MARK MY WORD - Rishabh Pant to be the next Virat Kohli of Indian cricket

[rkt.india]

58 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

Ya, but I think he has been given enough chances in IPL and having seen a lot of him against quality bowlers in IPL, I have noticed his struggles while trying to score at a higher run rate. He surely likes to score at better run rate but perhaps his game still is better for 50 overs.

 

Though, as you mentioned, if he has 3 100's in twenty20, he can surely make it up and be a good twen20 player but for that he has to perform at a bigger twent20 stage like IPL etc, otherwise it will be hard for him to be picked as twenty20 specialist.

He has played just 21 matches in last 4 years. He has not been given consistent run at all. 

[Cricketics]

3 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

He has played just 21 matches in last 4 years. He has not been given consistent run at all. 

Agreed, but in IPL, teams are desperate for results and if they don't come, more than likely, local players will get dropped easily. Delhi, the team he played for earlier have been desperate to find good batting, and he failing few times, did not help his cause. Delhi batting has struggled in last 5 years and they haven't been able to find consistent local players.  Hopefully he can get a better run in Mumbai Indians.

[rkt.india]

36 minutes ago, Samcric said:

How so? Would you care to explain? Are you talking about the technical aspect of facing the short ball itself or the mental aspect of facing the next ball which could be full and your front foot does not move? Or is the point something entirely different that I might have missed?

I meant short ball is not a problem until a batsman is not succumbing to followup ball that is fuller delivery. Like in case of Pujara, Woakes did trouble with short stuff but whenever ball was pitched up he was not hanging back unlike Raina and Yuvraj. Steve had was the same, had issues with short stuff but tackles fuller deliveries very well. Dhort balls rarely take your wickekt, but the followup balls.

[Samcric]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

I meant short ball is not a problem until a batsman is not succumbing to followup ball that is fuller delivery. Like in case of Pujara, Woakes did trouble with short stuff but whenever ball was pitched up he was not hanging back unlike Raina and Yuvraj. Steve had was the same, had issues with short stuff but tackles fuller deliveries very well. Dhort balls rarely take your wickekt, but the followup balls.

RKT - agree with you but Raina was not the ideal example as he used get out to the short ball itself. Yuvraj has, on times, succumbed to the follow up balls. So either you have to be technically good to play the short ball in which case follow-up ball does not bother you in case you don't play the odd short ball well (Pujara example in Rajkot). Or you should be mentally very tough (like Steve Waugh) that in spite of continuously not playing the short ball well, you are mentally strong to erase the last ball when facing the next one. But it is easier said than one. On the point of playing the short ball itself, from my limited and humble experience of playing FC and one-odd practice games for an associate nation, it is very difficult to do it against bowlers bowling at 80 mph (can't start to imagine against a Starc at 95mph). And I have seen many guys who can drive like a dream but their gloves go up protecting their head when the ball is directed at helmet. And this was how they got out. Raina was probably one of them and actually rarely survived for the follow up ball! Steve was such a freak that he would actually take hits on his body and keep marching on. The guy was on a different level. But you are right when you say that in general it is not the short ball but the follow up ball that gets you - for most batsmen. So point well taken.