Hardik Pandya discussion thread

[zen]

71* off 30 v Aus … including a 6 6 6 finish  

[coffee_rules]

Good , but not good enough for our stupid weak bowling

[cricketfan28]

too late now , but after wc he will be made kaptaan and will do the needful.

[sarcastic]

21 minutes ago, cricketfan28 said:

too late now , but after wc he will be made kaptaan and will do the needful.

What needful?
 

[Frustrated]

He is good as a 6th bowler or maybe 7th or maybe if he does not bowl at all....  

[Stan AF]

Said this before. Can't use him as a main bowler. Batting wise is okay but needs to be seen if he can emulate in wc.

[zen]

54 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

Good , but not good enough for our stupid weak bowling

Here we are mainly concerned with Sir Don’s exciting performances with bat, ball, or both … Who cares if Ind trundlers get smashed (no one is forcing Ind to play such bowlers)!

Edited September 20, 2022 by zen

[cricketfan28]

6 hours ago, sarcastic said:

What needful?
 

drop mumbai indians and bring in the Lions.

[sarcastic]

3 hours ago, cricketfan28 said:

drop mumbai indians and bring in the Lions.

So, I did not know that Bhuvi, Harshal and Chahal are from MI nor I knew SKY is not from MI.

How is Hardik the bowler going to be different than what he is today? 

[zen]

Another series where he has averaged 100+ 

 

v Aus 

 

Primary team India

Opposition team Australia

Start of match date between 1 Jan 2022 and 31 Dec 2022

Ordered by batting average (descending)

 

Overall figures

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
HH Pandya	3	3	2	105	71*	105.00	55	190.90	0	1	0	10	6
SA Yadav	3	3	0	115	69	38.33	62	185.48	0	1	1	7	9
RG Sharma	3	3	1	74	46*	37.00	43	172.09	0	0	0	7	6
V Kohli	3	3	0	76	63	25.33	61	124.59	0	1	0	5	4
KL Rahul	3	3	0	66	55	22.00	45	146.66	0	1	0	4	4
KD Karthik	3	3	2	17	10*	17.00	8	212.50	0	0	0	1	1
HV Patel	3	1	1	7	7*	-	4	175.00	0	0	0	1	0
AR Patel	3	1	0	6	6	6.00	5	120.00	0	0	0	1	0

 

 

SR 191 to go w/ that avg 

[Chakdephatte]

40 runs and 3/40 today. Man keeps shining.

[Lord]

Directed and produced by @zen

 

 

[Number]

Good outing for him but I see that teams keep bowling him hard length outside off which he misses most of the time. Needs to work on it.

[zen]

40 runs and 3 wickets v PAK at MCG (T20WC22) ... a two dimensional performance that helped India craft a well fought win:

 

If you look at Pakistan performance, it lost the game due to one key element - Nawaz, the 5th bowler. Reflect back to when Pakistan was batting. India's Nawaz, Axar, was taken for 21 runs in an over, the other spinner Ashwin was hardly threatening. What if India had to complete Axar's overs? Luckily, India had SDP who triggered a collapse to pick up 3 wkts. 

 

At 31/4, India was in a dire situation. The fightback started with Sir Don's belief that India could win the game. He took on the spinners, making Pak avoid its 5th bowler. When he realized that Pakistan held back Nawaz, he planned (with not much batting to come after him apart from DK) to take on Nawaz at the end. When he saw that Kohli was in the zone, he took the back seat to rotate the strike (and cutting down risk). Because of the importance of the partnership, he even cut down on a few risky singles, while constantly encouraging Kohli (acknowledged by Kohli too) and believing that India could win. His personal gamble of taking on Nawaz did not materialize as in trying to hit too hard, he ended up skying (no pun intended) the ball, but for the team, it worked perfectly. 

 

The self belief, the ability to read the game, game sense to take a back seat when required, encouraging the team mates to not give up, etc. has added many more intangible dimensions to his game. 

 

What a cricketer!

Edited October 23, 2022 by zen

[zen]

Cometh the knockout, cometh Sir Don T20WC22 SF at Adelaide Oval 

 

63 off 33 v ENG ... Only batsman, along with SKY who got out early, who played for India today! 

 

Ind's #1 big match player!!

Edited November 10, 2022 by zen

[Gambit]

This is Yuvraj 2007 semi-final level knock. Outstanding.

[zen]

Another great AR performance v NZ in the series decider at the Wolf's Den (A'bad) 

 

30 off 17 balls; 4 wkts for 16

 

Biggest T20 win! 

[putrevus]

India's stand-in T20I captain said he was happy to use his experience and take up more responsibility even if it means having to keep his own six-hitting skills under the wraps.

 

When did this guy ever had any six hitting skills

 

In the series-deciding clash against New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Wednesday (February 1), Pandya struck at a strike-rate of 176.46 but a good portion of his 17-ball knock involved turning over the strike to Shubman Gill.

 

 

How the hell is he captain of new look India, is this what we want from new Indian t20 team?

[tweaker]

Dravid would have told him

play responsibly 

[Chakdephatte]

Dhoni didn't have any role to play in the format. He always looked a deer in the headlights.