So how long is the rope for Saha?

[gakgupta]

just 2 bad games and people already wanted a replacement.....LOL

[Silva]

Wicket keeping is a very specialist posistion. wanting to drop a wicket keeper for a bad game behind the stumps for a better batsman is a bit like wanting to drop a specialist bowler for an all rounder after he had a bad game with the ball. theirs no stats for wicket keeping and most games are not televised so its impossible to know how good or bad these other wicket keepers are unless your a bcci scout. and i am not even sure if they even exist.

 

 

 

Edited November 22, 2016 by Silva

[Unleashed]

How on earth people are saying that he had a bad second test match? Did you even saw the pitch on the last two days? Such uneven bounce and yet he was collecting everything cleanly. He scored crucial runs in NZ series too, he's safe for now.

 

Also people praising Dhoni's keeping can give me a break, dude was a liability in foreign trips. I remember that 2012 English Series in which he looked absolutely ridiculous keeping the wickets.

[ShebbySB]

Saha isn't the best batsman but probably the best keeper going around.He's good no.8 in tests,gritty as a basman.

Ashwin is doing a good job at no.6 but I think we need him more as a bowler than batsman.For now we will play

in our home conditions so it'll not be an issue but when we go abroad we really need to find a no.6 who can bowl

seam.Hardik should be groomed for that. Rahul,Vijay,Pujara,Kohli,Rahane from 1 to 5. Hardik at 6 who can bowl

seam and 135+ in tests that's a rarity in our country. Ashwin at 7,  Saha at 8 followed by 3 seamers in Shami, Umeshand Ishant/BK. Jadeja will only come in if there is enough help for spin in place of a seamer. This is the team for now.If Pant can continue his form for sometime then he'll replace Saha in the long run.

Edited November 22, 2016 by ShebbySB

[coffee_rules]

How long a rope for Pujara?

 

He put the team under pressure by scoring 1 run out of 23 balls in I2 of II test. He is always batting slow and causes other players to go for strike and get out. He is a liability to the team. He crumbles under pressure and has a large percentage of his dismissals as bowled. that shows he is suspect for peach and unplayable deliveries.

[sandeep]

2 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

How long a rope for Pujara?

 

He put the team under pressure by scoring 1 run out of 23 balls in I2 of II test. He is always batting slow and causes other players to go for strike and get out. He is a liability to the team. He crumbles under pressure and has a large percentage of his dismissals as bowled. that shows he is suspect for peach and unplayable deliveries.

+++

 

Its fanboy fantasy cricket syndrome. Let's go chase getting a superstar at every position, instead of being objective about what we have as options.   Drop Saha.  Drop Jadeja for Jayant  Yadav.  Tomorrow, they will want to drop either or both of the openers if they don't score a 100 soon, although Rahul might get a longer rope because he is 'new' and has xyz factor.  

[SUMO]

next test saha will bat at no 11...right slot for him 

[diga]

Just realised that Dinesh Karthik is younger than Saha... He should have made it big if not for Dhoni/personal issues 

[fineleg]

35 minutes ago, diga said:

Just realised that Dinesh Karthik is younger than Saha... He should have made it big if not for Dhoni/personal issues 

Problem was his batting and shot selection. Wasted his chances. One class shot, then fidgety-fidgety and then a stupid shot to get out.

Edited November 23, 2016 by fineleg

[Texan]

8 minutes ago, fineleg said:

Problem was his batting and shot selection. Wasted his chances. One class shot, then fidgety-fidgety and then a stupid shot to get out.

Not just his batting, his wicket-keeping was pathetic, especially later in his career. Only Kamran Akmal was worse than him.

[Vijy]

6 hours ago, fineleg said:

Problem was his batting and shot selection. Wasted his chances. One class shot, then fidgety-fidgety and then a stupid shot to get out.

Terrible keeping as well.

[Texan]

0 & 5

 

Playing a Test v/s Bangladesh and getting a 100 means the rope is long for him, especially with the chief selector being a fan of his keeping.

[BeautifulGame]

Well he going to play the entire series and most like the SA series .

 

Unfortunately can't see him anything but a walking wicket against good team .

[tweaker]

If we loose this series ,his time is up

[Malcolm Merlyn]

2 minutes ago, BeautifulGame said:

Well he going to play the entire series and most like the SA series .

 

Unfortunately can't see him anything but a walking wicket against good team .

 

When i said this,people made fun of me.I know how poor that guy is.

[kira]

8 minutes ago, Texan said:

0 & 5

 

Playing a Test v/s Bangladesh and getting a 100 means the rope is long for him, especially with the chief selector being a fan of his keeping.

He's a freaking wicketkeeper, stop expecting 100s after 100s from him, it is not saha's fault that our top order just forgot how to bat, his primary job is keeping and he's bloody brilliant at that

[CG]

As long as he can Keep wickets well .

[kira]

On 11/23/2016 at 5:52 AM, diga said:

Just realised that Dinesh Karthik is younger than Saha... He should have made it big if not for Dhoni/personal issues 

He's a terrible keeper, doesn't even keep for his state team now, he didn't have the temperament to make it big

[Texan]

Saha's 4th innings average is worse than even Ishant Sharma's.

 

Saha's average 5.33

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/279810.html?class=1;filter=advanced;innings_number=4;orderby=default;template=results;type=batting

 

Ishant Sharma averages 7

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/236779.html?class=1;filter=advanced;innings_number=4;orderby=default;template=results;type=batting

 

[Texan]

3 minutes ago, kira said:

He's a freaking wicketkeeper, stop expecting 100s after 100s from him, it is not saha's fault that our top order just forgot how to bat, his primary job is keeping and he's bloody brilliant at that

Did you just type this on a telegraph machine or are you actually using the internet? I am wondering which age you are stuck in where keepers only keep and don't bat.