Who should be India's wicket keeper for T20 WC?

[Austin 3:!6]

So based on the performance of IPL, who should be India's keeper in the upcoming T20 WC?

 

Is it too early to bring back Pant in international set up?

 

Kishan is the most logical choice

 

Or will Dravid trust Rahul again?

[Frustrated]

Pant has always been trash in T20.  66 intl T20 matches is a huge sample size. Jitesh, Kishan and Jurel are not reliable either.  Kela is a mental midget cum panauti/choker.   

I would go with Samson and make him bat no at 4 or 5.   He is a decent top order batter (but doesn't hv a good record while batting in lower order).    

Edited April 7, 2024 by Frustrated

[putrevus]

All things are pointing to KL rahul becoming keeper again.

[Ultimate_Game]

I would like Jitesh to be picked. Enough of KL Rahul. We want a keeper who can come in at 6 and hit the ball around. We already have batsmen who can maximize the powerplay in Jaiswal and Abhishek - hope they get picked 

[Lord]

Samson

[AKane]

The peerless KL.

 

The batting lineup should always look like this

 

Rohit Sharma (c)

KL Rahul  (vc) 

Virat Kohli

......

[bowl_out]

There are some 6 options - suggest to include all of them in the poll.

 

Samson and Jitesh are my picks.

 

Consideration set:

Jitesh

Jurel

Pant

Samson

KL 

Kishan

 

[cricketfan28]

get samson, best slayer of spin.

[kosingh]

Samson should be, but for whatever reason he isn't see as worthy. 

[Gollum]

With bowling attack of Siraj, Mukesh, Unadkat, Chahal do we even need a keeper in the XI? Or anyone standing in that position?

[vvvslaxman]

Pant needs to be eased into national side. 

[Vijy]

3 hours ago, Gollum said:

With bowling attack of Siraj, Mukesh, Unadkat, Chahal do we even need a keeper in the XI? Or anyone standing in that position?

Put Kohli there. At least that way, we don't have to see him so often :P

[singhvivek141]

On 4/7/2024 at 4:53 PM, Austin 3:!6 said:

So based on the performance of IPL, who should be India's keeper in the upcoming T20 WC?

 

Is it too early to bring back Pant in international set up?

 

Kishan is the most logical choice

 

Or will Dravid trust Rahul again?

Depends on where are you looking to slot your keeper.

If you want a keeper who can bat at 5,6 or 7. Jitesh & Jurel are logical choice.

 

If you need someone to bat in top 4...KL, Pant, Kishan, Samson are the options.

 

At no way, we should pickup a Samson, Pant, Kishan or KL and later ask him to bat at no 5,6. They will fail most of the time as none of them are fit in that spot.

KL & Samson need time..while Kishan & Pant Suck at strike rotation.

 

Jitesh has weakness against back of length but he can absolutely murder the spinner and on the front foot vs pace. Jurel can play unorthodox shots against pace and use the dimensions. Both can go from ball one.

[putrevus]

14 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

Depends on where are you looking to slot your keeper.

If you want a keeper who can bat at 5,6 or 7. Jitesh & Jurel are logical choice.

 

If you need someone to bat in top 4...KL, Pant, Kishan, Samson are the options.

 

At no way, we should pickup a Samson, Pant, Kishan or KL and later ask him to bat at no 5,6. They will fail most of the time as none of them are fit in that spot.

KL & Samson need time..while Kishan & Pant Suck at strike rotation.

 

Jitesh has weakness against back of length but he can absolutely murder the spinner and on the front foot vs pace. Jurel can play unorthodox shots against pace and use the dimensions. Both can go from ball one.

At 5 or 6 most of the time they will be facing fast bowlers. That rules out Jithesh.

 

What has Jurel done in t20s. His SR is 139. That is just not good enough IMO.He is not a power hitter either.

 

 

All these things are adding up for KL rahul becoming WK.Rinku Singh if he was Wk would have been perfect match.

 

 

Edited April 9, 2024 by putrevus

[New guy]

On 4/7/2024 at 7:10 PM, Frustrated said:

Pant has always been trash in T20.  66 intl T20 matches is a huge sample size. Jitesh, Kishan and Jurel are not reliable either.  Kela is a mental midget cum panauti/choker.   

I would go with Samson and make him bat no at 4 or 5.   He is a decent top order batter (but doesn't hv a good record while batting in lower order).    

No one in middle and lower order after no 4 will ever be good enough. Samson will have the exact same issue as Pant. Our stat padding culture will never allow middle and lower order to flourish, how many balls did pant even face in those 66 matches?

[New guy]

Unfortunately it looks like it's gonna be Pant

 

https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/130115/rishabh-pant-marching-ahead-in-selection-race

 

 

[bowl_out]

3 hours ago, New guy said:

Unfortunately it looks like it's gonna be Pant

 

https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/130115/rishabh-pant-marching-ahead-in-selection-race

 

Feels very rushed. He needs to be eased into the national side and start with some low profile games and prepare himself for the Aus Test series

[bowl_out]

IMO the two keepers should be thought of as:

 

1.  Back up player in the top 3 + keeper option if required -> one of Kishan/Samson/KL  

2.  Bat at 5-7 + be the keeper -> one of Pant/Jitesh/Jurel

 

Selectors might pick KL and Pant.

My choice would be Samson and Jitesh.

[putrevus]

If Pant is the keeper and he is batting in middle order then he is useless.

 

Dravid had Pant in the team and KL Rahul was unable to put bat on ball in most matches still our great coach kept opening with that bozo.

 

Just to break up all righties Pant should have promoted to take care of spinners.But Dravid and strategy don't go hand in hand.

 

 

[Chaos]

Jitesh for sure. Even edges he will say didnt hear anything and dangle his head.