Lance Kluesner 99 vs Hardik Pandya 2022: who would you pick?

[Vilander]

Pandya needs consistancy. 

[coffee_rules]

Panauti OP! After this first match, Pandu became a liability 

[vvvslaxman]

2 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Panauti OP! After this first match, Pandu became a liability 

 

Pandya has the worst strike rate for a no.6 batsman in recent times. 113.

[coffee_rules]

Change the OP title to Michael Jackson 1985 vs Hardik Pandya 2022! WC le ayenge yeh do mastizyade 

 

 

[Gollum]

Hope he justifies the thread title this Oct/Nov, without him firing absolutely no chance. Many must fire but the balance Hardik gives the side is unique, nobody else can do that role in Indian cricket, practically speaking every other player is replaceable, even Bumrah. 

[vvvslaxman]

7 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Hope he justifies the thread title this Oct/Nov, without him firing absolutely no chance. Many must fire but the balance Hardik gives the side is unique, nobody else can do that role in Indian cricket, practically speaking every other player is replaceable, even Bumrah. 

Pandya has overall decent bowling figures against Pakistan much like Kohli has good batting numbers  Hope last match was an Anamoly. India has to beat one of SA or Pakistan hoping their clash don't involve run rate situation. There is a good chance we will lose to SA. Klassen vs Chahal so far only one winner in the history.

Edited September 18, 2022 by vvvslaxman

[Gollum]

29 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Pandya has overall decent bowling figures against Pakistan much like Kohli has good batting numbers  Hope last match was an Anamoly. India has to beat one of SA or Pakistan hoping their clash don't involve run rate situation. There is a good chance we will lose to SA. Klassen vs Chahal so far only one winner in the history.

RSA comfortably better in those conditions, Perth is basically their backyard and not just from cricket pov, many whites from RSA settled there after end of apartheid. They'll be right at home and have a huge advantage in virtually every department, even spin bowling!!!

[maniac]

Bump. Still early stages. So far a promising start followed by a mixed bag

[maniac]

@zen SDP needs to bring the A game. Just check Kluesner performances, he bailed the team out every time in back to the wall situations. Giving SDP a pass for Pak win because that’s the only thing I am invested in with this team.

[zen]

Just now, maniac said:

@zen SDP needs to bring the A game. Just check Kluesner performances, he bailed the team out every time in back to the wall situations. Giving SDP a pass for Pak win because that’s the only thing I am invested in with this team.

 

As long as the seniors continue to occupy spots in the team, it does not matter to me if he performs or not (would be more worried if he performed badly for GT not this team) 

 

I want him to use this as a learning experience. If he does well, enjoy the performance; he he fails, learn from it 

 

 

If he performs, I am happy

If he does not esp. when seniors continue to fail, a lesson taught to TM/selectors, etc. 

 

 

 

[Mariyam]

4 minutes ago, Ravi_Shastri said:

Comparing champagne with shampoo

Or as the delectable Mr Ranbir Kapoor once said

 

its like comparing Champu with Champi.

Edited October 30, 2022 by Mariyam

[coffee_rules]

8 hours ago, zen said:

 

As long as the seniors continue to occupy spots in the team, it does not matter to me if he performs or not (would be more worried if he performed badly for GT not this team) 

 

I want him to use this as a learning experience. If he does well, enjoy the performance; he he fails, learn from it 

 

 

If he performs, I am happy

If he does not esp. when seniors continue to fail, a lesson taught to TM/selectors, etc. 

 

 

 

IOW, zero accountability 

[zen]

28 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

IOW, zero accountability 

One player can’t be accountable when the team has players who play for themselves like the stats padders.

 

What value has a KL offered so far? The guy constantly fails in imp matches and his made the VC.  No one even dared to have a thread on him like “v Dravid 99”  

Edited October 31, 2022 by zen

[Frustrated]

G@ndya, the Legend. 

[zen]

Pandya won his team a T20 World Cup! 

[Frustrated]

Kluesner would hv won SA multiple T20 WCs, if T20 format existed at that time. 

[vvvslaxman]

I give him that he steps up in tournaments except when he goes missing due to injury. At times he does crazy things like this lol in the name of swag.  "Watch from other end"   he said to Arshdeep then scored 2 or 3 runs in the next 10 balls 

[AKane]

4 hours ago, zen said:

Pandya won his team a T20 World Cup! 

courtesy of Bumrah, Arshdeep and SKY jewellers.

[zen]

1 minute ago, AKane said:

courtesy of Bumrah, Arshdeep and SKY jewellers.

Pandya did well too (took 3/20 including the key wicket of the dangerous Klassen in the final for e.g.). No harm in being sporting and giving him credit too.

 

 

[Frustrated]

Nothing wrong in giving Pandya the credit he deserves.  Problem is when he gets compared with the likes of former GOAT ARs like Kluesner & a separate thread based on this inapt comparison gets created.   It is an insult to Kluesner (who was a GOAT in ODIs and Tests).  There was no T20 cricket at that time.  A weird argument saying Pandya won Ind a WT20 (whereas Kluesner couldn't) is laughable.