Performances of Batsmen

[Forever Indian]

On 12/27/2020 at 4:24 AM, express bowling said:

 

 

The ease with which Pant was batting today against quality bowlers in tough batting conditions ... he should be in considered as a specialist batsman even if the TM somehow want to play Kirmani or Farooq Engineer for their keeping skills.

 

Pant was driving and pulling Cummins ( in full flow ) with ease.

 

Anyone who drops him from this test batting line-up, does not understand cricket.

Are you suggesting Kohli does not understand Cricket? 

[Forever Indian]

7 hours ago, express bowling said:

Gill is playing in an assured manner in the 2nd innings. 

 

Looking good 

 

Scoring fast ... playing lots of strokes comfortably.

 

But needs to be more definitive with his front foot movement. He is sometimes playing strokes away from his body without going to the line of the ball.

 

 

He is more in the Laxman mould where it is all Hand-Eye co-ordination. He will do well in decent batting conditions, but will likely suffer when ball moves around. If we find a better opener we should move him to middle order to make the best use of him.

[prudent_kreeda]

8 hours ago, express bowling said:

Gill is playing in an assured manner in the 2nd innings. 

 

Looking good 

 

Scoring fast ... playing lots of strokes comfortably.

 

But needs to be more definitive with his front foot movement. He is sometimes playing strokes away from his body without going to the line of the ball.

 

 

 

 Effect of short formats. Hope he is not selected in T20 for at least 2 years .  Should only play Tests & 50 overs .

[express bowling]

29 minutes ago, prudent_kreeda said:

 

 Effect of short formats. Hope he is not selected in T20 for at least 2 years .  Should only play Tests & 50 overs .

 

But he will play IPL

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, Forever Indian said:

He is more in the Laxman mould where it is all Hand-Eye co-ordination. He will do well in decent batting conditions, but will likely suffer when ball moves around. If we find a better opener we should move him to middle order to make the best use of him.

 

No ... Gill's batting is not highly dependant on hand eye co-ordination. 

 

This is a recent issue he has developed most probably from the IPL.

 

During his U19 days, he did not have this issue.

[Forever Indian]

4 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

No ... Gill's batting is not highly dependant on hand eye co-ordination. 

 

This is a recent issue he has developed most probably from the IPL.

 

During his U19 days, he did not have this issue.

Could be recent issue as you mention, but given he will likely be playing all formats it will be a challenge to find a technique that suits all formats. I don't want him going the KL Rahul way where he tweaked his technique so much to suit LOIs that we lost the Traditional player in him for Tests.

[express bowling]

2 minutes ago, Forever Indian said:

Could be recent issue as you mention, but given he will likely be playing all formats it will be a challenge to find a technique that suits all formats. I don't want him going the KL Rahul way where he tweaked his technique so much to suit LOIs that we lost the Traditional player in him for Tests.

 

 

Agree.  He should be kept away from our T20I team, like @prudent_kreeda said.

 

Let him use the Kohli model of keeping his basic classical batting intact for all formats. No need to slog. Even Smith and Williamson use this.

 

 

[express bowling]

Again a meek performance by Indian batters.

 

Only Gill, and Pant before getting injured, have looked good.

 

Our ultra defensive mindset, after Gill was dismissed, has allowed the momentum to shift back to Australia.

 

And Pant's injury did not help.

[chewy]

Plenty of leg side balls not put away by Pujara and Vihari. And Pujara needs to get his hook or pull shot out, cant just check and leave every ball.

 

Rohit is continues to play like a Test reject, should leave Tests to grown-ups.

 

Pant injury , was looking really good especially with pulls, after that hit he was not going to last long

[Vk1]

Pujara debuted way back in 2009.. Rahane has played 67 tests and averages 43.. have these guys become bonafide legends to command place irrespective of performance?

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 hours ago, chewy said:

Plenty of leg side balls not put away by Pujara and Vihari. And Pujara needs to get his hook or pull shot out, cant just check and leave every ball.

 

U make a good ball out of bad when u dnt treat it how it shud. To much blocking is also not batting on merit

[GautiMaan]

How did Vihari jump the queue ahead of Karun Nair?

[Gollum]

Indian batsmen against bowlers in nets must be super fun.

 

Rohit vs Bumrah/Siraj

Vihari/Che/Rahane vs Ashwin/Jaddu

 

BCCI can hit 1 billion subscribers by posting some of those videos. Pornhub+Comedy Central+Exploitation

[express bowling]

Pant proves once again that he is one of the best young batsmen we have in India now.

 

From now on, he should play every test match. And should be played in ODIs too.

 

He deserves to be played even as a specialist batsman if for some reason a specialist keeper is chosen at home.

 

Such batsmen can put the pressure back on the opposition by counter-attacking and mess with their lines and lengths too. Plus he is a left hander.

 

Well done young man !!

[express bowling]

The value of one solid defensive batsman in a test team is proven by Pujara once again. He can keep one end intact and enable the stroke-makers to flourish around him.

 

Top knock !!

[Mosher]

Pant what a special talent this young guy is! Tempted to play him as a specialist batsman in India if he is not chosen as the WK. Hope the captain and coach give him the freedom to his play his natural game in ODI's and T20's too instead of calling him "irresponsible" in public. 

[New guy]

 

[New guy]

Records created by Rishabh Pant today:

-Fastest visiting Wicketkeeper to reach 500 runs in Australia in Tests.
-First Asian wicketkeeper to score 500 runs in Australia in Tests.
-Youngest wicketkeeper to score a 90 in 4th innings of a Test match in Australia.

 

all this at 23 years of age

Edited January 11, 2021 by New guy

[express bowling]

4 minutes ago, New guy said:

Records created by Rishabh Pant today:

-Fastest visiting Wicketkeeper to reach 500 runs in Australia in Tests.
-First Asian wicketkeeper to score 500 runs in Australia in Tests.
-Youngest wicketkeeper to score a 90 in 4th innings of a Test match in Australia.

 

 

But he keeps getting dropped from the team ... and every ex-player and his dog issue public statements against him.

Edited January 11, 2021 by express bowling

[Trichromatic]

2 hours ago, express bowling said:

Pant proves once again that he is one of the best young batsmen we have in India now.

 

From now on, he should play every test match. And should be played in ODIs too.

 

He deserves to be played even as a specialist batsman if for some reason a specialist keeper is chosen at home.

 

Such batsmen can put the pressure back on the opposition by counter-attacking and mess with their lines and lengths too. Plus he is a left hander.

 

Well done young man !!

 

And it's not like that he bats only one way or doesn't know how to survive.

 

Has good defensive technique. He was 7 from 33 balls at start?

 

Rarely goes for low score or gets out early.