Before the first ODI between West Indies and India, susceptible Unique Zealand cricketer Scott Styris talked about that he would no longer watch Shardul Thakur as an all-rounder.
“One thing he (Shardul Thakur) has at his profit is the real fact that he bats, and we enjoy viewed him play many match-winning innings for India on the entire within the longer versions of the recreation. But he does enjoy that capacity to hit boundaries, shut out innings or place the final touches, the cherry on the pinnacle if you luxuriate in is one thing that he does want to his profit,” talked about Scott Styris on SPORTS18’s cloak ‘SPORTS OVER THE TOP’.
“The scheme back is the emergence of Hardik Pandya as a staunch all-rounder. Cessation you would possibly want to two of those kinds of gamers? Because Shardul Thakur is no longer as upright as Hardik Pandya. I produce no longer imagine he is an all-rounder. So per chance he’s battling for a backup position somewhat than a form of gamers to play as a front liner,” Styris added.
Styris further discussed Prasidh Krishna’s capabilities and capacity within the restricted over formats.
“Yeah, no longer a dead comparability. I’d sigh that Prasidh Krishna in all fairness bit sooner than Glen McGrath, there isn’t very any longer any request about that. But the request is, can he sustain that accurate thru the entire innings? If we’re talking ODIs then upfront I maintain there isn’t very any longer any request,” talked about Styris.
“Tempo and leap as a batsman, from abilities, is the hardest thing to play. He’s got that in spades. He’s wonderful with a brand contemporary ball in his hand. The request about Prasidh Krishna is on the demise. We now enjoy viewed him within the Indian T20 league,” he added.
The Men in Blue are led by Shikhar Dhawan within the ODI series. He’s the seventh skipper to manual India this Twelve months throughout the three-match ODI series in opposition to the Men in Maroon.
Long-established captain Rohit Sharma and skilled gamers luxuriate in Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya were rested for the ODI series.
Speaking relating to the first ODI, Dhawan made a successfully-crafted 97 whereas Shubmam Gill made a complicated 64 in his ODI comeback sooner than India held their nerves to drag off a three-drag elevate over the West Indies within the series opener here. Openers Dhawan (97 off 99 balls) and Gill (64 off 53) shared a 119-drag stand sooner than the West Indies fought abet to limit India to 308 for seven.
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The West Indies wished 15 off the final over for a file proceed at Queens Park Oval but Mohammed Siraj used to be in a scheme to entire a rampaging Romario Shepherd (38 no longer out off 25). On the pinnacle of the show, Kyle Mayers (75 off 68) and Shamarh Brooks (46 off 61) raised West Indies’ hopes with a 117-drag stand for the 2d wicket sooner than Brandon King (54 off 66) took the recreation deep. Within the terminate, the West Indies fell immediate and ended at 305 for six.
The quite loads of two ODI fits shall be played on July 24, and July 27 on the ancient Queen’s Park Oval. They’ll be adopted by a 5-match T20I series from July 29 to August 7.