Hardik Pandya vs Pakistani spinners | Round Two

[Bhaijaan]

Pandya going berserk on the Pakistani spinners was the only real highlight of the match for Indians in their CT final disaster


I am sure the Pakistani spinners would like to avenge that when they get the opportunity to face him again in the World Cup few days from now.

Looking forward to this battle.

Maybe one of the quickies will get him out cheaply before spinners even get to him. It’s part of the game.

Are you looking forward to it?

 

[Captain caveman]

Pandya going berserk on the Pakistani spinners was the only real highlight of the match for Indians in their CT final disaster


I am sure the Pakistani spinners would like to avenge that when they get the opportunity to face him again in the World Cup few days from now.

Looking forward to this battle.

Maybe one of the quickies will get him out cheaply before spinners even get to him. It’s part of the game.

Are you looking forward to it?

lol yeah im sure fakhar(part time spinner )would want revenge.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Lol he only tonked Shadab and Fakhar. And Fakhar is a part time bowler

 

[Mamoon]

Lol he only tonked Shadab and Fakhar. And Fakhar is a part time bowler

He hit Imad for three consecutive sixes in the group game, so this is more of a round three than round two.

Pandya is a brilliant striker against spin. The amount power that he generates from his crease is exceptional.

 

[JattMaula]

I hope we don't need him to bat too much. Pandya phainti some other time please.

 

[Titan24]

He hit Imad for three consecutive sixes in the group game, so this is more of a round three than round two.

Pandya is a brilliant striker against spin. The amount power that he generates from his crease is exceptional.

Yes he is a good striker but its much easier to hit when match is almost already gone and you dont have much pressure. Also Imad isnt a big spinner of the ball, who could spin it away while keeping it a bit shorter than his arc.

 

[Titan24]

The only real casualty in that match was of Ashwin, who isnt with the LOI team anymore since that day.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Yes he is a good striker but its much easier to hit when match is almost already gone and you dont have much pressure. Also Imad isnt a big spinner of the ball, who could spin it away while keeping it a bit shorter than his arc.

He smoked Zampa for three sixes in a row, smoked Ashton turner for 3 sixes in a row, There is srilankan spinner he smoked three sixes in a row in Test. He massacred every spinner he has played against at any stage. I don't see any spinner in the world threatening him. Sure they can get him out when he makes a mistake. But his batting against pacers is what impressive. His helicopter six against Rabdaa was jaw dropping in the IPL. Ball was delivered at 150 kph. Also he also smoked Archer's 146 kph for six effortlessly. He has far more self confidence this time around. If you ask me he is in the best striking form among all Indian batsmen including Kohli, Rohit, Dhawan.

 

[BalluBalleBaaz]

He has massively improved batting against pace since then. Pandya after 40th over goes in beast mode. Crisp timing, power and finding the gaps.

 

[sshakir411]

Few sixes and Indians calling it a tonking. If that’s the case then Afridi should be referred to as the master butcher of Indian bowlers.

 

[Junaid_ahmed]

Is there any spinner we have in squad even?

 

[Mkumar825]

Few sixes and Indians calling it a tonking. If that’s the case then Afridi should be referred to as the master butcher of Indian bowlers.

He only got 2 chance vs Pakistan in odi

 

[shockbound]

I will be worried about cracking through the top order first.

 

[shockbound]

Few sixes and Indians calling it a tonking. If that’s the case then Afridi should be referred to as the master butcher of Indian bowlers.

The way people portray Kohli as ATG because of flat decks, Afridi would have been Sharma 2.0 of this generation.

 

[Rightarmfast]

Few sixes and Indians calling it a tonking. If that’s the case then Afridi should be referred to as the master butcher of Indian bowlers.

Lolz! I think you have watched too many highlights instead of matches. Afridi's grand average against India is 25.4!!! You call that Sharma 2.0? Which world do you live in?

 

[cr7great]

haa haa, he is going to get out on duck.

 

[Chokli]

The way people portray Kohli as ATG because of flat decks, Afridi would have been Sharma 2.0 of this generation.

You need a brain for that, Afridi lacked a brain.

 

[Slog]

The way people portray Kohli as ATG because of flat decks, Afridi would have been Sharma 2.0 of this generation.

Stop embarassing yourself

Afridi didn’t get out due to tough pitches

 

[Captain caveman]

To be fair hes very good at tonking spinners . I suggest pak dont bowl any spinners to him.
Bowl WAHAB at him with instructions to bowl nose high 150kph bouncers l!

 

[The Viper]

Hardik is devastating against spin and honestly I could see him smoking our spinners.

 

[Hawkeye]

Keep Imad Wasim AWAY in that game. (Or any game for that matter.)

Or, we'll lose badly!

Their batters absolutely love his pies.

 

[jnaveen1980]

He is a natural hitter against spin. Not that he won't mishit. He can like all players. But i am not too bothered. But i am curious to see his helicopter shot he has been working on against seamers. He was very effective with that shot against fast yorkers in the IPL. He may be inconsistent. But when he clicks Watch out.

 

[Swashbuckler]

I hope we don't have to rely on Pandya's batting, an Asia Cup repeat will do for my nervous system, thank you

 

[Mirpur express]

Wahab will give some chin music followed by an in swinging yorke .. the end lol

 

[Mueez]

Do not fear when Amir is here!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Wahab will give some chin music followed by an in swinging yorke .. the end lol

Wahab's career economy rate against India is 7.34 lol

 

[jnaveen1980]

Do not fear when Amir is here!

6 matches 5 wickets against India. 3 in one match. That means just 2 wickets in other 5 matches. His strike rate is poor.

 

[Captain caveman]

Keep Imad Wasim AWAY in that game. (Or any game for that matter.)

Or, we'll lose badly!

Their batters absolutely love his pies.

You really dont like imad!
You do realise his going to be the next captain of pakistan odi team?

 

[Hawkeye]

You really dont like imad!
You do realise his going to be the next captain of pakistan odi team?

I want Pak to win.

Also, I'm the first person landing on Mars.

 

[Captain caveman]

I want Pak to win.

Also, I'm the first person landing on Mars.

lol. You probably get beaten to the post by imad.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

He hit Imad for three consecutive sixes in the group game, so this is more of a round three than round two.

Pandya is a brilliant striker against spin. The amount power that he generates from his crease is exceptional.

OP was talking specifically about CT final

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Imad vs Pandya I want to see. While Pandya can tonk Imad for few, Imad is smart enough to get him out.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

You really dont like imad!
You do realise his going to be the next captain of pakistan odi team?

He should first try to become a regular member of this team. As far as captaincy is concerned Babar, Imam, Zaman are all ahead of him.

 

[zulfiqar]

He is an X-factor and I think it's a brilliant move for India to have someone like that in the line-up. It just makes it that much harder to prepare for the Indian batting line-up (Pandya, get in line behind Rohit, Kohli & Dhoni)!

That's why the best thing to do against India is to bat first and put a massive total to put them under scoreboard pressure. If you're chasing against them, you need very talented players who know how to pace their innings (i.e. England stands out, and Australia to an extent). If Pakistan have to field first, playing against India will be a nightmare 4 out of 5 games (you will always have a shot against India even then because like any team they can sometimes self-implode).

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

He should first try to become a regular member of this team. As far as captaincy is concerned Babar, Imam, Zaman are all ahead of him.

Not too long ago, Mickey Arthur and then PCB chairman Najam Sethi both backed Imad as the next captain so I would say he is ahead of all three of those guys. Particularly Imam and Babar whom I don't see becoming captains anytime soon because they're too young and young captains can be a very big problem in Pak Cricket as history has shown.

Imad captained in U-19 and has always been touted as having a good tactical mind. He certainly has more leadership qualities than anyone else in the side

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

He is a natural hitter against spin. Not that he won't mishit. He can like all players. But i am not too bothered. But i am curious to see his helicopter shot he has been working on against seamers. He was very effective with that shot against fast yorkers in the IPL. He may be inconsistent. But when he clicks Watch out.

Yeah. All of us are waiting for that moment since last CT Final.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Yeah. We are all waiting for that moment since last CT Final.

He has won 2 man of the matches in 22 innings he got to bat after CT. Even in NZ his late flourish of 45 helped India put up a decent total. That is atleast 3 match turning performances with bat. Mostly he wasn't required to bat.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Many Pakistanis are concerned about the Hardik Pandya factor and rightly so. He’s a game changer and is particularly devastating against spin.

 

[Captain caveman]

Many Pakistanis are concerned about the Hardik Pandya factor and rightly so. He’s a game changer and is particularly devastating against spin.

To be honest with you, pandya is the indian player, i'm least worried about.

 

[gazza619]

I have the idea of the decade.

How about we play 5 quickies against India

 

[gazza619]

Imad vs Pandya I want to see. While Pandya can tonk Imad for few, Imad is smart enough to get him out.

I would not pick Imad against India to be honest.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I have the idea of the decade.

How about we play 5 quickies against India

We will play 5 spinners against you then.

 

[Mamoon]

OP was talking specifically about CT final

I think he probably forgot about the group game because that was round one. The Champions Trophy Final was round 2.

 

[shockbound]

Stop embarassing yourself

Afridi didn’t get out due to tough pitches

Swing was for most of the times. Ball moving around was a norm back then. Yes often it was due to dumbness but he would have fared way better in these times.

You need a brain for that, Afridi lacked a brain.

Dont need that for such lifeless tracks.

 

[Suleiman]

Hafeez the unbroken will end this man’s career with his tweaks.

 

[sshakir411]

Lolz! I think you have watched too many highlights instead of matches. Afridi's grand average against India is 25.4!!! You call that Sharma 2.0? Which world do you live in?

Where did I say he’s Sharma 2.0? I said if Hardik’s less than 10 sixes against Pakistan are anything to boast about then Indians should refer to Lala as the butcher who literally chopped up generations of their bowlers like a cow on Eid.

 

[CadPakFan]

Hardik will be very dangerous against our spinners, hopefully the pacers take care of him before spin is introduced. I remember in the CT final Hardik smacking Shadab leaving me speechless as I was hyping up Shadab a lot especially after the Yuvraj review.

 

[ali2220]

Many Pakistanis are concerned about the Hardik Pandya factor and rightly so. He’s a game changer and is particularly devastating against spin.

That practically means a scenario where indian top three plus atg KL have failed and pandya doing damages for india.Dont think its going to happen, but am not sure why a Pakistani would fear that.

 

[ali2220]

Hardik will be very dangerous against our spinners, hopefully the pacers take care of him before spin is introduced. I remember in the CT final Hardik smacking Shadab leaving me speechless as I was hyping up Shadab a lot especially after the Yuvraj review.

We are playing with just 1 specialist spinner in Shadab, if he bats then pacers should start bowling.

 

[jnaveen1980]

That practically means a scenario where indian top three plus atg KL have failed and pandya doing damages for india.Dont think its going to happen, but am not sure why a Pakistani would fear that.

Don't want that scenario either. Ideally Pandya batting in the last 10 will be great.

 

[Titan24]

I guess by now whole cricketing world knows Pandya favours spinners, obviously if the captain will have the option he will keep on going against him with a pacers.

By the way, I dont think so he is Gayle or ABD that captain will be thinking about him day and night due to 4 50s he has made in his ODI career.

I guess any sensible team would be more worried about top 3 of India which rarely fails.

 

[pratiktc]

It should be commonsense now to attack Pandya with chin music/back of length once he comes out.
He is devastating against spin and full pitched ball.

Make him pull and cut which are not his forte

 

[Mkumar825]

It should be commonsense now to attack Pandya with chin music/back of length once he comes out.
He is devastating against spin and full pitched ball.

Make him pull and cut which are not his forte

Then I think you don't watched him recently.

 

[Bhaijaan]

I think he probably forgot about the group game because that was round one. The Champions Trophy Final was round 2.

You are right bro.
[MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] Please do the needful brother

 

[Bhaijaan]

It should be commonsense now to attack Pandya with chin music/back of length once he comes out.
He is devastating against spin and full pitched ball.

Make him pull and cut which are not his forte

Do you even get to see him bat. He is bit of a genius at cutting anything slightly off. How he manages it with the least space available between ball and bat is quite amazing.

And his pulling at shorr pitch bowling is quite effort less.

What i do believe in is the theory that your strength often becomes your weakness. Get him out with jaffa which will get anyone out or entice him to go aftee you and play a loose shot.

 

[hadi123]

I'm more worried about getting through their top order first tbh

 

[pakistani pride]

I think he probably forgot about the group game because that was round one. The Champions Trophy Final was round 2.

Dude who cares about a group match.
Its all about the final.

 

[Rightarmfast]

Where did I say he’s Sharma 2.0? I said if Hardik’s less than 10 sixes against Pakistan are anything to boast about then Indians should refer to Lala as the butcher who literally chopped up generations of their bowlers like a cow on Eid.

Exactly thats what I am saying. if you think a grand total of 25 is butchering, you need to get your eyes checked.

 

[sshakir411]

Exactly thats what I am saying. if you think a grand total of 25 is butchering, you need to get your eyes checked.

25? Did you forget the the butchering Lala has put Indians thru in tests, Odis, and t20s? Whatever the combined number might be it sure is greater than 10 which Hardik hasn’t even reached yet. So quit calling Hardik’s sixes as tonking when you can’t appreciate 25

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

25? Did you forget the the butchering Lala has put Indians thru in tests, Odis, and t20s? Whatever the combined number might be it sure is greater than 10 which Hardik hasn’t even reached yet. So quit calling Hardik’s sixes as tonking when you can’t appreciate 25

Afridi in his initial years against India was a beast. His average declined when he started batting down the order and gave more importance to his bowling. His average never recovered after that.

And you can't expect fans to remember old innings from Afridi. May be the guy you quoted was not even born back then.

 

[jnaveen1980]

25? Did you forget the the butchering Lala has put Indians thru in tests, Odis, and t20s? Whatever the combined number might be it sure is greater than 10 which Hardik hasn’t even reached yet. So quit calling Hardik’s sixes as tonking when you can’t appreciate 25

Lala was a match winner.
He was always a threat. He was the second most threat for Indian fans for a brief period. First was jayasuriya. I dreaded
Playing against SL just because of that guy. Afridi has won a lot of matches for Pak against India. Pandya hasn’t reached that stage yet. He may not reach fully. Only pak fans can tell whether he is considered as a threat or not. Not Indian fans. We want everyone to be threat. It doesn’t always pan out well. Not everyone can be a viru

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Pandya going berserk on the Pakistani spinners was the only real highlight of the match for Indians in their CT final disaster


I am sure the Pakistani spinners would like to avenge that when they get the opportunity to face him again in the World Cup few days from now.

Looking forward to this battle.

Maybe one of the quickies will get him out cheaply before spinners even get to him. It’s part of the game.

Are you looking forward to it?

will he even gets to bat?
if India is chasing he won't.
if we are batting first he may