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Rajasthan's fast bowler Pankaj Singh on the desperation to represent India


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Was part of the India tour to Australia in 2007-08. Kumble too preferred trundlers like RP ahead of him :giggle:
Pankaj himself was a trundler then, used to bowl 125K then. If he was bowling at the same pace even now, we would not have been talking about his inclusion. OTT, RP was not as poor then what he became. His bad time started after that.
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So pankaj gets 39 wickets in the 8 games and Yusuf Pathan who was sick in the last game took 25. I bet he is far more upset considering binny made the team.
You are comparing a pacers wicket on Indian pitches to a spinners wicket on Indian pitches.
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His case reminds me of Gagandeep Singh of Punjab who till a few years ago was very consistent at FC level and deserved a shot at test cricket. Finished with 266 wickets in 66 matches at average of 20. Made a squad I think but not heard of again. I don't know how good a bowler he actually was, probably a typical FC accurate seam and swing bowler who relied on freindly home conditions.

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His case reminds me of Gagandeep Singh of Punjab who till a few years ago was very consistent at FC level and deserved a shot at test cricket. Finished with 266 wickets in 66 matches at average of 20. Made a squad I think but not heard of again. I don't know how good a bowler he actually was, probably a typical FC accurate seam and swing bowler who relied on freindly home conditions.
Gagandeep Singh was quite a bit like Joginder Sharma who also had an excellent record (and still has v.good record) but wasn't international standard. I feel that Pandey and Pankaj can and will do better if given more chances.
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Hopefully a lot of Pankaj Singh fans are happy now jeez. Marky my words and this post,he is a tundler too in the mould of Vinay,Praveen Kumar etc.....Might do a P.K and pick up a few wickets in swinging conditions but he isn't that great. Will be more than happy to eat humble pies but not happening

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Hopefully a lot of Pankaj Singh fans are happy now jeez. Marky my words and this post,he is a tundler too in the mould of Vinay,Praveen Kumar etc.....Might do a P.K and pick up a few wickets in swinging conditions but he isn't that great. Will be more than happy to eat humble pies but not happening
He is certainly not as slow as PK or Vinay. There was a time when he was slower than them, but now now. After some work with Mayrick Pringle on his technical aspects, he now bowls in 135-140K range for the last 2 years and with his 6'5-6" frame and high arm action gets a lot of bounce too.
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Hopefully a lot of Pankaj Singh fans are happy now jeez. Marky my words and this post,he is a tundler too in the mould of Vinay,Praveen Kumar etc.....Might do a P.K and pick up a few wickets in swinging conditions but he isn't that great. Will be more than happy to eat humble pies but not happening
we stopped believing you after you supported rozilla :phehehe:
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He is certainly not as slow as PK or Vinay. There was a time when he was slower than them' date=' but now now. After some work with Mayrick Pringle on his technical aspects, he now bowls in 135-140K range for the last 2 years and with his 6'5-6" frame and high arm action gets a lot of bounce too.[/quote'] Agree , to me he was the best bowler for couple of seasons and given a go and confidence can serve us very well.
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Hopefully a lot of Pankaj Singh fans are happy now jeez. Marky my words and this post,he is a tundler too in the mould of Vinay,Praveen Kumar etc.....Might do a P.K and pick up a few wickets in swinging conditions but he isn't that great. Will be more than happy to eat humble pies but not happening
Agree. Just like Iswar and BK. Trundler work horses. Will do well in grind of ranji. But at rarified high level of international cricket in tests will be mediocre. Hope to be proved wrong
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Hopefully a lot of Pankaj Singh fans are happy now jeez. Marky my words and this post,he is a tundler too in the mould of Vinay,Praveen Kumar etc.....Might do a P.K and pick up a few wickets in swinging conditions but he isn't that great. Will be more than happy to eat humble pies but not happening
You sound like Blue panther. He he..

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