Thank You Kohli And Parthiv Patel For Your Services In SA

[philcric]

Among all the keepers I've seen who played a fair number of test matches, the worst has been K Akmal followed by P Patel.

 

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On 14/01/2018 at 10:50 AM, Temujin Khaghan said:

Parthiv Patel doesn't know the difference b/w a wicketkeeper and a goalkeeper...

 

its not enough if you just stop the ball parthiv... you should catch it..

Lol, not just any goalkeeper, a hockey goalkeeper at that. A football keeper should ideally catch the ball, and deflect if he cannot -- so actually not that different from a wicketkeeper, despite the difference in name and format. The hockey keeper can only slap it away, which is what Kamran Akmal and Parthiv Patel seem to think a keeper's gloves are (primarily) for.

[Forever Indian]

6 minutes ago, abc said:

Lol, not just any goalkeeper, a hockey goalkeeper at that. A football keeper should ideally catch the ball, and deflect if he cannot -- so actually not that different from a wicketkeeper, despite the difference in name and format. The hockey keeper can only slap it away, which is what Kamran Akmal and Parthiv Patel seem to think a keeper's gloves are (primarily) for.

Even as a hockey keeper Pappu will probably watch the ball go into goal and then blame the Defender who was 20 feet away.

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Just now, Forever Indian said:

Even as a hockey keeper Pappu will probably watch the ball go into goal and then blame the Defender who was 20 feet away.

True dat ;)

[PBN]

lol parthiv blames it on Chintu

 

[Khota]

Not a word about 4 other batsman who have failed but let us gang up on one player.

Edited January 15, 2018 by Khota

[bowl_out]

Why does Kohli always have this casual 'hands on knees' pose while standing at slips? He moves his hands to the catching position around the time the ball reaches the bat. Isn't that poor slip catching technique?

 

The best starting position for a slip fielder is to have cupped hands and bend almost as much as the wicketkeeper? That way it is always easier to get your hands up take a waist high catch than if you are staying up but suddenly need to go down to take an ankle high catch. 

 

Shouldn't the tech/video guys in the squad point this out to him? Thoughts? 

 

Look at the position of the wicketkeeper (even though he sucks), silly point vs Kohli.. no cupped hands, most upright stance of the three close fielders, tight inflexible leg position

 

Edited January 16, 2018 by bowl_out

[Lannister]

1 hour ago, bowl_out said:

Why does Kohli always have this casual 'hands on knees' pose while standing at slips? He moves his hands to the catching position around the time the ball reaches the bat. Isn't that poor slip catching technique?

 

The best starting position for a slip fielder is to have cupped hands and bend almost as much as the wicketkeeper? That way it is always easier to get your hands up take a waist high catch than if you are staying up but suddenly need to go down to take an ankle high catch. 

 

Shouldn't the tech/video guys in the squad point this out to him? Thoughts? 

 

Look at the position of the wicketkeeper (even though he sucks), silly point vs Kohli.. no cupped hands, most upright stance of the three close fielders, tight inflexible leg position

 

The ball is almost reaching the batsman and he's still in that position. No wonder he drops lot of catches. He should be get into the catching position even before the release of the ball. 

[Trichromatic]

Now please return back for your services in England.

[SK_IH]

On 1/15/2018 at 2:48 AM, Dada's Army said:

I don't blame the wicket keeper who has 4.5 fingers when he drops catches. I blame the guy who thinks its was a good idea to pick him in the first place.