Where are the power hitters

[I6MTW]

11 minutes ago, DarkProfile said:

 

Yuvraj Singh?

Not a power hitter. He relied on timing and stroke play. He was well built but he rarely used brute force or power. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

20 minutes ago, I6MTW said:

Not a power hitter. He relied on timing and stroke play. He was well built but he rarely used brute force or power. 

yuvraj was mix of power and timing 

 

36 minutes ago, I6MTW said:

India has never had a power hitter. Things are not gonna change suddenly. 

dhoni 

yusuf 

 

both were power hitters

[maniac]

10 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

yuvraj was mix of power and timing 

 

dhoni 

yusuf 

 

both were power hitters

I would say Yuvraj was more in the mould of Rohit Sharma. I will even put Raina in that list.

 

Bhajji was a pretty good power hitter at the death . Also Uthappa when he started 

[Ankit_sharma03]

16 minutes ago, maniac said:

I would say Yuvraj was more in the mould of Rohit Sharma. I will even put Raina in that list.

 

Bhajji was a pretty good power hitter at the death . Also Uthappa when he started 

 

rohit has never needed to use much of power , yuvraj did a lot and when t20 came he used it even more. 

uthappa had it all power+range+timing 

 

Raina also had a gift of timing but with introduction of t20 he worked on his power game. If u bat in middle or lower middle u need power specially in those days when only 1 ball was used.  U needed muscle to clear to get that extra since ball use to get soft, may be thats why rohit struggled in middle not that he cudnt use power but it wasnt his style as he relied more on timing .  Players like Rohit or even samson when ever theyll try to hit hard will loose timing thats why lower middle order hasnt worked for either coz then they have to create pace. At top the ball is new and they can look to play normally , they have that extra to get the best of the timings 

 

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

22 minutes ago, maniac said:

I would say Yuvraj was more in the mould of Rohit Sharma.

i havent seen a player in yuvraj's mould even in international (may be pietersen)....pant also heavily relies on power 

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Just now, Ankit_sharma03 said:

i havent seen a player in yuvraj's mould even in international (may be pietersen)....pant also heavily relies on power 

 

but pietersen scored in range over yuvraj n i always considered him a better bat then yuvi but mould yes i can only think of KP

[chewy]

This will be India's achilles heel and also selectors, who will pack batting line-up with 'Anchors'.

 

In T20 an India top 4 of Rohit, Gill, Kohli, Rahul is going be  pukeworthy - basically lost the game right there.

[prudent_kreeda]

10 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

rohit has never needed to use much of power , yuvraj did a lot and when t20 came he used it even more. 

uthappa had it all power+range+timing 

 

Raina also had a gift of timing but with introduction of t20 he worked on his power game. If u bat in middle or lower middle u need power specially in those days when only 1 ball was used.  U needed muscle to clear to get that extra since ball use to get soft, may be thats why rohit struggled in middle not that he cudnt use power but it wasnt his style as he relied more on timing .  Players like Rohit or even samson when ever theyll try to hit hard will loose timing thats why lower middle order hasnt worked for either coz then they have to create pace. At top the ball is new and they can look to play normally , they have that extra to get the best of the timings 

 

 

Same applies to Gill as well Shaw . Hence selectors should be clear which # they should be considered in short format.  50 Overs gives some leeway as a good player of spin can still maintain  +run a ball  strike rate holding one end up. Gill can still make it at #3 in 50 overs .

[Ankit_sharma03]

30 minutes ago, prudent_kreeda said:

Gill can still make it at #3 in 50 overs .

yes 

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

30 minutes ago, prudent_kreeda said:

Gill can still make it at #3 in 50 overs .

yes 

 

[express bowling]

16 hours ago, I6MTW said:

India has never had a power hitter. Things are not gonna change suddenly. 

 

 

Chronologically ....

 

Kapil Dev

Sandeep Patil

Kirti Azad

Atul Bedade

Yuvraj

Dhoni

Yusuf Pathan

Hardik Pandya

Rishabh Pant

Ishan Kishan

 

 

All these guys hit with tremendous power and could/can hit 6s even when they mistimed/mistimes shots.

 

[vvvslaxman]

For now Sky is our power hitter. Damn those 101 meter, 98 meter sixes.  Iyer when he connects hits a long way. Hit a 111 meter six in Australia. Intent and connection rate is the problem. Pant has a poor connection rate although he doesn't lack power. KL Rahul can connect a lot more. But he lacks intent.

[Lord]

SDP?

 

 

[putrevus]

Pandya showing his severe limitations again?Pandya like Dhoni can be contained easily. Dhoni was an awful t20 player, Pandya is just a bit better.

[chewy]

A decade of IPL, yet to produce a muscular power hitter, whilst West Indies, Australia and England are churning out decent strong batsmen.

A slight glimmer has been Dube and SRK, both are tall and broad shoulders, can easily mishit balls for sixes.

 

I just don't see India winning World T20 next 10 years. It will be affair between Aus, Eng, WI and NZ. T20 is going to get muscular is it moves on.

 

 

[Jay]

20 minutes ago, chewy said:

A decade of IPL, yet to produce a muscular power hitter, whilst West Indies, Australia and England are churning out decent strong batsmen.

A slight glimmer has been Dube and SRK, both are tall and broad shoulders, can easily mishit balls for sixes.

 

I just don't see India winning World T20 next 10 years. It will be affair between Aus, Eng, WI and NZ. T20 is going to get muscular is it moves on.

 

 

We have plenty of muscular men. We just don't have batting technique for power hitting. Even pipsqueak iyer hit a mammoth 110 m six. None of the whiteys except symmonds (who is black) hit that far. 

We are too focus on safe technique plus timing. That suits maybe odi but not t20. Tbh we never produced 360 degree batsman in our history except maybe pant. Never. We always lacked the technique. Contrary to what people may believe we actually never had good technique vs bounce barring a few great players. 

[Adamant]

As I said, we haven't produced a single power hitter since Yusuf Pathan. 

IPL isn't helping us here, Ipl teams usually assign these roles to foreigners. 

[I6MTW]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

We have plenty of muscular men. We just don't have batting technique for power hitting. Even pipsqueak iyer hit a mammoth 110 m six. None of the whiteys except symmonds (who is black) hit that far. 

We are too focus on safe technique plus timing. That suits maybe odi but not t20. Tbh we never produced 360 degree batsman in our history except maybe pant. Never. We always lacked the technique. Contrary to what people may believe we actually never had good technique vs bounce barring a few great players. 

DK? SKY?

 

We have produced range hitters, but we've never produced a split power hitter by modern standards. 

Edited April 17, 2022 by I6MTW

[Jay]

6 minutes ago, I6MTW said:

DK? SKY?

 

We have produced range hitters, but we've never produced a split power hitter by modern standards. 

True. Think India don't care about these t20 WC tbh. Tests odi WC and ipl takes precedence. 

[rollingstoned]

Supposed power hitting talent SRK has disappointed so far. His inability to get going derailed their innings today.