express bowling Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Would be very exciting for fans, test matches will get new viewers and, even if one of them clicks, the opposition maybe destroyed. Please discuss. Link to comment
Temujin Khaghan Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Of course why not. But alas, pant not in 2019wc plans as of now... Link to comment
SK_IH Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 there are so many exciting players around,waiting for this team mgmt to move on Link to comment
The Dark Horse Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Pant in tests? We shouldn't be gifting test caps just like that based on IPL performance. The only reason Hardik is playing us because he's a fast bowling all rounder. sandeep 1 Link to comment
express bowling Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Krunal Pandya will be an interesting addition to our LOI sides too. Link to comment
express bowling Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said: Pant in tests? Pant averages 69 in first class cricket. Not basing it on IPL performances. Edited August 13, 2017 by express bowling OpeningBatsman and Mosher 2 Link to comment
The Dark Horse Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 1 minute ago, express bowling said: Pant averages 86 in first class cricket. Not basing it on IPL performances. Average is 68. He should prove himself on A tours before we talk about him coming into the test team. Link to comment
express bowling Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said: Average is 68. Yeah.... he averaged 86 last season. Even 69 is a great average. 2 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said: He should prove himself on A tours before we talk about him coming into the test team. I am not talking about the next test series but in due time. Saw Pant keeping in this A series and he was above average in that aspect too. Link to comment
rkt.india Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 8 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said: Pant in tests? We shouldn't be gifting test caps just like that based on IPL performance. The only reason Hardik is playing us because he's a fast bowling all rounder. Pant scored close to 1000 runs in last Ranji trophy that too at an SR of over 100. Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) 11 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said: Average is 68. He should prove himself on A tours before we talk about him coming into the test team. If he has earned a national cap , give him a fair go there rather asking him to go back on A-tour . Ofcourse he has to perform whereever he gets a chance but now he has got a national cap When u find a special talent, try to ignore number. People here having been crying regd pandya fc numbers and looks pandya's perfomance since he has been selected. Pant is a special talent with an uncluttered mindset of sehwag, such mindsets are rare to find Edited August 13, 2017 by Ankit_sharma03 Mosher 1 Link to comment
philcric Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) 17 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said: Pant in tests? We shouldn't be gifting test caps just like that based on IPL performance. The only reason Hardik is playing us because he's a fast bowling all rounder. IPL performance? Last first class season, Pant scored 1000+ runs at 80+ average and 100+ SR. Not saying he will definitely be a world class batsman, but selecting him is hardly gifting test cap. PS: Not saying India really needs to blood the likes of Pant or Iyer in Tests at this point (unlike in ODIs where we do need a new batsman or two). Our test batting is doing fine all the way from 1 to 8. Edited August 13, 2017 by philcric Link to comment
chewy Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Pant should be in Test squad, has been excellent in Ranji Link to comment
Sandeep99 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 If anything, Pant deserves a test cap more than a T20/ODI cap. He played well for Delhi the last season. But looks like he's not really being looked as a test cricketer by the selectors. He's not playing the A team match against RSA. He just played the limited overs tournament. However, currently India doesn't have any urgent requirement of a wicket keeper in tests with Saha doing reasonably well. Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 pandya establishing as batsman is fine but pant is a keeper Saha is setting some high standards . sandeep 1 Link to comment
express bowling Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 1 minute ago, jf1gp_1 said: pant is a keeper Saha is setting some high standards . Liked Pant's keeping in this A series.... agile and missed nothing. Link to comment
The Dark Horse Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Woah woah I'm talking about tests. I don't have any issue of Pant playing ODIs or T20s. How many of you have seen him do well in testing conditions? He's just 19 FFS. Even Jadeja scored 3 triple centuries in a row in ranji. What's happened now? Besides even if he's in the squad I don't see him playing in the 11. It's better he spends more time in ranji or even better should be on the tours like the A tour in South Africa. Link to comment
The Dark Horse Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: If he has earned a national cap , give him a fair go there rather asking him to go back on A-tour . Ofcourse he has to perform whereever he gets a chance but now he has got a national cap When u find a special talent, try to ignore number. People here having been crying regd pandya fc numbers and looks pandya's perfomance since he has been selected. Pant is a special talent with an uncluttered mindset of sehwag, such mindsets are rare to find This is our perennial problem. Selection based on ODIs. Pandya is a one off case as he's a potential quick bowling all rounder - one which we rarely have. I just don't want him to go the way of Raina, Yuvraj et. Al. Let's not even talk of special talent now. Look at Rohit. May be if he had more exposure to testing conditions before making a decision he might have been a better batsman. Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 8 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said: This is our perennial problem. Selection based on ODIs. Pandya is a one off case as he's a potential quick bowling all rounder - one which we rarely have. I just don't want him to go the way of Raina, Yuvraj et. Al. Let's not even talk of special talent now. Look at Rohit. May be if he had more exposure to testing conditions before making a decision he might have been a better batsman. U think people didnt have the fear for pandya , read the forum how people were so fearful regd pandya U knw whats our perennial problem- FEAR . If we live in the fear :"I just don't want him to go the way of Raina, Yuvraj et. Al" we ll never be able to try any player who is successful in short format How r u so sure that pant will go yuvraj, rohit n raina's ways he cud also go sehwag or gilchrist way. How wud u knw unless u try The biggest diff i see with them n pant n sehwag is mindset . This guy made his senior Samson bat freely in an ipl game with his his advice. What odi's he hasnt played odi's till now, he smashed the whole ranji circuit last season which is long format Look at rohit, ur able to make a comment on rohit after we have tried him . N again how wud u knw unless u try. How many thought sehwag will be succesful in test cricket when he debut infact he wasnt doing to gr8 in Odi's then to but he became a gr8 opener. Unless we try we wnt know. The comparison btw raina n pant makes no sense as raina,rohit biggest problem is his their mindset and this is what makes pant look diff. He wnt be a finished product when he ll come no player not even kohli was a finished product but now that he has destroyed whole ranji circuit and earned national cap whats the fear that he ll fail. So might as well fail, good players learn from failure , even kohli failed in his 1st test series against WI Link to comment
The Dark Horse Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 ^im just saying give him more time. Pick a crop of players and select the guy who's been consistently hitting the doors of test cricket instead of just "oh well he looks to clear the ball well, let's rope him into the team. People won't complain as he's popular and is entertaining". If he's the guy who's been consistent then why not. I'm just saying one season in ranji is just not enough time. Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 12 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said: ^im just saying give him more time. Pick a crop of players and select the guy who's been consistently hitting the doors of test cricket instead of just "oh well he looks to clear the ball well, let's rope him into the team. People won't complain as he's popular and is entertaining". If he's the guy who's been consistent then why not. I'm just saying one season in ranji is just not enough time. I dnt think so anyone is saying draft him asap in test cricket but yea soon he shud be there as of now its not even fair to drop saha to . Pant shud regularly get a chance in Odi n t20 now point isnt one or 2 ranji season , the thing is he has performed . Which other keeper batsman is hitting doors in test cricket????? Link to comment
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