England in India LOI Series 2025
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Re: England in India LOI Series 2025
Multidimmensional players working for the T20 team. Management should look such probables and build replacements. One dimmensionals should be considered only for longer formats
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Re: England in India LOI Series 2025
I’m curious—How come you go in a radio silence when the team does well but can’t help yourself from posting when they lose? I clearly remember during the golden run to finals in LOI World Cup, you didn’t hardly say a word, but then reappeared with your single agenda when test cricket was happening. Be fair please.Rajkumar Sharma wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 3:28 am Multidimmensional players working for the T20 team. Management should look such probables and build replacements. One dimmensionals should be considered only for longer formats

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This is complete B.S. Any team in the world will beg to have a one-dimensional player. His name is Jaspreet Bumrah.Rajkumar Sharma wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 3:28 am Multidimmensional players working for the T20 team. Management should look such probables and build replacements. One dimmensionals should be considered only for longer formats
We need to bat up to #8 and the last three should be good enough to hit 1-2 fours and have some mighty swings and the calmness to rotate strike if a better batter is on the other side.
In fact, Bumrah, Arshdeep, and Varun cannot really bat. But, the first two can last 5-6 balls and have some mighty slogs. That is enough for #9-11. They should not be dropped.
Similarly, SkAY, Yashasvi, etc. can bat very well and not bowl. We do not need 11 players who can bowl. So, having 3 or even four pure batters is fine. What we need is people with high strike rates and those who do not get out quickly every time, i.e., a qualifying average of 25 and then choose the highest strike-rate batters.
But, yes, having 6-7 people who can bowl without sacrificing batting is what we need. Nitish, Dube, Hardik, Axar, Parag form that core. Abhishek and Tilak should be bowled more often in the bilaterals so that we do not lose their bowling prowess. Even Yashasvi should be told to turn his arm around if he finds a slot in the first team.
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Re: England in India LOI Series 2025
Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma have really lit up this T20I series. Tilak is more of an all-format prospect. He should be considered for the ODI and test teams too, given his solid domestic record in all formats.
Sanju Samson is too inconsistent, and it seems Suryakumar's purple patch (lasting about 3 years) is well and truly over. We might soon have to move on from Surya in particular, given the abundance of young talent available.
Sanju Samson is too inconsistent, and it seems Suryakumar's purple patch (lasting about 3 years) is well and truly over. We might soon have to move on from Surya in particular, given the abundance of young talent available.
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Yes, Sanju Samson is too inconsistent. But, the others we have tried have been totally rank bad. I hope a good wicket-keeper batter who can hit the ball emerges. Before anyone says it, Pant cannot hit the ball in T20Is or is mentally not capable of playing fearless innings starting from ball 1. He is a total dada in test cricket when the field is up but Pant cannot consistently clear the boundary when there are five fielders on the boundary. If we can get a wicket-keeper who can hit in the middle order, then that helps us slot in Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is a generational talent and has a phenomenal SR, etc. Or, we can try Yashasvi in the middle order and see whether he can cut it. The top order in T20Is seem booked with Samson, Abhishek and Tilak. Tilak only shined when allowed to bat at #3. Don't know if he can similarly shine at a lower position too. But, for now, in the top-3, the weakest link is Samson. I hope we find someone who can bat better than him (is more consistent) without sacrificing the SR he brings in. I will take 25@150+ from Samson though if the alternative is the super-slow Pant or Ishan OR the even more inconsistent but fast Jitesh.
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Re: England in India LOI Series 2025
We do not neet Jaiswal in T20Is, neither Jurel. Kishan & Samson should be two keepers set for the next T20 WC . Gambhir and his team management doing everything right in T20Is, they should'nt go in wrong way at the middle of the path when WC is nearer. Work should be done on Ramandeep & Dube' s bowling
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Varun Chakravarthy has been added to the ODI squad for the England series. Well-deserved, as he has a solid List A bowling record. But of course, I hope he doesn't get drafted into the test side: he has played a single first class match, taking 1/105.
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Jaiswal has succeeded in T20Is. He has scored runs and has scored it fast. I would not put any of the current 11 out. But, Yashasvi is the answer when any batter is out of form or is injured. He should absolutely be a backup. He has batted beautifully and better than Samson certainlly.Rajkumar Sharma wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 3:13 pmWe do not neet Jaiswal in T20Is, neither Jurel. Kishan & Samson should be two keepers set for the next T20 WC . Gambhir and his team management doing everything right in T20Is, they should'nt go in wrong way at the middle of the path when WC is nearer. Work should be done on Ramandeep & Dube' s bowling
Ishan Kishan is a hopeless character. Meek and cannot hit. He should be nowhere near the T20I team. Terribly slow and selfish batting. We don't want any more of that. Jurel has not shown anything either. Right now, Rahul has done the best and should be the backup. But, we should try to unearth a new guy as a keeper in case Samson keeps on failing. There is absolutely no reasoin to choose people who cannot hit consistently like Pant and Ishan Kishan as keepers. Rahul scores more runs and is much faster. I do not like him or Samson per se fully but they have performed and they should be in the team. No freebies to failures like Pant and Kishan anymore. We have had enough of tuktuk batters. We need fearless batters like those in the team.
Absolutely, work should be done on Ramandeep and Dube's bowling. But, also on Nitish and Tilak and Abhishek's. The more overs we can get from the batting allrounders the more deep we can bat.
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Terrible planning by BCCI. The next tournament is Champions Trophy. We have not played ODIs in a while. The next T20I tournament is next year at home. Why on earth are we playing three ODIs and five T20Is? It should have been the other way around. In three matches, what really can you check out? Kuldeep is returning and we need to get him match fit. So, there is pretty much no way to play Varun without weakening the bowling lineup. Unless, you want to just throw the series. Which we can do. Then, we play both and bowl them both 20 overs each match ... But, I doubt we will do that. We cannot play them both because both cannot bat. As well as our pacers in Shami and Arshdeep, both of whom cannot bat. Both need game time too because Shami is coming back from an injury and Arshdeep is terribly inexperienced in ODIs and experience in the format matters for top tournaments. And, in the last match we need to play Bumrah.
On top of that, Jadeja had a bad back and did not bowl in his last Ranji match. And, Sundar is an iffy guy, who we need to check out too. So, too much uncertainty in the bowling side and too few games.
Then, you have the issue of Rahul vs Pant or two of Rahul, Iyer, Pant. Who is in form and who is not? Etc. Stupid to have only three games. Champions Trophy is also not like the long league-format WC where you can lose a few games and use some cupcake matches to get people into form. 5 games and pretty much each game is very important. A fluke loss here or there and you are out. So, better tuneups should have been made.
On top of that, Jadeja had a bad back and did not bowl in his last Ranji match. And, Sundar is an iffy guy, who we need to check out too. So, too much uncertainty in the bowling side and too few games.
Then, you have the issue of Rahul vs Pant or two of Rahul, Iyer, Pant. Who is in form and who is not? Etc. Stupid to have only three games. Champions Trophy is also not like the long league-format WC where you can lose a few games and use some cupcake matches to get people into form. 5 games and pretty much each game is very important. A fluke loss here or there and you are out. So, better tuneups should have been made.
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Re: England in India LOI Series 2025
Good job by the bowlers so far. England in trouble at 206/7 after 40 overs. Harshit Rana has been expensive on debut, but has picked up the wickets of Duckett, Brook and Livingstone. Jadeja got the crucial one of Root, and has been economical (21 runs in 6 overs). Shami has been solid (1/31 in 7 overs, including one maiden).
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Since Kohli is not playing, Indian batting starts with 0/1 ( Rohit) instead of 0/2. They have to figure out other 9 batters to see if they can do something in Champions trophy.
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Good solid win by India.
For the next match, we should rest Gill, who had a bit of a hamstring cramp and bring in Kohli. Yashasvi was not good today and we need to give him some experience. So, he, Kohli, and Rohit should play the rest of the two matches to come into form. Maybe rest Iyer too and give Rahul and Pant a run. Just to get everyone in the team some game time. However, Iyer himself may be rusty. This is why it is so stupid to have only three matches and have a five match T20I series.
Rest Patel and play Sundar for a game too. They may do this after the series is won, if it is, in the second match I suppose.
If we are satisfied with Shami's fitness, I would play Arshdeep in the second game. Bumrah comes back in the third game. So, this is the chance.
My XI: Rohit, Yashasvi, Kohli, Pant, Rahul, Hardik, Washy, Rana, Kuldeep, Varun, Arshdeep.
For the next match, we should rest Gill, who had a bit of a hamstring cramp and bring in Kohli. Yashasvi was not good today and we need to give him some experience. So, he, Kohli, and Rohit should play the rest of the two matches to come into form. Maybe rest Iyer too and give Rahul and Pant a run. Just to get everyone in the team some game time. However, Iyer himself may be rusty. This is why it is so stupid to have only three matches and have a five match T20I series.
Rest Patel and play Sundar for a game too. They may do this after the series is won, if it is, in the second match I suppose.
If we are satisfied with Shami's fitness, I would play Arshdeep in the second game. Bumrah comes back in the third game. So, this is the chance.
My XI: Rohit, Yashasvi, Kohli, Pant, Rahul, Hardik, Washy, Rana, Kuldeep, Varun, Arshdeep.
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Re: England in India LOI Series 2025
I was surprised (but shouldn't have been) that Gill and not Jadeja was adjudged man of the match (cricket is a batsman's game, especially in the eyes of sponsors!). Jadeja's economical match-winning spell won us the match, and he knocked off some quick runs at the end too.
I don't mind some shuffling of the decks for the next match: Pant for Rahul, Kohli for one of the in-form batsmen. Arshdeep needs to play, and Varun will probably come in place of Kuldeep.
I don't mind some shuffling of the decks for the next match: Pant for Rahul, Kohli for one of the in-form batsmen. Arshdeep needs to play, and Varun will probably come in place of Kuldeep.
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Absolutely. MoM was Jadeja. Stupid bias in MoM selections as always.
Don't get me wrong. Gill's innings was superb. But, so was Iyer's and Axar's. And, Rana got the wickets to get the slide going (but gave away a lot of runs). Rana is a big gamble. He does not have very good control over his line and length. I would rather have Siraj - except if we are going with four pacers and we need someone to bat at #8.
Kuldeep needs more game time after his injury. I'd rather have both Kuldeep and Varun and rest Axar or Jadeja. Similarly, Rana, Arshdeep need game time. If Shami needs mor bowling, then he should be in the side too.
Just treat the next two games as practice games and forget about team balance, etc.
Don't get me wrong. Gill's innings was superb. But, so was Iyer's and Axar's. And, Rana got the wickets to get the slide going (but gave away a lot of runs). Rana is a big gamble. He does not have very good control over his line and length. I would rather have Siraj - except if we are going with four pacers and we need someone to bat at #8.
Kuldeep needs more game time after his injury. I'd rather have both Kuldeep and Varun and rest Axar or Jadeja. Similarly, Rana, Arshdeep need game time. If Shami needs mor bowling, then he should be in the side too.
Just treat the next two games as practice games and forget about team balance, etc.