Hemang Badani - Does he deserve another chance in the ODI team?

Question

I had always believed that players who make a 50 against australia is way ahead of someone who scores a double hundred against say Bangladesh or Zimbabwe. Badani i feel is one of the guys who can put a brave front against the best of attacks. He played really well to score a 100 against Australia. And also Laxman has made ODI hundreds against Australia in Australia. And we know how Yuvraj opened his account against Australia in Kenya with a 80+. Badani had always done well in the Ranji finals scored a big hundred some 3 years back which Sachin hailed as one of the best knocks. He is a very good fielder and i feel he should be given another chance in place of pretenders like Raina , Kaif and to some extent Mongia.

regards,
Ramkumar R

Answer 1

Badani had enough chances to cement his place in the Indian side> However, he could not do so. Hence chances of his call back to Indian Team are very remote

Answer 2

yes, just look in his career

Hemang Badani

India

Player profile

Full name Hemang Kamal Badani
Born November 14, 1976, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Current age 29 years 363 days
Major teams India, Tamil Nadu
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Statsguru Test player, ODI player



Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 4 7 1 94 38 15.66 248 37.90 0 0 11 1 6 0
ODIs 40 36 10 867 100 33.34 1180 73.47 1 4 68 10 13 0
First-class 92 128 18 5428 164 49.34 13 35 70 0
List A 124 114 28 3600 111* 41.86 5 22 48 0

Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 4 48 17 0 - - - 2.12 - 0 0 0
ODIs 40 183 149 3 1/7 1/7 49.66 4.88 61.00 0 0 0
First-class 92 738 416 6 1/6 69.33 3.38 123.00 0 0
List A 124 793 712 20 2/8 2/8 35.60 5.38 39.65 0 0 0

Career statistics

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Test debut Zimbabwe v India at Harare - Jun 15-18, 2001 scorecard
Last Test Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC) - Aug 29-Sep 2, 2001 scorecard
ODI debut Bangladesh v India at Dhaka - May 30-31, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI Pakistan v India at Karachi - Mar 13, 2004 scorecard
First-class span 1996/97 - 2005/06
List A span 1996/97 - 2006/07

Answer 3

I agree that Australia is not playing with their best team which should be: Batting: Mike Hussey; MJ Clarke; RT Ponting; Cameroon White; Shaun Marsh. Bowling: Bollinger; McKay; Nannes (or Steve Smith); Tait All Rounder: Watson Keeper: Haddin. I don't like Haddin opening. Just because Adam Gilchrist was a success, they are opening with a keeper. England is trying with Prior and Davies. Australia should open with Watson and Marsh.

Answer 4

Yes Hemang Badani deserve for another chance in Indian Team

Answer 5

this is your thought but the selectors think different. there are many other players who play better . kaif ,raina srisanth ganguly yuvraj are also in the line.there are very less chance for badani to be selected in indian team.

Answer 6

Well if Yuvi is not fit then he should be considered for his place becoz he could play that role at no.5.+good fielder and teamman,could prove vital as he has the ability to score on bad pitches(not placid)and tricky tracks.

Well suited for LOI's with expereince but in his way are
1.VVS
2.Rohit Sharma
3.S Badrinath.

Answer 7

defnitely he should get a chance than other players in the team liks kaif or mongia.the determination and the confidence he has shown in the earlier matches indicates that

Answer 8

Hemang Badani, no doubt a good fighter, but he lost his chances due to poor selection systems.

To raise voice in the selection committee, first their zonal represtation must assured by their zonal chief, So Hemang is out in first step because there is no one who is representing him.

Answer 9

he deserve a place in place of kaif but not in place of mongia.
he is a kind of player who score in some innings and fail in most of the innings

Answer 10

Of course he deserves it. Have you seen the movie Iqbal, its a cricket movie based on Hemang. He cant talk, he is mute. He is a hard worker and definitely deserves it, excellent player.