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Tanush Kotian was in the squad for the BGT, turns the ball a kilometre more than washi, is a solid batsman, man of the series a fair few domestic tourneys. 43 avg with the bat at 8 and he averages 27 with the ball. Why is he being ignored??

Wanted to see how is each team faring in batting at each of the batting positions from #1 to #11 and who is the strongest/weakest player at each position.

Few insights -

1. Marsh & P Arya have dominated No.1 position while Rahane has been the weakest

2. No. 2 is dominated totally by RR because of the 15 year old prodigy who leads in all 3 departments (runs, SR, boundaries). Gaikwad from CSK has performed the worst as expected at this position.

3. Ishan Kishan and Klassen have been superb for SRH at #3 and #4 while Suryakumar and N Pooran have been disastrous. Patidar has been great for RCB.

4. MI has experimented a lot with No. 5 and No. 6 but have been able to score good runs and boundaries between the likes of Pandya, Tilak, Rutherford and Will Jacks at those positions while Brevis, Tewatia have been poor

5. Mukul Chowdhury has emerged as kinda the best No. 7 batsman while Ramandeep (KKR) and Shahrukh Khan (GT) failed the most to create impact

6. Strike Rates of #6, #7 which are kind of finisher positions have been pretty underwhelming for most teams except for PBKS who has done well.

7. Jamie Overton has done great at No. 8 for CSK.

8. Bhuvi with most runs and boundaries at #9 (including the most important boundary maybe of this season, that six to Bawa).

Please share any other insights in the comments. Hope this was helpful ✌️ Who would be your IPL Playing XI or Top 7 basis this?

Mine would be

1. Abhishek Sharma

2. Vaibhav Suryavanshi

3. Ishan Kishan (wk)

4. R Patidar (could have kept Klassen but 4 overseas covered below)

5. Tilak Verma

6. Tim David (ov)

7. Shashank Singh/Mukul (prefer Shashank as he can bowl)

8. Krunal Pandya

9. J Overton (ov)

10. Bhuvi

11. Hazlewood (ov)

12. S Narine (ov)

Basically the title, Ravindra Jadeja has been a very crucial part of Indian test team for over a decade. Once he retires, who do you think have the potential to do the same job for the team. Especially in SENA countries, his record has been exceptional. There is no doubt that he's one of the greatest all rounder that India has ever produced.

Rate his performance out of 10

A 15-year-old leading the IPL Orange Cap race with a strike rate of 238? Vaibhav Sooryavanshi isn’t just scoring runs, he’s redefining how openers approach T20 chases. It’s rare to see such composure and power so young—makes you wonder how teams will try to counter him in the games ahead.

He scored just 40 runs in 4 innings at our latest A series against South Africa A where even Anshul Kamboj outscored him in just 1 match. His FC average is still just 42 and even in the recent domestic season he averaged only 54 which is not top tier by Ranji standards. Having said that DDP is still way better than Sai Sudarshan and I hope he performs well against Afghanistan if selected.

After the retirement of the legendary Rahul Dravid, we were lucky to have someone of the caliber of Pujara to replace him at no.3. He stood like a rock while the likes of Virat, Pant & Rohit expressed themselves freely.

But looking at the current state of the Indian Test team, I don't see a rock at no.3 which we've had for decades. No.3 is a very very crucial spot in any test batting side. Sachin had Dravid, Virat had Pujara, who does Gill have??

A Shot Recreation video as like the shot in Peddi movie Trailer

I think Faf is the best because of his consistency and also he performed so well in his later half of his career even after retiring from international.