KL Rahul as a keeper feels right, not looking to change it - Virat Kohli

[zen]

1 minute ago, Global.Baba said:

Rohit in his first World tournament was man of the match in a must win game vs SA

 

In the low scoring final he scored 30(16) at the end

 

Sachin was man of the match in 2011 Semis, scored a 50 in the quarter finals, was m.o.m in 3 super pressure games vs Pak

In that case Pant will even score, .... 

[Global.Baba]

15 minutes ago, zen said:

In that case Pant will even score, .... 

Hope he does. Also good thing for him in tests is Saha is on his last phase and luckily we are not confusing ourselves in that format with chops and changes.

 

Reflection of the difference between how settled our test team looks vs LOI's

[zen]

4 minutes ago, Global.Baba said:

Hope he does. Also good thing for him in tests is Saha is on his last phase and luckily we are not confusing ourselves in that format with chops and changes.

 

Reflection of the difference between how settled our test team looks vs LOI's

That is one of the issues. If you recall Pant was not even in the WC squad but called in to replace Dhawan 

[shortbread]

Rahul the keeper solves a lot of issues with the current limited overs team.

 

Firstly, it inspires confidence in Rahul and hi career is not in the mercy of Dhawan's fitness/mood!

 

Secondly, he's a good keeper. Not of Saha's calibre but does a good job and is focused. Pant lately seemed distracted and made a lot of fumbles.

 

Finally, a higher calibre batsman/keeper plus an additional slot to play someone as the game demands.

[G_B_]

I think we may have found a solution.

 

The only issue is that Rahul is prone to injuries. Not sure how this extra workload will work.

 

Pant will get his chance again soon enough. Needs to make it count.

[Lannister]

There's absolutely no need for Rahul to keep in T20s as Pant also merits place in the team. Let him just keep in the ODIs as Pant's position is not a certainty in that format. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

 

he shud have said - dont u knw our captain well ? Let me or pandey fail 1 game n india loose that game and pant will be back in XI

[abc]

On 1/20/2020 at 7:08 PM, bowl_out said:

It's weird to see Pant's keeping skills being questioned... He is more than decent as keeper and will only improve with time.. he did really well in England and Aus.. the only thing was he got fooled by Bumrah's angle a couple of times moving along with the ball and missing outside edges off those deliveries.. again there is a learning curve and he is well ahead on that...

5 penalty runs because the ball hit his helmet placed roughly in a straight line behind was just the tip of the iceberg. His keeping was never really any good, and he was replaced in tests when it got showed up once too often. Of course, in limited overs, it is often the one-eyed leading the blind when it comes to keeping anyway ...

[putrevus]

Rahul as a keeper adds lot of value to this T20 team.Pandey is not the player who should be playing as an extra batsman in T20s.He has no business of being in a t20 team.

[ganeshran]

Rahul's keeping was not upto the mark today. 

[NameGoesHere]

Wait are they seriously planning to make this a fixture?  It'll come back to haunt us in some T20 WC crunch game. 

[Kohlifan]

being a makeshift keeper he may have off day's. I have seen him taking some really sharp catches and he does reads the pitch which was not the case with atleast Pant. Still tried stumping against williamson & last over catch I am sure Pant have messed up with that. When Pant was keeping he rarely had good days. 

[bowl_out]

Works for T20.. not a good idea for ODIs. He'll burn out fast.

[coffee_rules]

On 1/29/2020 at 7:45 AM, ganeshran said:

Rahul's keeping was not upto the mark today. 

has tr practice hitting stumps, he stood too far away to bumrah and shami, can't avoid those byes

[ganeshran]

9 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

has tr practice hitting stumps, he stood too far away to bumrah and shami, can't avoid those byes

Even in thst stumping it looked like he had the ball in his left glove while breaking the stump with his right. I don't know whether its allowed. 

 

But not being able to keep his gloves together does show a gap in technique. In some crucial moment it will backfire 

Edited January 31, 2020 by ganeshran