Titan24
Senior Test Player
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As I have mentioned in another thread, I think some posters on PP equate modern day cricket=power hitting, however in reality none of the top ODI batsmen at the moment are power hitters(Except Roy maybe) yes they are good at changing gears and releasing pressure by hitting nice 4s and 6s even to good balls.
Some are impressed with Sharjeel's (Was an outstanding talent but never won us a single game bcz he didnt know when to shift gears and when to carry on) and Sahibzada Farhan's hitting ability however, if we see the top 3 of India which has Rohit, Dhawan and Kohli or of Eng which has Bairstow, Roy, Hales/Root that they are all proper batsmen who have adapted to modern day ODI cricket by playing proper shots and they have gained that with experience. They have the game sense that when to push for runs and when to consolidate and when to shift gears.
None of the above mentioned was famous for big hits except may be Roy and if we push Hales and yet they all are the ideal examples of ODI batsmanship.
So one doesnt necessarily need a big hitter, just a good solid batsmen who can change the gear when required.
Experience of international cricket also helps in the understanding of players how to develop their innings at this level. Imam, Fakhar, Babar are still pretty young at international level to be perfect at pacing innings and changing gears at the right time.
We dont need big hitters at the top, we just need good batsmen who have got the strokes when they are needed and they can play the long innings as well. We sometimes struggle as a batting unit bcz some of our top batsment havent worked out their safe pressure releasing shots yet.
Top 3, 4 just need to get to the 35 overs with the SR of 80 and the team will have 170 odd runs on the board which is a pretty good platform and even if one of them carries it to the end 300 is gonna be in sight almost every time.
Some are impressed with Sharjeel's (Was an outstanding talent but never won us a single game bcz he didnt know when to shift gears and when to carry on) and Sahibzada Farhan's hitting ability however, if we see the top 3 of India which has Rohit, Dhawan and Kohli or of Eng which has Bairstow, Roy, Hales/Root that they are all proper batsmen who have adapted to modern day ODI cricket by playing proper shots and they have gained that with experience. They have the game sense that when to push for runs and when to consolidate and when to shift gears.
None of the above mentioned was famous for big hits except may be Roy and if we push Hales and yet they all are the ideal examples of ODI batsmanship.
So one doesnt necessarily need a big hitter, just a good solid batsmen who can change the gear when required.
Experience of international cricket also helps in the understanding of players how to develop their innings at this level. Imam, Fakhar, Babar are still pretty young at international level to be perfect at pacing innings and changing gears at the right time.
We dont need big hitters at the top, we just need good batsmen who have got the strokes when they are needed and they can play the long innings as well. We sometimes struggle as a batting unit bcz some of our top batsment havent worked out their safe pressure releasing shots yet.
Top 3, 4 just need to get to the 35 overs with the SR of 80 and the team will have 170 odd runs on the board which is a pretty good platform and even if one of them carries it to the end 300 is gonna be in sight almost every time.
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