Are we missing Pandya already?

[zen]

1 minute ago, Trichromatic said:

It's relevant because of thread title. 

 

There is no fix rule about 3+2 combination. 

Here it was required 

[GolGappe]

Let's wait till both teams have batted on the same track before reaching any conclusions.

[Suhaan]

My main concern is 2-2 combination,they should bowl the spinners as much as they can(if the pitch assists the spinners)

Bumrah ,Shami have sent down a hell lot of overs,Bhuvi is injured?

Why these morons are'nt declaring it officially?

 

[Vijy]

Pandya would have made as many runs as KLR (who is in wretched form) and could have taken the load off bumrah and shami, both of whom (esp bumrah) are very important for WC 2019. we have only 3 bowlers now, since kuldeep cannot be relied upon.

[zen]

2 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

My main concern is 2-2 combination,they should bowl the spinners as much as they can(if the pitch assists the spinners)

Bumrah ,Shami have sent down a hell lot of overs,Bhuvi is injured?

Why these morons are'nt declaring it officially?

 

Bumrah and Shami are more effective when they get relatively shorter spells as they tend to put in a lot of effort in their spells .... it could be hard to bowl both of them in tandem for longer spells in particular ....  so basically, the spin has to be the workhorse .... If someone like Kuldeep can pick up a 5-er, it can alleviate the situation and get the team out of jail 

[zen]

1 minute ago, Vijy said:

Pandya would have made as many runs as KLR (who is in wretched form) and could have taken the load off bumrah and shami, both of whom (esp bumrah) are very important for WC 2019. we have only 3 bowlers now, since kuldeep cannot be relied upon.

Pandya appears to be in good shape as he scored 80+ and picked up a 5-er in domestics recently iirc 

[Vijy]

1 minute ago, zen said:

Pandya appears to be in good shape as he scored 80+ and picked up a 5-er in domestics recently iirc 

yes. big step up from domestics to Tests in Oz but I don't think he would bat any worse than KLR who is a walking wkt. he makes rohit look like bradman in comparison.

[jf1gp_1]

Pandya would have been a better opener than Rahul. Unbelievable he was picked again.

[wanted_desi]

We are winning because he is not playing. How about that! 

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, TNAmarkFromIndia said:

That's exactly what I mean. Where do we play someone averaging 21? At No. 7 and have Pant at 6 who isn't doing much better? Or at 8 and cut one specialist bowler who is doing well?

 

We need 6 batting heavyweights at the top of the order and Pant at 7 with 4 specialist bowlers.

What's the average if Vihari?

[rkt.india]

47 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

It's relevant because of thread title. 

 

There is no fix rule about 3+2 combination. 

But 2+2 is unlikely to work in Australia. It's a big gamble.

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

5 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

What's the average if Vihari?

20.83

[rkt.india]

2 minutes ago, TNAmarkFromIndia said:

20.83

Which means not much difference and pandya also brings a seam bowling option. Selection blunder in this game might cost us the game.

[Khota]

29 minutes ago, Vijy said:

Pandya would have made as many runs as KLR (who is in wretched form) and could have taken the load off bumrah and shami, both of whom (esp bumrah) are very important for WC 2019. we have only 3 bowlers now, since kuldeep cannot be relied upon.

Kuldeep will surprise you.

[Khota]

1 hour ago, Trichromatic said:

Is there anyone else who is rooting for Pandya in place of Rahane or Vihari?

Not me. rahane and Vihari are proper batsman. What is Pandya exactly?

[Khota]

8 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Which means not much difference and pandya also brings a seam bowling option. Selection blunder in this game might cost us the game.

Incorrect. Vihari has potential to score a bunch. Not true for Pandya.

[rkt.india]

3 minutes ago, Khota said:

Incorrect. Vihari has potential to score a bunch. Not true for Pandya.

Pandya has already shown and scored them. Vihari yet too.

[Vijy]

9 minutes ago, Khota said:

Kuldeep will surprise you.

yes, he will do so. probably will be an "unpleasant" surprise though (like lords).

[rkt.india]

We are going to miss third seamer, make no mistake about it.

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

13 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Which means not much difference and pandya also brings a seam bowling option. Selection blunder in this game might cost us the game.

I'm talking long term. The expectation from Vihari isn't to score at an average of 20-odd. It is to score at an average of 35+. If he doesn't, bring in someone else who will.