SecondSlip Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) New Delhi: India's wondrous campaign in Dubai for the Asia Cup 2018 that has taken them to Super Four following victories over Hong Kong and Pakistan, has been encircled by a series of three victories including all-rounder Hardik Pandya. And BCCI, on Thursday, announced Deepak Chahar, Ravindra Jadeja, and Siddharth Kaul as the replacement for Hardik, Axar Patel, and Shardul Thakur, respectively. However, former Indian cricketer Ajit Agarkar has questioned the selection of Jadeja over Krunal Pandya, while referring to Chahar-Kaul callup as 'T20 selections'. Agarkar felt that Umesh Yadav and Krunal should've been the two likely replacements while expressing his disappointment over the decisions taken by the Indian selectors in announcing replacement players for Asia Cup 2018. Umesh was part of England limited-overs series where he picked up 10 wickets in six matches. He last played the Test series opener at Edgbaston in England. Meanwhile, Krunal has been excellent with the bat and with the ball both in domestic level and in India A campaign. He picked up seven wickets in eight matches and has been effective enough with the bat as well. He averages 35.90 with the bat in List A cricket. In fact in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match between Baroda and Mumbai, he scored 85 runs and finished with figures of 1 for 24. "Yes, strange couple of changes for India. Firstly, I don't know where Umesh Yadav is? He only played one Test in England. Deepak Chahar and Siddharth Kaul both looked to me like T20 selections. I like Chahar, he can swing the ball, he has got abilities. But he is not the like-for-like replacement for Hardik Pandya. Hardik is a much better batsman than he is. You have lost Shardul Thakur, your out-and-out seamer and they have gone from Siddharth Kaul, but ideally, you should have gone for someone like Umesh Yadav, who has a bit of experience," Agarkar told ESPNCricinfo. "Maybe they have seen the pitch condition and realised that they don't need pace and need a bowler who can bowl straight. I can't quite understand Ravindra Jadeja selection, to be honest. It was a nice opportunity for the selectors to bring someone like Krunal Pandya. He seems to be doing okay in List A cricket and Vijay Hazare Trophy. For Jadeja, is the captain confident enough to bowl him 10 overs on flat conditions? That is the reason he went out of the team for he was no longer effective enough, nor getting wickets. Krunal Pandya is a better batsman. Jadeja has got abilities, but you wouldn't bat him in top six." Jadeja last played for India in ODI in July 2017 versus West Indies. In 2017, he played just seven matches before the emergence of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal in limited-overs cricket. Also, Jadeja has been wicketless after bowling 71.4 overs in List A cricket since his wicket of Shakib Al Hasan in Champion Trophy 2017 semis. https://www.timesnownews.com/asia-cup/article/asia-cup-2018-ajit-agarkar-questions-selection-of-ravindra-jadeja-over-krunal-pandya-as-a-replacement-player/287748 Edited September 21, 2018 by SecondSlip GolGappe and tweaker 2 Link to comment
SecondSlip Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) Good to see ex-players like Manjrekar and Agarkar making noise in support of talented youngsters like Rahul and Krunal. Edited September 21, 2018 by SecondSlip UrmiSinhaRay and express bowling 2 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Jaddu might even be suitable on these pitches. Fast darts will work. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Jaddu might even be suitable on these pitches. Fast darts will work. Krunal would be same but a better bat. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Mosher Posted September 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) Agarkar is one of the few ex-players who talks sense these days and is not afraid to call out bad selections. Wish he was a selector. Edited September 21, 2018 by Mosher Laaloo, Hell Raiser, Vk1 and 7 others 3 7 Link to comment
Rightarmfast Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Agarkar is a pretty simple straight forward guy. I reckon we need people like Agarkar in the cricket management. UrmiSinhaRay and Mosher 1 1 Link to comment
Cricketics Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Agarkar is speaking like how I want him too. Always liked him as a player evn though the world hated him for his bowling. Shabash Aggy. express bowling, Mosher, UrmiSinhaRay and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment
mani sha Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Cricketics said: Agarkar is speaking like how I want him too. Always liked him as a player evn though the world hated him for his bowling. Shabash Aggy. i liked him as a bowler too always got wickets Mosher, Cricketics and UrmiSinhaRay 2 1 Link to comment
tweaker Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 How Axar got injured without playing any matches. It's seems team management wanted Jadeja,Kaul so Axar Shardul has been niggled out. The team management wants such players who can be thrown out easily.They can't take the risk of selecting Pant, Khaleel who can be successful & it would be difficult for them to drop them. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
zen Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Scope for left arm slow bowlers is limited unless you are an all rounder or playing in helpful conditions or a Bedi KP adds more value with his power hitting abilities. In fielding both of them are similar. In bowling, Jadeja could be more clever due to experience Considering our fragile middle order, and with Hardik out, Krunal had a stronger case express bowling, UrmiSinhaRay and SK_IH 2 1 Link to comment
tweaker Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Next selections could be Rahane,Binny,Raina , Unadkat,Mishra UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 29 minutes ago, tweaker said: How Axar got injured without playing any matches. It's seems team management wanted Jadeja,Kaul so Axar Shardul has been niggled out. The team management wants such players who can be thrown out easily.They can't take the risk of selecting Pant, Khaleel who can be successful & it would be difficult for them to drop them. It is not hard for Axar to get injured. Probably he was carrying a hot dog for Dhoni. Frustrated, Switchblade and UrmiSinhaRay 1 2 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Make this guy the next selector UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Lannister Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) Nothing much to see here. He didn't even ask the most obvious question. How did Jadeja earn his ODI call when he has not done anything in domestic cricket. Kaul and Chahar being T20 selections are right. But he did manage to suck up to his fellow Mumbai player Thakur by calling him out-and-out seamer. Lol. You gotta be kidding me. Edited September 21, 2018 by Lannister SK_IH and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
express bowling Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Agarkar's chances of making a comeback for WC19 is going down the drain with these harsh truths. Age is on Aggy's side ( he is older than most other pacers but still fit ). And he is surely mediocre and slow in pace these days. Ticks all the boxes for a LOI comecack for Team India nowadays if he can come out of retirement. UrmiSinhaRay and Mosher 1 1 Link to comment
CG Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Agarkar is speaking like how I want him too. Always liked him as a player evn though the world hated him for his bowling. Shabash Aggy. Agarkar was a good odi bowler nearly 300 wickets. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Kohli Hates Jadeja --> Rohit Hates Kohli ---> Rohit finds new love in Jadeja UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Khota Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Jadeja >>>>>> Pandya Both pandya brothers are not good enough to represent India today. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
UrmiSinhaRay Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Kohli Hates Jadeja --> Rohit Hates Kohli ---> Rohit finds new love in Jadeja Lol WD you've been on fire circa morning !!Sent from my SM-A710F using Tapatalk Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Jadeja on slow low pitches is a real force Link to comment
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