The point of this is not to publish the squad I’d want. There are several roughly equally good squads which are possible given the pool of players IND have available to them. And no matter what squad is selected, there will be players who are good enough to go, who won’t go (this is mathematically inevitable given that the players who good enough to go outnumber the spots available).
Nice read, but I feel for a team like India whose tail is often long, you can't bracket the batting innings into 12 balls per batsman, can you?
May be you divide 120 by 7, which gives about 17 deliveries per batsman.
I believe there is room for one anchor in a top T20 side and Kohli is the best at this role imo. The problem is when we play too many anchor type batsmen. Rohit, Rahul, Dhawan, Iyer when played with Kohli, the problem of Kohli gets accentuated.
My best T20 XI from the pool of players in India at the moment is
Such nice insights. I think anyone who has watched Kohli play between overs 6 to 15 will not include him in their T20 line-up. It's a no risk, no reward equation. Scoring 40 from 35 balls is considered as good by many when compared with 25 of 15 because of the bias towards average.
Extremely laughable post. Kohli is by far India's best t20 batsman and it's not even close . Blindly looking at stats is stupid without context. Kohli single handedly carried the team the last two world t20s and has the ability to perform under pressure. Fill your team with blind sloggers and watch them fall apart in any hint of difficult conditions or pressure.
Knowing Kohli will be captaining the side, can this problem be addressed if Kohli opens and starts to play with a higher strike rate? From my understanding after the last T20 game in the series with England, Kohli and Rohit will look to open, meaning Rahul will potentially lose his place.
Kohli
Rohit
Kishan
SKY
Pant
Hardik
Jadeja
Sundar
Kumar
Siraj
Bumrah, would possibly be the combination India will go, potentially swapping Chahal with Siraj in UAE, going with three spinners
Have a look at kohli s strike rate in t20is.moreover he has been our best batsmen in t20 world cups and he scored very well in t20 world cup knockouts as well.
I am trying to understand how Rohit Sharma with a lower strike rate and lower avg is considered a better fit for T20I and how he estimated as more risk taking than Kohli. Also, there is a thing called recent form right? Kohli has improved his SR since 2019. Similarly S Dhawan has improved his attacking shot percentage since 2018. Don't those factors play a role? I am not interested in defending Kohli, but surely there are gaps in how you apply your logic?
Very well-written article, been frustrated that even commentary panels and experts don't seem to realize or point out that T20 batting is being on the conservative side. However, Kohli is one of the most skillful batters in world cricket, I would phrase it as Kohli should be changing his approach rather than dropping him from the team. Also, V.Chakvarthy is the only spinner that can be trusted to perform on 180-190 run pitches. Jadeja/Sundar can't be relied upon imo.
Nice read, but I feel for a team like India whose tail is often long, you can't bracket the batting innings into 12 balls per batsman, can you?
May be you divide 120 by 7, which gives about 17 deliveries per batsman.
I believe there is room for one anchor in a top T20 side and Kohli is the best at this role imo. The problem is when we play too many anchor type batsmen. Rohit, Rahul, Dhawan, Iyer when played with Kohli, the problem of Kohli gets accentuated.
My best T20 XI from the pool of players in India at the moment is
Kishan
Samson
SKY
Pant
H Pandya
Jadeja
Thakur
Bhuvi
V Chakravarty
Bumrah
The worst thing I have ever read in my life
Such nice insights. I think anyone who has watched Kohli play between overs 6 to 15 will not include him in their T20 line-up. It's a no risk, no reward equation. Scoring 40 from 35 balls is considered as good by many when compared with 25 of 15 because of the bias towards average.
Extremely laughable post. Kohli is by far India's best t20 batsman and it's not even close . Blindly looking at stats is stupid without context. Kohli single handedly carried the team the last two world t20s and has the ability to perform under pressure. Fill your team with blind sloggers and watch them fall apart in any hint of difficult conditions or pressure.
Knowing Kohli will be captaining the side, can this problem be addressed if Kohli opens and starts to play with a higher strike rate? From my understanding after the last T20 game in the series with England, Kohli and Rohit will look to open, meaning Rahul will potentially lose his place.
Kohli
Rohit
Kishan
SKY
Pant
Hardik
Jadeja
Sundar
Kumar
Siraj
Bumrah, would possibly be the combination India will go, potentially swapping Chahal with Siraj in UAE, going with three spinners
Have a look at kohli s strike rate in t20is.moreover he has been our best batsmen in t20 world cups and he scored very well in t20 world cup knockouts as well.
I am trying to understand how Rohit Sharma with a lower strike rate and lower avg is considered a better fit for T20I and how he estimated as more risk taking than Kohli. Also, there is a thing called recent form right? Kohli has improved his SR since 2019. Similarly S Dhawan has improved his attacking shot percentage since 2018. Don't those factors play a role? I am not interested in defending Kohli, but surely there are gaps in how you apply your logic?
Very well-written article, been frustrated that even commentary panels and experts don't seem to realize or point out that T20 batting is being on the conservative side. However, Kohli is one of the most skillful batters in world cricket, I would phrase it as Kohli should be changing his approach rather than dropping him from the team. Also, V.Chakvarthy is the only spinner that can be trusted to perform on 180-190 run pitches. Jadeja/Sundar can't be relied upon imo.