Is Vijay Shankar one of the worst all-rounder to have played for India?

[Majestic]

6 hours ago, Jay said:

he is much better suited to tests and odi. he is not cut out for t20. doobi is better in t20 i would say. 

 

shankar is actually quite good in red ball. its another one of those shardul moments and it will take a while for people to realize that he is actually a solid player. trust me. i have seen him play for india A. he is good in red ball. 

Why has he never selected in Indian test squad then especially considering Pandya's shoulders injury?

 

He is 30+ so it's not even that he is young and if developed will be a good player.

Edited April 15, 2021 by Majestic

[raki05]

BTW is he trying to become Shankar bhagwan lately? Shanka bilkul Jatashankar ban gaya hai.

[Dery]

He has a MOM performance, few good inningswith the bat, pickedup wkts in wc..just based on that he's not the worst

[nevada]

Forget India, when was the last time he did anything notable in the IPL? His bowling is already discounted, so how about his batting? It's been nothing special. He has had plenty of opportunities to shine but he hasn't done anything notable. 

[Jay]

1 hour ago, Majestic said:

Why has he never selected in Indian test squad then especially considering Pandya's shoulders injury?

 

He is 30+ so it's not even that he is young and if developed will be a good player.

He is 30. Still has time. 

Edited April 15, 2021 by Jay

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 hours ago, Vickydev said:

Yeah that innings in NZ was special in those conditions, unfortunately cut short by that run out.

 

 

Even his knock against aus where he looked better then kohli was unfortunately runout by similar unlucky runout

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 hours ago, Majestic said:

Why has he never selected in Indian test squad then especially considering Pandya's shoulders injury?

 

He is 30+ so it's not even that he is young and if developed will be a good player.

He has been but that was one series in indian condition where his bowling wnt work. He needs to be selected for england n nz for sure but selectors are missing a trick. He has a very sound technique with bat and his bowling wud be very handy in eng n nz 

[Straight Drive]

Dube was the worst to get India cap.Parvez Rasool. Reetinder Sodhi. They all probably save Shankar from being the worst AR.

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 hour ago, nevada said:

Forget India, when was the last time he did anything notable in the IPL? His bowling is already discounted, so how about his batting? It's been nothing special. He has had plenty of opportunities to shine but he hasn't done anything notable. 

He played a good knock last season only against RR.

 

Also t20, isnt the format for him. Specially if u keep sending him at 5-6 which is area where u need guys like pandya , russell in t20. He in angelo Mathews mould. 

[Old guy]

I guess t20 is not format for him

I guess most tracks are not good for his bowling 

I guess he is not good at home 

 

 

Maybe he is just not good enough cricketer ? That would explain everything else .

[Majestic]

2 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

He played a good knock last season only against RR.

 

Also t20, isnt the format for him. Specially if u keep sending him at 5-6 which is area where u need guys like pandya , russell in t20. He in angelo Mathews mould. 

Is it the one where they chased 116 odd with Manish also playing an inning beyond his capability?

[Ankit_sharma03]

22 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Is it the one where they chased 116 odd with Manish also playing an inning beyond his capability?

i think so

[Ankit_sharma03]

18 hours ago, Majestic said:

He can't bowl, can't bat, gets injured all the time, probably an average fielder too.

 

U hvent seen him field for sure, he is a damn good fielder

Bat- judging him in wrong format, same ppl did with siraj . U didnt watch him bat in NZ series or Aus home series for sure 

Bowl- he is avg

 

18 hours ago, Majestic said:

 

He reminds me of Stuart Binny but atleast Binny has ran through Bangladesh once long

 

Any idea why that happened ?

18 hours ago, Majestic said:

 

back while Vijay almost costed them the Nidahas trophy before DK came with blinder knock to save him.

 

T20 not his format and batting low becomes even tough whose game is very different

 

[Sean Bradley]

No it has to be Stuart Binny, BJ Shankar is Bad but not the Worst.

[Majestic]

6 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

U hvent seen him field for sure, he is a damn good fielder

Bat- judging him in wrong format, same ppl did with siraj . U didnt watch him bat in NZ series or Aus home series for sure 

Bowl- he is avg

 

 

Any idea why that happened ?

 

T20 not his format and batting low becomes even tough whose game is very different

 

Vijay averages 31 at strike rate of 90 in ODIs and has a bowling average of 52 and half of the time he keeps getting injured. That is not cut for a place in Indian team as per today's standards.

 

Regarding that IPL match, it was an average knock and when you are playing supporting role to Manish Pandey of all people, it tells us there lies the mediocrity of T20 format. Archer was done with his power play overs and not brought back again and those two feasted on the other mediocrities that RR had last year.

Edited April 15, 2021 by Majestic

[Ankit_sharma03]

25 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Vijay averages 31 at strike rate of 90 in ODIs and has a bowling average of 52 and half of the time he keeps getting injured. That is not cut for a place in Indian team as per today's standards.

 

Regarding that IPL match, it was an average knock and when you are playing supporting role to Manish Pandey of all people, it tells us there lies the mediocrity of T20 format. Archer was done with his power play overs and not brought back again and those two feasted on the other mediocrities that RR had last year.

 

90 s/r is fine nyways he played very less....he is meant if u look for safer option not attacking . He is in angelo mathews zone, so if a team is looking for saviour kind he is the one how mathews do that for SL

As of now he shud be only considered for test. I advocated his name around 2019 coz we were struggling for no.4 and he has the most sound technique plus his bowling on soggy condition can be handy . Now we shud shift to attacking plan which he wont fit in

[ShoonyaSifar]

Pick him for the WTC and Test series in England as Hardik's alternative. If Pandu cannot bowl, he cannot be in the team. Not bad to have Shankar as an option. We played Binny once in a test in England. Shankar is twice the FC cricketer.

 

He is a proper longer format player. Picking him for LOIs makes no sense. He has his limitations

[Sooda]

As a child of the 90's I remember Laxmi Ratan Shukla

[rollingstoned]

He looks like someone who might be suitable for test cricket as our tm have form for picking the wrong players for the wrong format and then complaining that they don't look the goods. But his issue is that even in that role he is competing with the likes of thakur and bhuvi who are lesser batsmen but better bowlers than he is. There was a time when investing in him would have made sense because pandya was peena crocked and we needed someone to fill that hole which was why him, thakur and dube all kept getting opportunities. But at his age im not sure it makes sense to put mich faith in him. 

Edited April 16, 2021 by rollingstoned

[Adamant]

Doesn't have the talent to be an international cricketer. 

Another Dinesh Karthik level player