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


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Saha is the best keeper in the world atm. Suicidal to drop him if our alternative is Parthiv Patel. Saha is a gritty team man who can get the vital 20s and 30s down the order, he isn't a great batsman tbh but a real trier.

 

For overseas matches his batting can't be worse than Dhoni's...heck he has a 100 in WI while Dhoni was a cropper (bar his Lord's innings in 2007, 2nd dig) outside Asia. Our management has to back him and give him confidence...he looks like a bheegi billi in the field right now.

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13 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Saha is the best keeper in the world atm. Suicidal to drop him if our alternative is Parthiv Patel. Saha is a gritty team man who can get the vital 20s and 30s down the order, he isn't a great batsman tbh but a real trier.

 

For overseas matches his batting can't be worse than Dhoni's...heck he has a 100 in WI while Dhoni was a cropper (bar his Lord's innings in 2007, 2nd dig) outside Asia. Our management has to back him and give him confidence...he looks like a bheegi billi in the field right now.

Agree, a bit more of confidence could probably get him to bat more freely. He is the best keeper India has at the moment, his tailend batting can only improve which is at the moment worse that Jadeja.

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10 minutes ago, Vilander said:

Agree, a bit more of confidence could probably get him to bat more freely. He is the best keeper India has at the moment, his tailend batting can only improve which is at the moment worse that Jadeja.

This claim is bit amusing .On what basis are we saying , he is the best keeper in India .Non of us watch much Ranji apart from the few telecasted ones so judging keeping skills  is always speculative.

 

Gautham for example looks pretty good as a keeper from what I have seen.Don't see any difference in quality with Saha .

 

Saha got into the team based on his batting skills in the first place leapfrogging other options.So if he continues to bat like tail ender can't justify his place.If he is struggling this bad at home how awful will he seriously in places like SA or England?Modern teams can't afford to have wk bat as tail enders.

 

Clearly Kohli and Kumble believe in him so hopefully he can improve his form.

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This claim is bit amusing .On what basis are we saying , he is the best keeper in India .Non of us watch much Ranji apart from the few telecasted ones so judging keeping skills  is always speculative.

 

Gautham for example looks pretty good as a keeper from what I have seen.Don't see any difference in quality with Saha .

 

Saha got into the team based on his batting skills in the first place leapfrogging other options.So if he continues to bat like tail ender can't justify his place.If he is struggling this bad at home how awful will he seriously in places like SA or England?Modern teams can't afford to have wk bat as tail enders.

 

Clearly Kohli and Kumble believe in him so hopefully he can improve his form.

Indian conditions have been most challenging for batsman along with srilanka.You get roads in AUS and NZ also has some flat tracks,Even SA picthes have gotten flatter.

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Indian conditions have been most challenging for batsman along with srilanka.You get roads in AUS and NZ also has some flat tracks,Even SA picthes have gotten flatter.

 

 

SA pitches have bounce and pace even if lacks lateral movement.And they have started to ensure it has lateral movement too.Check the recent Lanka series.

 

As for England , it depends a lot more on conditions than the pitch.

 

Aussies obviously roads.

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Now this time I agrees with you, even when we were thrashing England and nz the only weak link in our batting I thought was saha certainly can't be a best wicket keeper batsman but we have to persist with him until we find good enough replacement

He is very very nervous to start but then somehow Settles down

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4 minutes ago, BeautifulGame said:

 

Yes

MSD in Australia-Highest score 57* average of 19.43 with 1 50

 

Saha in Australia-Highest score 35 with 0 50's average 18.50

 

In Aus conditions vs pace and bounce Saha is clearly the better keeper

 

MSD in Westindies- 2 50's average of 22.08

 

Saha in Westindies-Average of 51.25 with 1 100.

 

 

Now is this where I get to drop the mic?

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