At this time,it will be a foolish thing to drop Kaif.Also he has opened a few matches for India.

Also Luke is not a natural opener.So I think Kaif should open the batting.

There is no question of dropping kaif. Kaif is not a natural opener.

it’s better idea…

kaif s also openner…:)

noo
PP will be zero

RCB can go with kaif as opener… so that he gets some time in crease.. he is a good player when he gets going…. and also he can make use of the fielding restrictions ... i want to see him bat as he was doing it in earlier days of his career…

Kaif should not open.. He can in fact come in at No.5 depending upon the situation as he is a very good middle order player and not an opener..

Kaif is a superb batsmen when he bats in middle… He may come under pressure while opening so its better to keep him in middle order only.

pomershbash and russow are specialist openers..Let them keep their positions

Kaif as an opener??????? no ways…. Kaif is a good middle order batsmen so let him be in d middle order…. v can try n open with rilee…. Luke is also a good opener…. Thinking of an Indian batsmen to open… we can try and open with Arun Karthik as he is an top order batsmen and an occasional opener also… His place in d side is certain as he ll be keeping wickets…. so why cant v try out d combination of Arun n Gayle…. i bet this ll help our team a lot….

I THINK IT WILL BE GUD FOR THE TEAM IF KAIF OPENS WITH GAyle AND AT THIS POINT YOU CANT DROP KAIF FROM THE TEAM AS HE IS VERY IMP MEMBER OF THE TEam becoz he fields brilliantly and bats too and luke is not in the good form….

not a good choice mate

aka - 17 May 2011 07:45 AM

Kaif should not open.. He can in fact come in at No.5 depending upon the situation as he is a very good middle order player and not an opener..

i think it is better idea ayush,...becoz,in first six overs he can score well by finding gaps and playing cover drives…..he now getting chances on crucial times. he is good batsman in any position, but in T20, just try as an openor.

opening with arun is better dan opening with kaif,
if dani plays luke shud be dropped, mithun should make way for mayank and he shud open..

Kaif as an opening batsman is a good idea.
Give 1 chance to him(becoz we had already qualified)

Kaif as an opener !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It would turn out a blunder He is a good in the middle order if he is in the playing XI let him be in d middle order Luke or Rilee or Mayank or Arun or even Saurabh may be a viable options. Giving Mayank more chances may be worth for him and he will sure perform IF Saurabh is sent in to open he will get some time to spend at the crease and settle down to crack at the right time.
Arun also may be a good option as he can keep wickets However Gautham may be a better choice for a wicket keeper batsman to bat in the middle order

I guess the following line up (with 3 options) would be fair enough
Chris
Mayank or Luke or Saurabh
Virat
AB
Luke or Saurabh or Jonathan
Saurabh or Luke or Jonathan
Gautham
Aravind
Zaheer
Charl
Syed if the pitch is slow Else Mithun or Asad (Asad will give batting option)

no way that kaif shuld be drop n a he would be much much better instead of saurabh so he cn be given a chance to open letz see hw it truns out to be as at dat moment he could pllay pressure free but he is good at middle also

Gayle and Luke will better idea otherwise Gayle and agarval will good one….

Mayank s better with gayle…

Chris Gayle
Mayank or Luke or Saurabh or Pathan
Virat
AB
Luke or Saurabh or Pathan
Saurabh or Luke or Pathan
Vettori
Zaheer
Aravind
Syed…...........

This will be best Choice available for RCB….....

rakesh RCB
KAIF is much much better than saurabh,pathan n evn mayank so he really deserves place n he should get chance
KAIF ROCKZZ FOR RCB