Styris below Mokel? I thought he is a descent middle order batsman.
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Styris below Mokel? I thought he is a descent middle order batsman.
yeah Styris ought to go above him - ur rite...
Hussey and Vijay as a opening batsman avvalo sirappa illaye. Saha-ku badhila Mccullum-a eduthrukalaam.
Hilfenhaus is a brilliant choice. :thumbsup:
The problem with this team is there are a lot of competitors for a #3 or #4 batsman who will come in, play himself in and then go blast in the last few overs
1) MS Dhoni
2) Hussey
3) Badri - minus the blast part in the last overs, although he can atleast do 50% of Dhoni/Hussey's blasting if he avoids trying the cute reverse shots.
Even Raina sometimes needs to play himself in.
Vijay - actually not the blaster on the top. Except for that 127, he either gets out early for a bombastic 20 or needs Raina to blast at the other end so he can play a supporting role.
On the balance, Raina takes #3 for his overall versatility to play situations. That I can see clearly. Otherwise, a little bit of flexibility is needed based on current form.
If Dhoni can rediscover the inner "Saurabh Tiwary" in him, it will be a bonus for this CSK team.
Saha - I dont think he is an option unless Dhoni cannot keep. Even then, he is lightweight as a batsman.
M Vijay
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S Raina
M Hussey
MS Dhoni
Badrinath - with the understanding that he is there to rebuild when the top order fails, and provide reasonable ballast for a reasonable total. In scenarios where instant acceleration is required based on good top order platform, promote your all-rounders. And dont feel you have wasted him in the team because you are keeping him in the team for a different scenario.
Morkel/Bravo - will come in earlier depending on situation and will have a brief to go for ballast.
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Ashwin
Bollinger/Hilfy
Jakati/Spinner
I think Morkel and Bravo can both play with their role being to blast out from the word go. If they fail in the role after a significant number of matches, then bad luck. Better luck next year.
Opening partner to Vijay can be Saha/Abhinav/Arun Karthik/Anirudh/whoever. A quickfire 15 on an average from this player should be considered a success - with the burden consciously placed on Raina/Hussey to play themselves in and provide ballast in the end as their role.
they can try saha in 1 or 2 matches... he is not that bad... his T20 s.r is good. 132.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/co...er/279810.html
Yeah, but the expectation from him should be a quickfire 15 on an average. If yes, and he can keep well, then that's worth trying.
If we start evaluating him on "oh he averages only 15 and never goes on to score big", that will be a problem.
The idea is that he gets that 15 3/5 times. The 2 times he fails, We have raina and hussey to consolidate and blast. If they manage it atleast once out of the two opportunities, 80% of the matches go per your plan. For a captain/coach, that is half the battle won.
athe athe :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
:exactly: opening mattum flexible irukkum pola.Quote:
Originally Posted by directhit
Good points Plum,DH,19thmay and Sourav.
I would love to see CSK play attacking brand of cricket this season. Like champion teams do. Don't worry about losing games.
MVij
MHus/Anirudh
SRai
Badri
MS
Styris/Bravo
AMor
RAsh
SJak
Bolli
STya/Hilfy
Against MI(strong batting), we should go in with both hilfy and bolli and bring in anirudh in place of MHus