*Official* India in Bangladesh 2015

[cnerd123]

Move Kohli down IMO.

Looking towards 2019, I think India should build towards a top 7 of:

Dhawan (33)
Rohit (32)
Rahane (31)
Kohli (*) (30)
Raina (32)
Keeper (???)
Allrounder (???)

Uthappa will be 33 at the time, but I figure India would like a couple of younger men to fill those slots.

No real young, stand-out lower-order players come to mind atm. Sanju Samson is the best young keeper around - Saha will be 34 when 2019 rolls around, while Ojha will be 35 and Karthik 34. Goswami could be a dark-horse for the slot; will be 30 then, and has played for the U-19 side. Good List A and IPL records too. But he is more a top-order batsman.

Suryakumar Yadav could be a decent all-round option. The Pathan brothers will be 36 and 34 by 2019, Parvez Rasool only 30 but he doesn't seem to be in vogue anymore. Binny will be 35, as will Nayar, while the medium-paced domestic god Rishi Dhawan will be 29, but he really needs to get a run sooner rather than later.

To compare - Jadeja and Axar will be 30 and 25.

 

[cnerd123]

Yeah it's a tricky one because I think the best options to get more solid run output and take the pressure off the top three (thinking Vijay and Rahane here) would only really be effective in the top three themselves.

Rayudu is dire though. I guess I'd think about giving Kedar Jadhav a run at 5. Shreyas Iyer is an option if they want to take more of a punt.

Jadhav, Iyer, Pandey, one of the Tiwaries...lots of decent options but none of them are really a capable 5/6.

Basically all the best young batsmen in India now are top-order players. Reckon Kohli should move down a bit since he'll soon be the best finisher in the side.

 

[anil1405]

So now the question is, do we use the 3rd ODI for a bit of experimenting, or do we go for the #Banglawash ?

What experimenting will we do? Whom do we have on the bench to experiment with? (on the batting front)

 

[Daemon]

Bangladeshi guy on my facebook

Retribution is a dish best served cold. Fixing match in world cup made you win the match, but tonight even your almighty couldn't save you from the wrath of tigers.

Very tempted to comment

 

[Prince EWS]

Jadhav, Iyer, Pandey, one of the Tiwaries...lots of decent options but none of them are really a capable 5/6.

Basically all the best young batsmen in India now are top-order players. Reckon Kohli should move down a bit since he'll soon be the best finisher in the side.

Jadhav actually has spent a lot of time at 4/5 in domestic one dayers; it's why I suggested him.

 

[OverratedSanity]

@Daemon Please do

 

[Prince EWS]

Bangladeshi guy on my facebook



Very tempted to comment

Suggest that the opposite is true IMO.

 

[Daemon]

Jadhav actually has spent a lot of time at 4/5 in domestic one dayers; it's why I suggested him.

Yeah he's a good shout. Not sure why he was discarded after that solitary game.

 

[smash84]

Bangladeshi guy on my facebook



Very tempted to comment

That's hilarious

You should comment something along the lines of revenge when bangers come to india

 

[Sarun]

I reckon even Samson is better at around top order.


I think an youngster need to be given a run down the order there the entire Zim ODI series and SA ODI series rather than persist with the usual suspects.

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

Suggest that the opposite is true IMO.

Well if you want to be conspiracy theorist:

India by losing has knocked out either of its best friends in Pakistan or the West Indies from the ICC Champions trophy.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Haven't watched any of this series, whats he like?

best thing about mustafiz is that he actually uses his brain unlike rbx for example. it's just that he uses cutters very effectively. bowls stumps to stumps. from his 120 deliveries that he bowled, there were hardly any bad deliveries. there was only one i can recall that he pitched short onto the leg side and rohit hit him for six. generally he bowls 133 kph range and his fastest clocked at 137 kph. he can move the ball away from RHs after pitching it or the angle that takes it away but does not have those inswingers to RHs yet. Thats why i think when he bowls to LHs, he uses mostly cutters or bowls within stumps. to me, he becomes more lethal when ball gets a bit old. simply destroyed in both his second spells of two matches. the ball he got Jadeja bowled, that reverse swung probably. from the indian batsmen, i think kohli played him best in the 2nd match. he came down the track and hit him off his legs. batsmen have to regularly use their feet in order to play him effectively. if someone pushes the bat forward like rohit in 1st match or dhoni in 2nd match, the ball loops in the air or gets an outside edge as in case for ashwin.

 

[weldone]

Dhawan
Rohit
Rahane
Kohli
Dhoni
Raina
Jadeja

imo

 

[Athlai]

Sounds like Mustafitz, Rubel and Mortaza will be a handy limited overs quick attack.

 

[viriya]

Sounds like a Vaas clone. He had some fun in ODIs vs India back in the day.

 

[sujay]

Why most people are blaming Rayudu! How can you expect a player to perform good, by selecting him once in ten matches. He still has over 40 averages, not solely based on not outs. And, look how he contributes for MI.

 

[Daemon]

You're right, we shouldn't blame Rayudu. It's not really his fault he's not good enough.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Lol

 

[OverratedSanity]

You're right, we shouldn't blame Rayudu. It's not really his fault he's not good enough.

He's not wrong though. Rayudu isn't a great batsman, but the problem is Rahane hasn't really done as well as he should've so far. I actually think Rayudu is better than Rahane in ODIs at the moment. Doesn't mean Rahane should've been dropped anyway, that was stupid.

 

[paddymadlad]

I love Rahane. He's an excellent test player for all conditions but in odis, he often struggles to get going. He finds it hard to rotate the strike and often gets out playing silly no-value shots. Having said that, I'd give him time to settle into a fixed role, rather than constantly moving him up and down the order.