Pathan still cr#p

[Cricket Tragic]

Better to have someone who can bowl but can't bat/field than someone who can't do anything.

[Old guy]

Better to have someone who can bowl but can't bat/field than someone who can't do anything.

hmm we are not talking abt jaddu u know irfan can do well at end by hitting some sixes and the guy who he is replacing he has similar stats (since his come back in australia)

[Crookbond]

Better to have someone who can bowl but can't bat/field than someone who can't do anything.

+1 Munaf for ODIs B->

[someone]

hmm we are not talking abt jaddu u know irfan can do well at end by hitting some sixes and the guy who he is replacing he has similar stats (since his come back in australia)

Nope. Getting Irfan back only shows how backwards mentality are the selectors or his supporters. He has done absolutely nothing to prove he deserves a call up. And I am everybody agrees that do deserve a call up, you need to do well in domestic matches. At least, Jadeja or Vinay Kumar have shown that consistently and thus they will still always be contention. While Pathan got the selection this time, just for his name and thus his unjustified hype as the next Kapil Dev.

[Old guy]

Nope. Getting Irfan back only shows how backwards mentality are the selectors or his supporters. He has done absolutely nothing to prove he deserves a call up. And I am everybody agrees that do deserve a call up, you need to do well in domestic matches. At least, Jadeja or Vinay Kumar have shown that consistently and thus they will still always be contention. While Pathan got the selection this time, just for his name and thus his unjustified hype as the next Kapil Dev.

no just look at stats since come back of irfan both vinay and irfan have identical stats in bowling now add his batting also he did fine in australia nothing will change that and abt selecting munaf i know we should not bring in ipl but i will never forget what that joker did in most of the matches also stats are bit misleading imho we are not gonna play another specialist fast bowler in that tour any way unless zack gets injured so orfan is a better pick since his return he averaged near 28 also if u criticize irfan to not being able to bowl at end munaf is not better and some one like yadav would have to sit out for him to play

[Lord]

in ODIs today u need to be decent in ur 2nd skill too.so Munaf is out of the question.

[CG]

no just look at stats since come back of irfan both vinay and irfan have identical stats in bowling now add his batting also he did fine in australia nothing will change that and abt selecting munaf i know we should not bring in ipl but i will never forget what that joker did in most of the matches also stats are bit misleading imho we are not gonna play another specialist fast bowler in that tour any way unless zack gets injured so orfan is a better pick since his return he averaged near 28 also if u criticize irfan to not being able to bowl at end munaf is not better and some one like yadav would have to sit out for him to play

:two_thumbs_up:

[Needforspeed]

no just look at stats since come back of irfan both vinay and irfan have identical stats in bowling now add his batting also he did fine in australia nothing will change that and abt selecting munaf i know we should not bring in ipl but i will never forget what that joker did in most of the matches also stats are bit misleading imho we are not gonna play another specialist fast bowler in that tour any way unless zack gets injured so orfan is a better pick since his return he averaged near 28 also if u criticize irfan to not being able to bowl at end munaf is not better and some one like yadav would have to sit out for him to play

Good point Sabby.

[Dravid_TheWall]

in ODIs today u need to be decent in ur 2nd skill too.so Munaf is out of the question.

What if you have no skill though? IP is a bits and pieces player. Not suited to the needs of the team.

[Lord]

What if you have no skill though? IP is a bits and pieces player. Not suited to the needs of the team.

hes a bowler who can bat n field decently

[Dravid_TheWall]

hes a bowler who can bat n field decently

Too hit and miss for me.

[Old guy]

Too hit and miss for me.

love the deliberate irony in ur posts :two_thumbs_up:

[Lord]

Too hit and miss for me.

thats true for our every bowler.atleast he has 2nd string to the bow

[Dravid_TheWall]

love the deliberate irony in ur posts :two_thumbs_up:

:giggle:

[Dravid_TheWall]

thats true for our every bowler.atleast he has 2nd string to the bow

Well basically I only see him as a T20 specialist but then when I realised how poor his economy was in T20 I even started to doubt that. He was one of the most expensive bowlers in IPL 2010. Not sure about last year. I would MAYBE play him at 7 but never a specialist bowler. But I always prefer a better batsmen then a bowler at 7 so essentially I wouldn't choose him.

[jairamesh]

Behold Irfan is back again. Not selected initially and now gets in for someone who shouldn't have selected anyways. more and more, the IPL seems to be driving the Indian selections. I won't be surprised if soon the politics and marketing of IPL drive the Indian national team selections.

[rkt.india]

Munaf was very very good last year and praveen is easily a better odi bowler than pathan.

Irfan is better than PK in terms of batting and their bowling is comparable. Irfan has better record as a bowler.

[Guest BossBhai]

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[Old guy]

Whos gonna do the Wickut taking brah ... ? :hmmm:

not the fifth bowler.. if u need wickets then ur main 4 bowlers should be more likely to pick wickets not saying he is supposed to go wicket less but keep in mind the guy he is replacing

[Guest]

not the fifth bowler.. if u need wickets then ur main 4 bowlers should be more likely to pick wickets not saying he is supposed to go wicket less but keep in mind the guy he is replacing

He is opening bowler in the disguise of 5th bowler :phehehe: