Comments on: Try a pinch hitter! http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/08/29/try-a-pinch-hitter/ India-India-India Jai-Jai-Jai (i3j3) Sun, 27 May 2012 17:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mohank http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/08/29/try-a-pinch-hitter/#comment-4626 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:54:52 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/try-a-pinch-hitter/#comment-4626 I think Powar should bat with his red goggles on! That’s the only way he could connect bat to ball. On the evidence of what I have seen so far, the bat in his arm is only an instrument with which to swat mosquitoes! :-)

]]> By: sumit http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/08/29/try-a-pinch-hitter/#comment-4623 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:02:31 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/try-a-pinch-hitter/#comment-4623 dhoni has too much potential as a batsman to be sacrificed as a pinchhitter. a bowler who can throw his bat about makes an ideal pinchhitter. we only have agarkar who can do that, but he can’t hold his place in the side any more. pawar has never replicated his domestic batting at the international level. under the circs, best for dravid to go in at three and play normal cricket, instead of wasting a wicket.

]]> By: sanjaysub http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/08/29/try-a-pinch-hitter/#comment-4622 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:28:31 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/try-a-pinch-hitter/#comment-4622 Powar has actually opened a few times for Mumbai and scored runs. Afterall it is only a gamble! Dhoni definitely is a good option but I still think it is a bigger risk when playing a batsman short.

]]> By: blogesh http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/08/29/try-a-pinch-hitter/#comment-4621 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:08:21 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/try-a-pinch-hitter/#comment-4621 Sanjay, I actually like the idea of sending Dhoni in at No. 3. He is not your typical pinch hitter ( who comes in and just whacks the ball), nor is he the typical No. 3 like a Dravid or a Ponting. He usually likes to play slow the first 10-15 balls, get set and then play his strokes. The longer he stays at the crease, the higher he scores. Remember he once opened the innings and ended up with a score in the high hundreds…

Re: Pawar – Do you think he can hit over the top? I know someone like Zaheer or Agarkar(huh?) can, plus losing their wicket wouldn’t really matter – but I still don’t think that would be a good move. I basically think we don’t have a so called “pinch hitter”. Happy to be proven wrong, though :)

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