Please drop Pandya to maintain Test cricket’s sanctity.

[coffee_rules]

Hope he does a Curran with the bat and Curran does a Pandya with the ball.

[sandeep]

3 hours ago, fineleg said:

ER 6.17 when most bowlers ER 2+ today and IshSharma 1+

His first spell was OK - picked up 1 for 16 in 6 odd overs.  Went for a few in a couple of overs  later on- I felt he was pressing a bit, trying to make something happen in that middle session where nothing was happening for us.  His  bowling is clearly a work in progress.  Still you'd take that from your 5th bowler - he did chip in with a top order wicket after all.  

[putrevus]

1 hour ago, zen said:

Yes. Has scored 50s in all the test series he has played at both home and away. Picked up wkts as the 5th bowler .... Won India an away test in Eng.  .... Can Curran win a test for Eng in Ind? 

 

Refresher:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did Pandya win a test for India in India. Curran has outplayed him and has looked much more potent with both bat and ball. This one of the finest allround performances we have seen from an allrounder in long long time. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

15 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Did Pandya win a test for India in India. Curran has outplayed him and has looked much more potent with both bat and ball. This one of the finest allround performances we have seen from an allrounder in long long time. 

Pandya has never played a test in India 

[putrevus]

5 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Pandya has never played a test in India 

I know, I was answering to question, can Curran win a test for England in India. So question to you who is better??

[Ankit_sharma03]

23 minutes ago, putrevus said:

I know, I was answering to question, can Curran win a test for England in India. So question to you who is better??

to early to say n compare, pandya has to improve a lot n he is showing improvement by every passing game

Curran test lies when he goes to Ind, SL, UAE, Aus (patta).....

 

Both are evry young in their career, lets compare after a point. Ppl compare Kohli n root n now the margin has grown n grown. Things change with time so to early to say anything

[express bowling]

38 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Pandya has never played a test in India 

 

Against Afghanistan in 2018 

[zen]

1 hour ago, putrevus said:

Did Pandya win a test for India in India. Curran has outplayed him and has looked much more potent with both bat and ball. This one of the finest allround performances we have seen from an allrounder in long long time. 

He did against Afg, where scored 70 odd iirc 

 

and Pandya has already won us the last test match so don’t know why this constant attention on him and the need to prove every time for a youngster who has just started out in Tests .... have you appreciated any of his performances? 

 

Edited August 30, 2018 by zen

[shortbread]

1 hour ago, sandeep said:

His first spell was OK - picked up 1 for 16 in 6 odd overs.  Went for a few in a couple of overs  later on- I felt he was pressing a bit, trying to make something happen in that middle session where nothing was happening for us.  His  bowling is clearly a work in progress.  Still you'd take that from your 5th bowler - he did chip in with a top order wicket after all.  

Those weren't acceptable bowling figures by any stretch of the imagination. Cook's wicket was lucky in an otherwise terrible performance with the ball. He should have bowled more overs than Ashwin, but was too erratic for Kohli to trust.

 

He doesn't need to do a lot. Just stick to a consistent line and length. Had absolutely no rythm today.

[zen]

3 minutes ago, shortbread said:

Those weren't acceptable bowling figures by any stretch of the imagination. Cook's wicket was lucky in an otherwise terrible performance with the ball. He should have bowled more overs than Ashwin, but was too erratic for Kohli to trust.

 

He doesn't need to do a lot. Just stick to a consistent line and length. Had absolutely no rythm today.

That’s fine. He is the fifth bowler who took a crucial wkt. Ashwin, a specialist with the ball, picked up wkts too

[sandeep]

6 minutes ago, shortbread said:

Those weren't acceptable bowling figures by any stretch of the imagination. Cook's wicket was lucky in an otherwise terrible performance with the ball. He should have bowled more overs than Ashwin, but was too erratic for Kohli to trust.

 

He doesn't need to do a lot. Just stick to a consistent line and length. Had absolutely no rythm today.

Aur ek aa gaya - Scorecard analyst.  His first spell wasn't that bad - did you watch the game or are you just passing judgement on his "bowling figures".  Of course his runs conceded are dismal and unacceptable.  But that happens once in a while, and its affordable for him to 'press' and have such a bad spell when we were on top.  

[zen]

For 1-2 bad overs in a 5-days game, if ppl have to post it as if it were criminal, it highlights the desperation 

 

Be happy that after a long time, Ind has some material to work with to shape in to a good AR and when the player has performed in one way or the other in every series that he has played so far 

 

Support promising youngsters 

Edited August 30, 2018 by zen

[sandeep]

9 minutes ago, zen said:

For 1-2 bad overs in a 5-days game, if ppl have to post it as if it were criminal, it highlights the desperation 

 

Be happy that after a long time, Ind has some material to work with to shape in to a good AR and when the player has performed in one way or the other in every series that he has played so far 

 

Support promising youngsters 

It's not about the player or his merits anymore. It's about ego and proving yourself right, even when you aren't. 

[zen]

2 minutes ago, sandeep said:

It's not about the player or his merits anymore. It's about ego and proving yourself right, even when you aren't. 

True and when they are not even experts on the subject .... many of them don’t even appreciate good performances by the player. Probably take Pandya doing well as a personal loss  .... And they post desperately as if the team management is listening to us

 

We know that Pandya is likely to get the full series and is a promising youngster so why not support him 

 

[shortbread]

26 minutes ago, zen said:

That’s fine. He is the fifth bowler who took a crucial wkt. Ashwin, a specialist with the ball, picked up wkts too

No he's the seam bowling all rounder who should have done the job on a day 1 pitch but miserably failed. Thankfully England's innings did not last a day or the 3 main quickies would have been burdened with longer spells.

[zen]

Just now, shortbread said:

No he's the seam bowling all rounder who should have done the job on a day 1 pitch but miserably failed. Thankfully England's innings did not last a day or the 3 main quickies would have been burdened with longer spells.

2-3 bad overs in a 5-days game mean nothing ....  if you want to write against Pandya, you will have to wait for now

[sandeep]

13 minutes ago, zen said:

True and when they are not even experts on the subject .... many of them don’t even appreciate good performances by the player. Probably take Pandya doing well as a personal loss  .... And they post desperately as if the team management is listening to us

 

We know that Pandya is likely to get the full series and is a promising youngster so why not support him 

 

The guy is averaging close to 10 runs higher with the bat and 8 runs lower with the ball than Ben Stokes. But apparently  his performance is unacceptable and terrible. 

 

Kuch bhi

[sandeep]

1 hour ago, shortbread said:

but miserably failed.

Waah.  What high standards you have for a 5th bowler.  You must be used to following a team with bowlers and allrounders who average sub-20 all the time, amirite?

[Khota]

11 hours ago, zen said:

That is one of the reasons why ppl support him. He has unique strengths and a match winner in his own way 

Let us evaluate his figures at the end of the 5 tests when emotions are not running high.

[VT87]

I used to hate him for his cringe worthy antics but now I’m start to liking him . He has a unique match winning ability.atleast he is trying to improve not like that fatso Ashwin who roll over ground better than ball