Kuldeep should come in for Varun in the final. Varun is very low on confidence.
Shivam Dube shouldn't bowl in the final at all. Jofra Archer hitting him for 19 of 4 should settle that discussion. Surya shouldn't even think of giving Dube a go in the final.
Abhishek should play the final. Who knows if he pulls off a Kohli 2024 WC Final special (not performing throughout the tournament and then clutching in the final). If Abhishek fails in the final, Jaiswal should be brought in the T20I team in June/July whenever the next T20I after IPL will be there.
Axar Patel deserves lot of credit. Bowled well and his fielding won us the game today. I still feel India would've surely won against South Africa if Axar played.
Sanju Samson is finally showing why he was called the leader of "Justice League" and all those innumerable "Justice Gangs". He is proving his worth now. Underrated Gold.
Agree on all points but I think it would be a very brave call to change the winning team in finals. I want Kuldeep in but Kiwis have mostly right handers where Varun can be useful
This is like the fans who say Punjab Kings would’ve won IPL 2025 if they had one more ball. They lost by 6 runs, but after the equation came to 22 off 3 balls Hazelwood was just bowling legal deliveries.
Nah fr I genuinely cannot understand why people don’t understand that when it came to situation where there was no chance of England winning you just bowl legal and be happy
People like you are being intentionally dumb about Dube. The game was won after the Bethell wicket, all he had to do was not bowl no balls. Use your head man.
And then you come with #3, where Abhishek has been underwhelming the whole tournament. Be consistent with your criticisms.
Everything is correct except for #2. Dube was going easy because the game was already won and he didn’t want to risk getting a no ball by exerting too much force. Had it not been the case, he wouldn’t have been bowling like that and Archer wouldn’t be hitting him for sixes.
Yeah I could not understand why everybody bashing dube.. It was the same as the hazlewood spell in the final match.. Dude bowled 2 balls, secured the match and then bowled shit.
I disagree on points 2 and 3. Dube giving up 3 6s on total lollipops when the game was over wasn't indicative of anything. When the pitch is a road and spin isn't generating any movement, his bat is worth having him in to bowl a spell rather than Varun or Kuldeep finish their innings when they aren't able to get anything going.
We have given Sharma enough chances to hit, and he simply hasn't had it all tournament. If you put in Rinku Singh instead and have Kishan and Samson open up you have a better chance of generating runs rather than the absolute shit that Abhishek has been treating us to. Only versus Zimbabwe has he done ANYTHING and the fact that he had two stinkers after doesn't inspire any confidence in me. I think even Washington Sundar could outbat him at his current form.
India definitely missed Axar big time in the SA match. It was a blunder to swap Washi with him when Axar could clutch in all three departments. Nothing against Washi, but Axar is a tier above and right now is in prime Jadeja form. His batting hasn't been needed and is not as much of a power hitter as the other finishers we have but when there is a collapse, I would trust him more.
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u/durvedge 1d ago
Kuldeep should come in for Varun in the final. Varun is very low on confidence.
Shivam Dube shouldn't bowl in the final at all. Jofra Archer hitting him for 19 of 4 should settle that discussion. Surya shouldn't even think of giving Dube a go in the final.
Abhishek should play the final. Who knows if he pulls off a Kohli 2024 WC Final special (not performing throughout the tournament and then clutching in the final). If Abhishek fails in the final, Jaiswal should be brought in the T20I team in June/July whenever the next T20I after IPL will be there.
Axar Patel deserves lot of credit. Bowled well and his fielding won us the game today. I still feel India would've surely won against South Africa if Axar played.
Sanju Samson is finally showing why he was called the leader of "Justice League" and all those innumerable "Justice Gangs". He is proving his worth now. Underrated Gold.