Rishabh Pant performance watch thread

[Rasgulla]

How was the pitch on day 2 ? Slikr was saying it was flat... 

 

Whatever it maybe good innings. Credit where it's due. 

[rkt.india]

'THE DIFFERENCE TODAY WAS THAT I WAS BATTING WITH A BATSMAN AND NOT THE TAIL' - PANT

 

Rishabh Pant speaks on the nervous nineties, being positive as a wicketkeeper, and the freedom to express himself with the bat

[rkt.india]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25681973/innate-confidence-helps-rishabh-pant-face-tough-initiation

[rkt.india]

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He takes high risks. He plays not for the average but for the thrill, for the quick runs, for what the team needs. Yet he is kept away from those sides because he plays what is conventionally thought of as immature cricket. Getting out playing a reverse lap against a fast bowler is considered worse than prodding along and letting the asking rate climb.

[The Dark Horse]

39 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Looks like he's referring to a certain legend

[Number]

His confidence and habit of taking centre stage makes him future captaincy candidate. Just needs to break into ODI squad and cement his place there.

[neel roy]

On 12/31/2018 at 10:03 AM, neel roy said:

Exactly. At the start of the season with Saha gone we would have snapped on the hands of any batsmen forget WK who will score 530 plus runs at an average of near 40 and add to it 40 + dismissals with a century in Oval where he nearly won the match... in Aus he has the third best avg after Pujara and Kohli.. lol we dont even know how lucky we are to have him.and LOL he is only 20!!!

happy my assessment was so true

[velu]

should have done this babysitting celebration like sammy 

 

[tweaker]

Rishabh selected in odi squad finally

[Trichromatic]

On 5/3/2018 at 10:27 AM, rkt.india said:

Pant is a leg side hack, won't stand chance against top class bowling.

 

 

On 5/1/2018 at 5:25 PM, Rasgulla said:

Average player who hacks everything on leg side.. Long way to 2 go, might just disappear like many hyped players before him lol. Don't even bother 

 

 

On 3/13/2018 at 12:09 AM, Rasgulla said:

Pant bandwagon shifted to DK.. 

 

Chalo atleast didn't pick a legside hack this time. 

 

We are all Dk IN so..

 

On 6/5/2018 at 1:16 AM, Vilander said:

Pros : He can hack it in IPL quite a lot. Cons : He cant hack it outside where it swings.

 

On 2/16/2018 at 12:34 PM, Cricket_Fan said:

And Kedar,Iyer and Manish can handle 140s how? Raina even with his tummy can bat and field better than these three.

Pant couldn't put his bat against lallu A team bowlers and was batting like a deer infront of headlights against England in the same match when a pot-bellied Raina smoked them.Sure that leg-side slogger will bat better than Raina.First let him score some good runs against a decent A team lineup and then we will take about whether he is good enough for international cricket.

On 5/1/2018 at 4:57 PM, Austin 3:!6 said:

Pant is a hack. I want him to be successful but his few appearances in international matches gives no confidence. He was struggling against mighty SL bowlers in Nidahas trophy. Him succeeding in England will be close to a miracle and world cup is no place for trial and error. Pandey, though selfish has shown the best temperament among all youngsters. I might also consider Rayudu at no. 5

Bump

 

Commentators were saying that his batting technique make off side batting easier and he may struggle on leg.

[Serpico]

Pant is now the 68th Indian batsman to reach 1000 runs in test cricket.

 

624 of those 1000 came in australia, at an average of 62!!

[afan]

Pant can change any game if he bats for 20 overs or so..Even SCG result would have been different, and he knows that!

They call him the X factor for nothing

Some days he will be self destructive, but then we will have to cope with that.

What a brilliant innings this was from him, lets hope we will see many of them in times to come

 

[express bowling]

The main thing is ... Pant has the extra time to play fast bowling. Handles both pace and bounce with ease.

 

And his off stump game has improved immensely. He knows where his off stump is and is leaving a lot of balls outside off. 

 

Great signs going forward.

 

 

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, Trichromatic said:

 

 

Commentators were saying that his batting technique make off side batting easier and he may struggle on leg.

 

 

Pant does not have any issues on the leg either. That was Nick Knight analysing, who is a bit bookish in his approach like most English batters. Most Indian batters have tremendously flexible wrists and are great on the leg side, even if they have a body position favouring the off side.

 

 

Edited January 20, 2021 by express bowling

[Trichromatic]

42 minutes ago, afan said:

Pant can change any game if he bats for 20 overs or so..Even SCG result would have been different, and he knows that!

They call him the X factor for nothing

Some days he will be self destructive, but then we will have to cope with that.

What a brilliant innings this was from him, lets hope we will see many of them in times to come

 

 

No he won't and he isn't 0 or big type player.

[prudent_kreeda]

3 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

 

Pant does not have any issues on the leg either. That was Nick Knight analysing, who is a bit bookish in his approach like most English batters. Most Indian batters have tremendously flexible wrists and are great on the leg side, even if they have a body position favouring the off side.

 

 

 

Right .

There is definite improvement even in his leg side play if we watch him play now (esp. the last innings he played )

- We saw sweeping it along the ground to Lyon and not hitting it up while sweeping as he was doing earlier .

-  Looks to play a powerfull pull shot If the balls are rising below the Helmet ( Back of length balls /Just short of length) . Always envied when Pooran was doing it and wanted Pant to follow it.

- Plays with a rather straight bat when he wants single or 2 towards mid on , wide mid wicket . Earlier use to play a crude flick  towards square leg from stumps playing too much across .

 

Now the question is will he bring this to his One day game or forget all of it and just do slam bang and get out ???

[ShoonyaSifar]

In the latest ICC rankings, Pant is at number 13 among the batsmen. Highest ever ranking by an Indian keeper batsman! Surpassed Farokh Engineer's 17th and Dhoni's 19th rank.

 

All this despite being treated shabbily, almost to the point of being discarded by the TM of Kohli-Shastri. 

 

Waiting to see the excuse both of them spout this time to keep him on the bench. Back in 2019 home season, the excuse used was Saha being the best keeper in the world (which he of course was at that time, but in his absence Pant had earned his spot during the tougher away tours and deserved a longer run)

[Laaloo]

7 hours ago, Serpico said:

Pant is now the 68th Indian batsman to reach 1000 runs in test cricket.

 

624 of those 1000 came in australia, at an average of 62!!

Fastest Indian WK to reach 1000 runs as well despite playing majority of games away from home 

[Laaloo]

6 hours ago, Trichromatic said:

 

No he won't and he isn't 0 or big type player.

Exactly. Pant also was the first visiting batsman in Australia to score at least 25+ in 9 consecutive innings in Australia. Far cry from a 0 or big type player.

[Ankit_sharma03]

6 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

 

Pant does not have any issues on the leg either. That was Nick Knight analysing, who is a bit bookish in his approach like most English batters. Most Indian batters have tremendously flexible wrists and are great on the leg side, even if they have a body position favouring the off side.

 

 

 

he just doesn't have any obvious issue, his dismissal wud mostly be due to his attacking nature only.