Titan24
Senior Test Player
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Firstly I think he is hyped because after a long time India has seen a decent all rounder. I am not judging, its pretty normal misjudge potential when you dont have many options like that currently or in the past some years.
Why I only think that is the reason to for his hype and not his ability which many think to be extraordinary?
Answer with analysis is below.
Being completely unbiased about Pandya's origin, as I have said in other threads multiple times that at the moment he is nothing more than ordinary but that doesnt mean he cant improve, I like giving roam for improvement to players. A prodigy which many make him out to be, he is not.
Why? Lets check out his current potential.
Bowling:
Few weapons of pace bowlers to threat the batsmen are Pace, Swing, Seam, Line, Length
Supporting components: Bounce, Reverse swing, Slower Balls and Bouncers.
He cant swing the ball, the only swing he gets sometimes is random which he himself doesnt even know how. Ok no isuues, as all bowlers dont swing the ball.
But, he cant seam the ball as well atleast regularly enough to be considered a threat.
His pace is decent but doesnt have the pace of Akhtar or Lee to threaten the batsmen only with it.
Bounce is a weapon he have with his height and his action enhances it but that gets minimized with his poor line and length on most occasions and also bounce can never be the main weapon if you want a big international career as its a supporting component which adds a lot of value but cant go solo.
About reverse swing he doesnt know ABC. Yes he can ball a good bouncer but again as I mentioned in the start of this post its a good supporting weapon to have and can get you wickets sometimes just like slower balls (which are mostly used at the end of the innings) but not enough on its own.
Batting:
Now coming to his batting. A good batsmen requires reflexes, hand eye co ordination, technique suited to his style of play, footwork, match awareness and temperament.
His reflexes are ok not the best but not the worst either. Really good with hand eyes co ordination, helps him to hit sixes to spinners. Pretty ordinary technique even considering his style of play and nothing much to rave about his foot work against fast bowlers as every one can see.
Decent match awareness but when you have limited ability against pace (Avg reflexes, poor technique and poor footwork) you cant do anything even if you are aware of the match situation.
Decent temperament like match awareness but as mentioned above not taking pressure and good temperament can be a good support to a player but cant do much to overcome the other issues he has.
Why I only think that is the reason to for his hype and not his ability which many think to be extraordinary?
Answer with analysis is below.
Being completely unbiased about Pandya's origin, as I have said in other threads multiple times that at the moment he is nothing more than ordinary but that doesnt mean he cant improve, I like giving roam for improvement to players. A prodigy which many make him out to be, he is not.
Why? Lets check out his current potential.
Bowling:
Few weapons of pace bowlers to threat the batsmen are Pace, Swing, Seam, Line, Length
Supporting components: Bounce, Reverse swing, Slower Balls and Bouncers.
He cant swing the ball, the only swing he gets sometimes is random which he himself doesnt even know how. Ok no isuues, as all bowlers dont swing the ball.
But, he cant seam the ball as well atleast regularly enough to be considered a threat.
His pace is decent but doesnt have the pace of Akhtar or Lee to threaten the batsmen only with it.
Bounce is a weapon he have with his height and his action enhances it but that gets minimized with his poor line and length on most occasions and also bounce can never be the main weapon if you want a big international career as its a supporting component which adds a lot of value but cant go solo.
About reverse swing he doesnt know ABC. Yes he can ball a good bouncer but again as I mentioned in the start of this post its a good supporting weapon to have and can get you wickets sometimes just like slower balls (which are mostly used at the end of the innings) but not enough on its own.
Batting:
Now coming to his batting. A good batsmen requires reflexes, hand eye co ordination, technique suited to his style of play, footwork, match awareness and temperament.
His reflexes are ok not the best but not the worst either. Really good with hand eyes co ordination, helps him to hit sixes to spinners. Pretty ordinary technique even considering his style of play and nothing much to rave about his foot work against fast bowlers as every one can see.
Decent match awareness but when you have limited ability against pace (Avg reflexes, poor technique and poor footwork) you cant do anything even if you are aware of the match situation.
Decent temperament like match awareness but as mentioned above not taking pressure and good temperament can be a good support to a player but cant do much to overcome the other issues he has.
