KS Bharat : Is he the best we have after Pant ?

[rkt.india]

30 minutes ago, Vivek92 said:

No way Shardul would have been dropped especially at England 

he would have had Ashwin played. this is why he is playing because it is England. They would not have gone into the test with just two frontline pacers in Siraj and Shami. There was never a choice between Shardul and Umesh. It was between Umesh and Unadkat and between Shardul and Ashwin.  

[Lord]

They are all terrible. The one on bench look better when its going bad. Bharat has kept well this game actually. Took some good takes.

 

Samson doesn't even keep in FC and his batting numbers are not any better. Hilarious suggesting his name.

 

Kishan struggles v any swing/spin even in LOIs .Even he's not regular keeper for Jharkhand. Selected based on IPL only.

 

Only chance was to call back Saha for one off game. But otherwise just have to wait for Pant's comeback

 

 

 

 

[Lord]

4 hours ago, sarchasm said:

Indian cricket lives in cliches. So a keeper has to be a flawless keeper first and foremost. And it's been decided, regardless of evidence, that Bharat is that flawless keeper.

 

Imagine if Dravid were the coach when Pant was still making his case in domestics. Dravid would have chosen Bharat as Saha's apprentice. A bullet has been dodged.

Even Shastri chose Saha first and used to abuse Pant for his weight etc. Pant was selected based on LOIs and FC. No coach could ignore him

[Lord]

4 hours ago, sandeep said:

Obviously I'm unhappy that India is 200 runs behind in this test - but honestly, I would have been less disappointed if we were in this situation with Ashwin and Kishan playing ahead of Umesh and Bharath.  No disrespect to either player.  

Ashwin for Umesh?

 

In your XI before you wanted Ash for Jaddu and Unadkat for Umesh,what happened to that?

[rkt.india]

38 minutes ago, Lord said:

They are all terrible. The one on bench look better when its going bad. Bharat has kept well this game actually. Took some good takes.

 

Samson doesn't even keep in FC and his batting numbers are not any better. Hilarious suggesting his name.

 

Kishan struggles v any swing/spin even in LOIs .Even he's not regular keeper for Jharkhand. Selected based on IPL only.

 

Only chance was to call back Saha for one off game. But otherwise just have to wait for Pant's comeback

 

 

 

 

Kishan is a regular wk for jharkhand. He had made his debut at the age of 15. 

Edited June 9, 2023 by rkt.india

[Lord]

5 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Kishan is a regular wk for jharkhand. He had made his debut at the age of 15. 

 

Kushagra has been keeping now even when Ishan plays.

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, Lord said:

 

Kushagra has been keeping now even when Ishan plays.

Now while Kishan is playing since 2014.

[Lord]

4 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Now while Kishan is playing since 2014.

yeah I'm only talking about present

[Jay]

So we either have pure batsman who cant keep or keep what canr bat since pant is injured

 

We need to try upendra yadav. He is potrntial. Replace pant with hi..

[Vijy]

7 hours ago, Lord said:

Even Shastri chose Saha first and used to abuse Pant for his weight etc. Pant was selected based on LOIs and FC. No coach could ignore him

Shastri did ignore him for quite a while

[Chakdephatte]

He has been on the radar for some time. Played A matches and got some runs as well. So yeah, technically the most ready to play wicket keeper. Limited, but that's less relevant in tests.

[Chakdephatte]

On 6/10/2023 at 6:33 AM, Vijy said:

Shastri did ignore him for quite a while

Or maybe Kohli, or MSK Prasad. That's the problem, we hardly know what goes inside the meetings.

Edited June 12, 2023 by Chakdephatte