What happened to Hemang Badani?

[WC2011INDIA]

 

Damn this an awesome innings. Based on above he averaged 50+ with 80+ strike rate. That's good. So what happened? 

[veer]

He didnt sign up with Rhiti Sports and couldnt contact Bunty Sajdeh.

[sandeep]

He was the Rahane of his time - blew the opportunities he got.   Every few months someone digs up that video and asks this question.   

 

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Badani could have been a useful MO bat, but his sweep shot was his achilles heel.  He was definitely better than the likes of Dinesh Mongia.  But he kept blowing the opportunities that came his way.   The final nail in the coffin was his failure against the Aussies in a low-scoring chase when he was playing as that extra batsman.   I think he got out sweeping there as well.  Never mind that India dropped close to 5 catches in that game, Ganguly was royally pissed that they lost a series decider(?) on his home ground.   He even said something to the effect of "If you are playing as the 6th batsman, and can't get the job done, then you don't belong in the team".  Hemang, the gujju boy from Tamil nadu, never played for India again.  

 

[Laaloo]

Wait you hate Rahane and you're asking what happened to a lesser version of Rahane?

[Pollack]

Hemang Badani is not even 0.000000001 percent of Rahane, stats not withstanding. This random badani thread brought to mind memory of aweful batsman Vijay bharadwaj of those days. : Badani was decent though.

[maniac]

1 minute ago, Pollack said:

Hemang Badani is not even 0.000000001 percent of Rahane, stats not withstanding. This random badani thread brought to mind memory of aweful batsman Vijay bharadwaj of those days. : Badani was decent though.

Vijay Bharadwaj won the man of the series in his debut series and shone with both bat and ball.

 

He went to that disastrous Aussie series in 99-00 m,failed in the few chances he got and never played for India again.

 

While I agree he was mediocre,he deserved some more chances than he ended up getting.

[Forever Indian]

With the current crop of selectors and captain there is a good chance of him making a comeback if he shows up in domestics.

[Vijy]

1 hour ago, Pollack said:

Hemang Badani is not even 0.000000001 percent of Rahane, stats not withstanding. This random badani thread brought to mind memory of aweful batsman Vijay bharadwaj of those days. : Badani was decent though.

Bharadwaj played too few matches to be judged - did well in 1 series, and failed in another.

[kosingh]

Whatever happened to legend ATG Devang Gandhi

[Vijy]

3 minutes ago, kosingh said:

Whatever happened to legend ATG Devang Gandhi

Or Jacob Martin.

[Khota]

Badani always comes to mind when I think of monumental stupidity of Indian cricket. The guy hits 100 against Australia and is asked to sit out for the next match. It canot get any more stupid than that.

[NameGoesHere]

I don't recall why or how Badani's career terminated , but for sure I clearly recall that Vijay Bharadwaj couldn't move his feet. He did not seem to have the time against pace bowling. He was found out quickly enough and rightly so.

[kosingh]

15 minutes ago, Khota said:

Badani always comes to mind when I think of monumental stupidity of Indian cricket. The guy hits 100 against Australia and is asked to sit out for the next match. It canot get any more stupid than that.

Maybe you are thinking of someone else.

 

Bedani's only 100 came against Australia on 28th March 2001. He played on 31st March, 3rd April and 6th April.

[kosingh]

Unimpressive numbers:

 

 

Career averages

	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
overall	2000-2004	40	36	10	867	100	33.34	1180	73.47	1	4	1	68	10	Profile

Innings by innings list

Runs	Mins	BF	4s	6s	SR	Pos	Dismissal	Inns		Opposition	Ground	Start Date
35	-	51	3	0	68.62	3	caught	2		v Bangladesh	Dhaka	30 May 2000	ODI # 1597
42	-	56	2	0	75.00	7	caught	2		v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	27 Oct 2000	ODI # 1650
9	-	17	1	0	52.94	5	caught	2		v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	29 Oct 2000	ODI # 1652
58*	109	69	3	1	84.05	5	not out	2		v Zimbabwe	Cuttack	2 Dec 2000	ODI # 1656
17*	20	11	2	0	154.54	6	not out	1		v Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad	5 Dec 2000	ODI # 1657
1	3	1	0	0	100.00	5	run out	1		v Zimbabwe	Jodhpur	8 Dec 2000	ODI # 1658
DNB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2		v Zimbabwe	Kanpur	11 Dec 2000	ODI # 1659
77	135	99	2	1	77.77	4	caught	1		v Zimbabwe	Rajkot	14 Dec 2000	ODI # 1660
11	25	18	0	0	61.11	5	caught	1		v Australia	Bengaluru	25 Mar 2001	ODI # 1696
100	142	98	10	2	102.04	5	caught	1		v Australia	Pune	28 Mar 2001	ODI # 1698
23	29	25	1	1	92.00	5	run out	1		v Australia	Indore	31 Mar 2001	ODI # 1699
25	48	35	2	0	71.42	5	caught	2		v Australia	Visakhapatnam	3 Apr 2001	ODI # 1700
7	13	14	1	0	50.00	5	bowled	1		v Australia	Margao	6 Apr 2001	ODI # 1701
52*	125	85	5	1	61.17	3	not out	2		v Zimbabwe	Harare	24 Jun 2001	ODI # 1729
0	2	1	0	0	0.00	5	bowled	2		v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	27 Jun 2001	ODI # 1730
27	79	59	2	0	45.76	5	caught	2		v West Indies	Bulawayo	30 Jun 2001	ODI # 1731
4	26	24	0	0	16.66	4	bowled	2		v West Indies	Harare	4 Jul 2001	ODI # 1733
2	17	7	0	0	28.57	5	caught	2		v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	20 Jul 2001	ODI # 1736
6	10	10	1	0	60.00	5	caught	2		v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	26 Jul 2001	ODI # 1739
11*	30	27	0	0	40.74	5	not out	2		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	28 Jul 2001	ODI # 1740
2	19	11	0	0	18.18	5	caught	1		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	1 Aug 2001	ODI # 1742
35*	51	38	3	2	92.10	5	not out	2		v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	2 Aug 2001	ODI # 1743
22	43	38	1	1	57.89	5	run out	2		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	5 Aug 2001	ODI # 1744
35	58	33	3	0	106.06	6	run out	1		v England	Kolkata	19 Jan 2002	ODI # 1788
13	30	17	2	0	76.47	6	caught	2		v England	Cuttack	22 Jan 2002	ODI # 1792
12	42	20	1	0	60.00	5	caught	2		v England	Chennai	25 Jan 2002	ODI # 1795
DNB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2		v England	Kanpur	28 Jan 2002	ODI # 1798
2	10	7	0	0	28.57	6	caught	2		v England	Delhi	31 Jan 2002	ODI # 1800
27*	65	32	2	0	84.37	6	not out	2		v England	Mumbai	3 Feb 2002	ODI # 1803
41	70	45	4	0	91.11	6	caught	1		v New Zealand	Cuttack	6 Nov 2003	ODI # 2056
30	45	36	5	0	83.33	6	caught	2		v Australia	Kolkata	18 Nov 2003	ODI # 2064
15	30	20	1	0	75.00	3	caught	2		v Zimbabwe	Hobart	14 Jan 2004	ODI # 2080
DNB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		v Australia	Brisbane	18 Jan 2004	ODI # 2084
1*	4	1	0	0	100.00	7	not out	1		v Zimbabwe	Brisbane	20 Jan 2004	ODI # 2085
DNB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		v Australia	Sydney	22 Jan 2004	ODI # 2086
5	3	3	1	0	166.66	7	bowled	1		v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	24 Jan 2004	ODI # 2087
34*	83	59	5	0	57.62	6	not out	2		v Zimbabwe	Perth	3 Feb 2004	ODI # 2095
60*	120	81	4	0	74.07	7	not out	1		v Australia	Melbourne	6 Feb 2004	ODI # 2097
18	43	27	0	1	66.66	7	run out	2		v Australia	Sydney	8 Feb 2004	ODI # 2098
8*	14	5	1	0	160.00	7	not out	1		v Pakistan	Karachi	13 Mar 2004	ODI # 2112

[Number]

Yuvraj Kaif were better players as they were match winners.

Top order had Sachin Sehwag Ganguly already.

[NareshK]

1 hour ago, maniac said:

Vijay Bharadwaj won the man of the series in his debut series and shone with both bat and ball.

 

He went to that disastrous Aussie series in 99-00 m,failed in the few chances he got and never played for India again.

 

While I agree he was mediocre,he deserved some more chances than he ended up getting.

The big reason why many promising batsmen from previous years used to fail eventually was because they were never exposed to conditions outside India which were much more helpful for fast bowlers and they never used to face fast bowlers of high quality in their career. Many batsmen were like fish out of water in Australia, South Africa, West Indies, England, NZ.

 

Comparatively now many Indian batsmen tour other countries regularly as part of A tours before their debut, have better FC competition at home, have better facilities, play in different conditions at home and also the IPL experience helps them ease into international cricket far more easily. Some of the players whom many ridicule now could have decent careers if they played in current era.

[maniac]

Proof that Things are slow in the cricketing world when we pick Hemang Badani from

Obscurity and discuss what could have been 

[kosingh]

2 minutes ago, NareshK said:

The big reason why many promising batsmen from previous years used to fail eventually was because they were never exposed to conditions outside India which were much more helpful for fast bowlers and they never used to face fast bowlers of high quality in their career. Many batsmen were like fish out of water in Australia, South Africa, West Indies, England, NZ.

 

Comparatively now many Indian batsmen tour other countries regularly as part of A tours before their debut, have better FC competition at home, have better facilities, play in different conditions at home and also the IPL experience helps them ease into international cricket far more easily. Some of the players whom many ridicule now could have decent careers if they played in current era.

And many of the pitches abroad have become much friendlier than before

[The Dark Horse]

Ramesh was better (at least in tests) -didnt get fair treatment.

[MCcricket]

Hemang Badani was a selfish BATSMEN n same with Dinesh Mongia n they were not good enough.