rohit sharma as a odi opener- 95 odis 95 innings 9 times not out 4627 runs average 53.80 strike rate 91.10 100s 15 50s 22...that means 37 scores of 50 plus in 95 odi innings...and people blame him for scoring 1 fifty in 10 innings! rohit has scored 10 away odi 100s 6 of them in aus eng sa...
dhawan as a odi opener 101 odis 101 innings 6 time not out 4361 runs average 45.90 strike rate 93.44 100s 13 50s 25 that means 38 scores of 50 plus in 101 odi innings...and people blame him for scoring 1 fifty in 10 innings! dhawan has scored 9 away odi 100s with 7 of them coming in aus eng sa and nz
dhoni has created a fantastic team from scratch in all formats of the game...the players he introduced, gave support confidence and groomed have developed into fantastic players...people say ganguly gave opener sehwag...dhoni has given openers vijay rohit dhawan rahul....when dhoni made rohit and dhawan openers in odis and gave them chances many people criticised him...i told many times that these two are india's best odi openers till date with only sachin ganguly pair coming close...rohit has averages 50 plus as an opener for the last 5-6 years...same for dhawan who has been a great odi opener and the first 3 batsmen rohit dhawan kohli have been giving great starts continuously for the last 4-5 years...so much so that next batsmen get very few chances to score big in the last few years....people criticize dhoni that he has not scored much in the last few years but what chances has he been getting for the last few years..by the time he comes to bat not much deliveries remain for him...sometimes he is sent even after rahane iyer pandya...in such cases it is foolish to expect big scores from him...whatever few chances he gets when early wickets fell he has rarely failed to score big...
our first 3 odi batsmen remind of the old wi batsmen...greendige haynes and vivian richards...
Congrats to Virat & co. for registering the 1st Indian series win SA ever.Though Virat led the team well taking even some bold decisions but it is not correct that it was a perfect team effort.The spin twin of Chahal and Kuldeep made all the difference between the two sides with the Proteas depleted of full strength too.The brittle m.o Indian batting hardly looks reassuring looking to the 2019 WC.Even the 5-7 positions unable to accelerate adequately towards finish with a flourish is a greater concern. Pandya, the pacer all-rounder looks good attitude wise but is highly inconsistent both with bat and ball needing to sharpen skill further.Coming to Rohit inspite of his belated century he looks a dicey proposition as opener given his somewhat lazy stance and approach in crunch k.o games in WC, CH trophy etc. He will be better strengthening the 5-7 position along with Rahul that will help final acceleration in the death overs.Rahane can open with Dhawan.Dhoni is too slow to wield his bat to the rushing ball thus failing to connect and middle his shot slowing down the run rate at crucial end phase.So all in all the bating is still work in progress.Only one area ready for WC with adequate bench strength is bowling.That is certainly a big plus.
Re: Indian Team
by CHAKRABORTY I on Feb 15, 2018 11:10 AM
rohit will always struggle when the ball is moving. Hes a fat track bully. unless India finds a solid middle order player winning the world cup will be a distant dream. Rahane and Shreyas Aiyar is average and not a long term bet
Re: Indian Team
by CHAKRABORTY I on Feb 15, 2018 11:11 AM
rohit will always struggle when the ball is moving. Hes a fat track bully. unless India finds a solid middle order player winning the world cup will be a distant dream. Rahane and Shreyas Aiyar is average and not a long term bet
