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***Official*** India in South Africa 2021-22

Teja.

Teja.

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Spark said:
Oh yeah I'm just trying to contextualise why he might fail the "eye test", which implicitly is a "how do you think he'd do in all conditions?" test, as that's the ultimate test of a cricketer's technical skillset.
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It's also worth noting that Thakur is basically a near 100% starter in away games and was just injured for a couple of them.

In home games, India has a very distinct strategy of playing 2 pacers who generally open the bowling which makes it much harder for pacers to get selected than usual due to how OP Ashwin/Jadeja/Axar are at the moment. You're competing for 2 slots with Bumrah, SIraj, new Ishant and the likes of a Shami or a Umesh who average 20 at home in conditions where we don't need the batting quite as much. You also need to almost exclusively open the bowling. The competition is so steep that there is a often a legit argument for overlooking a fit Bumrah who is an ATG quality bowler.

It's absolutely brutal to get picked regularly as a fast bowling all rounder in the Indian test side in India right now and several great all rounders across history with excellent careers and a combination of thousands of runs/hundreds of wickets would struggle to do so due to not being fitting the niche of being a opening fast bowler who averages 20-22.

It's really harsh to penalize Thakur for that IMO. Especially when he's in the middle of his fifth test.
 
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CricAddict

CricAddict

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Spark said:
Without wanting to downplay what Thakur has done, Jamieson also has been picked for every game he's been available for of late - including those on really unfavourable pitches for his bowling.

As ever, getting left out of Tests when they conditions aren't clearly in your favour is a eligibility fail for me to be classed as a high quality Test cricketer. Clearly a matchwinner in the right conditions though.
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Can't agree with this logic. Broad got dropped last test while Olonga played all tests for Zimbabwe.

When you have such good depth in the pace bowling ranks like india has now currently with Bumrah Shami Siraj Umesh and Ishant, it is very difficult to get a game unless conditions warrant a fourth pacer.

Jamieson is much better than Thakur imo but this logic is not right.
 
Spark

Spark

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hmm, think that's a bit poor from maharaj. not really necessary to go that hard.

but i guess when it's bouncers and beamers, you're not that keen to get in line.
 
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