He is hardly a finisher.
There was that one ODI in England in 2007, the game where we tied the series 3-3.
Maybe because he hasn't played any ODI's since 2008? He hasn't been given a chance in the longest time. And when exactly does Pathan get a chance to get set? That's the whole point. The Indian batting line up cannot offer Pathan a chance to get set on most occasions. And he's not good enough for me when coming in during the 42/43'd over. He needs to come around 34/35th and that rarely happens. Hit better bowlers? Like who exactly? Uthappa has a more diverse set of shots and is better against fast bowlers at the death than Pathan. Simple as that. But yes I would Back Pathan to get a bigger score coming in around the 35th over.
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That I know. And deservedly so. I'm just saying that purely on a finisher basis Uthappa is better than Pathan. So should there ever be a vacancy for the #7 position it should go to Uthappa and not Pathan.
They're only overpaid in the sense that batsmen are over-valued in T20s - for the price of Gautam Gambhir, you could have landed yourself Zaheer, Steyn and Ohja.
Agree. Uthappa in T20's though.
He did not really finish any of the matches.
Yeah I rate Uthappa too. I reckon in 2009 I was one of the few guys left who still rated Uthappa and Rohit Sharma. Everyone rates Uthappa again... however I may still be alone on Rohit
He hasn't been given a chance because he had plenty of them and mostly failed plus has not exactly done anything special in the domestic competitions.
Agree that Mahela doesn't pull his weight with the bat often enough but other than that he had to back his specialist bowlers. At 14 to win off 12 he had to hope that it would indeed hold out till the last over IMO.Vinay Kumar only bowled 3 overs.
I don't understand what is the point of leaving your best bowler for the last over. Often it doesn't get there or they're defending 2 runs.
Mahela's captaincy has been awful.
and thats for tests or ODIs?Yeah I rate Uthappa too. I reckon in 2009 I was one of the few guys left who still rated Uthappa and Rohit Sharma. Everyone rates Uthappa again... however I may still be alone on Rohit
If Sachin ever retires I'd be happy with this:
Sehwag
Gambhir
Kohli
Yuvraj
Dhoni
Raina
Uthappa
No not really. Pathan has failed a ton of times despite the fact that he's been given a fair run in a specific position. Uthappa in his career has opened, batted in the middle order and lower down the order as well. It can be really annoying when you asked to in one place in 1 match and another in some other match. If you take a look at the 2 series in 2007 against Aus and Pak he got a chance to bat up the order as well. And his scores (baring 1 match) weren't good. Yet he scored when batting lower down. I don't think that's a coincidence. I'm also considering the overall package here. Uthappa's field > Pathan. Pathan can bowl but I don't consider it a massive plus point. With Yuvraj in full flow along with Kholi and Raina that's a nice group of fields we got. Thrown in Uthappa (even though he's a keeper these days) and it's even better.
ODIs man. No way Uthappa or Raina should be playing test cricket when you have Badrinath, Pujara and Rahane around.
