Pandya, does he add anything to the team?

[jalebi_bhai]

Should use him as a pinch hitter in T20. I'd use Hardik at 4.

 

He's progressing well in ODIs so I wouldn't tinker with his batting position in ODIs. 

 

If Raina has to play, let him finish the innings with MS. Has played that role before. 

 

Rahul
Kohli
Pandey
Pandya

Raina 

Dhoni

 

At least Pandey won't be wasted at 5 this way. 

[BeautifulGame]

which knock?

Against CSK in chepauk I think

[King Tendulkar]

Vision is first thing . Keep in team all limited overs formats and reap benefit in 2 or 2 years . 

 

yes we need his batting . Today one over and hit great shot but unlucky out 

 

pitch was was very sticky and perfect for spinners . Not every pitch is like this and extra seamer who is all rounder needed 

 

plus great felder in awful fielding unit. 

 

Plus dont we forget quick how well bowled in odis 

 

 

 

 

[gattaca]

This question looks good for short term but long term this is not. We need someone like him. 

[putrevus]

He has to develop his batting a lot if needs to play test cricket, I do not think he good enough to walk into the team as bowler alone yet.

[King Tendulkar]

23 minutes ago, putrevus said:

People were comparing Stokes to him, it is a joke to compare this guy with Stokes. Stokes is Raja Bhoj and he is Gangu theli.

 

He still needs to get his chances and he has lot of improvement to do.

Stokes was quite crap for a year or so while in England team 

 

pandya at same stage as stokes is miles better bowler and maybe equal batting wise 

 

stokes now has got there but how quick we forget his journey 

[King Tendulkar]

All those after his head 

 

seaming all rounder is like gold dust in world cricket . We not had one since Dev 

 

when you compare his seam all rounder contenders in Indian cricket you will soon drop at pandya feet in remorse , unless you are a binny fan !  78mph lollipops anyone ?

[chewy]

yeah, like anyone else in the current team is capable of smashing sixes at will

 

in T20s, coming late down the order is usually is high risk, there are more failures than successes, he has hardly played much T20Is, hopefully after he has batted around 20 innings, if maintains an batting average 15 at SR of 130+, and continues with his current bowling form, then he should be considered a success

 

and rather persist with him through champions trophy at least.

[putrevus]

1 minute ago, King Tendulkar said:

Stokes was quite crap for a year or so while in England team 

 

pandya at same stage as stokes is miles better bowler and maybe equal batting wise 

 

stokes now has got there but how quick we forget his journey 

I do not think so Stokes hit a hundred at Perth in second test and took 8 wickets in his 4th test. Yes he lost some confidence and was dropped but there was never a question about his talent. I do not see the same batting ability or bowling ability from Pandya.

[kosingh]

Pandya has been unremarkable with the bat in domestic and IPL...can't expect him to offer much at the international level

[King Tendulkar]

Just now, putrevus said:

I do not think so Stokes hit a hundred at Perth in second test and took 8 wickets in his 4th test. Yes he lost some confidence and was dropped but there was never a question about his talent. I do not see the same batting ability or bowling ability from Pandya.

Stokes was a seriously crap bowler for England . Has improved but even as we speak pandya maybe better bowler

 

batting stokes struggled for a long while . Yet few games in pandya already wanted to be axed ffs where is the vision ? 

[King Tendulkar]

Just now, kosingh said:

Pandya has been unremarkable with the bat in domestic and IPL...can't expect him to offer much at the international level

What did he do wrong with bat today to deserve this thread ? Loool

 

didnt even bowl today as sticky wicket perfect for spinners hence raina bowled his  quota . Who knows pandya may have bowled well today lol

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Didnt he score a 50 in the last ODI?

[King Tendulkar]

I am still confused what he did wrong today to deserve this thread lol 

 

hit a lovley straight non hack shot today when got run out by i must be on strike dhoni 

[BeautifulGame]

Pandya has been unremarkable with the bat in domestic and IPL...can't expect him to offer much at the international level

Unremarkable in domestics?

He was the leading scorer in last year's SMA trophy.Played some big knocks for Baroda batting at no.3

[Bystander]

India can't afford to lose this guys potential. Development of fast bowling allrounders takes time. It is the investment we need to make for long term. 

Coming to this thread, just let loose this guy at @4  or around 8`14 overs where usually spinners operate. He is clean striker..even if he plays 10-15 balls, we would end up with above par scores most times. Coming in at death with few deliveries against best death bowlers is tough for him at this stage of career. 

His bowling is still work in progress.

Team management need to be wise in maximizing the resources at hand

[cowboysfan]

This guy has no redeeming value at all.i am astonished so many of you rate him.

[puneet28]

People have forgotten that he is not being utilised in a proper manner. How can you guys forget his 15 ball 31 knock in WT20 against Bangladesh when he was sent up in the order. He gave much needed momentum then. We need to use him as floater and ask to play freely. I bet, had he played 26 balls instead of Manish Pandey, scores would have been different. He surely would have scored around 40-45. He can hit off spinners easily. There will be days when he will fail even batting up in the order but in the longer run, he will be our big hitter in T20s. We just need to persist with him. Guys here have become so impatient.

[randomGuy]

Pandya is decent.

 

More deserving than yuvraj at the very least

[Laaloo]

2 hours ago, puneet28 said:

People have forgotten that he is not being utilised in a proper manner. How can you guys forget his 15 ball 31 knock in WT20 against Bangladesh when he was sent up in the order. He gave much needed momentum then. We need to use him as floater and ask to play freely. I bet, had he played 26 balls instead of Manish Pandey, scores would have been different. He surely would have scored around 40-45. He can hit off spinners easily. There will be days when he will fail even batting up in the order but in the longer run, he will be our big hitter in T20s. We just need to persist with him. Guys here have become so impatient.

Some of these people are so fickle. This guy is the closest thing to a fast bowling all rounder we have had since Kapil Dev. If we can give hacks like Jadeja umpteen chances, then Pandya deserves them too. He has kept improving each time. His bowling has improved. His fielding was always good. And his batting has improved too. Much faster than Jadeja ever did. These dhoni chamchas I tell you. Dhoni never supported his fast bowlers and so his chamchas will come here and demean them any chance they can get.