Khaleel Ahmed is impressive

[sarcastic]

Yes, it is only an IPL game and his figures are not that impressive either, but I see tremendous potential in this young lad. He consistently clocks about 140-145 ish and has impressive bounce. He can be groomed to be the answer for India's woes for lacking decent left arm fast bowling option in test/ODI setup. 

[sergio04]

another spraygun.

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[velu]

5 minutes ago, sergio04 said:

another spraygun.

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are you wtching this game ?

[Mosher]

Khaleel has got the pace. He has good a yorker and bouncer. But needs to move the ball if he wants to play tests.

[express bowling]

Khaleel had not played any match in the last 50 days. Just sitting on the bench. Then he gets to play in an important knockout game ... a pressure match. It is not easy  ( Similar thing happened to Shankar in the Nidhahas Trophy )

 

He was not bowling at full pace ... not trying to bowl flat out either ... But was constantly hovering around the 143 k to 145 k mark.  We saw him bowl 148 k in SMA Trophy ...  looks like he will bowl  near 150 k when he will go flat out.

 

A tall left armer ... high arm action ... strong action ...  gets bounce ... got genuine pace ... has good yorker ... can move the ball. 

 

It is really good that he is in the A team via top performances in the SMA Trophy and VH Trophy.

 

 

[gakgupta]

It's a shame that he was benched for this long....
Guess what...whom did he benched for....Sundeep Sharma...
Can't believe it

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[Cricket_Fan]

4 hours ago, gakgupta said:

It's a shame that he was benched for this long....
Guess what...whom did he benched for....Sundeep Sharma...
Can't believe it

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Because Sandeep Sharma was taking wickets and bowling frugal.When his form went down, they replaced him.As simple as that.

[Suhaan]

5 hours ago, Cricket_Fan said:

Because Sandeep Sharma was taking wickets and bowling frugal.When his form went down, they replaced him.As simple as that.

Srh management was very timid with their approach.A pattern was there which was quite visible,Sandeep Sharma mostly did well in sticky surfaces of Hyderabad,they should have tried Khaleel at  some point of time away from home,

Edited May 26, 2018 by Suhaan

[rkt.india]

Need to cut down on nothing deliveries. 

[The Dark Horse]

His action reminds me of Starc, but nowhere near that quality. However, as people said it's his first match and you don't judge players based on one T20 performance.

[rkt.india]

39 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said:

His action reminds me of Starc, but nowhere near that quality. However, as people said it's his first match and you don't judge players based on one T20 performance.

he is quicker than Starc was at his age.

[express bowling]

10 hours ago, Cricket_Fan said:

Because Sandeep Sharma was taking wickets and bowling frugal.When his form went down, they replaced him.As simple as that.

 

 

The SRH pace attack had a sameness to it.  All 3 pacers were short, right-handed swing bowlers without extra pace or bounce.  This made their seamers less efficient as the tournament progressed and the batters got used to it.

 

They should have tried Khaleel at some point in the league stage ... to get prepared  if variety was needed at some point.

 

Trying someone in a critical knockout match ( with him sitting on the bench for 50 days )  shows lack of planning.

Edited May 26, 2018 by express bowling

[Cricket_Fan]

13 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

 

The SRH pace attack had a sameness to it.  All 3 pacers were short, right-handed swing bowlers without extra pace or bounce.  This made their seamers less efficient as the tournament progresses and the batters got used to it.

 

They should have tried Khaleel at some point in the league stage ... to get prepared  if variety was needed at some point.

 

Trying someone in a critical knockout match ( with him sitting on the bench for 50 days )  shows lack of planning.

You dont fix something which is already working.And all the phasst bowlers got whacked in this in IPL .So there is no evidence that Khaleel would have been any different.

[express bowling]

17 minutes ago, Cricket_Fan said:

You dont fix something which is already working.

Most teams invariably rotate players in the league stage ... to get them ready if needed in the knockout stage. 

 

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And all the phasst bowlers got whacked in this in IPL .So there is no evidence that Khaleel would have been any different.

 

Even if  Khaleel were as non economical as Sandeep was in his last 3 matches ... He would break the monotony and make Bhuvi and Kaul more effective.

 

There is a reason why teams go for variety in bowling attacks for the last 50 years.

 

P.s -  Phaast bowlers Bumrah and Umesh have been great in this IPL.  Mavi, Prasidh, Rajpoot and Siraj have been good in many games.

Edited May 26, 2018 by express bowling

[asterix]

^ The problem if a rookie fast bowler in SRH team is that all other bowlers tend to be miser so the opposition batsmen try to take risks against the fast bowler to score as much possible...

T20 is not the right platform to gauge fast bowlers or any bowlers for that matter...

A Bhumrah or a Bhuvi could be a miser in T20 doesn’t mean that he won’t go for runs in a CT ODI final...

[Cricket_Fan]

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

Most teams invariably rotate players in the league stage ... to get them ready if needed in the knockout stage. 

 

 

Even if  Khaleel were as non economical as Sandeep was in his last 3 matches ... He would break the monotony and make Bhuvi and Kaul more effective.

 

There is a reason why teams go for variety in bowling attacks for the last 50 years.

What? Dude, its professional sport. Not a soap opera.People only care about results here.Nothing else.Sandeep  was bowling well for them and unless Khaleel did something really great in the nets, they wouldn't replace their main bowler with a newbie. CSK brought in Asif because Chahar was injured and Shardul was off-colour. KKR bowled Prasidh when they didnt have any other options.That is how every other team did in this IPL.

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, Cricket_Fan said:

What? Dude, its professional sport. Not a soap opera.People only care about results here

Results come with regularity when bowling attacks have variety. It is so basic, I don't know why I am discussing this even.

 

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.Nothing else.Sandeep  was bowling well for them and unless Khaleel did something really great in the nets, they wouldn't replace their main bowler with a newbie. CSK brought in Asif because Chahar was injured and Shardul was off-colour. KKR bowled Prasidh when they didnt have any other options.That is how every other team did in this IPL.

 

They had to bring in Khaleel in a crucial knockout game. There were atleast 10 posters on ICF who were discussing about the possibility of this happening during the last 4 SRH games. 

 

Bhuvi was injured in quite a few games ... could have tried Khaleel in atleast 1 game or continued with Sandeep in the knockout game.

 

You don't try an uncapped absolute rookie in a knockout match ...  as simple as that.

Edited May 26, 2018 by express bowling

[express bowling]

32 minutes ago, asterix said:

^ The problem if a rookie fast bowler in SRH team is that all other bowlers tend to be miser so the opposition batsmen try to take risks against the fast bowler to score as much possible...

T20 is not the right platform to gauge fast bowlers or any bowlers for that matter...
 

 

A very fair and important point.

 

But one has to plan for future contigencies like injuries or subsequent loss of form ,  in the league stage itself.

[eternalhope]

Agree that SRH should have tried him in the league phase itself and rotated their bowlers to pick the best in the knockout phase.

 

If I have to give a benefit of doubt to the SRH thinktank, they were never sure of the top two spots till the end as I guess they themselves did not believe in their batting ability to win the matches and pinned all the hopes on the bowlers and so kept on putting the same combination which was giving them wins. Their batting was a complete letdown and their backup options were almost non-existent.

 

Dhoni had that luxury of a good bench and a smart operator that he is, he kept rotating them and zeroed in on the best combination in the knockouts. Everyone thought he had a lot of has beens in the team, but he took care that all of his bowlers could bat and it showed in their approach when they were not flustered even with mounting RRRs.

Edited May 28, 2018 by eternalhope

[raki05]

On 5/26/2018 at 1:33 PM, Cricket_Fan said:

You dont fix something which is already working.And all the phasst bowlers got whacked in this in IPL .So there is no evidence that Khaleel would have been any different.

At-least for public shake it would have been better to watch an upcoming fast bowler than midget trundlers. Anyway IPL is for entertainment and looking out for any new upcoming talent (especially fast bowlers.) whom we can't see often in domestic.