Re: Yuvraj Singh is a phenomenal talent

DJ_Smerk · by DJ_Smerk on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 02:18

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerDismissBatGraph.asp?PlayerID=2949

It seems that Yuvraj must play with an angled bat rather than playing straight. The angled bat usually aims to the Third man area in T20's to gain a quick one or two and maybe the odd four.

This pie chart recognises where his problem lies.

PlanetPakistan · by PlanetPakistan on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 02:20

Josh Carney wrote:
PlanetPakistan wrote:There are people with inferior batting techniques and far inferior ball striking ability who are currently doing alright in test cricket

so why can't yuvraj?
He has been given a long rope in test cricket. Strking ability means nothing in test Cricket if one cannot keep the good balls out.

Cant disagree with that

It must be a lack of mental preparation before a test match/series which is the cause of such average results.

PlanetPakistan · by PlanetPakistan on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 02:21

DJ_Smerk wrote:Striking the ball usually matters when they can master a solid forward defence. The Yuvraj generation seem to think that all cricket is about is smacking the ball as far as you can. The art of Test Cricket requires strategy and thought in every delivery.

Putting Yuvraj as Captain of an IPL team is pretty much the only team he'll be captaining.

He captains the Punjab team? if yes then how did they do this year?

DJ_Smerk · by DJ_Smerk on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 02:22

T20 and Test Cricket are a world apart.

I don't think he could captain India to any major success IMO.

Henry · by Henry on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 02:32

I've always said that he's the most naturally gifted Indian batsman since Tendulkar. However, a slightly lazy and carefree attitude has held him back so far when it comes to test cricket.

buckSH · by buckSH on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 03:23

Once you have met his father, you shall lose all/any opinion of him whatsoever.

Josh Carney · by Josh Carney on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 03:55

It is actually quite commendable that Yuvraj has achieved quite a bit despite his Father.

Henry · by Henry on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 04:07

He's the sort of batsman India should persist with in test cricket because he has the priceless ability to change the course of a game in a session. Pretty much all of his test centuries have come with India in trouble as well, so I don't buy the FTB tag that is often given to him.

horace · by horace on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 04:57

The great YUVI may not be phenomenal but his dad is a phenomenal promoter of his son

Chandan · by Chandan on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 05:34

Henry wrote:He's the sort of batsman India should persist with in test cricket because he has the priceless ability to change the course of a game in a session. Pretty much all of his test centuries have come with India in trouble as well, so I don't buy the FTB tag that is often given to him.

He just needs some mental adjustment and a better defence. A little more discipline and fitness won't hurt either. India are playing 2 or rather 3 series in this season in the subcontinent. I hope for a much better performance from Yuvraj.

But even if he improves a lot, he won't score more than 5-6 thousand runs in the test.

Josh Carney · by Josh Carney on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 05:37

What are India's upcoming test commitments ?

Chandan · by Chandan on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 05:43

Josh Carney wrote:What are India's upcoming test commitments ?

In tests we have a 3 test series with Lanka in India in Nov 2009, 3 test series with SA in Dec-Jan 09-10, and a 2 test series with Bangladesh after that.

Josh Carney · by Josh Carney on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 05:45

Tests in SA, that should be good.

horace · by horace on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 05:47

is there any talk about whether the SL'ers will tour India or not - re safety concerns...SL in particular having been shot up once already will be very mindful of security issues

doremi · by doremi on Tue 30 Jun 2009, 05:50

Chandan wrote:
Josh Carney wrote:What are India's upcoming test commitments ?

In tests we have a 3 test series with Lanka in India in Nov 2009, 3 test series with SA in Dec-Jan 09-10, and a 2 test series with Bangladesh after that.

He'll do well not to get dropped during the Lanka series. For all his experience, he's still pretty clueless against good spin bowling.

Also, nice to see we have two really tough series coming up. Hopefully the FTB quotient of the team will be significantly less than it is now.