First 5-fer for Pandya

[Oldhere]

Kid has shut up a lot of ex players like holding, manjerkar, chopra, gavaskar.

 

Also, we need to appreciate Kohli nd Shastri here as today they proved y we need 5 bowlers with Ashwin’s injury.

 

If it wld have been a batsmen instead of Pandya, Eng would still have been batting something which we always faced outside India.

[gattaca]

someone tweet that haters at Indian express and vikrant gupta.

[Adi BB]

5 wkts in just 6 overs! Had he got some more we could have seen a broadesque spell here lol .

his speed was up throughout the spell and he looked determined right from when given the ball .Happy that kohli used him well and trusted him 

[Cricketics]

Bowled brilliantly, and he performed really well today.

 

back to back wickets in test matches really hurt Enand nd his that spell really helped put pressure on England and helped us get this big lead.

 

Hopefully he can take this into his batting.

 

 

[rkt.india]

One of the best spell of fast bowling in recent times.

[Samcric]

Have not been this happy in a while to have been proven wrong! I could have perhaps expected a 50, even a 100, with bat. But 5-for was totally unexpected. That too swing and not just seam. Honestly didn't know he could bowl this well.

[rkt.india]

1 minute ago, sarchasm said:

Full marks for digging deep and summoning that extra pace. Impressive player.

 

Now discard Shardul and bring in Rajpoot and Siraj as replacement. Then we'd have the quickest overall attack.

Rajpoot could have been great here swinging the ball as he does.

[putrevus]

Bravo, one of best bowling spells by an Indian fast bowler. picking fifers is what wins matches for your team. Hope this is the start of Pandya the bowler.

[rkt.india]

10 minutes ago, sarchasm said:

I like Shami but his fitness looks dodgy going forward. Rajpoot would be his worthy replacement.

Rajpoot is far more consistent and gets bounce. Shami can be quicker but Rajpoot is quick enough and his accuracy compensates for a few Ks.

[Sgattick10]

Great bowling effort by Pandya, this could be the turning point in bowling career. 

 

Botham said Indian pacers were muvh more quicker then English bowlers in this match, nice to hear that.

[rkt.india]

5 wickets in 29 balls. Imagine if Ashwin was fit, he might not got the ball as early as he did today. This has been the problem people talk about not getting wickets but they don't see he barely gets to bowl when ball is still hard and doing something. He got today after Ashwin was unavailable after lunch.

Edited August 19, 2018 by rkt.india

[jalebi_bhai]

4 hours ago, asterix said:

The guy has something in him...

 

Tremendous self-belief. He gets a lot of unfair flack for no fault. You can't ever complain about his effort. Dada....you witnessed it first hand in the CT 2017 final. Only guy who kept trying. 

 

His off-field flashiness probably irks people.

[Ankit_sharma03]

15 minutes ago, jalebi_bhai said:

His off-field flashiness probably irks people.

Thats what irks me 

He is young and he wud be into fashion like others of his age. I never understood how does tattoo,  clothes, hairstyle affect someone perfomance. 

 

Kohli was told same in earlier days

I remeber once Aakash chopra telling this that they told young dhoni on A-tour that "ye sab hairstyle Indian cricket men nhin chalenge"

 

Most ppl act like those oldies who have nothing to do but jst to give advice.....

 

As kohli once said it , dnt watch players tattoo's watch his perfomance. 

 

[Texy]

Yes credit where it’s due...we’ll done cool dude

[jalebi_bhai]

15 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Thats what irks me 

He is young and he wud be into fashion like others of his age. I never understood how does tattoo,  clothes, hairstyle affect someone perfomance. 

 

Gives impression that they're not focused on their cricket, which is BS if you ask me.

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

Gr8 to hear that harmison have been backing pandya for sometime and explains it to ......

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

Let me be hardik pandya

Also gr8 to see him calling Pant Lambi race ka ghoda and genuinely praising him

Edited August 19, 2018 by Ankit_sharma03

[KeyboardWarrior]

Good. but i still have doubts on his bowling performance. 

[asterix]

 
Tremendous self-belief. He gets a lot of unfair flack for no fault. You can't ever complain about his effort. Dada....you witnessed it first hand in the CT 2017 final. Only guy who kept trying. 
 
His off-field flashiness probably irks people.

Agree... also, there’s a general hate towards Gujjus... I don’t know why? Could be because of Modi or Jaddu or them being mostly successful as entrepreneurs/businessmen.

In my case, I’ve said nasty things of him being Gujju and MI being a Gujju promoting team... I can’t say about others. I think there’s but if Gujju hate does goes around...

That aside, both the brothers are talented and I’m sure both will do well for team India in various formats, in future...

[Brainfade]

5 hours ago, zen said:

what a journey for the young cricketer .... unnecessarily hated for his swag, criticized despite performing well relatively .... the guy is one of the most well behaved cricketers on the field and looks to punch above his weight while bringing the never say die spirit to the team 

 

In his short test career, has hit 1 100, along with other 50+ scores, and picked up a 5-fer, along with a couple of 3 wkts hauls .... In terms of bowling, bowled only 10 overs in the first test, was the 2nd best bowler in the 2nd test, and now the best bowler in this test .... in batting, it was good to see him try to play as per the situation, leave balls, take blows on the body, etc. .... he is a constantly improving cricketer atm! 

Now we might hear "see see I told  you the blue hair and bling was the problem. Sanskaari haircut equals sanskaari bowling."