Speeds and Performances of Pacers and Spinners

[express bowling]

Poor slower ball by Prasidh 

 

Looking rusty.

[Forward Defence]

This is getting on my nerves now. Prasidh is squandering away a good position for us here

[tweaker]

15 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Eden Apple Tom dropped

may be injured,he didnt bowl in 2nd inning

[Forward Defence]

Harshit has been very impressive today. For all the flak he gets , I feel he is more bankable than Prasidh. Got to keep improving though

[express bowling]

Harshit gets his 3rd wicket with a slower ball. Dismisses the dangerous Connelly.

[singhvivek141]

Takes 4th with a yorker..albeit just at 132 kph.

[express bowling]

Harshit  4 wicket haul. ER of just 4.5

 

Dismisses Australia for 236.

 

This is what match practice does. We need to give our younger 140 k+ pacers lots of actual match practice. FC matches, ODIs and other List A matches especially

 

Prasidh looked rusty today as he was sitting on the bench.

 

 

Edited October 25, 2025 by express bowling

[express bowling]

2 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

Takes 4th with a yorker..albeit just at 132 kph.

 

Slower ball yorker. Rolled his wrist.

[vishalvirsingh]

27 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Harshit  139 k nasty bumper to Ellis. Wow !

 

Looked in really good rhythm in his 2nd spell.

yaar vo bouncer daala ..batsmen ne badi mushkil se apni body ko bachaya...

 

i LOVE such a ball..it creates a PANIC ..fear in a batsmen's heart.

[vishalvirsingh]

23 minutes ago, tweaker said:

may be injured,he didnt bowl in 2nd inning

which channel is umraan bowling..is he bowling?

[express bowling]

19 minutes ago, vishalvirsingh said:

yaar vo bouncer daala ..batsmen ne badi mushkil se apni body ko bachaya...

 

i LOVE such a ball..it creates a PANIC ..fear in a batsmen's heart.

 

Ball of the match for me.

[maniac]

Rana is getting unnecessary hate. He is not as bad as he made out to be. He is decent. Can bowl up to 140, fairly safe in the field and can use the long handle.

 

Rana is also getting unnecessary love. He is a good bench player but starting player in all 3 formats is a bit too much

[rkt.india]

7 minutes ago, maniac said:

Rana is getting unnecessary hate. He is not as bad as he made out to be. He is decent. Can bowl up to 140, fairly safe in the field and can use the long handle.

 

Rana is also getting unnecessary love. He is a good bench player but starting player in all 3 formats is a bit too much

But he is not a starting player in tests and T20s. Didn't play any test after Aus tour. Should be in the squad which is fine.

Edited October 25, 2025 by rkt.india

[cowboysfan]

why out of nowhere are we playing Prasidh Krishna in LOI cricket?

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, maniac said:

Rana. Can bowl up to 140, 

 

He can bowl upto 148 k / 150 k when in rhythm.

 

Bowled upto 151 k in his debut T20I,  149 k in his debut ODI and bowled upto 149 k in his last T20I. Bowled upto 145 k in his 1st test.

 

 

1 hour ago, maniac said:

Rana is also getting unnecessary love. He is a good bench player

 

Every young or newish player's " love ", " like" or " dislike " should be based on potential.  

 

What they may become after 2 or 3 years. Because currently they are invariably work-in-progress.

 

Stroke-players, quick pacers and wrist spinners may take a bit more time to become finished products but often achieve much more than standard players if they become finished products. 

 

1 hour ago, maniac said:

but starting player in all 3 formats is a bit too much

 

Harshit was not part of the test squads against England and the West Indies. And does get to play T20Is only if 3 pacers are chosen or Bumrah is rested. Don't know why this is being propagated. 

[tapandrun]

3 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

He can bowl upto 148 k / 150 k when in rhythm.

 

Bowled upto 151 k in his debut T20I,  149 k in his debut ODI and bowled upto 149 k in his last T20I. Bowled upto 145 k in his 1st test.

 

 

 

Every young or newish player's " love ", " like" or " dislike " should be based on potential.  

 

What they may become after 2 or 3 years. Because currently they are invariably work-in-progress.

 

Stroke-players, quick pacers and wrist spinners may take a bit more time to become finished products but often achieve much more than standard players if they become finished products. 

 

 

Harshit was not part of the test squads against England and the West Indies. And does get to play T20Is only if 3 pacers are chosen or Bumrah is rested. Don't know why this is being propagated. 

 

this management may be doing alot of things wrong, but the only thing they are doing it right is inducting Tall, fast,  hit the deck bowlers. Not sure why there is such a propaganda on this. There are many other problems. Gill getting into t20i Playing 11. Gill being Odi1 captain with no performance outside sc , yes sample is small but even in sc he has not got runs in big matches and big teams.

 

Pretty sure Kolhi and Rohit has some kind of deal where they will retire from test and T20i for a place in Odis. Its just media making things-up and may be some pr/fanbase wants to keep a constant pressure but its clear they are locked for WC-27 .

The realistic thing is Rohit and Kolhi are still the biggest earner in Ind cricket.

 

 

Edited October 25, 2025 by tapandrun

[Rightarmfast]

5 hours ago, maniac said:

Rana is getting unnecessary hate. He is not as bad as he made out to be. He is decent. Can bowl up to 140, fairly safe in the field and can use the long handle.

 

Rana is also getting unnecessary love. He is a good bench player but starting player in all 3 formats is a bit too much

he is not bad at all. He is pretty quick. As a matter of fact, he is the only bowler who has potential. This campaign is manufactured targeting against another genuine quickie we have. This has become so predictable. 

[Need4Speed]

In future we would like tall and bouncy pace bowlers to take on other teams..we dont want to be playing catch up cricket again with trundlers..thats where Rana fits in..you need to back such bolwers who can be penetrative..

[Rightarmfast]

of all the people, Srikant talking about errors and bias in selection has to be the most laughable moment! Srikkant was one of the most bias, selfish, self centred selector that India has ever had. Whatever gives him the right to comment on others? I find him totally disgusting and cringe. Very few selfish and self centred, power hungry people down to his gutter depth that I have seen.

 

And btw, whenever I see all these so called ' commentators and experts' talking in unison about one player, it is a no-brainer for me that it is manufactured campaign to either malign someone's image or elevate someone. Remember the campaign about " Mukesh Kumar" being one in a million bowler? When all commentators and experts used to say Mukesh was exceptional?

And how did Mukesh turn out to be? Well, Rana is the opposite of that. This guy is a genuine scary bowler. And ofcourse, he is  no match against Md Shami. Shami is a generational bowler. But Rana is genuinely good too. 

[speed_thrills]

This Srikant is such an annoying boomer. He was considered a flamboyant opener in his days. I was watching highlights of 92 WC Pak game, he scored 5 (39), in another match I think 91 triangle series his score was 4 (33) and now he talks big game on tv. Typical Pakistani behaviour, should be ignored.