Ishant- Has he become mature?

[King Tendulkar]

I am amazed I am sayjng this 

 

but would pick ishant over yadav . Ishant make my team for 1st test 

 

am I about to be horribly let down by ishant and end up by end of sa abusing hell out of him ? Probably yes 

[ravishingravi]

Yes. Seems to have got his action and wrist position together. 

 

Ishant 

Shami

Yadav / Bhuvi 

 

now that’s a good attack. 

[vishalvirsingh]

On 11/29/2017 at 10:32 PM, Vk1 said:

Pandya at this moment is more like Lance klusener in tests. Can get quick runs, pick cheap wickets whenever possible. Kallis too infact used to pick wickets when batsman used to feel relieved from not facing Donald Pollock etc and plays a loose shot. If Pandya can do that it's a real bonus. 

you got it right..thats going to happen.

he will be taken lightly after ishant/shammi and bhuvi , one more point is pandya has a very fast bouncer which is his regular ball , i see him taking wickets on that ball too.

[express bowling]

Ishant's wrist position and accuracy  has improved from NZ 2014 tour. 

 

From that time, we have seen him perform decently in away test matches.

 

Career averages

	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
unfiltered	2007-2017	79	139	2498.3	485	8175	224	7/74	10/108	36.49	3.27	66.9	7	1	Profile
filtered	2014-2016	16	28	527.0	93	1775	59	7/74	9/162	30.08	3.36	53.5	4	0

 

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/236779.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;orderby=default;spanmin1=01+Feb+2014;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bowling

 

 

Average 30, SR 53.5,   four 5-wicket hauls in 16 tests

 

He has not done that well in India ..... because, in India we see those pacers doing well who are great at reverse swing. Ishant is not good at that but depends on seam movement and bounce, which is much more suited to tests outside Asia.

 

Another advantage with Ishant is that he is a work-horse and can bowl long spells at decent ER, which is needed outside Asia.

 

Umesh is someone who is at his best bowling with the old ball and reversing it at pace in test matches. Reason why he has done well in India.  Won't get much of that in SA.

 

Umesh is an out-swing bowler too and may come in handy in England.

 

If Ishant is combining accuracy with pace, like he is doing now, he is more suited for SA than Umesh.

Edited December 3, 2017 by express bowling