India in New Zealand 2020

[prasen9]

With their pacers injured for the T20Is, New Zealand may rely on Sodhi and Santner to do the damage in the middle overs. And, this India is not that great wrt spinners. That is where Iyer may be useful and may shine. Let's hope he does not have to bat in the series though even though he is in the team

[prasen9]

Vijay Shankar got hit hard again. He should be only seen as a batsman for now.

[Sin Hombre]

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Not a great batting lineup with no Gill.

[prasen9]

India lost the second List-A/ODI match. Until now, Shaw and Ruturaj got an above-60 score and have been great. Both failed today but you cannot hit a century every match you play. Kru and Shankar have been fine with the bat too but could not play the long innings to haul the team over. Gill was dropped/injured/rested and has been a touch below par in the three matches he played this series. Surya, Ishant, Mayank, and Samson have largely failed.

[Sin Hombre]

We won the first T20I

Chahal is a pathetic cricketer. Can't field, can't catch, can't bat and is an average bowler.

Iyer took one good catch, and took India home with his batting, after both KL and Kohli were dismissed in quick succession, and Dubey didn't last long either.

Shami was again terrible in T20. He is great in ODIs and tests, let's preserve him for those formats. Shardul got hammered as well, how much does his batting at 8 compensate for his less than required quality bowling.

Pandey with some nothing batting in the T20 format, another one who should not be playing this format at all.

Some poor fielding from NZ helped us. Kohli almost got KL run out and then Sodhi dropped Kohli though Guptill took a good catch soon after so damage was limited.

[prasen9]

I would bring in Samson for Manish or for Dube. And Saini for Shami. For now, Thakur stays but we should have Bumrah and Saini bowl the last overs.

See I told you Iyer is actually trying to be a good fielder and is succeeding. He has a good arm. So, he can be a good outfielder. Do not know much about his speed but he is young and now it is not bad. Wrt Chahal vs Kuldeep, I would prefer Kuldeep too.

[prasen9]

If the objective is to build depth, we should play the following team. Rest Bumrah, Jadeja, Kohli, Rohit, Chahal.

Samson, Rahu (c)l, Pandey, Iyer, Dube, Pant (wk), Sundar, Kuldeep, Thakur, Saini, Shami.

Why not? Who cares about this series? And, Bumrah got an injury scare in the last match. Rest him. Get Saini in. Shami needs more experience with T20Is. He has hardly played them.

Also, I have no idea why we are playing Sandeep Warrier instead of Siraj? I know Jay will be happy with him getting a chance but I do not think he has done that well in List-A or T20 matches. He has a good FC record though. Warrier, Shankar, and Krunal could not keep the pressure up and take wickets. So, NZ-A ended up from 105-6 to 270/7!

Khalil Ahmed was bowling very well but he got injured and went back to the NCA. Porel has bowled very well too but he has to figure out how to bowl at the end and is a tad expensive. Siraj took wickets but was more expensive and averaged more runs/wicket than Porel. But, Siraj at least got the wickets. Warrier does not get wickets and is not containing. In this series he is averaging 100 runs/wicket and 6.25 runs/over. Axar keeps things quiet. And, Krunal is a poor man's Axar with the ball, higher runs/wicket and runs/over. Chahar has been mediocre with the ball to bad though he has not got hit badly. Overall, nobody really shone with the ball though Porel is a person to keep an eye on.

[prasen9]

Mayank failed again. Pretty bad 5 matches for Mayank in NZ.

[Sin Hombre]

Same team again, don't understand Kohli's selections.

Would say this is India's best T20 xi right now
Rohit (Shaw* if he is given chances)
KL
Kohli
Iyer
? (need someone who can average 25 with a 140+ s/r)
Hardik
Jadeja
Bhuvi
Kuldeep
Saini
Bumrah

Pandey should be taken as the 12th man, as good a fielder as Jadeja.

edit: Shardul concedes 13 in the very first over.
Chahal the worst of the Indian bowlers again.
Kohli drops an absolute sitter again.

[Sin Hombre]

Shami with one of his best spells in T20. Bumrah was brilliant as usual. Sluggish pitch and Jadeja comes alive very quickly.

Kohli had no confidence in Shardul to bowl 4 overs again.

[prasen9]

Dube is the one who has batted at above 28 and over 150.

You have six bowlers. Hardik and Jadeja have not shown they can bat in t20Is. On the other hand, we have not seen any batsmen put up their hand either. By the numbers it has to be Karthik. But, he is out of favor. I hope he does well in the IPL and gets into reckoning. Or else, we can try something unorthodox and put Prithvi in there and move Rahul to the MO. This team management will not give chances to people like Samson or Prithvi it seems. Or Gill.

Going purely by the numbers it is Rahul, Rohit, Kohli, Iyer, Karthik, Dube, Pandey/Dhawan/Hardik/Vijay and four bowlers.

Pandey and Dhawan are too slow. Hardik is too flaky.

Vijay is the only one who averages near 25 and around 140.

[Sin Hombre]

Karthik is a(nother) victim of Kohli confusing formats.

He was never a middle order ODI batsman but has been frozen out after the WC semi. He is definitely one of the best options for the middle order in T20s though.

[prasen9]

Actually, for T20Is, we should try Axar Patel instead of Jadeja just again to build depth. And/or give Sundar some games and let him bat higher up the order to see what he can do with the bat. Say, have either come at #6 or #7.

[Sin Hombre]

We should do full scale experimentation if we go up 3-0 for the final 2 T20Is.

Rest Kohli, Rohit, Bumrah, Shami, Jadeja. Play Pant as opener, Pandey at 3, Samson at 5. Saini, Kuldeep, Axar in.

[PKBasu]

Mayank failed again. Pretty bad 5 matches for Mayank in NZ.

After making 8 in the first practice match, Mayank made 32, 29, 37 and 24 -- all but one at or close to a run a ball. I wouldn't say he "failed again", when batting with a partner who was blazing away at a strike rate of 120-150.

Gill made 50 (off 66), 24 (off 22) and 30 (off 35) in the 3 matches he played for India A.

Prithwi Shaw made 150 (off 100), 48 (off 35), 2 (off 2) and 55 (off 38 balls) in the 4 matches he's played for India A. Shaw is the in-form player for ODIs.