Am I there only to play tabla? Ravi Shastri defends pulling up Rishabh Pant

[Ankit_sharma03]

While defending his take on Rishabh Pants struggles, Ravi Shastri said the team management will back the young wicketkeeper-batsman to the hilt.

"Don't say team management, I spoke about 'the rap on the knuckles'. If someone goofs up, I have to pull them up. Am I there only to play tabla? But this guy is world class, this guy can be destructive, can be a destroyer. And we will give him all the support that he needs to prosper in international cricket," Ravi Shastri told Hindustan Times.

"Pant is different, he is world class and is a brutal match-winner. Very few around in the world game; I can't pick five on my hands when it comes to white-ball cricket, T20 cricket. So the patience we will have with him is a lot.

"All your media reports and all the experts writing (but) Pant is in great space with this Indian team. Experts, they have a job, they can speak. Pant is a special kid and he has already done enough. And he is only going to learn. This team management will back him to the hilt."

 

Link -https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ravi-shastri-rishabh-pant-criticism-tabla-india-vs-south-africa-1603354-2019-09-26 

[TheWall]

bewda had put the ICFers in a state of confusion now....

[Suhaan]

This is damage control in terms of Bevda

But in actual its like playing Tabla

Or Maybe he is actually playing Tabla,a drunk coach puking truth

[R!TTER]

6 minutes ago, TheWall said:

bewda had put the ICFers in a state of confusion now....

What confusion, didn't Ganguly say not to talk to him early in the morning 

[Sandeep99]

32 minutes ago, TheWall said:

bewda had put the ICFers in a state of confusion now....

I think he either overdosed or has not had one.

[mancalledsting]

I actually thought Shastri was only there to drink glassy and play tabla whilst Kohli did the real work.

[Forever Indian]

Seems he likes to play Tabla when Dhoni was tuk tuking, and now missing the Tabla time...

[NameGoesHere]

No Shastri-ji what are you saying?

 

You are not here to play tabla. 

 

Some of us the fans will play the tabla, others will do a nautch dance (Shakti Kapoor style), while you can sip your whisky. 

 

Ta dhin dhin na, ta dhin dhin na.

Edited September 26, 2019 by NameGoesHere

[putrevus]

They are backing Pant in all formats or why would he be playing all formats? People are making too much noise for nothing.

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 minutes ago, putrevus said:

They are backing Pant in all formats or why would he be playing all formats? People are making too much noise for nothing.

they cant drop him in test cricket

in t20 , 2 games ago he scored a 60+

in Odi his last 6 scores are- 32, 48, 4, 32, 20, 0 - a player cant be dropped on these scores.

 

So as of now its not backing, he hasnt done anything to be dropped . 

 

The reason ex- cricketers are going after them n ppl are reacting here coz of the statement these guys are making in public which is enough to create a pressure on youngsters who is trying find his place n facing enough public n media scrutiny. Go back to john wright time they never came n said in public anything against sehwag in dressing room he got it from coaches n senior but in public they always said we are backing him to play his natural game. Pant reaction after dismissal in 2nd games showed how much pressure he is in under. During that phase players knew they had 3-4 series even if they fail, they were told so.,,,,no such case here. In past many players have been dropped after doing well or given very limited chances so its obv every one will expect same for them 

[nevada]

No, he is not there to play tabla. He is there to feed the brat's ego and carry out his commands.

[putrevus]

2 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

they cant drop him in test cricket

in t20 , 2 games ago he scored a 60+

in Odi his last 6 scores are- 32, 48, 4, 32, 20, 0 - a player cant be dropped on these scores.

 

So as of now its not backing, he hasnt done anything to be dropped . 

 

The reason ex- cricketers are going after them n ppl are reacting here coz of the statement these guys are making in public which is enough to create a pressure on youngsters who is trying find his place n facing enough public n media scrutiny. Go back to john wright time they never came n said in public anything against sehwag in dressing room he got it from coaches n senior but in public they always said we are backing him to play his natural game. Pant reaction after dismissal in 2nd games showed how much pressure he is in under. During that phase players knew they had 3-4 series even if they fail, they were told so.,,,,no such case here. In past many players have been dropped after doing well or given very limited chances so its obv every one will expect same for them 

Who cares about the statements made by ex players and fans or even Coach and captain in press.They are giving him every chance to succeed, if he fails it is upto him.He is replacing a so called legend who has been hyped to death in this country.They have to deal with that too.

 

They have backed certain youngsters who they think are good like, Rahul till he flopped was backed in tests.Pant is getting chances in all formats. too much noise is being made out of nothing.

 

They have every right to to knock any player who they think is doing something wrong.Pant is extremely talented and he will come out very well.

[Ankit_sharma03]

31 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Who cares about the statements made by ex players and fans or even Coach and captain in press.They are giving him every chance to succeed, if he fails it is upto him.He is replacing a so called legend who has been hyped to death in this country.They have to deal with that too.

a young player who isnt fixed in squad does 

31 minutes ago, putrevus said:

They have backed certain youngsters who they think are good like, Rahul till he flopped was backed in tests.Pant is getting chances in all formats. too much noise is being made out of nothing.

Rahul was not backed in good form ,.....he was made insecure n his bad form came by that time damage was done

Do u see them playing Rahul in t20 ...his record has been stellar n form was also good yet dhawan is playing who hasnt done well in t20 . Even manish pandey played ahead of him. Rahul made runs in Wc ...but was dropped. 

 

getting chances n backing are two diff things .....as of now he is getting coz he deserves. Captaincy n coaching will come to test when he ll be in trouble 

 

 

 

[putrevus]

8 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

a young player who isnt fixed in squad does 

Rahul was not backed in good form ,.....he was made insecure n his bad form came by that time damage was done

Do u see them playing Rahul in t20 ...his record has been stellar n form was also good yet dhawan is playing who hasnt done well in t20 . Even manish pandey played ahead of him. Rahul made runs in Wc ...but was dropped. 

 

getting chances n backing are two diff things .....as of now he is getting coz he deserves. Captaincy n coaching will come to test when he ll be in trouble 

 

 

 

Just becuase you think Rahul needs to be in T20 team he does not get in, what was Rahul doing in tests if he did not think he was good enough.Nobody got that many chances in history of Indian cricket.

 

Dhawan has delivered them lot more than what Rahul has done for their backing.So they are going to stick with him in T20s too.

 

Pant is no1 keeper in all formats , it is upto him to keep that position or not.Just becuase you don't hear them say that they are backing him , it does not mean they are not backing him.

 

Action speaks louder, they have given Pant every chance to succeed.

[ShoonyaSifar]

Another day, another public scrutiny of Pant by coach and captain today.

 

Very strange. This team hardly does any talking before a series and these guys are still talking about Pant a week before the first test!

[Ankit_sharma03]

22 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Just becuase you think Rahul needs to be in T20 team he does not get in, what was Rahul doing in tests if he did not think he was good enough.Nobody got that many chances in history of Indian cricket.

Its not about me thinking Rahul has one of the best records in t20 .....if ur unaware of his record in t20....i suggest site like cricinfo n cricbuzz

Are u going to select someone one test form in t20 

 

KL avg in t20 is almost 43 and s/r of 148....this is brilliant

Dhawan avg in t20 is 27 and s/r 129 .......very avg

 

Are u seriously justifying it ?

Hasnt rohit n dhawan gotten enough chances in test cricket, u hve no idea how much backing yuvi got and even rohit in ODI

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Dhawan has delivered them lot more than what Rahul has done for their backing.So they are going to stick with him in T20s too.

Dhawan has been below avg in t20 for ages now , now who is getting moire chances. Dhawan has only deilvered in odi and rahul in t20 

Are u saying TM dont  understand format diff

 

 

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Action speaks louder, they have given Pant every chance to succeed.

as i said diff btw backing n getting chances is diff

As of now he has earned his chances....soon when he ll need backing we ll see how much they 

Edited September 26, 2019 by Ankit_sharma03

[ShoonyaSifar]

Imagine the BCCI President publicly gunning for the captain and coaches and using same words that Shastri and Kohli have used for Pant. ‘Captain is clueless’, ‘coach is useless’ all that is par for the course now.

 

These two have set a precedent and will soon repent their behaviour in the last two weeks

[putrevus]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Its not about me thinking Rahul has one of the best records in t20 .....if ur unaware of his record in t20....i suggest site like cricinfo n cricbuzz

Are u going to select someone one test form in t20 

 

KL avg in t20 is almost 43 and s/r of 148....this is brilliant

Dhawan avg in t20 is 27 and s/r 129 .......very avg

 

Are u seriously justifying it ?

Hasnt rohit n dhawan gotten enough chances in test cricket, u hve no idea how much backing yuvi got and even rohit in ODI

Dhawan has been below avg in t20 for ages now , now who is getting moire chances. Dhawan has only deilvered in odi and rahul in t20 

Are u saying TM dont  understand format diff

 

 

as i said diff btw backing n getting chances is diff

As of now he has earned his chances....soon when he ll need backing we ll see how much they 

Rohit is the only guy who got backing even though but he stepped and chose to become an opener when there was nobody there and he succeeded there or he would have been history by now. Yuvi was backed becuause there was no other player who could tonk the ball like him.Just like Pandya is being backed now even though he flopped for most tests.You cannot expect every played to be backed and given same chances.

 

Rahul will be in the squad and Dhawan will be out soon,Stop making a fuss over some crappy t20s which nobody cares.Rahul got chances in the most important format.He flopped miserably.

Edited September 26, 2019 by putrevus

[Ankit_sharma03]

10 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Rohit is the only guy who got backing even though but he stepped and chose to become an opener when there was nobody there and he succeeded there or he would have been history by now. Yuvi was backed becuause there was no other player who could tonk the ball like him.Just like Pandya is being backed now even though he flopped for most tests.You cannot expect every played to be backed and given same chances.

Dhawan also got backed in test when he was not deserving 

how has pandya flopped ? he won u a test in england....saved our arse in Sa 1st test.....which batsman gave perfomances in SA or england consistently. Pandya only gets judged on those 2 tough tour in which everyone struggled apart from kohli 

 

12 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Rahul will be in the squad and Dhawan will be out soon,Stop making a fuss over some crappy t20s which nobody cares.Rahul got chances in the most important format.He flopped miserably.

 Next ye Wc hai t20 ka ......jab kuch justify nhin krne ko to yahi bolo 

So dhawan has also flopped in test by that logic why is he in t20 when he hasnt done well their to 

 

So non perfomance in one format will hamper ur position of perfomance in other format. quite hypocritcal considering how rohit keeps coming back in test where he lacks perfomances on basis of odi where he performs and dhawan also same case 

 

To kehna ye chahte ho ki Dhawan rohit apne strong format ke basis pe weak format men khel sakte hai, rahul apne strong format men dusre format ke weak number pe nhin ...wah wah

 

No wonder this TM is a mess ...they cant diff btw formats . Isiliye keh raha hu likh ke le lo Kohli rajya pe Agla WC t20 ka bhi no chance and thats why he cant win in IPl.....he selects other format players 

[putrevus]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Dhawan also got backed in test when he was not deserving 

how has pandya flopped ? he won u a test in england....saved our arse in Sa 1st test.....which batsman gave perfomances in SA or england consistently. Pandya only gets judged on those 2 tough tour in which everyone struggled apart from kohli 

 

 Next ye Wc hai t20 ka ......jab kuch justify nhin krne ko to yahi bolo 

So dhawan has also flopped in test by that logic why is he in t20 when he hasnt done well their to 

 

So non perfomance in one format will hamper ur position of perfomance in other format. quite hypocritcal considering how rohit keeps coming back in test where he lacks perfomances on basis of odi where he performs and dhawan also same case 

 

To kehna ye chahte ho ki Dhawan rohit apne strong format ke basis pe weak format men khel sakte hai, rahul apne strong format men dusre format ke weak number pe nhin ...wah wah

 

No wonder this TM is a mess ...they cant diff btw formats . Isiliye keh raha hu likh ke le lo Kohli rajya pe Agla WC t20 ka bhi no chance and thats why he cant win in IPl.....he selects other format players 

Who said Dhawan was not deserving in test, He could not be worse than Rahul as an opener.Dhawan would have done very well at home.Dhawan scored 183 on test debut .Dhawan like Sehwag has weakness against moving ball.It is not like we have Sunil Gavaskar waiting in wings.

It was Rahul who he replaced , Dhawan never got so many chances as Rahul, I am sure he would have done better, I don't think anyone can do worse.

 

The moment Pandya stopped being part of Indian test team, India looked proper team.

 

Rohit has earned the right due to his performances in other formats.Did anyone stop Rahul or Rahane to score runs like Rohit did  in format they had been chosen and demand a place in the team in other formats.