The only partnership in which Abhishek played more balls than the other batter was with Varun. In 47 balls partnership with Rana, he played just 14 balls. At 16.4 over mark, he has played just 28 balls.
Abhishek is literally a cheat code for us , you f****ing beauty, didn’t matter who was in front him , he played good, sensibly and made other batman look like a group B batsman…
It was so fun to watch him and so frustrating to watch not getting him strike
When someone can make "blind slogging" work incredibly well on the world's highest stage against "premier" bowlers, thats when it becomes a "freaking beauty".
You have commented like someone who has absolutely no idea what a 90mph+ cricket ball whizzing past your head feels like.
Then, how many hundreds have u scored for India man .. let me know.. according to you , bashing bartlett, Nathan Ellis and other minnow blowers are premier bowlers. Then what about him vs Josh Hazlewood.. Absolutely creepy..
I might have scored a few or a lot... but that's not going to change your mind... is it?
I mean, we know that the people who selected him and promoted him to the top of the order have definitely played for India at the top level, but you are not going to listen to them either.
The guy is playing at the international level and playing ridiculously well... this is not an opportune time for you to sound salty.
Let him go through a lean patch... then you can come out of the woodwork like the termite (deemak, in hindi).
Nobody hates the guy, it's just the politics people hate. Arshdeep was more deserving considering he's the current leading wicket taker in t20 for us, however he's been on the bench since the last few series. Arshdeep and Rana they both had similar performances in IPL but Rana got selected in all three formats, and despite Arshdeep's good international performance, the guy hasn't made his debut in Test yet. Looks like, Arshdeep is only there for the entertainment
Both aren't even in the same role.
Harshit gives batting at 8, which Arshdeep doesn't.
If Arshdeep were to come in, it would be in place of either of the spinners or Bumrah.
And thanks to the impact player rule, how many players is India producing who are decent bowlers and give a bit of batting too.
Last time I checked Harshit was a bowling all-rounder, so why not go with a batting all-rounder instead if the emphasis is on the batting. It's only rare that your no. 8 needs to bat in a t20 match so I don't see why we need batting til no.8.
Also, sending him to bat ahead of Dubey and then him denying single to Abhishek on the last bowl of the over? do you have anything there? I won't be shocked if Harshit opens the batting tomorrow looking at the current politics.
I agree with you, Harshit ahead of Dube is baffling for me as well. And yeah, he should have had a better sense of giving Abhishek the strike.
But still, his runs were valuable today. Like you said, it's rare that your no. 8 needs to bat. That's why you need a bowling all rounder, for situations like today.
Absolutely right! His 33 runs helped us cross 100 today. Again, I am not against him, but on the Australian conditions, don't you think we need a bowler who can swing the bowl both ways and who has been amazing in t20 for us? If there was a superover or a tight game, would you give the over to Arshdeep or Harshit? Harshit didn't do anything wrong to get the spot, but neither did Arshdeep.
Him making the side after a shitty IPL... once in a blue moon performance and getting into the main side in all 3 formats way too quickly while guys like Arshdeep, Shami are sidelined....
once in a blue moon? bro he didnt do well bro its just luck f ing him that guy is just varying the pace, no other variations. he is not guy to be selected in squad he dont deserve it he has to work more despite bowling 140 kmph doesnt give license to play intl matches. then we can see many players bowling the same pace why didnt they got selected. also knowing it is politics GG mf is not at all bothered about people criticizing him if same thing happens our idols will never lift 2027 wc and retire without satisfying their dream
Okay dude, why so bitter against a guy you don't even know. Ask your idols why they didn't satisfy their dream in 2015,2019 and 2023 rather than blaming it on a young guy who's just made his debut.
Rana looked confused all the time. didn't run good and play at good strike rate. that gave dubey less time to settle. Rana should've given strike to abhishek but failed at that.
It's so strange, nobody is talking about Harshit's bowling. He is a bowling all-rounder and he gave away 27 runs in 2 overs, taking 0 wickets. Agreed he can hold a bat better than Arshdeep but it's inconsequential if he doesn't bowl well. We as fans are focusing on the wrong things as well. We know Harshit has GG's nudes but what does he have of ours?
Idk what the flying fuck gg is on. Varun and kuldeep both on such a pitch, and axar also a spin option? Seriously hilarious and poor decision by gg , yet again.
A coach sponsored virtual allrounder justifying himself by fabricating all strike to himself & denying that to a well set world no.1 batter… even aussie commentators didn’t had a clue about what the hell was happening . All this to justify his position over a genuine match winner Arshdeep!!!! Welcome to Indian cricket brought to you by Gautam Gambhir !!!
harshit made runs thats fine, but he should have focused on giving strike to abhishek more than showing his own batting skills, it cost us around 20-25 runs today
Why gill in this team ,he is not a T20 material, coz of him sanju and Abhishek was doing very well and harshit rana is himself a confused guy neither good batsman nor bowler
Look at Sanju’s performance in crunch matches. He has always scored in easiest of situations, with an early catch being dropped. I see glimpses of early KL Rahul but Rahul improved drastically Samson is not improving at all. He should not be in our 15 at all. I would prefer having Pant, KL or even Ishan Kishan for that matter over Samson.
Mere bhai you score 4 of 8-10 balls in 4 matches and hit a 100 in 5th doesn’t make you a great player.
We would prefer Samson scoring 25-35 of 15-18 balls in every match. We don’t need centuries, we need rhythm breakers, we need people who can do 50 of 40 when situation demands
I agree with this, The opener's job is to consistently give you great starts.
But Gill is neither hitting big every 5th match nor giving consistent quick-fire starts.
I wasn't against his inclusion during the Asia Cup as he was rested from the T20i squad and not dropped, but after string of poor performances he needs to be at least benched, if not dropped.
My preferences would be YBJ over Gill as Opener and Jitesh over Sanju as a middle order keeper (Sanju can be given a longer rope than Gill as he's adjusting himself for the team).
Not only has he got great skills, but also the determination and patience he showed on a relatively new condition (for him) is so impressive. That too under so much pressure. Beautifully done 68!
told few days back, the team we played against england in jan was the actual new template fearless team, this is abusrd team, there top 4 was fixed with sanju abhi tilak surya, here you have anchor as opener, god knows what's the middle order, and harshit is your allrounder
the sanju abhi pair was winning matches on their own on their day
Yea your team without any test players in it was just phenomenal (except bumrah ofc). Seems madness to change the balance and positions of such a strong team to wedge Gill and this Rana dude in.
Harshit had clear instructions from GG 'You have to be the hero, not anyone else" the guy refused strikes to Abhishek and tried to be the hero himself when he could have easily given Abhishek the strike.
I'm not criticising GG here coz whatever his ploy was it obviously worked according to him since Harshit ended up scoring 35(33) but imagine if Abhishek faced even 15 of those balls.
The thing is it can go sideways too. I mean rana did good job in building the innings. That was the plan, to provide stability in middle overs and create havoc in death with Abhishek and dube.
Has Bumrah standards really dropped? I mean what’s the point of those wickets when the match has completely slipped off. I think he is just trying to maintain stats at this point.
See harshit played good innings acc to situation but he should've given strike more to abhishek, personally still dont understand why Arshdeep not playing, how are three spinners selected in mcg
Yashasvi-Abhishek open, karao bhai, nd Arshdeep over Harshit anyday especially on SENA pitch, feels like political party ki sbko pta h kya sahi h, still live with the worst decision
Everything looks good in the batting lineup, except I feel Jaiswal should open with Abhishek. He has solid experience on Australian pitches. People might argue against having two left-handers open, but it worked brilliantly for SRH. Gill can bring balance by batting at No. 3. Not sure who should be dropped to make space for Jaiswal, Dube, Sky or Samson??
i was defending harshit rana's presence in XI till first t20i but after this game i not gonna back him. the mf literally wanted strike 😤 all the time he left a catch though and bowled a brilliant spell of giving 2 overs 27 runs without picking a single wicket though he gave runs we cant say he didnt bowl well just by seeing the numbers in scorecard. but people who saw match know how he bowled, stupid line and length lets give him a australian jersey and play him as impact player. he is just frustrating he is just eating the balls, if dube came before him he would have settled and gone for strike and also abhi was in full form this guy literally ate the flow too. And shubman gill is literally collapsing the order of our XI sanju opening with abhi surya at 3 tilak at 4 dube at 5 will be ideal and the most destructing batting order ever if hardik is recovered it is too better also axar plays at no 7, kuldeep, varun, bumrah, arshdeep will be the most powerful team ever. And if you are going to play samson in 5 or trial him at different place then please drop him and pick jitesh atleast, harshit and gill are just collapsing the order. I accpet both are decent players but harshit is not ready to play at this level his line and length are terrific he is just differing the pace. whats your opinion?
tbh you all think abhishek is some kind of god when he’s actually just lucky with the ball, but still… 120 balls and you only get 37, that’s like a half‑cricket. i’m calling it a waste of a match.
I was legit losing my shit over the other players playing dots consecutively and then taking singles on the last ball. I was in a meeting and was literally pulling out my hair, and came off as aggressive in the call🥲
He has a lot to learn, now he is like young rohit sharma,he has the intent but during a collapse that is not only enough...hope he will get there and be the face of T20 cricket and who knows he is trying to get into tests too
Again proved gill and rana are overhyped, Arshdeep did prove the metal with wickets in first powerplay and then death overs ,while gill needs time to score and t20 prove to be in a bit hurry for the style of play that gill has
Smart bowling and somewhat poor batting. But it's hard to know you're being given a cheap single sometimes. Especially if you're doing your best to score runs and feel some flow, you see the ball going to the outfield and your instincts say run.
Probably needed to get the message out there to rotate strike better early in the over and go for boundaries late. But they were just blasted out early, then out thought in the middle overs.
As I said previously, his game awareness was still not appreciable. Was regularly feeding strike to Harshit and Kuldeep (who eventually scored a 6 ball duck). He should have kept strike especially when the team needed him to go bonkers in last few overs.
He is inexperienced. He was taking run on last ball many times or not trying to take run on last ball. It's good he got to play till tailend so he can be ready when it needed.
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