IPL Team - Bangalore Royal Challengers
Ranji Trophy Team - yet to debut, (from Bengal),
IPL Performance - Got a chance very late, but impressed with a fine fifty but more importantly superb glove work. The stumping off Kumble was awesome but the gather to get the run-out was simply exceptional. Also, importantly, he walked when the umpire gave him not out in the last game. Shows tremendous character for someone so young to walk away like that (he does rate Gilchrist as his idol)
Features - Free-flowing batting, excellent natural keeper, livewire in the field, has great character
Concerns - Not sure about his ability to hit over the top, does play dot balls in between his strokes. In short, not quite the finished product yet.
Suggestions - Let him play first class cricket for 2-3 years grooming him as a back-up keeper for Dhoni. At some point when Dhoni decides keeping is too much for him, we should have a ready replacement. Being 9 years younger to Dhoni he has more of a chance to succeed him than Karthik, Parthiv etal.
Ranji Trophy Team - yet to debut, (from Bengal),
IPL Performance - Got a chance very late, but impressed with a fine fifty but more importantly superb glove work. The stumping off Kumble was awesome but the gather to get the run-out was simply exceptional. Also, importantly, he walked when the umpire gave him not out in the last game. Shows tremendous character for someone so young to walk away like that (he does rate Gilchrist as his idol)
Features - Free-flowing batting, excellent natural keeper, livewire in the field, has great character
Concerns - Not sure about his ability to hit over the top, does play dot balls in between his strokes. In short, not quite the finished product yet.
Suggestions - Let him play first class cricket for 2-3 years grooming him as a back-up keeper for Dhoni. At some point when Dhoni decides keeping is too much for him, we should have a ready replacement. Being 9 years younger to Dhoni he has more of a chance to succeed him than Karthik, Parthiv etal.
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very good observation and suggestion gaurav...keep'em coming...
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