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What is going on?

Why Kohli is still persisting with Dhoni and Yuvraj.?

Why still Ashwin and Jadeja? Our king spinners, are fit for nothing, apart from bowling on thrash Indian pitches.

What captaincy is this? Just 2 seamers?

Yuvraj, Dhoni, Jadeja and Ashwin have become burden. Nothing against them personally. WC 19 is less than 2 years away. Selectors should make some harsh calls.
 
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both needs to be dropped i mean dhoni an yuvi..and ashwin and jadeja can only play tests ..
 
could be super hot kohli overdoing things and not smart enough as dhoni.. May be his style of captaincy doesnt suit the team... clearly a massive difference in the team led by dhoni and kohli...... If kohli sees yuvi, dhoni, jadeja and ashwin as a burden should go ahead and do what dhoni did to sehwag and gambhir...
 
Dhoni and Yuvraj should definitely be moved on. I think Ashwin and Jadeja still have a part to play in LO but I think Kuldeep and another spinner should be tried out.
 
Kohli I don't think is bold enough to take harsh decisions.

If we do not see big changes in the Lankan tour, you know India is going to field a really old team in 2019 WC.
 
You guys kept harping about Pant this Pant that.. well his today's innings was garbage.
 
Jadeja and Ashwin still have a role to play for India in Tests (especially at home) otherwise they'll start losing them as well, removing them would mean that you shot yourself in the foot. Jadeja's batting in ODI's however is non-existent, there's nothing threatening about it and he gives the persona as if he's a dangerous lower order hitter when he ain't. One of my Indian mates from uni told me Imad Wasim is a poor mans Jadeja but the former is a much better batsman in ODI's even though he's got holes in his game, Jadeja isn't someone you can bank on in the lower order whereas Pandya can propel you to big totals.

Ashwin on the other hand is a pedigree Offspinner but I personally think he's just going through bad form and can come back hard, the 2019 WC should be his last one though where he should look to prepare himself in the same way the SA's did in 2015 (Steyn, AB, Morkel, Duminy) where the tournament could be his last; someone like Malik on the other hand did the same thing with the 2017 CT and won it in the end. Dhoni can still play well for India but his finishing skills are long gone and Pandya should look to thrive on that niche, He needs to bat well up the order and never anywhere near the middle-lower order otherwise that can ruin India's plans.

Yuvraj to me looks like he has two moods: one where he looks completely lost at the crease like a baby giraffe and the other mood where he'll annihilate and man-handle any bowling attack, trouble is that he ain't consistent enough and he's not quick in the field anymore. Kohli's bowling choices for the starting XI is very poor, he needs to focus on building a good bowling attack first and then look to attack the opposition.
 
If I was kohli I would play Pant as a regular even if he fails as he is talented and can become WK in place of Ms,Dhoni can still play as a batsman alone,Get Jadeja and Ashwin out bring in Kuldeep,Axar Patel

1:Shikhar Dhawan
2:Rohit Sharma
3:Virat Kohli
4:Rishabh Pant
5:Ms Dhoni
6:Kedar Jadav
7:Hardik Pandya
8:Axar Patel
9:Kuldeep Yadav
10:Bhuvneswar Kumar
11:Jasprit Bumrah

Can add krunal Pandya,Manish Pandey,Suraish Raina,Kl Rahul,Mohmd Shami,Umesh Yadav,Dinesh karthik
 
Very atypical of Indians. Persisting with seniors who are past their best. Perhaps they are strategic selection to strengthen the captains authority.
 
We are quite lucky in Odis and T20s as we have a good bowling Attack and we back our youngsters,Hafeez and Malik atleast are dependable and play well

Malik looked good in the Champions Trophy,batted 4 times looked extremely good but eventually got out,Ms and Yuvi have technical problems and arnt the same they are not dependable.

Also India's team is really inconsistent one player will perform extraordinary in one series then for the next year you won't see nothing massive from them.

India is all Virat that's it,even though he can't play swing even if his life depended on it.
 
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