Comments on: Haladhar Das http://kirkit.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/haladhar-das/ The Ball Stops Here Fri, 08 May 2009 10:43:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kunal http://kirkit.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/haladhar-das/#comment-31 Kunal Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:50:21 +0000 http://kirkit.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-31 Utkarsh, I agree that Gilchrist is the one who changed the perception ... and even I hope Dhoni is kept in team as specialist batsman, being a captain, a wicketkeeper, and a premier batsman of the team would be really strenuous... The biologist, the andy(s) were good, but nowhere close to Gilchrist :) andy flower had his major chunk of success only against India. harsh, eve I credit John Wright to the resurgence on Indian team.. hope Kirsten too is good ... Ramakanta, ohh!! I wish we had such powers :D Utkarsh, I agree that Gilchrist is the one who changed the perception … and even I hope Dhoni is kept in team as specialist batsman, being a captain, a wicketkeeper, and a premier batsman of the team would be really strenuous…

The biologist, the andy(s) were good, but nowhere close to Gilchrist :) andy flower had his major chunk of success only against India.

harsh, eve I credit John Wright to the resurgence on Indian team.. hope Kirsten too is good …

Ramakanta, ohh!! I wish we had such powers :D

]]> By: Ramakanta http://kirkit.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/haladhar-das/#comment-30 Ramakanta Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:42:35 +0000 http://kirkit.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-30 Please give him a chance at Team India. Please give him a chance at Team India.

]]> By: harsh http://kirkit.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/haladhar-das/#comment-28 harsh Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:16:01 +0000 http://kirkit.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-28 a lot has changed in indian cricket since john wright became the coach...the mentality of the indian team and thus of domestic teams have changed....we are now getting so many good fielders...at one time robin singh was the only one who could fly and catch the ball... a lot has changed in indian cricket since john wright became the coach…the mentality of the indian team and thus of domestic teams have changed….we are now getting so many good fielders…at one time robin singh was the only one who could fly and catch the ball…

]]> By: The biologist http://kirkit.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/haladhar-das/#comment-27 The biologist Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:40:54 +0000 http://kirkit.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-27 utkarsh saab .. you forgot .. andy flower .. alec stewart etc :D utkarsh saab .. you forgot .. andy flower .. alec stewart etc :D

]]> By: utkarsh http://kirkit.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/haladhar-das/#comment-26 utkarsh Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:49:54 +0000 http://kirkit.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-26 I think the resurgence of wicketkeeper batsmen owes a lot to Gilchrist. Ever since he came in, teams have looked upon their wicket keepers to also score some runs. Sometimes, the teams have sacrificed the keeping abilities to find someone who could bat (for example Rahul Dravid), but most teams ended up with finding keepers who messed up both the jobs over a period of time (Ramdin and Prior, for example). The keeper is no longer looked upon just as a transition between the middle order and the tail enders. Boucher and dhoni and Gilchrist could have made into the team based on their batting abilities. But I dont think that Dhoni the batsman, would be under any pressure. I think , over time , selectors will ease him out of the wicket keeping role and make sure he doesn't have all the pressure in the world on his shoulders. Dhoni as specialist fielder and Karthik as batsman-keeper seems to be a good combination to me. The point in making Dhoni only a fielder and not the keeper is to keep him away from burning out. I think the resurgence of wicketkeeper batsmen owes a lot to Gilchrist. Ever since he came in, teams have looked upon their wicket keepers to also score some runs. Sometimes, the teams have sacrificed the keeping abilities to find someone who could bat (for example Rahul Dravid), but most teams ended up with finding keepers who messed up both the jobs over a period of time (Ramdin and Prior, for example).
The keeper is no longer looked upon just as a transition between the middle order and the tail enders. Boucher and dhoni and Gilchrist could have made into the team based on their batting abilities.
But I dont think that Dhoni the batsman, would be under any pressure. I think , over time , selectors will ease him out of the wicket keeping role and make sure he doesn’t have all the pressure in the world on his shoulders. Dhoni as specialist fielder and Karthik as batsman-keeper seems to be a good combination to me. The point in making Dhoni only a fielder and not the keeper is to keep him away from burning out.

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