Washington Sundar vs Krunal Pandya

[maniac]

Washington Sundar is the find of this pointless tournament...very impressive young man.

 

However I always felt it was between him and Krunal Pandya for that spin bowling all rounder slot.

 

Both Sundar and K.Pandya impressed in the IPL 2017.

 

However for now it is safe to say that Sundar has moved up the pecking order.

 

Obviously Sundar seems the better bowler but I like K.Pandya’s batting skills...From what I have seen the better bat

 

But the questions I have is

 

why has K.Pandya fallen below the pecking order? 

 

Is there an opportunity/slot for both?

 

Are they comparable in terms of skill levels?

 

Will Pandya sr fit in the scheme of things right now?

 

Ashwin and Jadeja don’t think it is 100% curtains for them yet with them being star players in the IPL they will get plenty of opportunities to be back in the scheme of things

 

what do you guys think?

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

Sundar has come into scene exactly the same way Ashwin came in. Bowling in power plays with variations.Both can bat.  Both Tall. Only difference probably is Sundar is slightly more athletic. It is entirely upto him to shape his career by adding more variations. Eventually batsmen will find a way to target him. We have to wait an see how he reacts. At this point he is very smart.

[kosingh]

Sundar definitely seems to have that presence about him. We'll see against better opposition, but he is one guy I am very excited about. 

 

Meh about Krunal. 

[maniac]

1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said:

Sundar has come into scene exactly the same way Ashwin came in. Bowling in power plays with variations.Both can bat.  Both Tall. Only difference probably is Sundar is slightly more athletic. It is entirely upto him to shape his career by adding more variations. Eventually batsmen will find a way to target him. We have to wait an see how he reacts. At this point he is very smart.

Yes has proved to be a good bowler and that too against 2 teams atleast where the stereotype is they play spin well being from the subcontinent...might do well against the white boys and WI hacks as well.

 

Havent seen his batting at any level but seen Krunal bat and bowl...I think Sundar is ahead as the bowler but is he a better bat than Krunal?

[jf1gp_1]

One is performing against lower ranked international sides VS someone who isn’t even regular in domestic team

[vvvslaxman]

23 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

One is performing against lower ranked international sides VS someone who isn’t even regular in domestic team

In T20  SL is not that bad a side. Given how Kusala perera gave us phainty in the first match it is a decent side.

[SK_IH]

krunal,sundar,hardik and vijay shankar, these 4 give india great options going forward 

 

for me sundar is a more reliable bowler than krunal,although krunal will be tested this IPL  he is one of premier/experienced spinners for  MI this season

[rkt.india]

2 hours ago, maniac said:

Washington Sundar is the find of this pointless tournament...very impressive young man.

 

However I always felt it was between him and Krunal Pandya for that spin bowling all rounder slot.

 

Both Sundar and K.Pandya impressed in the IPL 2017.

 

However for now it is safe to say that Sundar has moved up the pecking order.

 

Obviously Sundar seems the better bowler but I like K.Pandya’s batting skills...From what I have seen the better bat

 

But the questions I have is

 

why has K.Pandya fallen below the pecking order? 

 

Is there an opportunity/slot for both?

 

Are they comparable in terms of skill levels?

 

Will Pandya sr fit in the scheme of things right now?

 

Ashwin and Jadeja don’t think it is 100% curtains for them yet with them being star players in the IPL they will get plenty of opportunities to be back in the scheme of things

 

what do you guys think?

 

 

Pandya got injured during A tour and missed whole of the first class season.

[rkt.india]

2 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Sundar has come into scene exactly the same way Ashwin came in. Bowling in power plays with variations.Both can bat.  Both Tall. Only difference probably is Sundar is slightly more athletic. It is entirely upto him to shape his career by adding more variations. Eventually batsmen will find a way to target him. We have to wait an see how he reacts. At this point he is very smart.

and another difference is Sundar is basically an opening batsman who could bowl but now has been treated like a specialist bowler.

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, jf1gp_1 said:

One is performing against lower ranked international sides VS someone who isn’t even regular in domestic team

Krunal is a regular in his domestic team and plays every game when fit.

[Kohlifan]

W Sunder is a very talented batsman so as Krunal. I have seens W Sunder batting in u19 WC & TNPL he does poses ability to hit big from the word go. In U19 he was playing at 5-6 but scoing quick runs which krunal also does. But since W sunder has height advantage i would be inclined to take him over K Pandya.

[rkt.india]

20 minutes ago, Kohlifan said:

W Sunder is a very talented batsman so as Krunal. I have seens W Sunder batting in u19 WC & TNPL he does poses ability to hit big from the word go. In U19 he was playing at 5-6 but scoing quick runs which krunal also does. But since W sunder has height advantage i would be inclined to take him over K Pandya.

Krunal Pandya is 6'2, probably same height as Sundar

[Hydra]

Good young talent.

[velu]

7 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Sundar has come into scene exactly the same way Ashwin came in. Bowling in power plays with variations.Both can bat.  Both Tall. Only difference probably is Sundar is slightly more athletic. It is entirely upto him to shape his career by adding more variations. Eventually batsmen will find a way to target him. We have to wait an see how he reacts. At this point he is very smart.

 

everyone is more athletic than ashiwn

 

[sandeep]

Sundar is a bowler who has potential to develop as a batsman - Btw, Axar Patel used to bat #4 regularly for the Indian u19 team, he was considered that good.   

 

Krunal is a slogging lower order bat who bowls a few spin overs in T20.  

 

Krunal isn't competing with Sundar - they are very different type of players.  Krunal is competing for Kedar Jadhav's slot, where he would primarily be a batsman, but can give you a few overs.  While Sundar is competing for #7/8.  and would be expected to bowl his full quota more often than not.  

 

 

[jusarrived]

Dont rate Krunals batting , cross batted and not a clean hitter as well . 

Havent seen a lot of Sundar to be honest , hopefully hes better than Pandya both bowling/batting otherwise hes way below international standards

[Jamadagni]

1 hour ago, sandeep said:

Sundar is a bowler who has potential to develop as a batsman - Btw, Axar Patel used to bat #4 regularly for the Indian u19 team, he was considered that good.   

 

Krunal is a slogging lower order bat who bowls a few spin overs in T20.  

 

Krunal isn't competing with Sundar - they are very different type of players.  Krunal is competing for Kedar Jadhav's slot, where he would primarily be a batsman, but can give you a few overs.  While Sundar is competing for #7/8.  and would be expected to bowl his full quota more often than not.  

 

 

What? Krunal is exactly the opposite. Someone who can bowl his full quota of overs and slog at the end. Similar to the role Jadeja played. Anyway Krunal wasn't that good against pace from what I saw in the IPL, probably worse than his brother. Hardik is the best we've got right now. We can only hope he improves. 

[The Dark Horse]

Washington's forte is not bowling but he has grabbed the opportunity with both hands. Same with Shankar. Both of them ahead of Pandya. Haven't seen enough if him either.