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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on March 30, 2021, 01:28:08 PM

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I don't think Robbie will play as an opener for CSK because I guess he was bought as a backup opening batsman since they already have faf and Gaikwod to open the innings so in case of injury or poor performance may get him a chance or else he will be at the bench for this season.

I don't even know whether this Gaikwad guy will find a slot in the playing XI. Robin Uthappa was in terrific form for Kerala during the domestic tournaments recently. And in all probability, CSK will go for Uthappa - du Plessis combo. BTW, if Bravo is fit to play then CSK will face selection conundrum. They can include only 4 overseas players. So in case Bravo, Faf and Curran are selected, only one among these players can be included: Moeen Ali, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi and Hardus Viljoen. Can they really afford to drop Hazlewood?

He's right, their first choice would be Gaikwad-Faf combination. Gaikwad was pretty good buy for them last year and he also scored fair amount of runs with the average of 50 plus. Guess they bought Moeen Ali recently at very high price so i think he would get first chance over anyone else.

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I am expecting him to bat at number 5 position because Raina is back into CSK so he is the best ever batsmen at that position for CSK all the time and number 4 will be Rayudu so Curran at 5 and Dhoni at 6 will be good for destructive death overs for sure and more to add that left and right combo will work and shatter the bowlers line which has been missing in CSK last year due to the absence of Raina.

Raina at no.4 and Curran at no.5 will be really good for CSK. Because one of the issues they faced last time was the slow batting by middle-order (especially from Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni). They have very good top order (Robin Uthappa/Faf du Plessis) and it was due to the slow middle order that they lost so many matches last time, which they would have won otherwise. Raina and Curran should be able to take care of that.

I don't think Robbie will play as an opener for CSK because I guess he was bought as a backup opening batsman since they already have faf and Gaikwod to open the innings so in case of injury or poor performance may get him a chance or else he will be at the bench for this season.

I don't even know whether this Gaikwad guy will find a slot in the playing XI. Robin Uthappa was in terrific form for Kerala during the domestic tournaments recently. And in all probability, CSK will go for Uthappa - du Plessis combo. BTW, if Bravo is fit to play then CSK will face selection conundrum. They can include only 4 overseas players. So in case Bravo, Faf and Curran are selected, only one among these players can be included: Moeen Ali, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi and Hardus Viljoen. Can they really afford to drop Hazlewood?

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Quote from: mersal on March 30, 2021, 10:51:29 AM

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I don't think Robbie will play as an opener for CSK because I guess he was bought as a backup opening batsman since they already have faf and Gaikwod to open the innings so in case of injury or poor performance may get him a chance or else he will be at the bench for this season.

If Faf and Curran will be 2 foreign players then who will be the rest 2?
Tahir? Bravo?

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on March 30, 2021, 06:31:11 AM

Quote from: mersal on March 30, 2021, 05:35:56 AM

I am expecting him to bat at number 5 position because Raina is back into CSK so he is the best ever batsmen at that position for CSK all the time and number 4 will be Rayudu so Curran at 5 and Dhoni at 6 will be good for destructive death overs for sure and more to add that left and right combo will work and shatter the bowlers line which has been missing in CSK last year due to the absence of Raina.

Raina at no.4 and Curran at no.5 will be really good for CSK. Because one of the issues they faced last time was the slow batting by middle-order (especially from Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni). They have very good top order (Robin Uthappa/Faf du Plessis) and it was due to the slow middle order that they lost so many matches last time, which they would have won otherwise. Raina and Curran should be able to take care of that.

I don't think Robbie will play as an opener for CSK because I guess he was bought as a backup opening batsman since they already have faf and Gaikwod to open the innings so in case of injury or poor performance may get him a chance or else he will be at the bench for this season.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on March 30, 2021, 03:50:45 AM

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Sam Curran is not a player who should play at number 8 because in IPL he was coming at number 3, 4 and 5 and got great success to the team and individually even though CSK didn't make it into playoffs. So they should give a balancing team instead of including every batsman who may not fit into that batting position.

I agree. Curran needs to bat either at no.6 or a position above that. The England middle order (especially Buttler, Morgan.etc) failed pathetically during the Indian tour. They could have given an opportunity for Curran to bat higher up the order. Anyway, now the tour is finished and he will be concentrating on the IPL. And I am sure that the CSK management is not stupid enough to waste his batting skills by demoting him to no.8 or no.9.

Its not work like that and not easy at all when your batting line up is filled up with the quality gun batters. If anyone creating team roaster then i'm sure 100% they would put Buttler-Morgan above Sam Curran on the batting order in every single scenario. Only thing English team is concern about Ben Stokes batting order.

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Quote from: mersal on March 30, 2021, 05:35:56 AM

I am expecting him to bat at number 5 position because Raina is back into CSK so he is the best ever batsmen at that position for CSK all the time and number 4 will be Rayudu so Curran at 5 and Dhoni at 6 will be good for destructive death overs for sure and more to add that left and right combo will work and shatter the bowlers line which has been missing in CSK last year due to the absence of Raina.

Raina at no.4 and Curran at no.5 will be really good for CSK. Because one of the issues they faced last time was the slow batting by middle-order (especially from Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni). They have very good top order (Robin Uthappa/Faf du Plessis) and it was due to the slow middle order that they lost so many matches last time, which they would have won otherwise. Raina and Curran should be able to take care of that.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on March 30, 2021, 03:50:45 AM

Quote from: mersal on March 30, 2021, 03:29:13 AM

Sam Curran is not a player who should play at number 8 because in IPL he was coming at number 3, 4 and 5 and got great success to the team and individually even though CSK didn't make it into playoffs. So they should give a balancing team instead of including every batsman who may not fit into that batting position.

I agree. Curran needs to bat either at no.6 or a position above that. The England middle order (especially Buttler, Morgan.etc) failed pathetically during the Indian tour. They could have given an opportunity for Curran to bat higher up the order. Anyway, now the tour is finished and he will be concentrating on the IPL. And I am sure that the CSK management is not stupid enough to waste his batting skills by demoting him to no.8 or no.9.

I am expecting him to bat at number 5 position because Raina is back into CSK so he is the best ever batsmen at that position for CSK all the time and number 4 will be Rayudu so Curran at 5 and Dhoni at 6 will be good for destructive death overs for sure and more to add that left and right combo will work and shatter the bowlers line which has been missing in CSK last year due to the absence of Raina.

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Quote from: mersal on March 30, 2021, 03:29:13 AM

Sam Curran is not a player who should play at number 8 because in IPL he was coming at number 3, 4 and 5 and got great success to the team and individually even though CSK didn't make it into playoffs. So they should give a balancing team instead of including every batsman who may not fit into that batting position.

I agree. Curran needs to bat either at no.6 or a position above that. The England middle order (especially Buttler, Morgan.etc) failed pathetically during the Indian tour. They could have given an opportunity for Curran to bat higher up the order. Anyway, now the tour is finished and he will be concentrating on the IPL. And I am sure that the CSK management is not stupid enough to waste his batting skills by demoting him to no.8 or no.9.

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In the end, no one remembers about such an innings. He even failed to get himself a century. According to the records, India managed to beat England by 7 runs. How they managed to do that is inconsequential. I would say that it was another close match, which England failed to finish properly. The target was not that far for England. With 3 overs remaining, they needed 27 runs. But two tight overs from Hardik and Bhuvneshwar changed the course of the match, before Natarajan finished it.

The England selectors and the team will remember the innings Sam Curran played and that will boost their lower order batting strength and it shows that even if the middle order fails they have depth in the batting line up who could challenge any team and with T20 World cup played in India it will give the selectors an option to pick him in the squad.

Sam Curran is not a player who should play at number 8 because in IPL he was coming at number 3, 4 and 5 and got great success to the team and individually even though CSK didn't make it into playoffs. So they should give a balancing team instead of including every batsman who may not fit into that batting position.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on March 28, 2021, 10:45:53 PM

In the end, no one remembers about such an innings. He even failed to get himself a century. According to the records, India managed to beat England by 7 runs. How they managed to do that is inconsequential. I would say that it was another close match, which England failed to finish properly. The target was not that far for England. With 3 overs remaining, they needed 27 runs. But two tight overs from Hardik and Bhuvneshwar changed the course of the match, before Natarajan finished it.

The England selectors and the team will remember the innings Sam Curran played and that will boost their lower order batting strength and it shows that even if the middle order fails they have depth in the batting line up who could challenge any team and with T20 World cup played in India it will give the selectors an option to pick him in the squad.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on March 28, 2021, 10:45:53 PM

In the end, no one remembers about such an innings. He even failed to get himself a century. According to the records, India managed to beat England by 7 runs. How they managed to do that is inconsequential. I would say that it was another close match, which England failed to finish properly.

Nonsense. Many people including me will always remember how Curran heroically played till the end for his country. This was his first ODI 50 and it would have been his first ODI 100 too though he sadly fell short.

Dismissing his effort and calling India's close win inconsequential is pure stupidity. This is a rare occasion where a bowler almost won the decider for his country which is why it will always be remembered.

Statistically, the margin of victory doesn't matter. Whether you lose by 80 runs or 8 runs, it's the same outcome. Eventually Indian bowlers held their nerve during the last three overs and managed to win the match (and thereby the series). What is the point in putting up such a tough fight, if he can't finish it? The 9th wicket partnership between Mark Wood and Sam Curran was worth 60 runs. If they had scored another 20 runs, then England could have won the match. Also, let's not forget the fact that Mark Wood was run out, after Sam Curran slipped and fell down in his attempt to return to strike.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on March 28, 2021, 10:45:53 PM

In the end, no one remembers about such an innings. He even failed to get himself a century. According to the records, India managed to beat England by 7 runs. How they managed to do that is inconsequential. I would say that it was another close match, which England failed to finish properly.

Nonsense. Many people including me will always remember how Curran heroically played till the end for his country. This was his first ODI 50 and it would have been his first ODI 100 too though he sadly fell short.

Dismissing his effort and calling India's close win inconsequential is pure stupidity. This is a rare occasion where a bowler almost won the decider for his country which is why it will always be remembered.

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Quote from: onecall123 on March 28, 2021, 10:08:33 PM

It was just 8 more runs away, however what a spectaculous performance that was from Sam Curran. That heroic inning will never be forgotten. Such an amazing series it has been. Well played both teams, congrats India on winning the ODI series.

In the end, no one remembers about such an innings. He even failed to get himself a century. According to the records, India managed to beat England by 7 runs. How they managed to do that is inconsequential. I would say that it was another close match, which England failed to finish properly. The target was not that far for England. With 3 overs remaining, they needed 27 runs. But two tight overs from Hardik and Bhuvneshwar changed the course of the match, before Natarajan finished it.

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It was just 8 more runs away, however what a spectaculous performance that was from Sam Curran. That heroic inning will never be forgotten. Such an amazing series it has been. Well played both teams, congrats India on winning the ODI series.

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Big respect to Sam Curran and his fighting spirit until the end. Why has Indian fielding suddenly gone so abysmal out of the blue? We have so many youngsters in the line up and everyone expects the to be very athletic and have safe pair of hands..seems to be the opposite at the moment.

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Quote from: Haunebu on March 28, 2021, 12:19:13 PM

Lord Thakur : Clueless Thakur towards the end. He ended up giving 18 runs and dropped an easy catch. Several players dropped catches from the Indian side which is why England was quite lucky to get so close to the target.

Sam Curran deserved a century. What a player! Also, India basically completed a trifecta of series wins.

Thats true, Thakur giving 18 runs for the final over is really big. This has made him have more confidence on the last over. The first ball run out could've made him go for an Yorker on the next ball. New batsman gave strike to Sam Curran taking a run. Here Natarajan played good cricket with his Yorker and made two balls without runs. Fifth ball went for a four and the last ball without a run. Finally he took India win the match.

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Lord Thakur : Clueless Thakur towards the end. He ended up giving 18 runs and dropped an easy catch. Several players dropped catches from the Indian side which is why England was quite lucky to get so close to the target.

Sam Curran deserved a century. What a player! Also, India basically completed a trifecta of series wins.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on March 28, 2021, 11:48:53 AM

India won the match by 7 runs. As I posted earlier, if the target was 10-15 runs lower, then England had a chance. All credit to Natarajan, who bowled an exceptional 50th over. Sam Curran batted exceptionally, but in the end he ran out of partners. The series ends for England, and they have lost in all the three formats. Test series by 1-3, T20I series by 2-3, and the ODI series by 1-2. But there are definitely some positives to take away.

With the run rate India had i thought they fell short of 30 odd runs and the match became really close with Sam Curran playing the innings of his life time, even though he produced some great performance in the IPL he never did that kind of performance in the England colors and this was an outstanding innings when their top order failed and the last three overs from India was spot on and India winning all the formats.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on March 28, 2021, 11:48:53 AM

India won the match by 7 runs. As I posted earlier, if the target was 10-15 runs lower, then England had a chance. All credit to Natarajan, who bowled an exceptional 50th over. Sam Curran batted exceptionally, but in the end he ran out of partners. The series ends for England, and they have lost in all the three formats. Test series by 1-3, T20I series by 2-3, and the ODI series by 1-2. But there are definitely some positives to take away.

Good to see the prediction come true. Throughout the series every match looked like a do or die match. It has happened with test format, T20 and now with ODI. As said, there is more positives. This experience will help both the teams play good cricket in the upcoming days. As said upcoming IPL is waiting for Sam Curran. Cheesy

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India won the match by 7 runs. As I posted earlier, if the target was 10-15 runs lower, then England had a chance. All credit to Natarajan, who bowled an exceptional 50th over. Sam Curran batted exceptionally, but in the end he ran out of partners. The series ends for England, and they have lost in all the three formats. Test series by 1-3, T20I series by 2-3, and the ODI series by 1-2. But there are definitely some positives to take away.

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