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Posted (edited)

Just saw on replay and was like WTF!

He has a blind ghumao for a 0!!

know he is a holy cow for some tyros here, but bhai thoda sambhalke khela karo. Bade badon ka test cricket hai ye!!!

Edited by coffee_rules
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His shot selection was definitely bad. He has seemed confused at the batting crease this whole series. unsure whether to attack or defend, and when to do them.

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Expert analysis on CI:

 

Why did Rishabh Pant play that shot?

 

Pant's moment of step-out-and-hope was perhaps born less of sky-high self-confidence than a lack of it. And this lack probably stemmed from Pant not being able to trust his defence in the same manner since that series against England in India.
 

 

 

Since the end of that series, Pant has played seven Tests, all away from home, and has averaged 19.23. That run of lean form has coincided with right-arm fast bowlers exposing a previously unnoticed - or unexplored - weakness in his game, going over the wicket and tormenting him with the angle across his stumps.

 

 

 

Over his Test career so far, Pant averages 50.28 against right-arm seamers when they've bowled from around the wicket. When they've gone over the wicket, he's averaged 20.06.

 

 

 

During his ongoing horror run of seven Tests, he's not been dismissed once by fast bowlers from around the wicket, but 10 times from over the wicket while averaging 11.50. Eleven. Point five zero.
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57 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

Expert analysis on CI:

 

Why did Rishabh Pant play that shot?

 

Pant's moment of step-out-and-hope was perhaps born less of sky-high self-confidence than a lack of it. And this lack probably stemmed from Pant not being able to trust his defence in the same manner since that series against England in India.
 

 

 

Since the end of that series, Pant has played seven Tests, all away from home, and has averaged 19.23. That run of lean form has coincided with right-arm fast bowlers exposing a previously unnoticed - or unexplored - weakness in his game, going over the wicket and tormenting him with the angle across his stumps.

 

 

 

Over his Test career so far, Pant averages 50.28 against right-arm seamers when they've bowled from around the wicket. When they've gone over the wicket, he's averaged 20.06.

 

 

 

During his ongoing horror run of seven Tests, he's not been dismissed once by fast bowlers from around the wicket, but 10 times from over the wicket while averaging 11.50. Eleven. Point five zero.

Very interesting.

 

They found a chink in his armour and are exploiting it.

 

Once he fixes that glitch up, we will see the old Pant.

 

But my god...he has to do something about his weight.

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I m ok with him playing that shot provided he has played 20 balls and scored 7 or 8.. your chances of controlling or connecting substantially increases with that. He has hacked and got out of the same shot 4 5 times this ipl season itself 

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1 hour ago, sensible-indian said:

What I can't get over is his shot in WTC finals.

 

He was actually batting quite well.

 

Just threw it away outta nowhere.

Even Jadeja did the same if I remember correctly in WTC final

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1 hour ago, sensible-indian said:

Very interesting.

 

They found a chink in his armour and are exploiting it.

 

Once he fixes that glitch up, we will see the old Pant.

 

But my god...he has to do something about his weight.

I agree. he's on the skinnier side. should try to put on another 10-20 kgs. give Inzy and ranatunga a run for their money.

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Pant shouldn't get too comfortable here, there is Ishan Kishan waiting in the wings. I do hope and do think he will do well though. He has shown that ability to play those stellar innings when under pressure.

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43 minutes ago, Texan said:

Pant shouldn't get too comfortable here, there is Ishan Kishan waiting in the wings. I do hope and do think he will do well though. He has shown that ability to play those stellar innings when under pressure.

don't forget bharat. an excellent keeper, and his batting is improving and more suited for long formats. he even has experience with opening, so he can handle new ball too apart from being a good player of spin.

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9 minutes ago, Vijy said:

don't forget bharat. an excellent keeper, and his batting is improving and more suited for long formats. he even has experience with opening, so he can handle new ball too apart from being a good player of spin.

Yep, Bharat's keeping is excellent, but I hope he is not a Saha while batting.

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4 minutes ago, Texan said:

Yep, Bharat's keeping is excellent, but I hope he is not a Saha while batting.

Saha was very good in FC, in fact his stats were better than MSD, Kishan, Bharat if only Ranjis were considered. In int'l cricket, he was definitely not a consistent batter, but an avg of around 30 shows that he wasn't hopeless. In Bharat's case, although his FC avg is <40, I definitely feel his batting is more complete than Saha. The latter had more issues vs. pace, and Bharat is more comfortable navigating it.

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Aggression is fine but that he has to stop jumping out of the crease against pacers. Boundaries can be hit by staying in the crease too! I hope the coaches tell him to cut out that shot. 

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