Deepak Hooda: Special Talent

[CricketAnalyst]

I think Deepak Hooda might turn out to be a very special player. Lots of young players have played big knocks in IPL, but very few of them have hit 50 off less than 20 balls, especially at a time when it is required rather than just bashing it around when the team is already on top. It was a tight situation and the kid didn't seem to be able to fazed by it.

It was telling that established internationals like Rahane and Faulkner were feeding him the strike and leaving it to the 19 year old in his second game to score the 12 runs every over. The moment I thought he might be special was when they interviewed Shane Watson at pitch-side and he repeated three times "He hits it very hard", normally senior players say a few nice words to motivate juniors, but he seemed seriously in awe, and it's quite something for a big hitter like Shane Watson to be impressed with a 19 yr old kids hitting. Some of Hooda's sixes were gigantic shots and he was using the crease and picking the deliveries to choose for his hits extremely well.

 

[Syed1]

Can somebody post the video of his innings for the folks who don't follow IPL..

 

[CricketAnalyst]

http://www.starsports.com/cricket/v...a-ball-that-turned-the-game-favour/index.html

 

[Cricfan4eva]

1 innings in a t20 league doesn't warrant such hype. We've had lotsa 1 season wonders. Let him perform consistently in List A and FC. He's had a good start though.

 

[Orbis]

India team doesn't like experimenting in international level unless they have connections (Stuart Binny). All of these IPL innings are pipe dreams as they will never come to fruition. Dhoni is stubborn and doesn't like dropping/resting players regardless of how bad their form is (Dhawan) unless he has a personal grudge (Gambhir, Sehwag, Yuvraj).

 

[CricketAnalyst]

India team doesn't like experimenting in international level unless they have connections (Stuart Binny). All of these IPL innings are pipe dreams as they will never come to fruition. Dhoni is stubborn and doesn't like dropping/resting players regardless of how bad their form is (Dhawan) unless he has a personal grudge (Gambhir, Sehwag, Yuvraj).

I agree with this. Hooda deserves a chance, but as long as Dhoni is in power, it might not happen, because he doesn't like his middle/lower middle order players to be aggressive hitters and he trusts his two CSK spinners.

Hooda is 19 though, so his career won't depend on whether Dhoni likes or dislikes him in the long run.

 

[farazaidi]

whatever happened to Saurabh Tiwary or Abhishek Nayar, or some other players who had great IPL seasons? I wouldnt read too much into one IPL innings or even a season for that matter as there have been plenty of this kind who have struggled to come to grips with international level.

 

[Syed1]

What happened to Baba Aparjith, I remember he played one innings against our U-19 side and looked absolute class, also bowled really well.

 

[rhony]

What happened to Baba Aparjith, I remember he played one innings against our U-19 side and looked absolute class, also bowled really well.

He is more of a test player than T20

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

The thing about guys like Surya Kumar Yadav and Deepak Hooda is they are able to smash when there is scoreboard pressure and its ABSOLUTELY needed and they don't hack it like Yusuf Pathan (I was his huge fan back in the day - absolutely useless he is these days).

And these guys go after international bowlers too. Many a times in IPL, you can play off the international bowlers, pad up your stats against domestic bowlers and look cool.

Deepak Hooda has Decent List A stats but low sample set. But heard he is a batsmen on the upward curve. Has been improving a lot.

Seeing a lower order of Dhoni, Jaddu and Ashwin is infuriating to say the least.

Hope we find some good players.

This Shreyas Iyer has great List A and first class stats but he doesn't impress me much.

Mayank Agarwal does but he has temperament issues. Can't stay on the wicket.

Sanju Samson is not ready for international cricket. When you struggle in List A, its a red alarm.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Kedhar Jadhav is a huge talent (bossed in first class, list A, last year's IPL, A tour to Aus quadrangular Cup which we won) but the amazing DD management didn't even let him bat and promptly lost after scoring 184-3 in 20 overs.

If you lose just 3 wickets in 20 overs and you score 180, its CRIMINAL.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

What happened to Baba Aparjith, I remember he played one innings against our U-19 side and looked absolute class, also bowled really well.

Long way from international class but he is shaping up fine in domestic cricket.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/477071.html

Not amazing stats but not bad either. Needs a few more years to mature.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Hooda has good FC stats and was good at U19 level also.Remains to be seen what he will do now.

 

[Energetic]

IPL pitches are heaven for batting. Even Harbhajan looked like a special talent.

 

[desi_launda]

IPL pitches are heaven for batting. Even Harbhajan looked like a special talent.

harbhajan is a decent slogger like Southee.

 

[BeautifulGame]

I agree with this. Hooda deserves a chance, but as long as Dhoni is in power, it might not happen, because he doesn't like his middle/lower middle order players to be aggressive hitters and he trusts his two CSK spinners.

Hooda is 19 though, so his career won't depend on whether Dhoni likes or dislikes him in the long run.

He played Raina @ 7 in 2011.He doesn't like aggressive hitters? lol

He couldn't do much in the past becoz Jadeja was the only decent all rounder India had.So invested him and he repaid in CT but failed in world cup.

Now for the next cycle sure lot of these youngest will be drafted in .Hooda has a great chance becoz he is also an all rounder

 

[BeautifulGame]

whatever happened to Saurabh Tiwary or Abhishek Nayar, or some other players who had great IPL seasons? I wouldnt read too much into one IPL innings or even a season for that matter as there have been plenty of this kind who have struggled to come to grips with international level.

Whenever did Nayar ever had a great IPL?

 

[JaDed]

Not sure yet the only good thing about him is he is able to slog under pressure.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

IPL pitches are heaven for batting. Even Harbhajan looked like a special talent.

Harbhajan has won us matches against SA in SA smashing Morkel.

Underrated slogger.

 

[CricketAnalyst]

Kedhar Jadhav is a huge talent (bossed in first class, list A, last year's IPL, A tour to Aus quadrangular Cup which we won) but the amazing DD management didn't even let him bat and promptly lost after scoring 184-3 in 20 overs.

If you lose just 3 wickets in 20 overs and you score 180, its CRIMINAL.

Can't agree more with this.

Also, for those interested Deepak Hooda averages 50.63 in FC and 40+ with 89 SR in List A, although his sample sizes are small.

 

[Enforcer]

Deepak hooda is a terrific youngster. If he continues to perform like this, he will be in the 'A' side soon.

Meanwhile despite having such talents, our management still prefer Rayudu over players like Kedar Jadhav.

 

[CricketAnalyst]

whatever happened to Saurabh Tiwary or Abhishek Nayar, or some other players who had great IPL seasons? I wouldnt read too much into one IPL innings or even a season for that matter as there have been plenty of this kind who have struggled to come to grips with international level.

I don't recall either of them being great, but even then it won't prove anything.

Just the limitation of international format, because you need to keep team stability, and that means no matter how good players are it's very difficult to get in to an international side once someone has established a spot. It's very tough to get established, but once you do, it's even tougher to get dropped as Dhawan and Rahane have been demonstrating.

This is one reason I prefer IPL. There is no clash between team-building and rewarding merit, and there is room for more than 12-13 players to have a meaningful career where they compete regularly in matches.

 

[Abhilash93]

Too early to say

 

[Enforcer]

Kedhar Jadhav is a huge talent (bossed in first class, list A, last year's IPL, A tour to Aus quadrangular Cup which we won) but the amazing DD management didn't even let him bat and promptly lost after scoring 184-3 in 20 overs.

If you lose just 3 wickets in 20 overs and you score 180, its CRIMINAL.

Relax mate! such thinks happens in IPL. It is not a new thing. If you want to see a more selfish innings than Duminy, then have a look on this innings of Rahane. Absolutely unacceptable.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/current/match/548345.html

 

[CricketAnalyst]

Relax mate! such thinks happens in IPL. It is not a new thing. If you want to see a more selfish innings than Duminy, then have a look on this innings of Rahane. Absolutely unacceptable.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/current/match/548345.html

Brad Hodge was 100% worse. At least for most of the innings, Rahane's approach wasn't so wrong and if you look at the distribution he scored fast at the end. Hodge getting 22 (18) at that stage was the match-losing knock, though RR demonstrated there how not to chase a target.

 

[Enforcer]

Brad Hodge was 100% worse. At least for most of the innings, Rahane's approach wasn't so wrong and if you look at the distribution he scored fast at the end. Hodge getting 22 (18) at that stage was the match-losing knock, though RR demonstrated there how not to chase a target.

Rahane was there from the start, so he was well set and had already scored 50+ runs by then. So it was his duty to guide RR to the finishing line. Instaed he chose to bat safe, despite having a lot of wickets in hand.

Cooper is a big power hitter but didnot got a chance because of Rahane's selfish innings.

 

[CricketAnalyst]

Rahane was there from the start, so he was well set and had already scored 50+ runs by then. So it was his duty to guide RR to the finishing line. Instaed he chose to bat safe, despite having a lot of wickets in hand.

Cooper is a big power hitter but didnot got a chance because of Rahane's selfish innings.

I agree with you. I just think Hodge was worse. Even if he got out it was ok, but to waste 18 balls for 22 there is terrible. At least try and slog.

 

[Enforcer]

[MENTION=135134]CricketAnalyst[/MENTION] In the 19th Over of that match , when it only required 15 runs from 12 balls for RR to win. Rahane only scored 1 run in the first 3 balls of Morkel, despite being well set at 74! It has to be the most selfish innings in IPL

 

[chaiwala]

Looks like a slogger to me. In any case, India has a plethora of good batsmen. If only we could get some bowlers with "special talent."

 

[saeedhk]

I have been following him, he is a talented guy.He can be a very fine T20 player for India.

 

[Rawstar]

He amd Sarfarz Khan had few good partnerships in U-19 wc.....

Both were playing at decent strike rate..

Hope that Sarfaraz Khan will be included in few matches of RCB

 

[desi_launda]

Looks like a slogger to me. In any case, India has a plethora of good batsmen. If only we could get some bowlers with "special talent."

so what,we need sloggers.Dont underestimate them.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Relax mate! such thinks happens in IPL. It is not a new thing. If you want to see a more selfish innings than Duminy, then have a look on this innings of Rahane. Absolutely unacceptable.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/current/match/548345.html

Yeah buddy. Not at all hyper about it.

I was furious once cos Badri did the same for us and we lost like DD.

I saw that match. Rahane wasn't selfish. Him and Hodge simple choked after needing 15 runs off 12 balls. Morkel bowled a brute of an over.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

so what,we need sloggers.Dont underestimate them.

On the contrary we need proper batsmen who can hit cleanly as well for the shorter formats.

 

[Haripotter]

in first game he scored 30(15) and now 54(24) and he can bowl good overs ... An in the making

 

[CricketAnalyst]

On the contrary we need proper batsmen who can hit cleanly as well for the shorter formats.

Except anyone who tries to hit cleanly is labelled a 'slogger'. The only 'proper' batsmen are golden boys like Rahane who will prefer to lose the match then to try and score quickly.

 

[Random Aussie]

Meh India have loads of batters.

 

[Orbis]

People need to tone down their expectations, the likes of Hooda and Surya Yadav are out-and-out sloggers, Yusuf Pathan was more destructive than them and we all see how he turned out in international.

I don't see a future for Hooda, resembles a more meek Richard Levi.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Meh India have loads of batters.

We don't have genuine lower order strikers.

Your team has TONS of them.

 

[CricketAnalyst]

Another superb performance from Hooda. 13 (4) does not come close to describing how important that innings was. Run Rate was going towards 12, Smith was batting slow then and his two sixes brought the run rate below 10 and turned the momentum decisively. He was totally owned by Malinga, and I could sense this would happen because of Hooda's habit of exposing 3 stumps and Malinga's yorker, but still a beautiful performance.

 

[Orbis]

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..... against an unfit, aging Malinga and he is shown his place. God help him if he faces the likes of Junaid.

 

[Enforcer]

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..... against an unfit, aging Malinga and he is shown his place. God help him if he faces the likes of Junaid.

yeah the same Junaid who had an whooping average of 100+ in an ICC championship he managed to play, and was treated like spinner by Dhawan when they faced each other.

 

[CricketAnalyst]

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..... against an unfit, aging Malinga and he is shown his place. God help him if he faces the likes of Junaid.

No. Only Malinga. The problem is leg stump yorker is Malinga's favourite ball and Hooda gave it to him on a platter. He got bowled leg stump, full ball by Anureet Singh as well. With that technique he really needs to watch his leg stump when attacking quicker bowlers because the fast full leg stump ball is the obvious response to his moving across stumps and looking to cart it over long on or flick it behind square leg.

In this case, given the scoreline and the role he was supposed to play it was an acceptable risk if he thought he could hit the yorker for four, but I would have preferred to see him attack in a more conventional way. I'm not in the middle though, so there's no point second guessing one's selection. In any case, blaming a batsman for getting out hitting when there are 8 wickets, 6 overs left and 10 runs per over needed is not warranted.

 

[Saj]

104 off 57 balls.

That was quite an innings from him.

 

[JaDed]

Not sure yet the only good thing about him is he is able to slog under pressure.

Man this post was 7 years ago and my opinion is still the same lol

 

[Ab Fan]

He is again a spin basher like Shreyas Iyer. But if he can bowl a couple of overs, that's good to have.

 

[Moeey]

this is a joke right? this guy is pure garbage. cmon indian fans.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

He is again a spin basher like Shreyas Iyer. But if he can bowl a couple of overs, that's good to have.

And Pandya.

 

[Ab Fan]

And Pandya.

Krunal?? He is a better bowler than Hooda but worse batter than him.

 

[sweep_shot]

Struggled for a bit during the 1st T20 but was much better during 2nd T20.

Good prospect.

 

[MenInG]

Deepak Hooda and Sanju Samson's scripted India's highest-ever partnership in T20 Internationals (T20Is) with their massive stand against Ireland on Tuesday.

The two stitched up a 176-run partnership in just 87 deliveries to help India post 225/7. Their partnership eclipsed Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul's 165-run stand against Sri Lanka in 2017.

Samson contributed 67 off 34 in their partnership for the second wicket, while Hooda hit 98 off 53. Hooda eventually finished with 104 off 57 deliveries, while Samson scored 77 off 42.

Their partnership is also the biggest one for the second wicket and the ninth-highest overall in men's T20Is.

The list is headed by Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani, who had put on 236 runs for the first wicket against Ireland in 2019.

NDTV

 

[MenInG]

Deepak Hooda continued his fine touch in the ongoing tour as he struck a scintillating half century to help India beat Derbyshire county side by seven wickets in a T20 warm-up match. Hooda, who had smashed his maiden T20I ton in India's second match against Ireland, made 59 off 37 balls and shared 78 runs for the third wicket with Suryakumar Yadav (36 not out) as India chased down 151 with 20 balls to spare.

Hooda's knock was decorated with five fours and two sixes while Yadav, returning from injury, struck four boundaries and one six during his unbeaten innings on Friday.

Opener Sanju Samson also chipped in with a 30-ball 38 while Dinesh Karthik, who led the visiting side, remained not out on seven to see India home in 16.4 overs.

Earlier, speed merchant Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh grabbed two wickets apiece as India restricted Derbyshire to 150 for 8 after opting to field.

Axar Patel and Venkatesh Iyer took one wicket each as Derbyshire lost wickets at regular intervals. Wayne Madsen top-scored for Derbyshore with a 21-ball 28.

The visiting Indian side will play their second warm-up match against Northamptonshire on Sunday ahead of the three-match T20I series against England starting on July 7 in Southampton.

NDTV

 

[MenInG]

Amazing ramp shot by Hooda...Looks good for India

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

16 from 14 balls, not a good performance at all. Fans criticise Jadeja even when he scores at a strike rate of 135+ and wins India the match.

 

[MP2011]

Looked very nervous which is understandable.

 

[Ab Fan]

Decent cameo..Need to contribute with bowl too. Especially against the dangerous Fakhar who is their biggest match winner.

 

[MenInG]

Deepak Hooda 4/10 today in 2nd T20I - Best figures for India vs NZ in T20Is

 

[Ab Fan]

I think Deepak Hooda should bat at 4 and Samson at 5/6 in T20s. Hooda's bowling is decent enough and is a spin basher. He should replace Iyer in this format.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I think Deepak Hooda should bat at 4 and Samson at 5/6 in T20s. Hooda's bowling is decent enough and is a spin basher. He should replace Iyer in this format.

His bowling action has to be tested imo. It may be borderline legal but there's a bit of doubt about the flex

 

[Ab Fan]

His bowling action has to be tested imo. It may be borderline legal but there's a bit of doubt about the flex

I agree. It looked questionable today.

 

[giri26]

Not good enough. Should not be playing in T20I ahead of Sanju Samson or Shubman Gill. There are so many other batters who can play ahead of him in T20Is.

 

[Aseem_04]

Shubhman gill, Samson,Shaw ,Rajat Patidar,Tripathi, Tilak, Yash Dhull, Jaiswal,Shahbaz So many batting genius we have but I don't know why That failure who never turned in last 50 matches Motu Hack pant and this nothing player is playing ahead all of these quality players