Performances of Batsmen

[express bowling]

Shreyas batted in a much better manner in his first test than he used to do in Ranji Trophy.

 

Earlier he had the habit of moving away to the leg side and positioning himself inside the line of the ball while playing pacers. This isn't a good technique.

 

In this test match, he has tried to go to the line of the ball and play the ball under his eyes. Played swing bowling decently, albeit on a low and slow pitch.

 

I want to see how he does against 140 k+ pacers though.  The Kiwi pacers were mostly in the 127 k to 137 k range.

 

Overall ... I liked his batting. 

[express bowling]

Since T20s have become mainstay, we have hardly had any technically solid new batsmen in the world. 

 

Most are susceptible to suddenly getting out.

 

Which means very few new batters play long innings in test matches.

 

Which is why it makes a lot of sense these days to pick batsmen who have high Strike Rates in test matches.

 

If you are not going to last very long ... might as well score as many as you can in this period.

 

Pant

Gill

Shreyas

Shaw 

 

Would all qualify as high SR batters for test matches. 

[Pollack]

20 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Since T20s have become mainstay, we have hardly had any technically solid new batsmen in the world. 

 

Most are susceptible to suddenly getting out.

 

Which means very few new batters play long innings in test matches.

 

Which is why it makes a lot of sense these days to pick batsmen who have high Strike Rates in test matches.

 

If you are not going to last very long ... might as well score as many as you can in this period.

 

Pant

Gill

Shreyas

Shaw 

 

Would all qualify as high SR batters for test matches. 

1 rupee ki Pepsi Iyer Bhai saxy.

 

 

[express bowling]

Overall ... apart from Shreyas, Gill, Jadeja and Ashwin ... a very poor batting display by the Indian batters on a flat track.

 

If the Indian batters (  Rahane, Pujara, Saha, Mayank )  can't handle a bit of swing on a low and slow track, they should not be playing test matches.

 

 

[express bowling]

What fantastic temperament shown by Shreyas on test debut in both innings. !

 

His team was under immense pressure and he saved his team twice, covering for the failures of non performing big names. 

 

What was most impressive was the maturity he has shown ... read the match situation well ... and played according to the match situation while curbing his natural instinct.

 

Pant, Siraj, Washington, Shardul and now Shreyas ... we now have 5 real fighters in our test team ... but most of them get dropped more often than not.

 

 

Edited November 28, 2021 by express bowling

[Jay]

2 hours ago, express bowling said:

What fantastic temperament shown by Shreyas on test debut in both innings. !

 

His team was under immense pressure and he saved his team twice, covering for the failures of non performing big names. 

 

What was most impressive was the maturity he has shown ... read the match situation well ... and played according to the match situation while curbing his natural instinct.

 

Pant, Siraj, Washington, Shardul and now Shreyas ... we now have 5 real fighters in our test team ... but most of them get dropped more often than not.

 

 

Well he does average 50 plus in domestics. Not sure if he will be good on bouncy wickets though. Hope he can fix his one weakness. 

[New guy]

Axar has shown some grit in second innings

[New guy]

 

Batting let our bowling down

[Vijy]

15 hours ago, New guy said:

 

Batting let our bowling down

Ashwin is a very underrated player despite his great stats. after a long period of inactivity, his batting is on the rise again

[express bowling]

Yash Dhull scores 200 not out in his 3rd FC match.

 

3 centuries in 3 matches is very impressive.

 

I want to see how he tackles genuine pace and how he plays the moving channel balls. 

 

A proper batman who is a stroke player and scores heavy is something we badly need. 

Edited March 6, 2022 by express bowling

[Chakdephatte]

Gonna correct you here, @express bowling, it was his 3rd match, not second. His scores till now read-

113 and 113* (Tamil Nadu)

5&19 (Jharkhand)

29&200* (fourth innings) vs. Chattisgarh

Edited March 6, 2022 by Chakdephatte

[express bowling]

16 minutes ago, Chakdephatte said:

Gonna correct you here, @express bowling, it was his 3rd match, not second. His scores till now read-

113 and 113* (Tamil Nadu)

5&19 (Jharkhand)

29&200* (fourth innings) vs. Chattisgarh

 

You are right. Mistake on my part.

[Vijy]

three batters have really stood out for me: aarfaraz, dhull, and indrajit. others have made more runs but against weaker sides or were not as impressive

[express bowling]

29 minutes ago, Vijy said:

three batters have really stood out for me: aarfaraz, dhull, and indrajit. others have made more runs but against weaker sides or were not as impressive

 

What I want to know is .... how well they tackle pace, bounce and accurate channel balls.

[Vijy]

8 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

What I want to know is .... how well they tackle pace, bounce and accurate channel balls.

sarfaraz will do quite well IMO. did well against SA A in testing conditions. dhull should be given chance asap. seems to have the game. indrajit for now is more of a spin expert and home test option.

[express bowling]

14 minutes ago, Vijy said:

sarfaraz will do quite well IMO. did well against SA A in testing conditions. dhull should be given chance asap. seems to have the game. indrajit for now is more of a spin expert and home test option.

 

Which means the focus has to be on Dhull and Sarfraz.

[rollingstoned]

Regardless of the step up that international cricket undoubtledly is we should take advantage of the good form these batters are in and have them around the team. Someone like Sarfaraz should have been knocking on the door by now.

[Vijy]

1 hour ago, express bowling said:

 

Which means the focus has to be on Dhull and Sarfraz.

yes, latter is already a seasoned campaigner and the former has lots of potential. with bihari, gill, s. iyer, sarfaraz, sundar, and dhull we can have a good top and middle order. need to, however, find good back-up openers since both dhull and gill are better suited to MO.

Edited March 6, 2022 by Vijy

[ShoonyaSifar]

Sarfaraz now needs a big IPL season to break the door open. Ironically he was initially seen as a street smart limited overs player initially but has turned out to be a much better FC batsman. 

 

BCCI should look at sending the India A team to England after the Ranji knockouts post IPL. The tour was scheduled last year as well. Even though the TM doesn't value A tour performances, will be good for our younger players to get some more FC cricket.

[Vijy]

5 hours ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Sarfaraz now needs a big IPL season to break the door open. Ironically he was initially seen as a street smart limited overs player initially but has turned out to be a much better FC batsman. 

 

BCCI should look at sending the India A team to England after the Ranji knockouts post IPL. The tour was scheduled last year as well. Even though the TM doesn't value A tour performances, will be good for our younger players to get some more FC cricket.

He should be selected irrespective of IPL season, but stupid selectors don't seem to realize what format players are suited for. And sarfaraz from the beginning (as a boy) was training hard for FC - he scored lots of runs in school and U19 cricket, and used to make big innings. we are finally seeing the fruit of that. at 24, he's at a good age too. needs to be selected in next 12 months IMO.