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Pandya first needs to show he has stamina to last in odis at a stretch

He has given few performances here and there in the longest format , but i dont find him warrant a place in the test xi straight coming from injury

I doubt with his fitness he can last long in tests,he should concentrate on white ball cricket for now

Posted
11 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Pandya first needs to show he has stamina to last in odis at a stretch

He has given few performances here and there in the longest format , but i dont find him warrant a place in the test xi straight coming from injury

I doubt with his fitness he can last long in tests,he should concentrate on white ball cricket for now

Yes, needs to concentrate on LOIs.  For tests, you need a batsman who can bowl a bit. Pandya isn't full fledged test batsman yet nor a specialist bowler.

Posted
12 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Pandya first needs to show he has stamina to last in odis at a stretch

He has given few performances here and there in the longest format , but i dont find him warrant a place in the test xi straight coming from injury

I doubt with his fitness he can last long in tests,he should concentrate on white ball cricket for now

 

With Jadeja stepping up with the bat in test matches, Pandya is not needed now.

 

I would prefer in SENA tests now ...

 

6. Jadeja

7. Pant

8. Kuldeep / Ishant

9. Shami

10. Saini / Ishant

11. Bumrah 

 

Add extra batsman for Kuldeep on green mamba !

Posted
1 minute ago, Straight Drive said:

Ishant is also a defective piece. Gets injured lot of times.

There was time when they could have played Saini,Siraj in tests against Wi,Bang,SL at home but they wasted that opportunity on Umesh and Ishant,they should have rotated them , playing them in all the tests against weak opponents at home hasn't served any purpose ,short term goals will hurt long term goals

This has been the definition of this TM over the years,keep youngsters at bay is their real motto for pals and to be at safe space

Posted (edited)
31 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Pandya first needs to show he has stamina to last in odis at a stretch

He has given few performances here and there in the longest format , but i dont find him warrant a place in the test xi straight coming from injury

I doubt with his fitness he can last long in tests,he should concentrate on white ball cricket for now

Don't think he is fit enough to even play 40 tests in career unleas he plays only the number of matches his body is capable of. One cannot fight the nature every single day as it will react to irreversible proportion if body is overworked than what it is capable of. The problem with his frequent injuries is that captain cannot give him a workload of a proper all rounder in test matches. If a player cannot be utilized to his fullest at top level (Test) then it is better to let him recover fully and pick a specialist player who will either score more runs or will pick five fer  more often. We are wasting a specialist pacers career in tests, which we have in plenty imo.

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

There was time when they could have played Saini,Siraj in tests against Wi,Bang,SL at home but they wasted that opportunity on Umesh and Ishant,they should have rotated them , playing them in all the tests against weak opponents at home hasn't served any purpose ,short term goals will hurt long term goals

This has been the definition of this TM over the years,keep youngsters at bay is their real motto for pals and to be at safe space

Good post.

 

Captain should be able to access the physical limitations and rotate players so that he doesn't overloads a player than what he is capable of. Rotation is definitely one and only way which solves many purpose especially when handling all rounders. Kapil, Sobers, Kallis, Botham, Imran, Hadlee and other all rounders were exceptions who took more workload as bowlers. Even though Kohli rested Pandya for 2 tests even though he was picked in squad, Pandya isn't a star in test by any means so there was more scope to rest him in other series in whatever small test career he has had.

Posted
11 hours ago, Straight Drive said:

Some cricketers are naturally fit. Kapil Dev bowled so much in 60 odd consecutive tests then missed one test and again 60 odd consecutive tests. Sobers too was fit for most part of his career inspire of taking the all rounders workload. Jadeja dives so much on field yet we never see him get injured. Maxwell too. Some cricketers are very athletic and survive what a lot of cricketers can only dream off.

jadeja n maxwell bowls spin and jadeja to had to go for surgery before 2015 wc

 

Posted
1 minute ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

jadeja n maxwell bowls spin and jadeja to had to go for surgery before 2015 wc

 

Jadeja has played a lot more domestic and international cricket as compared to Pandya. Injury is okay if it happens after numerous years but in Pandyas case I think he is out for third or fourth time in a very short cricketing career at international level. No way Jadeja has broken down 4 times in 3 years.

Posted (edited)
4 minutes ago, Straight Drive said:

Jadeja has played a lot more domestic and international cricket as compared to Pandya. Injury is okay if it happens after numerous years but in Pandyas case I think he is out for third or fourth time in a very short cricketing career at international level. No way Jadeja has broken down 4 times in 3 years.

coz its not easy to bowl at 140k and he is a power hitter as well which has its own toll, jadeja cant even do that . He has some issue with action which is causing injury and once pollock mentioned that he needs some tweaking in it as well

Jadeja n pandya shudnt be even compare.....if fitness comparisons are to be drawn compare it with russell or stokes 

 

Ur telling me a guy bowling 140k shud not break down as much as a spinner :phehe:

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

coz its not easy to bowl at 140k and he is a power hitter as well which has its own toll, jadeja cant even do that . He has some issue with action which is causing injury and once pollock mentioned that he needs some tweaking in it as well

Jadeja n pandya shudnt be even compare.....if fitness comparisons are to be drawn compare it with russell or stokes 

 

Ur telling me a guy bowling 140k shud not break down as much as a spinner :phehe:

Which is what I mean. His body is not capable to take the workload of bowling that pace and take the workload, hence he should have been rotated co sudering his physical limitations. Isn't a captain supposed to identify this ?

 

There are many pacers who bowl fatser than Pandya and have taken a huge workload as Pacer in their domestic and international career yet they do not go through as manay injuries as Pandya is going through. Do you want me to name them ?

Posted
3 minutes ago, Straight Drive said:

Which is what I mean. His body is not capable to take the workload of bowling that pace and take the workload, hence he should have been rotated co sudering his physical limitations. Isn't a captain supposed to identify this ?

he has been given rest but its not as easy as u think, his body is fine just need some action tweaking

Look at russell the guy plays with injury most games

3 minutes ago, Straight Drive said:

There are many pacers who bowl fatser than Pandya and have taken a huge workload as Pacer in their domestic and international career yet they do not go through as manay injuries as Pandya is going through. Do you want me to name them ?

name them and also check how much formats they play and also do they have batting workload as well 

Posted

What has batting workload got to do with this? Has Pandya shown he's capable of lasting 100~150 balls each test? No then why are you bringing this up? As for pacers - Rabada, Cummins come to mind straight away, bowled way more overs than Pandya & doing much better with proven fitness over the last 3 odd years.

Posted (edited)
53 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

name them and also check how much formats they play and also do they have batting workload as well 

Balls faced (batting) is not available for previous generation cricketers but i am sure they all have batted more and played more cricket than Pandya and with very few injuries in their whole career unlike Pandya who has played less in comparison. Below are names from just Indian renowned players who played significant matches at top level. Havent even considered domestic pacers who have negligible international matches or never made international level. A further longer list if we consider pace bowlers from all countries.

 

 

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Haven't added Irfan Pathan who has bowled and batted more than Pandya because he too was a  frequent injury material.

 

Just to name allrounders: Sobers, Dev, Hadlee, Imran, Miller, Cairns, Kallis, Botham, Pollock Stokes.

 

 

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Posted
3 hours ago, rkt.india said:

He was one of the reasons we won a test in England.

he was also the reaaon India lost the series, it is not his fault,Indian team needed sixth batsmen more than bits and pieces player like him in test cricket.

Posted
26 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

What has batting workload got to do with this? Has Pandya shown he's capable of lasting 100~150 balls each test? No then why are you bringing this up? As for pacers - Rabada, Cummins come to mind straight away, bowled way more overs than Pandya & doing much better with proven fitness over the last 3 odd years.

You forgot how long Cummins had to be out, 6 years due to injury.

Posted

And what about it? Cummins had the body of work behind him, what has Pandya achieved at any level in FC or tests to deserve that spot? Oh wait he's an A/R :cantstop:

Posted (edited)
16 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

And what about it? Cummins had the body of work behind him, what has Pandya achieved at any level in FC or tests to deserve that spot? Oh wait he's an A/R :cantstop:

Cummins versus Pandya : Balls bowled in FC / LIST A comparison

 

Cummins 9123 / 4261

Pandya  2694/ 2798

Edited by Straight Drive
Posted (edited)
9 minutes ago, Straight Drive said:

Cummins versus Pandya : Balls bowled in FC / LIST A comparison

 

Cummins 9123 / 4261

Pandya  2694/ 2798

Cummins is the worst xample his career start was filled with injuries

Obv cummins is 1st choice he ll bowl more pandya is 5th bowler....atleast get right xamples who do same job

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Posted (edited)
3 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Cummins is the worst xample his career start was 

Your statement seems to be incomplete.

 

Anyways i have responded to your previous post in case you have missed,

Edited by Straight Drive

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