Indian Cricket Dhaba

[howitzer]

I reckon Kohli and Jadeja could both last another four years

 

[cnerd123]

Deepak Chahar is too old, won't make it to the next WC i reckon.

 

[Niall]

Fmd we’re in for a rough few years

Tbf plenty of squads have players in the thirties who won't be around in 4 years or will be nowhere near the level they are atm. The Aussie, NZ and England squads especially.

Going forward obvious lesson as stated a few posts ago, India need a sixth bowler and fielding needs to be tightened up, big difference between them and Australia. No excuse for a side like India with all their resources to have donkeys fielding.

 

[Daemon]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcci-offers-to-extend-rahul-dravid-stint-as-head-coach-1410982

Hopefully he sticks around. 2 years isn’t long enough to see results, properly learn from mistakes and make a material impact. Plus we probably have a transition phase coming up and I don’t think the alternatives being talked about like Laxman are any good.

 

[Daemon]

Rahul Dravid to continue as India's head coach

While the exact duration of his second term is not yet known, it will be at least until the 2024 T20 World Cup in June

www.espncricinfo.com

Extended to at least 2024 June

Meanwhile Kohli and Rohit are taking a break from ODIs and T20s. Kohli's not going to be playing the LO stuff in SA and when Afghanistan tour in Jan. I think those are the only T20I games before the T20 WC starts (there's the IPL in March of course).

Both of them last played a T20I in the previous T20 WC. If it stays that way - would it be the first instance of players playing only world cups and nothing in between?

 

[honestbharani]

Rahul Dravid to continue as India's head coach

While the exact duration of his second term is not yet known, it will be at least until the 2024 T20 World Cup in June

www.espncricinfo.com

Extended to at least 2024 June

Meanwhile Kohli and Rohit are taking a break from ODIs and T20s. Kohli's not going to be playing the LO stuff in SA and when Afghanistan tour in Jan. I think those are the only T20I games before the T20 WC starts (there's the IPL in March of course).

Both of them last played a T20I in the previous T20 WC. If it stays that way - would it be the first instance of players playing only world cups and nothing in between?

Virat may play but i don't think Nohit will.play any more T20Is

 

[Daemon]

Virat may play but i don't think Nohit will.play any more T20Is

Who's captain then you think? KL or Hardik?

 

[honestbharani]

Who's captain then you think? KL or Hardik?

Hardik if fit.

 

[honestbharani]

Very interesting schedule for India.

We play these 2 remaining T20s in INdia tomorrow and sunday and then we have our T20I series against RSA kicking off next sunday.

And the sunday after that, we are playing 3 ODI series against RSA.

I am assuming we are not gonna play any of our test players in these series, except maybe Shreyas, Ishan, Jaiswal.

Squads I would hope we go with to RSA -

White Ball -

Jaiswal, Rutu, Ishan (wk), Shreyas (vc), SKY (c), Rinku, Washy, Axar, Bishnoi, D Chahar, Mukesh, Arshdeep, Shardul, Prasidh/Avesh, Jitesh (wk), Kuldeep.

Tests -

Jaiswal, Rohit (c), Gill, Virat, Ishan(wk), Shreyas, Jaddu, Ash, Shami, Bumrah, Siraj, Prasidh, Shardul, Rahul, Axar, Rutu.

 

[Shri]

no shreyas pls

 

[Socerer 01]

no shreyas pls

wouldnt it be fun to watch him skate dance against Rabada and Nortje

 

[Shri]

he should be used like how sri lanka used samaraweera

only at home and ideally not in important games

 

[capt_Luffy]

Wicketkeeper- Naman Ojha is the single best with the bat for the longer form of the game, but him not being safe behind the stumps is a valid concern. The same, though, can also be said of Saha- someone who's played plenty of games as a specialist batsman is hardly trustworthy behind the stumps. Karthik was far and away the best wicketkeeper in India, among the prospects, but his last international appearances had him spilling enough chances to make Dhoni look a top keeper. Maybe he's back to his best with the gloves, so he can have a shot. Maybe India can pick a wicketkeeper who's inferior with the bat, as long as he's solid behind the stumps- and leave the run-scoring to a bowler.

I know this post is really old; but I truly find it fascinating that there was a time when people weren't confident in Saha's keeping but were in his batting; and they were confident in Karthik's keeping but not batting.....

 

[capt_Luffy]

Very interesting schedule for India.

We play these 2 remaining T20s in INdia tomorrow and sunday and then we have our T20I series against RSA kicking off next sunday.

And the sunday after that, we are playing 3 ODI series against RSA.

I am assuming we are not gonna play any of our test players in these series, except maybe Shreyas, Ishan, Jaiswal.

Squads I would hope we go with to RSA -

White Ball -

Jaiswal, Rutu, Ishan (wk), Shreyas (vc), SKY (c), Rinku, Washy, Axar, Bishnoi, D Chahar, Mukesh, Arshdeep, Shardul, Prasidh/Avesh, Jitesh (wk), Kuldeep.

Tests -

Jaiswal, Rohit (c), Gill, Virat, Ishan(wk), Shreyas, Jaddu, Ash, Shami, Bumrah, Siraj, Prasidh, Shardul, Rahul, Axar, Rutu.

Man given Ishan's recent form with the gloves, I wish Rahul could keep in Tests as well.....

 

[Daemon]

Nortje’s going to be back for the test series and wreck us

 

[Arachnodouche]

Nothing short of reckless endangerment exposing Iyer on SA tracks. That's not even a snarky comment; the guy can get genuinely hurt with his technique. Does he sign a waiver in case of injury because he ought to sue the BCCI if he gets messed up....

 

[honestbharani]

Think Shreyas will surprise quite a few here.

 

[Nintendo]

Assuming everyone is fit, the xi is probably

1.Jaiswal
2.Rohit
3.Gill?
4.Kohli
5.?
6.Kishan/Pant
7.Jadeja

If iyer doesn't bat 5 who does? Rahane? Iyer has issues vs the short ball but he's a step above the other options india have for that spot AFAIK.

 

[honestbharani]

 

[honestbharani]

Good squads tbh. If Shami is not fit, wondering if they will keep Arshdeep for the tests.