Is Harshal Patel the worst bowler to have represented India ?

[zen]

I usually comment on players based on long term viability (and the big picture). In the short term, everyone will have a bad game and a good game here and there. It is not like in one game, a player is a hero, and in the next zero. This is not a stock market where the price of a player changes daily. 
 

Even Aus bowlers went for runs. In a game, certain players will do well, certain will do badly. If the long term viability (in relation to other options) is good, it should be ok. 
 

If fans comment as if bowlers should be bowling maidens/picking wkts, and batsmen hitting boundaries every ball in every situation (while the opponent does the opposite), the discussions become pointless (and immature).
 

Issue with Harshal and such trundlers is long term viability (esp. in various types of conditions). If Umran (or Moshin or even the now experienced but with some more years to come in his bank Bumrah), whose potential as an X factor is known, goes for runs in the short term it is ok as the long term viability is (or expected to be) good. 
 

 

Edited September 23, 2022 by zen

[vvvslaxman]

He is making sure we don't miss Avesh Khan

[vvvslaxman]

He is crap. But i won't judge him based on T20.   Lot of past bowlers were lucky that they didn't play T20. Look at Cummins. Great test bowler. Got his ass kicked.

[Tattieboy]

2 hours ago, Need4Speed said:

are you a domestic 1st class cricketer or was he your club team mate?

He was my club team mate for 2 years . 

[Tattieboy]

2 hours ago, Need4Speed said:

are you a domestic 1st class cricketer or was he your club team mate?

Shared a stage about 5 years  with Harshal at SVGP school Ahmedabad . He was a million miles away from playing for India and he never thought he ever would play for India . Very nice guy though 

[Sandz]

He is in the team because he performed well in the Dubai IPL, that is the door to team India now unfortunately, nothing else matters esp in T20.

[vvvslaxman]

Worst Indian bowlers in terms of economy across formats. Minimum 50 overs.

 

Top two are part of the current set up

 

[vayuu1]

8 hours ago, Sean Bradley said:

Cant think of anyone else as bad as Harshal Patel representing India in the blues. Few come to mind like Joginder Sharma, Thiru Kumaran etc, but none were as bad as this Gentleman.

 

Jogi bhai still would get away with his heroics in 2007, but there seems to be no redemption for H Patel. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 hours ago, Sean Bradley said:

Yeh but he wasn't given a long rope and a ticket to World Cup in Australia like this Fraudster. After watching Harshal Patel Sakaria be like..

 

[vayuu1]

7 hours ago, Sean Bradley said:

Yeh but he wasn't given a long rope and a ticket to World Cup in Australia like this Fraudster. After watching Harshal Patel Sakaria be like..

 

[nitinbwj]

1 hour ago, vayuu1 said:

Maar khane ka. 

[vayuu1]

8 minutes ago, nitinbwj said:

Maar khane ka. 

[tweaker]

8 hours ago, The Realist said:

Trundler Patel is probably the worst given the advent of the IPL and all the resources available.

 

Though don't forget legends like:

 

Paras Mhambrey

Dodda Ganesh

Siddarth Kaul

Barinder Sran

Dhawal Kulkarni

Sudeep Tyagi

V. R. V. Singh

Manpreet Gony

 

 

Bhupinder Singh 

Ashish Vaidya

David Johnson

Iqbal Siddiqui

[Mariyam]

9 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

No way , he was in the WC winning team and had a decent test career 

Laziest cricketer that I've seen.

 

 

[rkt.india]

9 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

It is Stuart 

 

[rkt.india]

4 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Worst Indian bowlers in terms of economy across formats. Minimum 50 overs.

 

Top two are part of the current set up

 

What? How can you combine formats!

[Sean Bradley]

4 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Worst Indian bowlers in terms of economy across formats. Minimum 50 overs.

 

Top two are part of the current set up

 

This sums up my opening post, the worst in terms economy rate, add to that there is no real wicket taking ability. I have never seen him take a wicket with a jaffer or caught behind at slips/WK etc. All he does is gets batsman out caught in the deep while they are trying to clobber for him for six.

 

God knows what these batsman are gonna do to him in Australia

[SandeepMotta]

Harsha did well in UAE where the wickets were over used and same with the second half of IPL last year. Unfortunately our selectors are dumb moron who want to validate their careers by picking trundlers and Harsha is a dream pick for them. Expect him and his short slower balls to be smashed out of the park in Australia.

[Stan AF]

 

 

Bhuvi to harshal after getting walloped by wade.

Edited September 24, 2022 by Stan AF

[AuxiliA]

6 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Worst Indian bowlers in terms of economy across formats. Minimum 50 overs.

 

Top two are part of the current set up

 

 

 

Come on! Not defending Harshal, but mixing all formats stats of economy rates to judge bowlers is the worst idea ever! 

 

Those who mostly play T20s are obviously f***ed.

[straighttalk]

1 hour ago, SandeepMotta said:

Harsha did well in UAE where the wickets were over used and same with the second half of IPL last year. Unfortunately our selectors are dumb moron who want to validate their careers by picking trundlers and Harsha is a dream pick for them. Expect him and his short slower balls to be smashed out of the park in Australia.

I just think what was known to us months back is unknown to team management. I am sure Rohit and Kohli must be hitting these trundlers in the nets too. If not then we have another problem. But can't they realise that this is not going to work.