Is Pant in contention for GWOAT?

[dilliboy]

Which means greatest wicketkeeper of all time. Nice article by Sid Monga below providing some context on his extraordinary numbers..

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ban-vs-ind-2nd-test-dhaka-is-rishabh-pant-the-gwoat-1350894

 

 

He is already the greatest Indian WK batsmen of all time and if we discount Sangakkara, the greatest from the sub-continent as well. He might very well end up overtaking Gilchrist if he continues his current form. Remember 21 of his 32 tests have been in SENA, so it's very likely his average can reach 50+, the more he plays in the sub-continent 

[Nikola]

He is already in this format. Most impactful batsman we have ever had i guess.

[speedracer]

He is the best already. Best ever keeper in tests. Better than even gilly

 

[Majestic]

Man for crisis in Tests..

[Lone Wolf]

His 2nd inns Century in Cape Town was the the best I ever saw from a Indian player...  Such a Shame we lost that decider.  It would have surpassed his Gabba inns. 

Even Kohli played like a timid Tailender there I remember. 

[gattaca]

Kl Rahul has zero skills as captain why wasn’t field brought in 

[dilliboy]

19 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

His 2nd inns Century in Cape Town was the the best I ever saw from a Indian player...  Such a Shame we lost that decider.  It would have surpassed his Gabba inns. 

Even Kohli played like a timid Tailender there I remember. 

Yes that was a stunning innings and the ease with which he batted compared to other Indian batsmen was astonishing. Pity India's tail just pathetically collapsed without providing any support 

[cricketfan28]

Only time will tell.

[sage]

You have to have a WK metric as well as batting metric when answering this question

[Sandeep99]

Goat term is being loosely thrown around.. I guess the author is either a PR agent or lying casually or has not seen other keepers from different generations.. Pant is very good and will go the all time great level if he continues on this pat for another 4-5 years 

[Number]

Not sure about that but take him out and batting is a joke.

[jf1gp_1]

1 hour ago, gattaca said:

Kl Rahul has zero skills as captain why wasn’t field brought in 

as i wrote in other thread, he is the biggest pussy in Indian cricket. god know why he is so scared to bring in fielders. 

[Lord]

3 minutes ago, Number said:

Not sure about that but take him out and batting is a joke.

 

Iyer has been doing well at home. And Jaddu when fit

[R!TTER]

He'll need to perform better with the bat & maintain similar level of WKing for 3x as long if he wants to surpass Gilly!

[Lord]

2 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

He'll need to perform better with the bat & maintain similar level of WKing for 3x as long if he wants to surpass Gilly!

hes okay with the bat. Gilly was massively overrated as Test bat.

[express bowling]

Who has been better than Pant, as a Batsman cum Keeper package, in Test matches  ????

 

He almost always bats well with his team in trouble. And not just bats well but shifts the pressure from India to the opposition team. And play 80+ run innings rather frequently to win tests against big teams under pressure. 

 

His keeping has improved a lot too.

 

A complete package in test matches.

Edited December 24, 2022 by express bowling

[express bowling]

10 minutes ago, Lord said:

hes okay with the bat. Gilly was massively overrated as Test bat.

 

Gilly had the luxury of coming in after awesome performances from their top 6. And he did not have to bat as a pure batsman at 5 or 6.

[Lord]

3 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

Gilly had the luxury of coming in after awesome performances from their top 6. And he did not have to bat as a pure batsman at 5 or 6.

Exactly. Not many rescue acts needed from him. Mainly was used to consolidate a strong position or declaration batting.

[Lord]

https://twitter.com/imcricfanatic/status/1606641397960171521

[Majestic]

4 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

Gilly had the luxury of coming in after awesome performances from their top 6. And he did not have to bat as a pure batsman at 5 or 6.

I remember one match vs India where Aus were 99 for 6 but then Gilly and Hayden took Aus to 350+ in a test match.

 

Gilly was still a generational player because his average was in 50s for a while before it went down in later part. Pant has long way to go because when he will have loss of form, that average will go down.