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India need a left-hand batter in the playing XI, says Tendulkar


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https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/t20-world-cup-2022-former-india-batter-sachin-tendulkar-highlights-importance-of-left-hand-batters-in-line-up-1340393

 

 

 
Sachin Tendulkar has stressed on the importance of having a left-hand batter in India's playing XI at the men's T20 World Cup, saying that they "add in value" and offer variety.
Speaking to PTI after the Indians' six-run win over the Australians in a warm-up game in Brisbane, Tendulkar said, "Left-handers without any doubt add in value, and bowlers have to adjust, fielders have to adjust, and if they are able to rotate strike consistently, it is not something that the bowler enjoys."

Rishabh Pant is the only top-order left-hand batter in India's squad. Axar Patel is also around, but he is more of a lower-order batter. And in what was a big blow to India's plans for the tournament, Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out with a knee injury.

In 15 innings since June this year, Pant has averaged only 23 in T20Is, with a highest score of 44. Of late, intense competition in the middle order and a lack of runs from him have led to questions about Pant's place in India's T20I side. On three occasions recently - against Pakistan in the Asia Cup, and against Australia in Mohali and Hyderabad - Pant was squeezed out of the XI, as a full-strength India weighed their options.

"Look, I wouldn't go by just the [top] three. You always play as a unit and one should see what works well," Tendulkar said. "You can't go by top two or top three. As a unit, what you have is important and then to figure out whom to send at what position, and also check what is the opposition's strength."

Tendulkar also said he was impressed with Arshdeep Singh, who only made his T20I debut this July after building his reputation in the IPL.

"Arshdeep has shown a lot of promise, and he looks a balanced guy. And whatever I have seen of him, he looks a committed fellow because you can see a player, you can make out looking at his mindset," Tendulkar said. "What I really like is that if Arshdeep has a plan, he commits to it, and that is really, really important in this format as batters are going out and playing those extra shots, and some innovative ones. So if you have a plan, commit to it."

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DK has not set the bar very high. Pant not being able to even cross that bar is disappointing.  As much as i believe DK is a better finisher, Pant as a left hander is a better bet against Shadab and Nawaz. Look at Sam Curran. Massacred Nawaz.

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9 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

DK has not set the bar very high. Pant not being able to even cross that bar is disappointing.  As much as i believe DK is a better finisher, Pant as a left hander is a better bet against Shadab and Nawaz. Look at Sam Curran. Massacred Nawaz.

pant own s/r against SLA has been 131 and they have caused his most dismissal 

Dont look at others coz same hasnt been happening with pant. As much as i have backed pant but his own return has made it tough

 

DK value lies in 17-20 where we ll face harris rauf who ll be a bigger threat in Aus and pandya cant handle him . 

 

Axar patel has to do the job no other way 

 

 

Indian batters against left arm spin:

KL Rahul: 47 avg, 125 SR

Rohit Sharma: 42 avg, 114 SR

Virat Kohli: 65 avg, 118 SR

Suryakumar Yadav: 31 avg, 109 SR

Hardik Pandya: 26 avg, 126 SR

Dinesh Karthik: 31 avg, 127 SR

Rishabh Pant: 18 avg, 131 SR

 

pant avg is worse coz of his high dismissals against them and s/r isnt much difference 

 

 

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20 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

pant own s/r against SLA has been 131 and they have caused his most dismissal 

Dont look at others coz same hasnt been happening with pant. As much as i have backed pant but his own return has made it tough

 

DK value lies in 17-20 where we ll face harris rauf who ll be a bigger threat in Aus and pandya cant handle him . 

 

Axar patel has to do the job no other way 

 

 

Indian batters against left arm spin:

KL Rahul: 47 avg, 125 SR

Rohit Sharma: 42 avg, 114 SR

Virat Kohli: 65 avg, 118 SR

Suryakumar Yadav: 31 avg, 109 SR

Hardik Pandya: 26 avg, 126 SR

Dinesh Karthik: 31 avg, 127 SR

Rishabh Pant: 18 avg, 131 SR

 

pant avg is worse coz of his high dismissals against them and s/r isnt much difference 

 

 

 

Shreyas Iyer has like 136   127 runs 93 balls. 10 sixes. 43 singles 32 dots 4 fours

 

Hardik Pandya strike rate against left arm spinner is 111. 61 balls 68 runs  4 sixes 26 singles 24 dots  3 fours

 

Rishab Pant 98 balls 97 runs so the strike rate is  98.86 4 sixes 41 singles 37 dots 5 fours

 

 

DK 60 runs 47 balls strike rate 127 5 fours 3 sixes 18 singles 20 dots

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Venkatesh Iyer in T20s (not necessarily internationals as he has faced only 8 balls

 

8 balls 15 runs 1 four 1 six SR 187.50 avge 54

 

But in general T20 where commentary is available

 

 

70 balls 108 runs avge 54.00  SR 154.28  9 sixes 5 fours

 

 

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9 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Shreyas Iyer has like 136   127 runs 93 balls. 10 sixes. 43 singles 32 dots 4 fours

 

Hardik Pandya strike rate against left arm spinner is 111. 61 balls 68 runs  4 sixes 26 singles 24 dots  3 fours

 

Rishab Pant 98 balls 97 runs so the strike rate is  98.86 4 sixes 41 singles 37 dots 5 fours

 

 

DK 60 runs 47 balls strike rate 127 5 fours 3 sixes 18 singles 20 dots

the ones i mentioned are overall t20s against SLA 

Edited by Ankit_sharma03
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9 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Shreyas Iyer has like 136   127 runs 93 balls. 10 sixes. 43 singles 32 dots 4 fours

 

Hardik Pandya strike rate against left arm spinner is 111. 61 balls 68 runs  4 sixes 26 singles 24 dots  3 fours

 

Rishab Pant 98 balls 97 runs so the strike rate is  98.86 4 sixes 41 singles 37 dots 5 fours

 

 

DK 60 runs 47 balls strike rate 127 5 fours 3 sixes 18 singles 20 dots

are these against SLA or SLA + leg spin ?? internatinal or t20s

 

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2 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

are these against SLA or SLA + leg spin ?? internatinal or t20s

 

 

All internationals.

Edited by vvvslaxman
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9 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Rishab Pant 98 balls 97 runs so the strike rate is  98.86 4 sixes 41 singles 37 dots 5 fours

pant international vs SLA is this 

 

T20I
Teams played for: India
 
Year Innings Runs Balls Outs Avg SR HS 50 100 4s 6s Dot %
Total 18 74 60 8 9.2 123.3 10 0 0 5 4 36.7
2018 2 14 8 1 14.0 175.0 10 0 0 1 1 25.0
2019 6 23 15 3 7.7 153.3 10 0 0 1 2 40.0
2021 2 4 6 1 4.0 66.7 3 0 0 0 0 33.3
2022 8 33 31 3 11.0 106.5 9 0 0 3 1 38.7
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Unfortunately i couldn't find a way to differentiate left arm wrist and left arm orthodox. I am sure Iyer bashed the living daylights of Shamsi

 

19 balls 41 runs  Strike rate 215.78  5 sixes 1 four

 

Shreyas Iyer vs Maharaj 10 balls 12 runs 1 six.

 

So there is a difference.

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Tendulkar appears to be talking about an ideal scenario such as “good to have a left and a right hander batting together”. 
 

Now no one is going to start designing a 11 with 6 right handers and 5 left handers or vice versa. 
 

The first criteria is that a player should be good enough to be in the 11. The problem with India could be that some of its players are not relative to options available. 
 

 

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An 11 based on L-R combination and using basic (can be even called dumb) stats (that don’t even tell the full story): 
 

Dhawan L

Rohit R

Paddikal L

Kohli R

Jadeja L

KL R (wk)

V Iyer L

Ashwin R

Arshdeep L

Bhuvi R

Khaleel L

 

Backups (based on X stat against Y in Z conditions)

 

S Iyer R

Kishan  L (wk) 

Harshal R

Axar L

Thakur R


A squad of 16 to maintain even number of Ls and Rs

 

:p:

 

PS :lightbulb:

 

if a RH is out, a RH goes to bat; if a LH is out, a LH goes to bat  

 

If a LH is batting, a bowler that moves the ball away from him is to be bowled. If a RH is batting, a bowler that moves the ball away from him is to be bowled … If there is a conflict, the captain shall allow the batsman creating the conflict to take a single so that the bowler can bowl to the desired batsman

 

Also the 11 is full of steady players so the viewers will not get a shock when someone tries to hack or manufacture a big hit unless the ball is a bad ball … After all the point of a team is to make viewers feel relaxed and not worry about someone playing unusual shots


All worked out meticulously on “paper” that the captain shall always carry in his pocket :nod: 

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14 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Unfortunately i couldn't find a way to differentiate left arm wrist and left arm orthodox. I am sure Iyer bashed the living daylights of Shamsi

 

19 balls 41 runs  Strike rate 215.78  5 sixes 1 four

 

Shreyas Iyer vs Maharaj 10 balls 12 runs 1 six.

 

So there is a difference.

 

Iyer vs SLA

 

T20I
Teams played for: India
 
Year Innings Runs Balls Outs Avg SR HS 50 100 4s 6s Dot %
Total 14 82 72 3 27.3 113.9 17 0 0 2 5 34.7
2017 1 2 4 0 - 50.0 2 0 0 0 0 50.0
2019 2 10 9 1 10.0 111.1 8 0 0 1 0 22.2
2020 4 32 29 1 32.0 110.3 12 0 0 0 2 34.5
2021 1 6 4 0 - 150.0 6 0 0 1 0 25.0
2022 6 32 26 1 32.0 123.1 17 0 0 0 3 38.5

 

 

Iyer vs Chinamen

 

T20I
Teams played for: India
 
Year Innings Runs Balls Outs Avg SR HS 50 100 4s 6s Dot %
Total 5 45 21 2 22.5 214.3 21 0 0 2 5 33.3
2019 1 1 2 0 - 50.0 1 0 0 0 0 50.0
2020 1 4 2 1 4.0 200.0 4 0 0 1 0 50.0
2022 3 40 17 1 40.0 235.3 21 0 0 1 5 29.4

 

 

 

 

Even iyer is struggling vs SLA 

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