Who should be the Indian wicketkeeper for England series?

[Trichromatic]

Who should be there?

[rkt.india]

Saha will play.

[express bowling]

Pant keeper

 

No Saha in the team.

[express bowling]

6 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Saha will play.

 

 

What about Pant ?

 

 

[Serpico]

shastri already confirmed that pant will be an overseas specialist for now. 

 

I wish they released him from the squad and let him play the ranji season before ipl starts. How will he improve his keeping if he is just sitting on the bench

[Serpico]

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

 

 

What about Pant ?

maybe he'll be picked in the pink ball match

[Stan AF]

Pant.

 

Stop jerking around that position anymore.

[Majestic]

Its not even up for debate now. Pant fans will go for strike if the third option happens.

[express bowling]

10 minutes ago, Serpico said:

maybe he'll be picked in the pink ball match

 

 

Pant should play every test from now on.

 

His batting is invaluable.

 

We are hurting the confidence of a match-winner batsman by dropping him at every chance.

[jf1gp_1]

lets see if virat has 'goti' to drop pant, now that we know we can live without him.

[Serpico]

Just now, express bowling said:

Pant should play every test from now on.

 

His batting is invaluable.

 

We are hurting the confidence of a match-winner batsman by dropping him at every chance.

so true. but watch them pick saha again. pink ball test is pant's best chance to keep well and dispel the myth that he can't keep well in india

[RajBan]

Pant should play as a wk/bastman. Saha should be in the squad as backup wk.

[Samcric]

Jadeja's absence could work as a blessing in disguise. If he was there, one option could have been Jaddu at 6, Saha at 7. Now, I think they will have to go with Pant at 6, Ashwin, Axar, Kuldeep at 7,8,9.

 

[goose]

Got to play Pant as keeper, accept he will fluff a few and get better.

[Lone Wolf]

If Kohli still drops Pant..  Then Indian fans should riot & make sure Lolli is sacked Asap.  Pant will Likely drop a few catches but then how the hell he'll improve if he not plays.  Few drops should not hurt us especially at home. 

[IndianRenegade]

Pant should play. Saha may be get out of jail card for the keeping spot in the short term, but not a long term solution. 
 

pant has proved his worth as a batsman, give him time with gloves, he will make mistakes but he can’t improve if we don’t give him the chance to. 

[putrevus]

If Pant is not upto the mark as keeper for spinners, he should play as a batsman for this series. It is a big indictment on Pant that he was so overweight had had to lose weight before major tour.

[Majestic]

29 minutes ago, Samcric said:

Jadeja's absence could work as a blessing in disguise. If he was there, one option could have been Jaddu at 6, Saha at 7. Now, I think they will have to go with Pant at 6, Ashwin, Axar, Kuldeep at 7,8,9.

 

Sundar is there.

[RajBan]

9 minutes ago, putrevus said:

If Pant is not upto the mark as keeper for spinners, he should play as a batsman for this series. It is a big indictment on Pant that he was so overweight had had to lose weight before major tour.

Pant has demonstrated enough credentials to play as a batsman alone. As an all condition test player I will rate him above Rohit and that won't change regardless of how many centuries Rohit hits at home. If Kohli and Sastri feels obliged that Saha needs to keep and they will play 5 best batsman then Pant comfortably ranks in that top 5 along with Gill. Can't drop Rahane and Pujara after the last Aus Test. So they need to decide who between Kohli and Rohit will sit. Will be a good riddle for the three to solve.

[Clarke]

Contrarian here compared to popular opinion: Saha should be playing as keeper. Without Jadeja we don't have our top gun bowling attack and even with him I'd want all the chances grabbed as far as possible. He's no stud with the bat like Pant but he's no mug either, has 2 hundreds in India and 1 in WI. I'm not anti-Pant, I just believe the best XI which also demands the best wicket keeper should play. Saha averages 30 in India, suppose Pant averages 50-55, I would prefer not to risk the potentially missed chances costing more than those extra runs. I'm not including that positive energy Pant's batting can bring to the game since its not quantitative. For what its worth, I also believe Pant plays ahead of Rahane as a batsman in India. 

 

There was a time two decades or so back that I felt Healy was being unnecessarily selected over Gilly for tests since I felt Gilly was a good enough keeper and the gulf between the two wasn't as big. Thus far, I haven't felt the same for Pant and would want selectors & him to prove me wrong in this series itself and this debate is forever settled.