Is Saha good enough as a keeper to be in XI despite very poor batting?

[Trichromatic]

Title says it all.

 

It's not just low scores, the way he bats he looks no better than some bit and pieces type of batsman. Basically 4 out of 10.

 

How good is he as keeper? Haven't seen him keep recently. Is he like 9 out of 10 or 8 out 10 as keeper. If he is brilliant keeper then he certainly deserves to be in playing XI otherwise he should go.

[rahulrulezz]

No. I rather have Parthiv. 

I have seen Saha drop the simplest stumps and catches. 

[Sidhoni]

If we are going to play with 5 bowlers then Saha needs to be more than a specialist keeper.

[BeautifulGame]

No.

 

We should have tried Pant or Kishan in the Bangladesh test .

[CG]

Great keeping .

[Lord]

If we are talking about batting,then specialists need to dropped first

 

Brillliant stumping as I say

[tweaker]

No ,we need a good wicketkeeper batsman

[helperononline]

he is terrific keeper but there is no consistency in batting we cannot show him the door now because team is failing collectively with exception of K L Rahul  

[Sidhoni]

Excellent stumping

[King Tendulkar]

His glove work is not in question . Anyone who is saying otherwise is a hater lol

 

its about his batting . His batting is not quite good enough 

 

but 

 

it's about his replacements. Any replacement must be a good keeper i.e. Rules out Parthiv for example 

 

are kishan and pant glove work good enough ? That's the million dollar question no one knows yet

[kira]

That stumping just now is the reason saha is in the team, you guys will start whining  once you replace saha with a batsman who is shyte as a keeper, catches win matches

[King Tendulkar]

Problem is all the other contenders are better bats . But I do feel their keeping May seriously suck 

 

patel is no go 

 

kishan and pant ? No one has a clue on their keeping . Genuinely don't think their glove work will up to it right now . 

[express bowling]

We missed a chance of trying Pant, Kuldeep and Aniket in the test against Bangladesh.

 

As it stands now, Saha's above-average keeping,   lack of knowledge about keeping skills of Pant, Kishan etc. and poor keeping of Parthiv.... are not leaving us with any realistic options for another keeper in the current series.

 

If  Nair plays at No.6 then Saha is obviously the best option.

Edited March 5, 2017 by express bowling

[King Tendulkar]

I would actually say Saha keeping is top class . Glove work wise maybe best test match keeper in world at moment 

 

the catch of yadav last game and this stumping today . Really not sure any other keeepr in india would have got both 

 

his batting is below average but not as bad as think . Until others show their glove work is good he may keep his place 

[kosingh]

Contributing to DRS use is now such an imprtant part of a keeper's profile, and Saha has a way to go in that regard

[Malcolm Merlyn]

NO HE ISNT.HE IS ****.

[Austin 3:!6]

Get Rishabh Pant ya

 

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[Ultimate_Game]

Days of a specialist wkt keeper whose runs are considered bonus are long gone. Like it or not to be competitive you need a wkt keeper batsman who is multi-dimensional who contributes both with the bat and gloves. Maybe you can carry a wkt keeper occasionally if you are blessed with good all-rounders and a deep batting lineup but we don't have that luxury. We have to move on to a younger option who fits in with how the game is played in modern times.

[G_B_]

Unless Saaha comes up with a back against the wall 50 he needs to be dropped.

 

His keeping is poor with many dropped chances and his batting is not good enough

[Sachinism]

Why don't we produce world class keepers?