So how long is the rope for Saha?

[Lannister]

1 hour ago, mancalledsting said:

Bhai, they are protecting Dhoni because he's poster boy of CSK (a movement which gave so much pride to that part of the country). If poster boy is discredited , then movement will be also, hence chutskis work overtime on this forum to wipe dhoni's bum, trying to ensure its image is clean.

Now that you have mentioned it, there's one tamilian guy in ICF. He was accusing others of being racist that the reason many hate Dhoni is because he is representing Chennai. I mean seriously They are even ready to bring racism in order to defend this guy. 

Edited January 7, 2018 by Lannister

[Shunya]

16 minutes ago, Lannister said:

Now that you have mentioned it, there's one tamilian guy in ICF. He was accusing others of being racist that the reason many hate Dhoni is because he is representing Chennai. I mean seriously They are even ready to bring racism in order to defend this guy. 

This guy is trying too hard.

[Rasgulla]

17 minutes ago, Shunya said:

This guy is trying too hard.

Same guy who said.. Let's pledge our support to RSA cause his state player wasn't selected.  He should be the last one talking 

[Shunya]

13 minutes ago, Rasgulla said:

Same guy who said.. Let's pledge our support to RSA cause his state player wasn't selected.  He should be the last one talking 

Yea...lol...what an irony...looks like he received lot of flak there and now trying to come back. Lets see, next game Rahul will not be selected and he will start petition for secession from India.

[Lannister]

"Supporting Team India through wins & losses"  

First try to support the player who replaced your idol. 

[Shunya]

8 minutes ago, Lannister said:

"Supporting Team India through wins & losses"  

First try to support the player who replaced your idol. 

lol

Go Saha go  hope you go on and on and hit lots of runs and centuries this year....may you do way better than Dhoni and any other Indian keepers in the history...happy?

Now can you please stop getting butthurt and stuck at Dhoni all the time. Move on.

 

[Rasgulla]

28 minutes ago, Shunya said:

Yea...lol...what an irony...looks like he received lot of flak there and now trying to come back. Lets see, next game Rahul will not be selected and he will start petition for secession from India.

He recieved lot of stick  now he is twisting his tounge.. I am afraid he ll back ranji legend vinay kumar ahead of Bhuvi sometime soon. 

Edited January 7, 2018 by Rasgulla

[rkt.india]

16 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Better than any Indian keeper bat.

In Eng avg of 38, In NZ avg of 55

etc etc

overall test average overseas is 30 which is not special by any means.

[BeautifulGame]

Saha maybe the greatest keeper ever to play cricket , but we aren't winning a test series in SA/Eng/Aus/NZL with him at @ 8 and Ashwin batting at 6.

 

Either Saha has to improve his batting to reasonable levels to bat at 6 or we need to find spinning all rounder who can at 6 .

 

Pandya is a great find for us but that is completely neutralized by a wkt keeper who is batting at 8.

 

This is why when Saha was injured we should have tried Rishabh Pant instead of Parthiv Patel.

 

[BeautifulGame]

9 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

overall test average overseas is 30 which is not special by any means.

Averaging 55 in Newzealand and nearly 40 in England is pretty great for a subcontinent wicket keeper.

[maniac]

Clearly the people who say replace Saha haven’t see the previous test keeper “keep”......Saha needs to go down the track to Morkel/Rabada when we eventually by the looks of it will save the game on day 5...That will win him “some fans” I guess.

[maniac]

8 minutes ago, BeautifulGame said:

Saha maybe the greatest keeper ever to play cricket , but we aren't winning a test series in SA/Eng/Aus/NZL with him at @ 8 and Ashwin batting at 6.

 

Either Saha has to improve his batting to reasonable levels to bat at 6 or we need to find spinning all rounder who can at 6 .

 

Pandya is a great find for us but that is completely neutralized by a wkt keeper who is batting at 8.

 

This is why when Saha was injured we should have tried Rishabh Pant instead of Parthiv Patel.

 

Saha’s keeping is indispensable considering how we drop everything behind the wickets apart from the keeper.

 

I will be subjective here...Dhoni was adequate with straightforward chances and we also had some good slip fielders most of his career but we need a stellar keeper now.

 

Let us be honest We don’t have bowlers who will rattle opposition with raw pace...we need to take every chance we create.

 

If you are really concerned about a 7 or 8’s impact with the bat then we have bigger problems than we think.

 

 

Edited January 8, 2018 by maniac

[Rasgulla]

56 minutes ago, BeautifulGame said:

Averaging 55 in Newzealand and nearly 40 in England is pretty great for a subcontinent wicket keeper.

Saha will average more than that in future.. you watch  

 

So Saha is just a keeper now like wade was.. His batting doesn't count.. Sachin chamchas

[BeautifulGame]

Saha’s keeping is indispensable considering how we drop everything behind the wickets apart from the keeper.
 
I will be subjective here...Dhoni was adequate with straightforward chances and we also had some good slip fielders most of his career but we need a stellar keeper now.
 
Let us be honest We don’t have bowlers who will rattle opposition with raw pace...we need to take every chance we create.
 
If you are really concerned about a 7 or 8’s impact with the bat then we have bigger problems than we think.
 
 

If we aren't gonna keep hold of catches at slips, we have zero chance of winning any tests overseas let alone series wins.

So what's the point though ? We need to improve the slip catching as well as find a competent no.6 .

They shouldn't be mutually exclusive.

[bowl_out]

Saha's keeping has been the only worthwhile thing about our fielding in Tests, and people want to drop him  

 

We are never going to get 10 wickets abroad, let alone 20 with the kind of slip catching we have.. Saha is the only saving grace... I always wish the batsmen never get a thick edge, so ball wouldn't fly beyond first slip, so it's within the reach of Saha..

 

Good keeper + avg batsman >> Good batsman + avg keeper in Tests.. One drop of du plessis or ab might cost 100 runs.. We saw that with Cook / Smith and a bunch of others at home

[Laaloo]

19 hours ago, Lannister said:

Now that you have mentioned it, there's one tamilian guy in ICF. He was accusing others of being racist that the reason many hate Dhoni is because he is representing Chennai. I mean seriously They are even ready to bring racism in order to defend this guy. 

Lol I know who you're referring to and we'll what can I say? From my time on ICF since IPL started, I always got the feeling the csk fans were touchy and took IPL really seriously for some unknown reasons. It always seemed that they would take csk losses harder  than Indian losses. I never noticed that with any other IPL fans. I mean they used to write essays and essays dissecting each losses

Well those die hard csk fans are not here anymore ever since meyeppan was caught. Ironically one of their top cheerleaders icf username was ganeshran. Ganesh ran lol

[Mosher]

10 catches for Saha in the match. New record

[Laaloo]

India is the only team currently playing a specialist wk in all 3 formats 

[abc]

49 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

India is the only team currently playing a specialist wk in all 3 formats 

If you mean Dhoni in LOI, then he is playing as --for want of a better description --  a non-captaining version of Mike Brearley. Whatever he is, standing coolly in cool dark shades while the ball goes between keeper and first slip doth not a specialist keeper make.

 

But India is perennially one batting collapse away from the trolls coming out of the woodwork gunning for Saha's head.

[Trichromatic]

1 hour ago, Laaloo said:

India is the only team currently playing a specialist wk in all 3 formats 

Dhoni hate is too high.

 

Check his ICC ranking in ODIs.