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Ishant Sharma is not good enough for automatic Test selection


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You can’t rely on him as a senior bowler to create chances. He can keep bowling those tight overs and few lucky wickets but I’m sorry him playing Test cricket any more will keep harming the team.

 

And I’ll say the same for Bhumrah etc, too. You might get some occasional wickets but the team needs bowlers on whom you can trust they’ll create chances and will keep taking wickets.

 

Ishant in playing only because in Indian cricket you’ve to support the household of senior Mediocre players till they retire and being friends of Captain.

 

Im pretty sure this eternal mediocre bowler will play the England series and will just be a passenger. Can’t bat or field too. His supporters too don’t have much expectations from him. All they want us “couple of wickets every innings” from him. 
 

Get new blood in who are willing to try various things to take wickets…

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Ishant doesn't even regularly feature in IPL matches,but gets picked each season

I have been noticing many Indian middle aged cricketers are not inspired enough to play/represent India anymore

This is some psychological problem where we see guys getting easy money bowling 4 overs or bat for mere 30-50 deliveries

This is no randi rona ,one of our best pace bowler has not even looked shadow of his own self from the past,has been underperforming in KOs

 

BCCI should inspire/reward players representing India in a manner so that they don't loose motivation in the biggest stage

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^^^ Ishant has no lack of motivation. He’s actually mediocre and not good enough to lead the bowling team. 
Every top team has a senior lead bowler who strategises, advices younger bowlers and overall leads by example. Take Southies, Anderson/Broad etc. 
Ishant is at the most a passenger and only playing because he’s friends of Kohli and hails from Delhi…

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There are many Kohli fans who support Ishant’s selection just to justify Kohli’s idiotic team selections and frandship with Ishant.

 

You’ll also notice that all Kohli fans don’t rate the Australia series win much. They’ll try to portray it as a one off lucky win. 
 

They’ll also treat this final test as one off and not to be taken seriously.

 

After England series loss too they’ll say it’s just a random series loss… :dontknow:

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But but but Ishant is the best/most improved Indian pacer ever :nevermind:

 

This even after bowling in nearly every game where the wickets were tailor made for pace!

 

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Start of match date between 1 Jan 2018 and 31 Dec 2018
Type of bowler (by style) pace bowler
Qualifications wickets taken greater than or equal to 20
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Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10  
JO Holder (WI) 6 12 150.1 38 409 33 6/59 11/103 12.39 2.72 27.3 4 1  
Mohammad Abbas (PAK) 7 13 230.1 82 523 38 5/33 10/95 13.76 2.27 36.3 3 1  
VD Philander (SA) 8 16 236.2 82 545 32 6/21 9/51 17.03 2.30 44.3 2 0  
TG Southee (NZ) 5 10 212.0 59 552 29 6/62 8/120 19.03 2.60 43.8 2 0  
ST Gabriel (WI) 8 14 189.2 28 723 37 8/62 13/121 19.54 3.81 30.7 3 1  
M Morkel (SA) 6 12 188.5 51 554 28 5/23 9/110 19.78 2.93 40.4 1 0  
PJ Cummins (AUS) 8 16 314.1 65 879 44 6/27 9/99 19.97 2.79 42.8 2 0  
K Rabada (SA) 10 20 331.1 73 1044 52 6/54 11/150 20.07 3.15 38.2 2 1  
JJ Bumrah (INDIA) 9 18 379.4 89 1009 48 6/33 9/86 21.02 2.65 47.4 3 0  
UT Yadav (INDIA) 5 10 126.5 17 428 20 6/88 10/133 21.40 3.37 38.0 1 1  
I Sharma (INDIA) 11 21 335.0 71 894 41 5/51 6/97 21.80 2.66 49.0 1 0  
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The poster child of mediocrity :bow:

 

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Opposition team Australia or England or India or New Zealand or South Africa
Start of match date greater than or equal to 1 Jan 2017
Type of bowler (by style) pace bowler
Qualifications wickets taken greater than or equal to 40
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Player Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10  
TG Southee (NZ) 2017-2021 11 21 451.0 101 1276 60 6/43 9/110 21.26 2.82 45.1 4 0  
JM Anderson (ENG) 2017-2021 24 42 828.5 262 1903 89 5/20 9/43 21.38 2.29 55.8 4 0  
PJ Cummins (AUS) 2017-2021 27 51 1049.4 263 2885 129 6/27 9/99 22.36 2.74 48.8 3 0  
TA Boult (NZ) 2017-2021 9 18 365.3 81 1015 44 6/32 9/99 23.06 2.77 49.8 1 0  
M Morkel (SA) 2017-2018 13 24 437.0 101 1349 58 5/23 9/110 23.25 3.08 45.2 1 0  
KAJ Roach (WI) 2017-2021 16 28 531.2 148 1516 64 5/17 8/82 23.68 2.85 49.8 2 0  
VD Philander (SA) 2017-2020 19 34 554.1 176 1312 53 6/21 9/51 24.75 2.36 62.7 2 0  
Mohammad Abbas (PAK) 2018-2021 14 23 447.4 142 1103 43 5/33 10/95 25.65 2.46 62.4 2 1  
JJ Bumrah (INDIA) 2018-2021 18 35 666.4 157 1807 70 6/33 9/86 25.81 2.71 57.1 3 0  
N Wagner (NZ) 2017-2021 14 26 556.4 117 1554 59 5/44 8/134 26.33 2.79 56.6 2 0  
Mohammed Shami (INDIA) 2018-2021 19 35 570.4 111 1820 69 6/56 6/74 26.37 3.18 49.6 3 0  
K Rabada (SA) 2017-2020 19 33 677.0 146 2203 83 6/54 11/150 26.54 3.25 48.9 2 1  
I Sharma (INDIA) 2017-2021 21 39 552.4 119 1488 56 5/51 6/97 26.57 2.69 59.2 2 0  
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14 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Ishant has not looked fully fit in the last 2 years.

 

Loses steam after a few overs. Has missed a lot of series as well as matches. 

 

We need to replace him with Siraj in the 5 test series in England.

 

Prasidh and Avesh need to be tried against weaker teams.

Team has been hijacked by kohli nexus,they will rotate their buddies against weaker opponents to sideline youngsters after knowing what they did in Aus,there will not miss one opportunity to even kick out Pant in this very upcoming series,you just watch

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I wonder how this perennial loser never bowled a single outswinger in his career spanning 100 tests over 14 years. I mean, do they work on their game anymore after getting into the team? It was just plain embarrassing to see the rookie Kyle Jamieson snaking the ball both ways while this mediocre fool was trundling the same innocuous inswinger ball after ball.

 

It's a pity because Siraj can form that fast bowling partnership with Shami where both can hunt wickets together. 

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43 minutes ago, asterix said:

There are many Kohli fans who support Ishant’s selection just to justify Kohli’s idiotic team selections and frandship with Ishant.

 

You’ll also notice that all Kohli fans don’t rate the Australia series win much. They’ll try to portray it as a one off lucky win. 
 

They’ll also treat this final test as one off and not to be taken seriously.

 

After England series loss too they’ll say it’s just a random series loss… :dontknow:

Kuli? Fans? Has fans? Fans need bans. Kuli fans need bans. 

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6 minutes ago, neel roy said:

Shiraz shami bumrah will be for eng tests. Thakur and Ishant will rotate.. that left arm seamer must be groomed now

I dearly want a left arm seamer in the team.  I’m literally bored to death watching same right hand bowlers. 
Bhumrah shouldn’t play any more tests. He’s not a test level bowler. Keep him to LOIs to elongate his career else he’ll burn out soon.

 

I want Natrajan or any Lefty pace bowler (not Unadkat please) in the team for variety in attack.

 

For immediate Eng series, Id like Siraj, Shami, Natrajan & Pandya in the Test team.

 

Ishant & Bhumrah should be dropped.

 

But these are wet dreams. Won’t happen with Shastri-Kohli duo around.

 

 

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Ishant was slower than Southee at times & didn't move the ball much.  His pace has dropped sharply & drastically.  He was much quicker vs Eng in 2018.  I think he should be replaced with Shardul. Our Tail badly needs someone to hold the bat. 

 

Bumrah's form need to be looked at closely.  Siraj has to come in vs England. 

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Shardul Thakur after his gutsy performance vs Australia has gone 5 tests without being even in the 15. This is the level of decision making captain clown and coach loudmouth do. 

 

He may turn out to be below par but he has earned himself a few opportunities. England series at home was a great opportunity to play him, pacers were not expected to do much, we could have seen how Shardul responds to the challenges of playing in India. But the idiot captain decided to play Ishant in 4 back to back test matches.

 

Said it at the time of the England tests, Sundar, Siraj and That should have been the first names for all 4 tests. Was captain's headache how to rest his seniors. Instead he benched these juniors and has now been royally repaid for his idiocy.

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