attempt.
100 too manyDecent total but is it enough?
Yeah but Kohli kept India 15-20 runs below what India wouldve got, if he wasn't batting for his 49th hundred.India got 50 more runs than par
powerplay will let us knowDecent total but is it enough?
Mate he didn't even go for it in the last 2-3 overs and not even on the last ball of the innings. That has nothing to do with the tail being weak.I think HB is right that Kohli's role here was defined more by the long tail than trying to ton up. The advantage of having good lower order bats often isn't actually the fact that they make runs but that they can free up the top order more - this is part of why I think SA suck chasing.
But Kohli having a history of quite clearly fudging things for arbitrary milestones when it doesn't matter means he's going to be accused of doing it when it does matter too. Even when he isn't.
It also shows that we need to start investing in bowlers who can bat and batsmen who can bowl straight after this WC. We have had this weakness for the last 10 years now and its becoming ****ing stupid.Apart from Rabada and Maharaj, SA's bowling was pretty ordinary I thought. Decent effort by Kohli and Iyer. Rohit's cameo at the start is precisely the kind of powerplay batting that this team has needed for a long time.
JaiswalI would wanna see our new look ODI side to look something like this -
Gill
Jaiswal
Shreyas
Tilak
Rahul (wk)
Hardik
Axar
D Chahar
- (any other seamer who can bat)
Bumrah
Kuldeep
Rahul especially. Gill got a peach of a delivery thoGill and Rahul are flying under the radar here. They were the biggest disappointments today.
yeah I like Rahul up the batting order more. But there’s just too many different players who can play in the top 3Gill and Rahul are flying under the radar here. They were the biggest disappointments today.
Gill will play that ball better with experience in the future. #5 is a difficult position and I don't mind a few failures there from Rahul who is cool under pressure. i am happy if he bails us out 6 or 7 out of ten times. Rahul has been great at #5 in ODIsGill and Rahul are flying under the radar here. They were the biggest disappointments today.