did you not just see the recent T20I series vs South Africa D.. Barely beat them. Think only ENG/NZ can stop an India win. Got to fancy India to win the T20 World Cup this year and then the 50 over wc in 2023 Nikhil BhaiPakistan?
Not saying PAK will definitely do well but they can , on their day, beat any team in the tournament. It's a much better team than the one they had last time under Afridi/Waqar
T20 is a funny game. Even SA, Pak and SL have a chance. Teams just need 2 players to be in the forms of their lives.
I would play KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper batsman and drop Pant who is a pretty average batsman in T20s with a strike rate of 122 only.
I would play KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper batsman and drop Pant who is a pretty average batsman in T20s with a strike rate of 122 only.
I would play KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper batsman and drop Pant who is a pretty average batsman in T20s with a strike rate of 122 only.
On what basis?
Every team in the world would give an arm or leg to have Pant in their team on a format tailor made for him. I am sure most Pakistani fans would happily swap Rizwan with Pant too for T20s. The fact that you want to drop our biggest asset raises my suspicion on you being an ICT fan
On what basis?
Statistics are not relevant when talking about a cricketer who is less than 25 year old.
The likes of Kishan, Samson and Iyer can win you one match but in a WT20 final with 15 runs left of one over and Jofra Archer steaming in, you would need a terrific batsman and a match winner like Rishabh Pant to get your team cross the line.
Even Pandya will struggle to get the team past the line. He will probably start dancing on field after hitting one six
Big words there. I heard similar stuff about Pandya too but it seems you are starting to lose confidence in him too. Or will it be back once Pandya's plays one good inning after 10 bad innings again? You said Kishan(who is 23 by the way) and others can win one match. How many T20 matches did Pant finish for India? What's wrong in playing KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper batsman in T20s, dropping Pant and playing another specialist batsman/bowler?
The fact that you want an average T20 batsman in your team raises my suspicion on you being an ICT fan.
So a player can't be called an average player based on his stats just because he is 23? I mean I didn't see you using this logic on Prithvi Shaw when he was being criticised by many fans and was called average after 36 all out? Infact you were also jumping on him. FYI he was 21 at that time. You should have waited for 4 more years before criticising him lol. I guess your hypocrisy is both comical as well as laughable too.
Take a poll and you will find most (if not all) cricket fans would want Pant in the T20 team. So you are surely in minority. You understand this too and just pretending. C'mmon dude
But then again, I know from where all these nervousness coming from and why you want our MVP Pant to be dropped. Dont worry its just one match and he may very well fail in that game....so relax
Anyways, why wait for four years when the replacements, Pant and Gill won us a test series in Australia in a matter of one month and especially resulted in our greatest test win ever, Gabba
It has gone down as one of the masterclass predictions in PP as it resulted in a win which we can moan about for decades. Right now, it is still like 6-7 months only, ohh I understand the bitterness is still there.
Poll lol? I thought you will share some videos of his match winning innings in IT20s. I am disappointed. Just because people don't agree with your so called superior opinion doesn't mean they want India to lose. Same guys who were going after me when I used to question Pandya as well are now starting to realise too that Pandya is nowhere near their hype. Happened with KL Rahul too. May be now you can understand from where all this nervousness coming from?
Anyway I am still looking for a solid reason why Pant should be in the T20 team and why can't KL Rahul play as a wicketkeeper batsman? Do you have any answer or going to keep spouting rubbish just for the sake of it?
I would pick KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper over Pant in T20s and play a specialist batsman/bowler instead. How is Strike Rate not important now when this was the only criteria for some of you to prefer Pandya over others in this team lol? Correct me if I am wrong but Pant is the only one who has the lowest strike rate in the top 6 currently in the T20 team.Pandya, Rahul and Pant - all 3 are world class players and vital to our chances in T20 side. So all of them will play.
Though Pant has not lit the world on fire in T20 stage yet, considering his potential I am sure he will do more in future. His highest score is already more than MS Dhoni's entire career with almost similar strike. Also his strike rate of 123 is not that bad...he will only improve from here. I mean our world no.1 T20 batsman Babar Azam also bats at a strike rate of 130. So a bit leeway can be given to Pant.
Also remember how before Australia tour you were going on and on about how Pant is a failure in test cricket and how Saha deserve to play above him. Had people followed your intelligence we would have never won the series there. So sometimes you pick players on intution, potential and cricket acumen. Hence I said, every team in the world would pick Rishabh Pant on their T20 team (maybe except Eng).
Then again, you know all these very well too but just pretending
I would pick KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper over Pant in T20s and play a specialist batsman/bowler instead. How is Strike Rate not important now when this was the only criteria for some of you to prefer Pandya over others in this team lol? Correct me if I am wrong but Pant is the only one who has the lowest strike rate in the top 6 currently in the T20 team.
)Who said strike rate is not important? Are you seriously doubting Pant's ability to improve his strike rate when he is one of the most destructive hitters in the world? If anything he was dropped from the team for being borderline reckless and was asked to take time in the middle. Strike rate is least of Pant's concern...lol.
There are no specialist batsman in India who can replace Pant in the middle order. Which specialist batsman you are thinking anyway - Pandey, Nair, Iyer, Kishan, Rana, Shankar?
Or you want Kedar Jadhav again?
C'mmon Viru paaji
Who said strike rate is not important? Are you seriously doubting Pant's ability to improve his strike rate when he is one of the most destructive hitters in the world? If anything he was dropped from the team for being borderline reckless and was asked to take time in the middle. Strike rate is least of Pant's concern...lol.
There are no specialist batsman in India who can replace Pant in the middle order. Which specialist batsman you are thinking anyway - Pandey, Nair, Iyer, Kishan, Rana, Shankar?
Or you want Kedar Jadhav again?
C'mmon Viru paaji
) Pant has already played 32 T20 matches for India. Isn't that a good sample?
Lol jadhav too had a similar Strike Rate. Guess what he was dropped after 9 games. Rana hasn't played any T20s. Iyer and Pandey keep getting in and out of the team when they don't perform. Shankar too was average and was dropped after 9 games. Pandya is slightly better than Shankar. I can see you have already given up on Kishan who is also 23 years old and has only played 3 matches with a SR of 145? So Pandya with 49 T20 games is in the team because of his strike rate and Pant is in the team because of intuition. Had other guys got these many games they would have also won 1 match after every 7-8 matches they played for India.
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Why dont you name then which specialist batsman you want to replace Pant in our middle order?
Who said I have given up on Kishan? Stop assuming things. I wont take him to world cup though bcoz he is not ready yet.
Below will be the team for WT20 (more or less):
Rohit
Dhawan/Shaw (Based on IPL form)
Kohli
Rahul
SKY
Pant
Panyda
Chahal/R.Chahar (Based on IPL form)
Chakravarty
Bumrah
Shami/Siraj (Based on IPL form)
The above team in enough for UAE and will lift the cup...you can thank me later
