Hardik Pandya discussion thread

[sandeep]

1 hour ago, putrevus said:

When did this guy ever had any six hitting skills

[coffee_rules]

So more lunges and tuk tuk in the 19th over and taking it to the deep.

 

But he can’t do this

 

[Number]

Seriously you don't need this attitude in T20. When one batsman is there only to take singles then surely some deliveries which can be hit for 4/6 are going for 1s, eventually can cause the team to fall short.

[Lord]

who was he giving strike to in first two games?

[sage]

Role of never getting a 50

[Bigg Brother]

People and specially players took Dhoni's role in T20 seriously is actually worrisome thing. He was the least deserving cricketer to play T20 international for close to 15 yrs. Any other country's national team and he would have been kicked out around 2011-12 from t20s..

 

 

 

Edited February 3, 2023 by Bigg Brother

[Nash]

Dhoni is t20 World Cup winner captain.  

 

but playing slow in 2023 and taking inspiration from 2007 won’t make you world champion. 

 

[zen]

Sir Don is evolving as a cricketer. In last 12 months, he has become the captain (less than 12 months since he became the captain of GT), which has added new dimension to his cricket; in bowling, he changed his action and added the inswinger to his arsenal (already had an effective outswinger which won Ind a test in Eng); and in batting, he is working on new concepts as well. 
 

He is constantly attempting to figure out what is best for the team based on the team’s pros and cons and match situations. He is an honest and transparent cricketer, who is expected to take Indian cricket forward and optimize its cricket. 

Edited February 2, 2023 by zen

[zen]

Before Dhoni, there was Imran Khan, the best captain to come from the subcon, who came from the same school where a captain played the match situations and per the strengths & weaknesses of his team. 

Imran Khan was a big hitter but adjusted his game to suit team needs and situations. In 1992, when he realized that Pak had to not lose early wkts and counter swing, he promoted himself to #3 to do that job. He was Man of the Series in 1989 Nehru Cup iirc esp. for his batting.
 

Sir Don should look up to Imran too. 

 

 

PS talking about the Nehru Cup:

 

Primary team Pakistan

Trophy MRF World Series (Nehru Cup)

Qualifications runs scored greater than or equal to 100

Ordered by batting average (descending)

 

Overall figures

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Imran Khan	7	7	3	252	84*	63.00	321	78.50	0	2	0	13	3
Aamer Malik	5	4	1	150	77	50.00	210	71.42	0	2	0	13	0
Saleem Malik	7	7	1	279	71	46.50	264	105.68	0	2	0	29	4
Ramiz Raja	6	6	1	230	85*	46.00	283	81.27	0	2	0	22	1
Javed Miandad	6	6	0	134	39	22.33	245	54.69	0	0	0	5	2
Ijaz Ahmed	7	6	0	103	56	17.16	137	75.18	0	1	1	11	1

Edited February 2, 2023 by zen

[ThirtyD.]

Wow, the amount of delusional this guy has is incredible. To stroke his delusional ego, he was awarded "man of the series" for scoring 66 runs and picking 5 wickets (4 of which came in the last game) across 3 games.

 

BCCI must be really desperate for a "poster boy", so it seems we've drastically dropped our standards and will accept any mediocrity to help that cause. 

 

Less we talk about the fanboy over here the better. Soon "SDP" will be compared to the likes of Dhoni and Imran Khan; what a *ing pisstake.

[Nash]

7 hours ago, tweaker said:

Dravid would have told him

play responsibly 

Dravid is playing same role what misbah did to poyzzz 

Edited February 2, 2023 by Nash

[Nash]

[The Realist]

If he wants to ape Dhoni then who is his Jadeja/Ishant Sharma?

 

Needs somebody who will literally jump off tall buildings for the cause.

[zen]

2 minutes ago, The Realist said:

If he wants to ape Dhoni then who is his Jadeja/Ishant Sharma?

 

Needs somebody who will literally jump off tall buildings for the cause.

 

Players like Mavi appear to be signing up - Shivam Mavi Ready For Sri Lankan Challenge, Keen To Impress Captain Hardik Pandya

[sandeep]

36 minutes ago, zen said:

 

Players like Mavi appear to be signing up - Shivam Mavi Ready For Sri Lankan Challenge, Keen To Impress Captain Hardik Pandya

I hate this type of obligatory ass-kissing.  

[putrevus]

7 hours ago, Chakdephatte said:

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

Spot on, so why is this genius wanting to follow him.Dhoni was a complete misfit for t20 and it took that bozo more than decade to score his first 50.Dhoni single handely lost many winnable t20 matches by this nonsense of taking deep and looking for singles.

 

Edited February 2, 2023 by putrevus

[Prabhdeep Singh]

Another way of hiding your deficiencies. Pandya is getting found out in batting, rather than admitting, he is making some random generalisation to say he following Dhoni role.

 

It is 2023, there is no place in T20 for a 'Dhoni role'.

 

Pandya is bluffer, Dhoni was great one day player however in T20's mediocre to say the least. Dhoni is hanging on to CSK like a government job.

 

However, unfortunately quite a lot people will believe this false narrative/facade from Pandya.

 

These days he seems a better bowler than a batter.

[cricketfan28]

Pandya can do better than conda.

[putrevus]

I have no problem in moving from Rohit, Rahul and Kohli. Rohit is still the second best 6 hitter behing SKY who averages 2 sixes/innings. Six hitting is most important attribute for any T20 batsman.

 

Pandya wants to be finisher or play at number 5 and if he averages (not even one six per innings)less sixes per innings than Kohli who is not even a six hitter how is it going to work.

 

We need Andre Russell type player not this guy guy who has mindset of Dhoni in t20s. Andre Russell finished India off with his 6 hitting way back in 2016 .

 

To call this team as new look attacking Indian team is ridiculous and let this guy lead that team is beyond ridiculous.

[coffee_rules]

1 hour ago, sandeep said:

I hate this type of obligatory ass-kissing.  

Not too laang ago,,,

 

https://circleofcricket.com/category/Latest_news/74643/really-enjoyed-playing-under-him-shreyas-iyer-explains-why-kl-rahul-is-his-favourite-captain

Edited February 2, 2023 by coffee_rules