Are we missing Pandya already?

[rkt.india]

1 minute ago, Rightarmfast said:

Sure, for that Pandya has to score runs against good bowlers which he cant.

He certainly has scored more as many as some others playing this game. 

[cowboysfan]

7 minutes ago, zen said:

He will do the 5th bowlers job well. And he avgs 60+ with the bat in decent batting conditions 

 

Also is in good shape. Recently scored 80+ and picked up a 5-er in his return to domestics post injury 

I have seen enough of his bowling to know he wont be able to bowl on these wickets,he will be cannon fodder like umesh Yadav.you cant have a 5th bowler who is massively leaking runs when runs are a premium like in this series.

[express bowling]

I too was in favour of playing 7 specialist batsmen, including Pant, for this test match.  (  usually, I want 4 pace bowling options outside Asia  ).   Because we cannot afford to lose this test match.

 

But  a specialist batsman makes sense if and only if he is batting like a specialist batsman ...  and not for the sake of it.

 

Rahul and Vijay have not added any value to the team this year.  Even Vihari looks very susceptible to the rising short ball but he looks decent otherwise and should play.

 

Rohit would have added some value to this team ...  but in his absence, Pandya would not have been any worse than Rahul, with the added ability to bowl seam.

Edited January 3, 2019 by express bowling

[zen]

KL and Rahane have just added 28 runs .... they have been failing on consistent basis 

Edited January 3, 2019 by zen

[zen]

5 minutes ago, cowboysfan said:

I have seen enough of his bowling to know he wont be able to bowl on these wickets,he will be cannon fodder like umesh Yadav.you cant have a 5th bowler who is massively leaking runs when runs are a premium like in this series.

But he adds value as a batsman too .... if you think conditions don't support his bowling (which is ok for a 5th bowler), they will support his batting (as I said avgs 60+ in decent batting conditions) 

[GautiMaan]

Pitch is conducive for short pitch bowling.

Even his haters have to admit he is good at that.

[The Dark Horse]

Pandya instead of Rahul and not Vihari would make more sense.

[zen]

Vihari if he can support Pujara to take us past 300, he would have done a decent job 

[rkt.india]

11 minutes ago, cowboysfan said:

I have seen enough of his bowling to know he wont be able to bowl on these wickets,he will be cannon fodder like umesh Yadav.you cant have a 5th bowler who is massively leaking runs when runs are a premium like in this series.

guy has won us a test match with his bowling, so, there is certainly more to his bowling than what you have seen.  here is the last FC game he played.

 

http://www.bcci.tv/videos/id/7169/ranji-trophy-2018-19mumbai-vs-baroda-hardik-pandyas-581

Edited January 3, 2019 by rkt.india

[Real McCoy]

As others have mentioned, Pandya is missed only by OP . I tried arguing in vain with the OP in another thread regarding Pandya. He doesn't seem to give up despite no one agreeing with him. He has the ability to bore people with his "logic"

[zen]

26 minutes ago, express bowling said:

But  a specialist batsman makes sense if and only if he is batting like a specialist batsman ...  and not for the sake of it.

Agree .... Pak was street smart in this respect in the past. They would play Moin Khan as a specialist batsman if others were struggling. Imran Khan is said to have flown in Izaz Faki for a test in India, where the guy scored a 100 and picked up a wkt 

 

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[zen]

6 minutes ago, Real McCoy said:

As others have mentioned, Pandya is missed only by OP . I tried arguing in vain with the OP in another thread regarding Pandya. He doesn't seem to give up despite no one agreeing with him. He has the ability to bore people with his "logic"

have you read the thread? Seen the support for Pandya?

 

PS don't get carried away by those Pandya haters posting their customary posts on a thread supporting Pandya's inclusion (most of them have their agendas) 

Edited January 3, 2019 by zen

[Real McCoy]

Just now, zen said:

have you read the thread? Seen the support for Pandya?

Talk about boring and not giving up

[zen]

1 minute ago, Real McCoy said:

Talk about boring and not giving up

don't get carried away by those Pandya haters posting their customary posts on a thread supporting Pandya's inclusion (most of them have their agendas)

[Real McCoy]

4 minutes ago, zen said:

don't get carried away by those Pandya haters posting their customary posts on a thread supporting Pandya's inclusion (most of them have their agendas)

I'm not getting carried away by anyone. This match needed a proper bat. I have told you a couple of time that Pandya can't be tried in a key game and he is coming from an injury. You keep quoting that 90 against SA and his cowbelt innings against SL. Clearly you have Pandya poster in your bedroom door

[zen]

Just now, Real McCoy said:

I'm not getting carried away by anyone. This match needed a proper bat. I have told you a couple of time that Pandya can't be tried in a key game and he is coming from an injury. You keep quoting that 90 against SA and his cowbelt innings against SL. Clearly you have Pandya poster in your bedroom door

 

 

anyways, good luck on the forums 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Ppl shud stop saying Pandya 93 was a fluke.....WTF was fluke in It???? he played proper shots ...didnt get runs from edges...attacked when he didnt many partners left and thats how 6 numbe player game shud be . 

93 is a fluke 

5 wkt was a fluke, 50 in same game was

100 vs SL makes no diff to them

70 against afghanistan , oh it was afghansitan what if we were having a collapse

 

He only has played 11 in games .....what are ur expectation. IF u have big ones go see what other players did in the same series. Neither he was the worst bowler in england and neither worse batsman in Sa.....he was better then many. N how diff is to understand they were the toughest scores. Against those attacks in their backyard a guy like pujara failed to avg above 40 .....here we are expecting from pandya 

 

Also if anyone calls that 93 was a fluke , shud check his innings on seaming track against a Pink Ball on Aus-A tour where all our A batsman failed. 

 

 

 

[zen]

If Pandya was played, I would have been able to start Pandya, what a performance thread as well .... TM

[Stan AF]

Pandya not necessary here.

 

Kuldeep and Jadeja enough to win this.

[chewy]

Pandya shouldn't have been called up, should have let him recover fitness  and play couple more Ranji matches, to prep him for the ODIs and T20Is

 

If anything Shanker should have been in the Test squad as the next in line all rounder