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Shreyas Gopal - Another contendor for no.6/7 spot in tests?


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Leg spinner with average of 27

Technically correct batsman with average of 36

 

Seems to be developing his batting a lot, can be developed for no.6/7 slot in tests. The fact that he is a proper leggie is what interests me most. Being a technically correct batsman and a leggie will mean he can be very useful overseas.

Posted
6 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Among the available i find Vijay kumar is the most technically sound middle order batsman. These Iyers, Pants all look  loose with their shots.

Did you mean Vijay Shankar?

Posted (edited)
28 minutes ago, worldpositive1 said:

No thanks too many South Indians and ruins the True Indian identity. We already have Ash, Vijay, Iyer, Mukand, Sundar, DK, KL Rahul, Shankar, Nair and now another Madrasi ? No thanks. 

Where is the downvote when you need one? True Indian identity? What a load of bull crap!!!

 

Are you for real? Vijay and Ash have been the mainstay of the Test team for a while now. KLR is the second best opener and isn’t even a ‘Madrasi’.. and Iyer plays for Mumbai. Stop being a jerk and end this madrasi stereotyping. 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, bowl_out said:

Where is the downvote when you need one? True Indian identity? What a load of bull crap!!!

 

Are you for real? Vijay and Ash have been the mainstay of the Test team for a while now. KLR is the second best opener and isn’t even a ‘Madrasi’.. and Iyer plays for Mumbai. Stop being a jerk and end this madrasi stereotyping. 

There is already a quota in team selection, what are you talking about ? You can't play a match without players from all zones playing. Madrasis are only 200 million rest are make 1 billion, need to have equal chance for everyone. Can't have one zone everywhere. 

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23 minutes ago, worldpositive1 said:

There is already a quota in team selection, what are you talking about ? You can't play a match without players from all zones playing. Madrasis are only 200 million rest are make 1 billion, need to have equal chance for everyone. Can't have one zone everywhere. 

You talk about population sizes and chance for everyone which inherently means you are the one that wants quota.

 

Posted
16 hours ago, Forever Indian said:

Leg spinner with average of 27

Technically correct batsman with average of 36

 

Seems to be developing his batting a lot, can be developed for no.6/7 slot in tests. The fact that he is a proper leggie is what interests me most. Being a technically correct batsman and a leggie will mean he can be very useful overseas.

He was always a specialist batsman who could bowl leg spin but his early success with the ball very much like Washington labeled him a bowler while he actually was a batsman who used to bat in top 6 and even opened at time for Karnataka at junior and U22 levels. This is the reason he could not develop his batting further as they started playing him more as a bowler who could bat and batted at 7 or 8 mostly.

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3 hours ago, rkt.india said:

He was always a specialist batsman who could bowl leg spin but his early success with the ball very much like Washington labeled him a bowler while he actually was a batsman who used to bat in top 6 and even opened at time for Karnataka at junior and U22 levels. This is the reason he could not develop his batting further as they started playing him more as a bowler who could bat and batted at 7 or 8 mostly.

Didn’t know that. Defenitely looked solid while batting, needs to be given chances in next A tours.

Posted

True Indian Identity my ar$e.

 

I'd be happy to have a Indian team of all XI from Hogennakkal Tamil Nadu, if they could win games.

 

In fact, if this team could win every time, I'd be

 

(a) happy shouting aiyo! aiyo!

(b) while slurping rasam,

(c) and stroking my handlebar moustache

(d) while tying back my short white lungi and 

(e) making threatening pelvic thrusts in all directions, in support of my newly found Tamil identity. 

 

True Indian Identity my ar$e.

Posted
17 hours ago, worldpositive1 said:

No thanks too many South Indians and ruins the True Indian identity. We already have Ash, Vijay, Iyer, Mukand, Sundar, DK, KL Rahul, Shankar, Nair and now another Madrasi ? No thanks. 

What an idiot.

Posted
20 hours ago, worldpositive1 said:

No thanks too many South Indians and ruins the True Indian identity. We already have Ash, Vijay, Iyer, Mukand, Sundar, DK, KL Rahul, Shankar, Nair and now another Madrasi ? No thanks. 

build a wall... :p

Posted
21 hours ago, express bowling said:

Gopal is a very good leg-spinner.

 

I will keep an eye on him.

Are you sure of his techniques. Does he have a good default delivery.. a leg spin that he can rely on? Esp since we are talking of tests.

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