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Shreyas Iyer: "I am just waiting for my chance."


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Posted
4 hours ago, sarchasm said:

If there was a God, we'd have Manish Pandey, Iyer, Agarwal, and possibly Gill - all of them, in Indian LOI team today.

not enough slots for all 4. assuming rohit + keeper + VK + AR leaves only 3 slots in the top 7 remaining. I think pandey should miss out. he is a beast in domestic, but has not stepped up since his first 5-10 matches in ODIs.

Posted
14 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

He had serious issues against the moving ball too ... apart from a short ball weakness.  Hope he has worked on these 2 aspects.

 

His intent, scoring rate and six hitting ability are big pluses.

In the current Indian team, who doesn’t?

 

 

Posted
1 minute ago, express bowling said:

 

You are right ... only Kohli has big knocks when the ball is moving.

Anderson made him his bunny in the first tour and even in the second tour while he scored big, there wasn’t any knock of the same quality or conviction that we were used to seeing from say Sachin, Dravid or Ganguly (in England) from back in the day. He had chances but obviously good for him to make it count and won’t take anything away from him. He is obviously the best bat in the team by some margin.

Posted
37 minutes ago, maniac said:

Anderson made him his bunny in the first tour and even in the second tour while he scored big, there wasn’t any knock of the same quality or conviction that we were used to seeing from say Sachin, Dravid or Ganguly (in England) from back in the day. He had chances but obviously good for him to make it count and won’t take anything away from him. He is obviously the best bat in the team by some margin.

Rat is still a much better player of the moving ball in comparison to VVS and Sehwag, both of whom are Indian ATGs. I like to diss him as much as the next person, but there is no need to put him down for unfair things. yes, he got chances in the 2nd tour, but he capitalized on them and showed good temperament (except in the last innings of the test, where he choked).

Posted
53 minutes ago, maniac said:

Anderson made him his bunny in the first tour and even in the second tour while he scored big, there wasn’t any knock of the same quality or conviction that we were used to seeing from say Sachin, Dravid or Ganguly (in England) from back in the day. He had chances but obviously good for him to make it count and won’t take anything away from him. He is obviously the best bat in the team by some margin.

 

Kohli has scored lots of runs and has high averages in South Africa and NZ too, where the ball moves a lots.

Posted
21 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

Kohli has scored lots of runs and has high averages in South Africa and NZ too, where the ball moves a lots.

Maniac seems to want VK to become Stewie. This is asking for the unrealistic - it is becoming more clear by the day that Smith may be a once-in-several-generations type of talent (assuming his trajectory does not fall off too much).

Posted
1 minute ago, sarchasm said:

Yes, I didn't say all of them need to be accommodated in the playing XI. But certainly in the larger squad.

 

As for Pandey, he's turned it up a notch in domestics. That's all he could do and 5-10 matches is not nearly enough to discard a player.

he will probably in the mix in A squads and so on. But I would rather see Mayank, Gill, Iyer more because former 2 have gotten zero chances and the latter has done very well in the limited opportunities he had.

Posted (edited)
19 hours ago, TNAmarkFromIndia said:

70 today at No. 4 stabilized the innings after the top 3 got out early. 

It was a solid knock but strike rate was rahanesque at #4. When he tried to up the ante, he fell just like that person. Still he is young and has potential so stick with him at least till the next world cup.

Edited by WC2011INDIA
Posted
4 hours ago, WC2011INDIA said:

It was a solid knock but strike rate was rahanesque at #4. When he tried to up the ante, he fell just like that person. Still he is young and has potential so stick with him at least till the next world cup.

Not a concern, Iyer's career ODI SR is 100+, even in FC it is Sehwag-esque. Can effortlessly play at that tempo unlike other #4 contenders. 

Posted
9 minutes ago, Gollum said:

8 innings, 5 50s, avg 52, SR 100+. How was this guy not in our WC squad? What a * up by MSK :facepalm:. Even had he not fired, it would have been a valuable experience for 2023 !!!!

Not considered to have enough dimensions

Posted
2 hours ago, Gollum said:

8 innings, 5 50s, avg 52, SR 100+. How was this guy not in our WC squad? What a * up by MSK :facepalm:. Even had he not fired, it would have been a valuable experience for 2023 !!!!

The blame solely lies on Virat Kohli. You know better , the likes of MSK and Shastri are/were mere puppets .

Posted (edited)

I was so wrong about this guy too, he should have been given extended run before world cup and should have played at no4.He is what is missing from this odi team.If  early wickets fall. he is a batsman who can handle the situation and keeps the match alive.With experience he will start making hundreds too.

Edited by putrevus
Posted

Another one of those young players who the TM showed zero faith in. Was lucky to get a break after that and immediately grabbed it as expected. The risk of being destroyed by the current TM will continue to be there.

 

By the looks of it, he has a mind of his own, something Kohli and Shastri absolutely despise. Let's see for how long they continue to back him.

Posted

He had his chance yesterday and he dropped it :p: just kidding. That was a bad miss though. But fielding can always be improved. He is a prime candidate for LOI #4. I don't think there's anyone better than him. If the Tm has any sense, they would back him for some time until he gains confidence.

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