Ramandeep is Lambi Race ka Ghoda.

[maniac]

He is being played at a thankless position for now but his attitude and temperament has won me over, his fielding ability is world class and shows not only his athletic ability but his commitment. Love such players.

 

now read this carefully: he might have a lot of failures due to the spot given to him which is hardly 10-15 balls in T20 or in an extreme collapse situation. So he will get some stick eventually too but all the way till the end with this guy.

 

If you think with cricket acumen- this is the guy.

[Lord]

just when I thought there is a player OP missed

[Lord]

on topic, agree with him. He's perfect T20 package.

[deepdynamo]

Ramandeep is good but we already have Pandya and Reddy ahead of him. Don't think he will get consistent opportunities.

[Need4Speed]

dont forget..Riyan Parag will be back..and then Jaisawal..

I dont like Gill in T20s anymore..but TM may try to fit him in..

only way these guys like Raman can play if we have such parallel series going on..

[maniac]

Also just a disclaimer: I don’t consider him an allrounder. I am talking about his batting ability, attitude, fitness and fielding/athletic ability:

 

I don’t think his bowling is any better than Venky Iyer or Dube. I would put both Vijay Shankar,Binny  and Nitish Reddy ahead of him

in bowling. This would is based on what I have seen. Now if he turns out to be as good as even Pandya, that will be great and good for him but don’t think so.

Edited November 15, 2024 by maniac

[Ultimate_Game]

10 minutes ago, Lord said:

on topic, agree with him. He's perfect T20 package.

 

Even ODIs. We need a pace all-rounder and he's much better than Dube.

[Lord]

1 minute ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

Even ODIs. We need a pace all-rounder and he's much better than Dube.

 

Not sure he can pace innings in ODIs, bowling is a bonus at best.

[Lord]

11 minutes ago, deepdynamo said:

Ramandeep is good but we already have Pandya and Reddy ahead of him. Don't think he will get consistent opportunities.

 

Reddy is suited for longer format. Pandya gets injured often so need a backup

[Ultimate_Game]

1 minute ago, Lord said:

 

Not sure he can pace innings in ODIs, bowling is a bonus at best.

 

He can be one of the all-rounders batting at 7 or 8. Formula has to be 3 specialist bowlers and the rest all-rounders. Bumrah, Akash Deep (or any form pacer), Varun C (or Kuldeep) as 3 specialist bowlers and then have Axar, Ramandeep, Pandya, Parag, Rinku etc.

 

Plus we need a backup for a pace all-rounder as backup for Pandya. We don't want to be in the same position as 2023 WC where Pandya's injury doomed our team balance. So far Ramandeep and Venky Iyer are the two best pace all-rounders. Don't consider Dube an all-rounder at all.

[maniac]

2 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Reddy is suited for longer format. Pandya gets injured often so need a backup

It’s not Pandya’s batting that is a miss, it’s his bowling that’s a huge miss. Having said that Nitish isn’t as good as Pandya either but Ramandeep is not a like for like for Pandya. He can replace someone like Rahul or Iyer.

[Ultimate_Game]

15 minutes ago, deepdynamo said:

Ramandeep is good but we already have Pandya and Reddy ahead of him. Don't think he will get consistent opportunities.

 

Can't have too many pace backup options. And Ramandeep is ideally suited to for the enforcer role coming in lower down the order and going after the bowling from ball one. Nitish is more suited to longer formats and is a more traditional batsman.

[maniac]

Ramandeep, Rinku Singh,Riyan Parag- 2 of these 3 will the crux of the middle order in odis and all 3 in t20s. Not sure anyone will make it to tests but if Patidar got an opportunity than I don’t see why these guys won’t.

[Lone Wolf]

Ramandeep should be strictly for T20s ..  he is the guy you need at the back end.

His bowling is bonus part time level at best 

[rkt.india]

He is just a bits and pieces player neither good enough with bat or ball.

[Lone Wolf]

Just now, rkt.india said:

He is just a bits and pieces player neither good enough with bat or ball.

He is a good hitter...  The cameo guy

[maniac]

Just now, Lone Wolf said:

He is a good hitter...  The cameo guy

He has good temperament. I can see him play some clutch innings. Very calm under pressure and his commitment and fielding also adds.

[rkt.india]

1 minute ago, Lone Wolf said:

He is a good hitter...  The cameo guy

That's the definition of bits and pieces 

[Nikhil_cric]

22 minutes ago, maniac said:

Ramandeep, Rinku Singh,Riyan Parag- 2 of these 3 will the crux of the middle order in odis and all 3 in t20s. Not sure anyone will make it to tests but if Patidar got an opportunity than I don’t see why these guys won’t.

Then it's between Ramandeep and Rinku.  

 

Parag has to play. 

[Nikhil_cric]

22 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Ramandeep should be strictly for T20s ..  he is the guy you need at the back end.

His bowling is bonus part time level at best 

I agree. I don't see a long format batter in him. No doubt great for this format though.