38th Match - India v England

[Cabinet96]

Rohit like Bairstow looking scratchy for a lot of his innings but finding enough spells of boundary hitting to get a big score at a decent rate.

 

[mr_mister]

If he can get tons batting like a madman in tests he can do it in ODIs. No question. Silly analysis here

 

[wrongun]

If Pant falls early here would it make sense to send Pandya in considering the RR

 

[smash84]

i have never seen Pant bat. Is he a good batsman?

 

[Cabinet96]

If he can get tons batting like a madman in tests he can do it in ODIs. No question. Silly analysis here

There are examples of good attacking batsmen in tests not doing well in ODIs tbf. Matt Prior for example.

 

[mr_mister]

i have never seen Pant bat. Is he a good batsman?

Yep. His ton against us in a test 6 months ago was awesome

 

[wrongun]

Unless Rohit Sharma accelerates now or post his 100 , him being out there is bad for India

 

[mr_mister]

There are examples of good attacking batsmen in tests not doing well in ODIs tbf. Matt Prior for example.

Slater too I guess. But Pant also kills it in the IPL

It'd be weird to be a huge black hole of ability in this middle format for him

 

[vcs]

We need Pant to come off with Hardik to follow.

 

[Cabinet96]

Slater too I guess. But Pant also kills it in the IPL

It'd be weird to be a huge black hole of ability in this middle format for him

Just looked and he's played 5 ODIs so it is very silly. Though his List A record isn't great. Wonder where he batted for a lot of those games.

 

[weldone]

If Pant falls early here would it make sense to send Pandya in considering the RR

nah still too early for Hardik - he should finish in the last 8 or so overs max

 

[Bijed]

There are examples of good attacking batsmen in tests not doing well in ODIs tbf. Matt Prior for example.

Yeah, not sure whether it applies to Pant, but you can get big, fast (by test standard) scores in test matches by hitting lots of boundaries, but if you're not so hot on rotating the strike, you're going to be relatively limited as an ODI batsman

 

[Niall]

We need Pant to come off with Hardik to follow.

India will probably get 32 of 31 from Dhoni and you will like it

 

[Shri]

heh maybe the secret to pant potentially being successful is odis is for him to put away the lofted shots at the start of his innings

 

[weldone]

i have never seen Pant bat. Is he a good batsman?

He is Shahid Afridi now. But he will end up being much better than Afridi a few years hence if he matures.

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah, not sure whether it applies to Pant, but you can get big, fast (by test standard) scores in test matches by hitting lots of boundaries, but if you're not so hot on rotating the strike, you're going to be relatively limited as an ODI batsman

Rohit?

 

[Spintolose]

Liam Plunkett has come a long way...from that ugly action in 2006 vs India in India where they got hammered in that ODI series with Ahmed Shahzad lol to the WC. Why the f would they not select him over Moeen is a mystery.

It can only have been a 'political decision'.

It's no surprise that Plunkett didn't play in any of England's 3 defeats.

 

[Daemon]

For all the criticism of Rohit’s inning he’s pretty much batting at the same rate as the other centurion of the match.

 

[Member Berry]

pant has already been a huge upgrade on shankar by simply scoring a run a ball 15

 

[91Jmay]

So closely poised. Rohit drop hurting like hell. He is so dangerous but feel like his wicket and we are seriously in the catbird seat. Until then it is close.