Jayant Yadav

[Riju23]

I really like this guy, but it seems his ceiling is that of a good utility cricketer rather than someone who can bat top 6 or be the main spinner. In ODIs you need to be able to hit 6s to bat at no.6 or 7, and it's not clear he can do that. Also doesn't look to be a better bowler than Sir, so his ceiling might be as the third spinner in spin-friendly conditions. He does that job well, no question. He applies himself and makes the most of his talent/ability. As a bowler maybe he isn't terribly exciting but he generally bowls a good line and keeps the runs down. I don't, however, see him as the solution to our hole at No.7 in overseas conditions (for that we still need a Stokes-type of seam bowling allrounder, which is what Pandya is still auditioning for).

[rkt.india]

7 hours ago, G_B_ said:

dude he was caught behind and was lucky with the lack of reviews.

Yeah, really great delivery strangled down leg side. Any batsman get out that way is called unlucky but he got lucky with lack of reviews.chances are part of game. Jennings dropped on 0, scores 100 everyone on feet, says what innings. Yadav got lucky, people like you say he was lucky, gave half chances. Even Kohli was dropped on 60. Vijay was dropped too. Most important thing is he didn't play any lose shots and throw his wicket away. That Root drop was a fantastic delivery, even top order batsmen could have edged it.

[tweaker]

Jayant dropped today for Mishra

[Sandeep99]

Is the team management serious?! has he really been dropped for Mishra, of all people? Not sure what they're thinking!!

[fineleg]

Dropped JY for A.Mishra - kohli gone paagal?? Whats wrong?

[Mosher]

9 minutes ago, fineleg said:

Dropped JY for A.Mishra - kohli gone paagal?? Whats wrong?

Jayant has a hamstring niggle.

[Soorma_Bhopali]

Too many injuries for the test players ..luckily , the series is won but for  a close series, injuries to Rahane, Shami,Saha and Jayant Yadav could have made a big difference..Do not know if the training methods have something to do with it and need to be reviewed ..

Edited December 16, 2016 by Soorma_Bhopali

[tweaker]

He came. He saw and he made a place for himself in the hearts of millions. Jayant Yadav’s debut has been the kind that everyone dreams of when given a chance to represent his country. Dubbed as a bowling all-rounder, slotted to bat in at number 9, the rookie had already put on a display for everyone to applaud before even marking his bowling run-up.Jayant played some simple yet classy shots in his first go at batting. His remarkable athleticism in the field 0had given India the important breakthrough via the run out of Haseeb Hameed when England were slowly building up a useful partnership.

 

Jayant- the bowler

 

The 26-year-old’s peach of a delivery to dismiss Ben Stokes was something he would cherish for a long time. The ball drifted in that made Stokes play the middle and off line and upon pitching, the ball turned sharply past the outside edge of Stokes and knocked the off stump. The all-rounder had been the most spirited batsman for the English and seeing him gutted and clueless after that delivery was a delight for the Indians.

 

The Haryana all-rounder was the perfect foil for the spin twins Ashwin and Jadeja. He got the vital scalps of Root, Stokes, Bairstow by some good bowling when the batsmen looked quite good in the middle.

 

Jayant- the batsman

 

The talented all-rounder played a couple of good knocks when his side was in a precarious position. The all-rounder’s solid batting technique is a valuable addition to India’s lower order.In Mohali, India were in trouble at 204/6 and in the danger of conceding a vital first innings lead. The tall all-rounder was the part of the rescue act for India and in the process, lifted the team’s total to 417. Again in Mumbai, when Jayant came in to bat, India was trailing to England’s 400 by 36 runs. Getting a maiden test century and stitching a 241 run marathon partnership with Virat Kohli put India way ahead in the match.Also Read: India vs England 2016: How the debutants fared

 

Jayant- the allrounder in true sense

 

The rise of Jayant Yadav shows that Indian domestic circuit is on the right path. The Haryana player has been playing in the Ranji Trophy for long, honing his skills and waiting in the ranks for his chance. The day when the big moment arrived, he delivered.The intellect that Jayant brings with himself to the team has also been acknowledged by Virat Kohli, the Indian test skipper. He said it was exciting for him listening to somebody coming new into the team and telling the skipper what field the bowler exactly wanted. This showed that the Haryana lad knew exactly what he was doing and believed in his cricketing abilities. 

[tweaker]

The rise of Jayant Yadav

 

The 26-year-old’s transition from the India A and the domestic circuit has been seamless. Playing under the legends of the game like Virender Sehwag, captain of the Ranji team he played for and Rahul Dravid, the India A coach has helped the all-rounder cope up with the pressure and be in a good mental space when faced with the hardest of challenges.The seriousness with which he plays the sport is evident when he puts emphasis on his fielding. Jayant belongs to the new generation of Indian cricketers who believe that a bad day at the office with the bat and ball could be made up for by contributing with some excellent catches and stopping runs in the outfield.

India v/s England    Batting    Bowling
at Vishakhapatnam    35 and 27*    1/38 and 3/30
at Mohali    55 and did not bat    2/49 and 2/21
at Mumbai    104 and did not bat    0/89 and 1/39

 

Challenges ahead for Jayant

 

The chance for Jayant to represent Team India was long due and the Haryana all-rounder grabbed the opportunity with both hands. Jayant, though, admits that he is a bowler first and then a batsman. An Indian spinner is always under huge expectations of bagging wickets at home without a failure.Also Read: Is this India's best tail order ever?Moreover, the unrelenting spin talents of Shahbaz Nadeem and Kuldeep Yadav will always be chasing Yadav and will try to topple him from that coveted Team India spot.The thing in Yadav’s favour is that ‘well begun is half done’. The 22-year-old has done the first half pretty well. The skills that the tall lad brings into the team have been on a display for all to see, be it with the bat, ball, or in the field.He is ready to put in the hard work to excel when bowling in undesirable conditions. The right-hand offspinner's long untiring spells in the Ranji Trophy and grind for taking out wickets on Indian flat pitches will help him to find out that perfect line and length to trouble batsmen in any conditions.There will always be a parameter on how a spinner performs outside India. But that is for later when India travels, for now, Team India’s newbie can sit back and watch the peach of a delivery he bowled to Ben Stokes again and again and feel proud.

[MCcricket]

K Yadav could be India's Trump card, I have high hopes of him, batting he can n bowling he could be really really good.

[putrevus]

Prasanna felt young all-rounder Jayant Yadav’s spin bowling is not cut out for Test cricket.

“If you really ask me Jayant, I do not think, he will be able to bowl long spells at all. He is a useful batsman for T20 or one-day matches and he can bowl good four overs in these two formats.

"...He has already proved that in longer version of the game, he is not a strike bowler. He is not meant to be strike bowler,” he said

 

http://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/ashwin-should-give-the-ball-flight-more-often-prasanna-1329246.html

 

Prassana's views on Jayant Yadav is different from others.

[MCcricket]

2 hours ago, putrevus said:

Prasanna felt young all-rounder Jayant Yadav’s spin bowling is not cut out for Test cricket.

“If you really ask me Jayant, I do not think, he will be able to bowl long spells at all. He is a useful batsman for T20 or one-day matches and he can bowl good four overs in these two formats.

"...He has already proved that in longer version of the game, he is not a strike bowler. He is not meant to be strike bowler,” he said

 

http://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/ashwin-should-give-the-ball-flight-more-often-prasanna-1329246.html

 

Prassana's views on Jayant Yadav is different from others.

I tend to agree, he looks like that kinda bowler.

[WeStMiDz]

He is playing as a third spinner. Nobody is saying he can be a strike bowler. 

[Unleashed]

7 hours ago, putrevus said:

Prasanna felt young all-rounder Jayant Yadav’s spin bowling is not cut out for Test cricket.

“If you really ask me Jayant, I do not think, he will be able to bowl long spells at all. He is a useful batsman for T20 or one-day matches and he can bowl good four overs in these two formats.

"...He has already proved that in longer version of the game, he is not a strike bowler. He is not meant to be strike bowler,” he said

 

http://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/ashwin-should-give-the-ball-flight-more-often-prasanna-1329246.html

 

Prassana's views on Jayant Yadav is different from others.

He is absolutely right. There were some comments made on here about dropping Jadeja for JY on overseas if we play two spinners. That's never going to happen. Jadeja is a class above.

[express bowling]

13 hours ago, putrevus said:

Prasanna felt young all-rounder Jayant Yadav’s spin bowling is not cut out for Test cricket.

“If you really ask me Jayant, I do not think, he will be able to bowl long spells at all. He is a useful batsman for T20 or one-day matches and he can bowl good four overs in these two formats.

"...He has already proved that in longer version of the game, he is not a strike bowler. He is not meant to be strike bowler,” he said

 

http://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/ashwin-should-give-the-ball-flight-more-often-prasanna-1329246.html

 

Prassana's views on Jayant Yadav is different from others.

 

I agree with the bowling part... his bowling looks innocuous .......but it has to be considered that he is in the team as the 3rd spinner whose role is to bat decently and  bowl some good support overs. He  should not be used as a strike-bowler in India if Ash is injured.

 

BUT

 

He has proved that he can be a top test batsman in Indian conditions. His technique is so proper and he has the mentality to stay at the crease and not throw his wicket away. 

 

To call him just a useful batsman in ODIs and T20s is unfair.

Edited December 30, 2016 by express bowling

[express bowling]

33 minutes ago, Unleashed said:

He is absolutely right. There were some comments made on here about dropping Jadeja for JY on overseas if we play two spinners. That's never going to happen. Jadeja is a class above.

Most probably neither Jadeja nor Jayant are going to play in tests outside Asia unless we are playing in countries like the WI which aid spin in the last 2 days.  We will play only one spinner in Ashwin.

 

If 2 spinners are played, it would perhaps depend on  whether the team management is looking for a  batsman who can bowl  ( Jayant )   or a bowler who can bat ( Jadeja ).

 

 

[putrevus]

 

I agree with the bowling part... his bowling looks innocuous .......but it has to be considered that he is in the team as the 3rd spinner whose role is to bat decently and  bowl some good support overs. He and should not be used as a strike-bowler in India if Ash is injured.

 

BUT

 

He has proved that he can be a top test batsman under Indian conditions. His technique is so proper and he has the mentality to stay at the crease and not throw his wicket away. 

 

To call him just a useful batsman in ODIs and T20s is unfair.

You don't play third spinner who bats at number 9 , is he a better batsman than his co spinners if answer is no you keep looking for a better spinner.

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[express bowling]

32 minutes ago, putrevus said:

You don't play third spinner who bats at number 9 , is he a better batsman than his co spinners if answer is no you keep looking for a better spinner.

 

That No.9 batting position could be a temporary one like it was with Ravi Shastri.   The team was discovering in the England series what type of player Jayant Yadav is.

 

Jayant is definitely a better batsman than Jadeja and  he has the potential to be a better batsman than Ashwin too.

 

Jayant is more a batsman who can bowl rather than a bowler who can bat.

 

Don't forget that we are playing with only 5 specialist batsmen and the the role of the 3rd spinner / 5th bowler in such a scenario is more as an all-rounder than a specialist bowler.

Edited December 30, 2016 by express bowling

[Unleashed]

1 hour ago, express bowling said:

Most probably neither Jadeja nor Jayant are going to play in tests outside Asia unless we are playing in countries like the WI which aid spin in the last 2 days.  We will play only one spinner in Ashwin.

 

If 2 spinners are played, it would perhaps depend on  whether the team management is looking for a  batsman who can bowl  ( Jayant )   or a bowler who can bat ( Jadeja ).

 

 

I call bullshit on the fact that Jayant is better than Jadeja in batting. Jadeja has improved loads under Kohli and is a much better overall package. I can bet that if it's a straight choice between Jayant and Jadeja then it'll be Jadeja all the time. You're overrating his batting. 

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, Unleashed said:

I call bullshit on the fact that Jayant is better than Jadeja in batting. Jadeja has improved loads under Kohli and is a much better overall package. I can bet that if it's a straight choice between Jayant and Jadeja then it'll be Jadeja all the time. You're overrating his batting. 

I don't know whether you have actually seen Jayant and Jadeja bat in the last series. The biggest difference between the two is their approach to batting.

 

 Jayant  has looked to build an innings every time he has come in, just like a proper batsman does. He has first got set and then played a range of shots.  He has kept his eyes on the ball, gone to the line of the ball while playing and has tried hard to put a price on his wicket as a batsman. Also shown the maturity to bat with the tail.    In a nutshell, he has not looked like a tailender at all but a top order batter.   Result...scores of 35, 27 not out, 55 and 104 ( on a tough track)  for a tailender playing his first test series... .....such consistency batting at No.9 is very rare.

 

Jadeja has shown significant improvement with the bat in the recent past too....but his batting style is more the hit or miss type high risk game.  He is prone to throwing his wicket away even off ordinary deliveries.  Jadeja in form is an ideal No.8 batter, who can up the run-rate but his batting style is more that of a bowling all-rounder. 

 

It is a no-brainer that Jadeja is the much better bowler though.

Edited December 30, 2016 by express bowling