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Indian Batting Order for ONE DAY!

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
I would have thought that if he really hated it then he wouldn't still be doing it.

Something would've been said behind closed doors.
 

alexkumar

Banned
He is already did. It is just that Ganguly is over using DRAVID for Teams Interests when he can't even BAT.

Dravid is silent but won't be long before he speak up.

Dravid will do wicket keeping in important matches like Finals to give batting depth.

Not for all this crappy matches. Ganguly hates Dravid , i think that is why he is forcing Dravid to do wicket keeping even against Crappy UAE Team.

That is not nice in Ganguly's part.

It is pathetic and it should be condemed.

later
 

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
alexkumar said:
He is already did. It is just that Ganguly is over using DRAVID for Teams Interests when he can't even BAT.

Ganguly can bat though, and pretty successfully in ODIs.
 

V Reddy

International Debutant
marc71178 said:
So all he needs to do is improve his wicket-keeping.

So why pick him then?

Domestic runs shouldn't make someone a Test Keeper.
That was an old article. Karthik kept well in the Ranji Semis and Finals and looked much more efficient than he was in the WC. I guess his wicketkeeping on the A tour to Kenya and Zim, would dictate whether he will make the grade soon or will it take time.Another article on him

Parthiv's biggest competition
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
Isn't MS Dhoni from Bihar the wicketkeeper for that tour?

India need wicket keeping Batsman , not just wicket keeper.
Why does the wicketkeeper always have to bat like a top order batsman? Why not a bowler? There are no wicketkeepers in India who can bat that well, and no batsmen in India whose wicketkeeping is of any standard. But there can be batsmen in India who can bowl regularly and enough bowlers in India who can bat in the top 6, so why look for a batting wicketkeeper?
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
But why Dhoni? Because he's from Bihar? Obviously, Samant and Ratra are far better- Samant is more dependable, while Ratra is faster.
 

V Reddy

International Debutant
Arjun said:
But why Dhoni? Because he's from Bihar? Obviously, Samant and Ratra are far better- Samant is more dependable, while Ratra is faster.
B'coz Ratra and Samant just aren't good enough with the bat 8-) .
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
V Reddy said:
B'coz Ratra and Samant just aren't good enough with the bat 8-) .
Hmmm...do they need to be? If they score 20-30 runs at a low position, that should be enough. Besides, Powar and Pathan, with six specialist batsmen, are good enough with the bat. And what's more important for a wicketkeeper? Batting or Keeping? There's little or no use for a wicketkeeper's batting in a team like this. As for Samant, he has 8 FC half-centuries and he does not drop catches. Ratra is the fastest wicketkeeper in India, so he too should get a look-in again. Of course, in my plans, a wicketkeeper comes in at 9, so I would choose the best gloveman, but the selectors think of wicketkeeping as a supplement to batting, while it is a very unique skill, perfected only by 1 out of 11.
 

alexkumar

Banned
India desperately need WICKET KEEPING BATSMAN , we can't put DRAVID in a risk by keep asking do wicket keeping against UAE.

That is outrageous and should be condemed.

Dravid is being nice. Ganguly is over exploiting his niceness.

Dravid will do wicket keeping in the world cup or important finals. Not every ordinary matches. That is ridicoulous.

DINESH KARTHIK Is future ADAM GILCHRIST OF INDIA.

later
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
And is Dhoni good enough to make it to an A-team on his batting alone? I hae never come across even 1 wicketkeeper in India who's as good as a top-6 batsman with the bat.
 

alexkumar

Banned
India have enough Batsman, We need to replace Dravids wicket keeping duty with another wicket keeper.

If that wicket keeper have batting it will be a bonus.

To beat australia , India needs to have 7 batsman or 6 batsman +1 alrounder.

India does n't have a good consistant alrounder atpresent. Agarkar is inconsistant.

So we have to replace that position with wicket keeper batsman.

Pathiv Patel is unfit to be a Batsman of International caliber.

He needs to play more ranji trophy matches to improve his batting.

later
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
India does n't have a good consistant alrounder atpresent. Agarkar is inconsistant.

So we have to replace that position with wicket keeper batsman.
There are a few good all-rounders, but absolutely no wicketkeeper batsmen.
 

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
alexkumar said:
To beat australia , India needs to have 7 batsman or 6 batsman +1 alrounder.

So we have to replace that position with wicket keeper batsman.

Which leaves just 4 bowlers...

What's wrong with Dravid as the "all rounder" keeper-batsman?
 

tooextracool

International Coach
marc71178 said:
But when Dravid is doing a passable job, why replace him with a "specialist" who needs keeping training to come up to standard?
because it increases the chance of burn out , for your best batsman to keep for 50 overs and then bat again for long periods of time. 3 yrs to the wc, you'd think its time to try and find another keeper-batsman
 

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