Akash Deep is very very good.

[ravishingravi]

Didn't really watch the series well. Don't follow ipl or domestic cricket much. Most of hype players look ordinary. Checked out some footage from yesterday's play. 

 

Very impressed with Akash. Good old fashioned medium pacer who hits the pitch, holds the line and move the ball either way. Also looks like someone who came to international stage at the right stage. Looks matured with smart cricketing brain. 

 

Challenge will be flat tracks or players advancing to break his length. 

[rkt.india]

19 minutes ago, ravishingravi said:

Didn't really watch the series well. Don't follow ipl or domestic cricket much. Most of hype players look ordinary. Checked out some footage from yesterday's play. 

 

Very impressed with Akash. Good old fashioned medium pacer who hits the pitch, holds the line and move the ball either way. Also looks like someone who came to international stage at the right stage. Looks matured with smart cricketing brain. 

 

Challenge will be flat tracks or players advancing to break his length. 

These are flat tracks he is bowling on. Challenge will be better batting sides.

[singhvivek141]

29 minutes ago, ravishingravi said:

Didn't really watch the series well. Don't follow ipl or domestic cricket much. Most of hype players look ordinary. Checked out some footage from yesterday's play. 

 

Very impressed with Akash. Good old fashioned medium pacer who hits the pitch, holds the line and move the ball either way. Also looks like someone who came to international stage at the right stage. Looks matured with smart cricketing brain. 

 

Challenge will be flat tracks or players advancing to break his length. 

Best part is he never gives up.
Hasn't shown any signs on loosing intensity and bowls with the same energy over after over. He will go for runs but will keep on attacking the stumps. Not easy to do on a less helpful track.

Pace wise, he is in 132-140 territory, probably understand that his role in the team is to be a workhorse and bowl as many overs and keep the batters challenged. Will bowl quicker in Australia I think on pitches which will have some life.

Edited Tuesday at 06:15 AM by singhvivek141

[rkt.india]

The most important thing in test cricket is tight bowling.  Batting don't run away that always keeps you in the game. Current most successful test bowlers Bumrah and Cummins demonstrate this so well. Both have ERs under 3 in this modern test cricket. Anderson did the same in last 10-12 years of his cricket. 

[Vk1]

10 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

The most important thing in test cricket is tight bowling.  Batting don't run away that always keeps you in the game. Current most successful test bowlers Bumrah and Cummins demonstrate this so well. Both have ERs under 3 in this modern test cricket. Anderson did the same in last 10-12 years of his cricket. 

Hazlewood too tops this list.

[Vk1]

Akashdeep is shami like + more control/maturity than Shami had at that age. 

[Nikhil_cric]

Is very accurate but is extremely skiddy .  He gets less bounce than even an average fast bowler because of the lack of a strong wrist snap and back spin revs. 

 

He needs to maintain pace and accuracy. 

 

Probably bowl on the shorter side in places like Australia and look to dismiss batters with skiddy short balls and leg side traps. 

Edited Tuesday at 07:11 AM by Nikhil_cric

[nevada]

2 hours ago, Vk1 said:

Akashdeep is shami like + more control/maturity than Shami had at that age. 

And has a bald head too! Just needs a hair transplant to become a like for like Shami replacement. But seriously, Akashdeep has been a dependable bowler right out of the gate from his very first spell in test cricket. 

[Lone Wolf]

1 hour ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Is very accurate but is extremely skiddy .  He gets less bounce than even an average fast bowler because of the lack of a strong wrist snap and back spin revs. 

 

He needs to maintain pace and accuracy. 

 

Probably bowl on the shorter side in places like Australia and look to dismiss batters with skiddy short balls and leg side traps. 

Could be the answer to Head problem for us.

Round the wicket cramping him up in that leg middle stump line.

His only weakness.

 

In WC stupidity was bowling over the wicket to him at the Start.

[rkt.india]

17 minutes ago, nevada said:

And has a bald head too! Just needs a hair transplant to become a like for like Shami replacement. But seriously, Akashdeep has been a dependable bowler right out of the gate from his very first spell in test cricket. 

How can he go bald at 27 years of age. These official ages are all mostly fraud especially if they have not played u16, u19 age group cricket.

[singhvivek141]

48 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

How can he go bald at 27 years of age. These official ages are all mostly fraud especially if they have not played u16, u19 age group cricket.

Prithvi Shaw too is bald.
I've seen people going bald at age of 23-24 itself. Many cities these days have hard water which will have an impact on hair regeneration.

Edited Tuesday at 10:12 AM by singhvivek141

[BacktoCricaddict]

He has a rare maturity and gravitas.  I've watched a couple of interviews wherein he comes across as a deep thinker - not only about his cricket but about life perspectives. Wish him  a long international and IPL career!

[express bowling]

5 hours ago, Vk1 said:

Akashdeep is shami like + more control/maturity than Shami had at that age. 

 

Who knows what any of their ages are. 

[express bowling]

6 hours ago, ravishingravi said:

 

Very impressed with Akash. Good old fashioned medium pacer who hits the pitch, holds the line and move the ball either way.

 

Akashdeep is a proper Fast-medium pacer. Bowled a high % of 138 k to 143 k balls in his debut test and bowled an actually fast spell. 

 

Currently he is recovering from dengue and is not back to full pace yet. 

[mishra]

Akashdeeps comes out as very disciplined bowler and accurate bowler. With the pace, accuracy and consistency, He will be very lethal in England Newzeland.

[vvvslaxman]

3 hours ago, rkt.india said:

How can he go bald at 27 years of age. These official ages are all mostly fraud especially if they have not played u16, u19 age group cricket.

Prithvi shaw went bald early. I know many from Andhra going bald early.  

[Nikhil_cric]

4 hours ago, rkt.india said:

How can he go bald at 27 years of age. These official ages are all mostly fraud especially if they have not played u16, u19 age group cricket.

Bruh. Even Kohli was balding at 27 and got a hair transplant or 2

 

It's not uncommon.

[mishra]

U guys haven’t seen Shamis latest look.google it.  Nature 0 Shami 1

Edited Tuesday at 01:40 PM by mishra

[Ultimate_Game]

4 hours ago, rkt.india said:

How can he go bald at 27 years of age. These official ages are all mostly fraud especially if they have not played u16, u19 age group cricket.

 

I know of a few people who were balding in college  Age has no correlation with balding, genetics does.

[Mosher]

Akashdeep is his post match interview said he is comfortable with the new ball and now working to improve his old ball skills. Hope to see him bowl reverse swing which very much needed in India to pick wickets.