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8 hours ago, Cricspin said:

Pant is definitely batting too high for his techical level, experience and style

He doesnt look to be our No.4, give that slot to Iyer and persist a bit.

 Pant should play 5 or 6.. even 7 depending on the situation.

Dont see any major technical flaws in him. He may not be technically very sound but i dnt see technical issues. He is good enough to bat at 4....the only reason i feel he shudnt bat at 4 coz we have most talent in batting who cud bat in top 4 but very few who cud bat in 5-7.... Like even dhoni cud have batted in top 4 but very few at that time also cud bat in lower order. Hardik also deserves a promotion but lack of good option in lower middle order will also be an obstacle . 

 

His problem are like of any highly talented youngster who has a huge array of shots- shot selection is the issue which will only improve with time. Guys like rohit n yuvraj had same issue coz they had so many option. His strike rotation will also improve with time. 

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he is too good a test player to get gradually regressed  both in confidence &    performance  because of getting badly managed. The best way  to use him effectively is to make him open the inns in ODI. With field restrictions upfront , he can at the least give these 30 ball 40 cameos.Additional runs from him should be a bonus. This way, he can take the resulting confidence  into tests too.Thus the whole team can benefit.

Dhawan is almost 34. With Pant being randomly used along with Dhawan, that would be a natural  progression.By the time Dhawan gets to 37, Pant   still at 24 would be a more polished batsman  who can play at high level for  at least 12years moving forward .

But whether the dumb ass management would allow him ?? That is the big question.  

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27 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

He is not a no.4. This was a time he had to get set and gradually push on the rate. Not throw the bat around willy nilly.

Any casual observer can tell you that Pant will never be a no.4 batter yet for some reason the braindead management persist in playing him there. Will likely make him lose confidence and and in turn will lose his place in the team. 

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pant should open in ODIs (as I've said in other posts). or he should not be anywhere above 6-7. he is not a middle order strike rotator. he is someone who likes the aerial route, who likes few fielders outside circle, and who needs time to play himself in and then explode. coming in middle order, he seems to have the impulse to either go for rash strokes or block too much.

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15 minutes ago, rtmohanlal said:

should  either open or get out of the ODI team. Other wise spoil him  by making a slogger at: 7  there by affecting his performances in tests too.

yes, he should be given a few matches in the opening slot. if ind wants a middle order keeper batsman, they need to look either at making jadhav/klr (a bad idea) keep or bring in kishan (who is also better at opening than middle order).

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Though his aggressiveness suits opening his shot selection may result in disaster for India. He is been playing the same way since u19 worldcup he was an opener then and thrown his wicket away and got out to a single digit score in U19 WC FINAL. And he did the same in WC SEMI FINAL. Still he didn't change his game. Failing is not wrong but failing in the same way every time by not correcting your mistakes is definitely wrong. 

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6 hours ago, express bowling said:

Need to give Pant a very long rope.

 

He needs to be given lots of opportunities to develop his game.

 

Because his ceiling can be very high and he can be an awesome match-winner if he is able to sort out his 50-over middle order game.

:rofl:

At this stage the long rope will lead to him ending his own career.

Needs to be moved down the order. Not a #4 bat, naive to think otherwise. There is plenty of batting talent in India and we have Pant being pushed to bat at 4

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