Sunil Gavaskar Hits Out at Selectors for Dropping Ajinkya Rahane From T20 Squad !!!

[velu]

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New Delhi: Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has once again put his weight behind Ajinkya Rahane and he also hit out at selectors for dropping the stylish opener for the upcoming T20I series against Australia.
 

 

Despite putting on a fine performance with the bat against Australia in the ODI series, Rahane was once again dropped from the team but KL Rahul — who didn't play a single match in the series — secured a place in the squad. This has not got down too well with Gavaskar and he has let his feelings known.

 

 

"The man (Rahane) who has scored four consecutive fifties, why is he not included in the team? KL Rahul is a fine player, but he didn't play a single game in the five-one day matches against Australia, why is he in the team and Rahane who scored four half-centuries is not there," Gavaskar was quoted as saying by NDTV.

This is not the first time that Gavaskar has batted for Rahane and has hit out at the selectors for constantly dropping him, despite his good show with the bat. Earlier, during the ODI series against Sri Lanka last month, the little master lashed out at the selectors.

"It looks like all the nice guys are being left out and they should start getting a different hair style and some body art done too to get picked in the team. Rahul got yet another chance while the top scorer of the just-concluded One-day series in the West Indies - Ajinkya Rahane - sat out once again." Gavaskar wrote in a column for a leading daily. 

In the end, Rahane could play just one match in Sri Lanka (5th ODI) and that too after opener Shikhar Dhawan had to return to India to look after his ailing mother. Moreover, Rahane was then left out of the one-off T20I against Sri Lanka as well.

On the other hand, when Rahane was asked regarding the same, he said that he respects the decision taken by the team management and the selectors. 

"Yes, so much cricket we play, the team management, selectors take a decision and we respect it. It (competition) is necessary and it helps you to give your best performance. Whoever gets a chance does well for the team. I have always enjoyed the competition," Rahane told reporters.

India are scheduled to play three T20Is against Australia, with the first match set to be played in Ranchi on Saturday.

 

 

someone shld tell little master that T20 is a different format

@Pollack   

 

http://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/gavaskar-hits-out-at-selectors-for-dropping-rahane-from-t20-squad-1536425.html

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Can someone please hit Sunny G

[beetle]

He has become senile.

[Rasgulla]

Bambi quota... Now remove rohit he ll have a heartattack 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Sehwag kehta hai yuvi, raina ko wapis lao

Sunny g wants rahane in all formats 

Tendulkar tells rahane to back his game which is flawed in LOI

Ganguly once said in an interview on aaj tak adjust rahane anywere be it no.6 and he supports nehra's comeback 

Kumble wanted gambhir, yuvraj back and he got them.

 

Ye to haal hai humare legends ka 

[speedheat]

Buddha sathiya gaya haai

[CommonMan]

yeah.. why not

[MCcricket]

Selections should not be made on emotions but logic, t20 requires players to have s/r above 100 or close to it, Rahane struggles to maintain 80 so is poor, so is Dhoni, Dhawan for T20, time to blood new guys, Hooda, Pant n other guys.

[Austin 3:!6]

Only if Gavaskar was so angry for unfairly dropping Rishabh Pant. All they care about is for their own state. No one thinks about country.

 

[G_B_]

50 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Sehwag kehta hai yuvi, raina ko wapis lao

Sunny g wants rahane in all formats 

Tendulkar tells rahane to back his game which is flawed in LOI

Ganguly once said in an interview on aaj tak adjust rahane anywere be it no.6 and he supports nehra's comeback 

Kumble wanted gambhir, yuvraj back and he got them.

 

Ye to haal hai humare legends ka 

old is gold

 

mantra of Indian cricket.

[rkt.india]

43 minutes ago, MCcricket said:

Selections should not be made on emotions but logic, t20 requires players to have s/r above 100 or close to it, Rahane struggles to maintain 80 so is poor, so is Dhoni, Dhawan for T20, time to blood new guys, Hooda, Pant n other guys.

close to 100? In T20s, we need career SR at least over 125, preferably some batsmen hitting SR of 135-140 and some 140 plus. Minimum requirement is 125-130. 

[G_B_]

An opener in T20 needs a strike rate of min 125 with an average of about 20 , so with byes and wide etc the average score with said strike rate will be 160. 

 

Batters at 6-7-8 need a min strike rate of around 130 as in most cases they will face 6-7 overs. Average of 15-20

 

Rahane has an average of 21 with a strike rate of 113. Which is not acceptable.

 

Rahane, Dhawan and MSD just dont have good enough strike rates for the positions they bat at. 

 

 

 

 

[express bowling]

53 minutes ago, MCcricket said:

Selections should not be made on emotions but logic, t20 requires players to have s/r above 100 or close to it, Rahane struggles to maintain 80 so is poor, 

 

8 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

close to 100? In T20s, we need career SR at least over 125, preferably some batsmen hitting SR of 135-140 and some 140 plus. Minimum requirement is 125-130. 

 

SR of T20 batters batting at  1  to  4

 

Rahane has a SR of 113

 

 

Overall figures

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
GJ Maxwell (AUS)	2012-2016	17	17	2	485	145*	32.33	269	180.29	1	2	1	50	27
E Lewis (WI)	2016-2017	14	14	1	468	125*	36.00	302	154.96	2	2	1	26	40
C Munro (NZ)	2012-2017	18	17	3	449	101	32.07	290	154.82	1	3	4	26	31
AJ Finch (AUS)	2012-2017	29	29	1	1014	156	36.21	678	149.55	1	6	0	105	45
KL Rahul (INDIA)	2016-2017	9	8	2	304	110*	50.66	204	149.01	1	1	1	29	11
LE Bosman (SA)	2006-2010	14	14	1	323	94	24.84	219	147.48	0	3	2	27	20
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2006-2016	20	20	1	455	54*	23.94	309	147.24	0	3	0	42	17
PW Borren (NL)	2009-2017	13	13	1	305	57	25.41	208	146.63	0	1	1	30	13
V Sehwag (INDIA)	2006-2012	19	18	0	394	68	21.88	271	145.38	0	2	1	43	16
CH Gayle (WI)	2006-2017	51	49	4	1577	117	35.04	1085	145.34	2	13	2	134	103
SR Watson (AUS)	2008-2016	51	51	4	1369	124*	29.12	942	145.32	1	10	3	107	79
ML Hayden (AUS)	2005-2007	9	9	3	308	73*	51.33	214	143.92	0	4	0	37	13
LJ Wright (ENG)	2007-2014	31	30	2	568	99*	20.28	401	141.64	0	4	6	59	22
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2013	37	36	5	1176	79	37.93	831	141.51	0	7	1	119	32
MS Dhoni (INDIA)	2006-2017	14	14	6	300	56	37.50	213	140.84	0	1	1	18	10
DA Warner (AUS)	2009-2016	63	63	3	1686	90*	28.10	1208	139.56	0	12	5	162	74
Sharjeel Khan (PAK)	2013-2016	15	15	0	360	59	24.00	262	137.40	0	2	0	48	13
MH Cross (SCOT)	2013-2017	19	16	0	389	60	24.31	284	136.97	0	1	1	42	16
Mohammad Shahzad (AFG)	2010-2017	58	58	3	1779	118*	32.34	1300	136.84	1	12	3	200	66
BB McCullum (NZ)	2005-2015	69	68	9	2119	123	35.91	1552	136.53	2	13	3	198	90
V Kohli (INDIA)	2011-2017	48	45	11	1804	90*	53.05	1323	136.35	0	17	0	193	34
AB de Villiers (SA)	2007-2017	63	61	9	1450	79*	27.88	1067	135.89	0	10	5	119	55
AD Hales (ENG)	2011-2017	48	48	6	1383	116*	32.92	1022	135.32	1	7	4	148	42
Imran Nazir (PAK)	2007-2012	24	24	1	500	72	21.73	370	135.13	0	3	2	59	22
Yuvraj Singh (INDIA)	2007-2017	32	31	6	816	72	32.64	605	134.87	0	6	0	53	48
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2009	15	15	2	401	98*	30.84	299	134.11	0	2	1	41	11
JJ Roy (ENG)	2014-2017	23	23	0	472	78	20.52	352	134.09	0	2	4	47	20
MJ Lumb (ENG)	2010-2014	27	27	1	552	63	21.23	413	133.65	0	3	1	64	21
PR Stirling (IRE)	2009-2017	44	43	4	975	79	25.00	731	133.37	0	6	6	121	30
F du Plessis (SA/World)	2012-2017	39	39	6	1191	119	36.09	894	133.22	1	7	0	107	38
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2006-2014	51	51	7	1439	100	32.70	1082	132.99	1	9	3	166	31
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2013-2017	27	27	0	716	84	26.51	542	132.10	0	6	0	76	24
SK Raina (INDIA)	2009-2017	36	35	4	943	101	30.41	714	132.07	1	4	2	81	36
MJ Guptill (NZ)	2009-2016	59	58	7	1796	101*	35.21	1364	131.67	1	10	2	169	76
HM Amla (SA/World)	2009-2017	41	41	6	1189	97*	33.97	908	130.94	0	7	1	135	25
Babar Hayat (HKG)	2014-2017	18	18	2	483	122	30.18	369	130.89	1	2	2	43	18
RG Sharma (INDIA)	2009-2017	41	40	5	1207	106	34.48	923	130.76	1	10	2	109	44
MW Machan (SCOT)	2013-2016	12	12	2	365	67*	36.50	280	130.35	0	3	0	31	7
SC Williams (ZIM)	2013-2016	17	17	1	349	58*	21.81	268	130.22	0	3	2	36	6

[putrevus]

Rahane cost India a chance to win two t20 world cups and this clown Sunny wants him in t20 team. No wonder guys like Pant never get a chance.

Edited October 5, 2017 by putrevus

[wanted_desi]

Sir Viv Rahane got big support group from Manjerakar and Gavaskar. That in T20, he shouldn't have played single game after that horrible 170 runs were at par wicket Wt20 Semifinal. 

[Vilander]

Lol pathetic shameless mumbaikar and his mumbai lobby....ghati ....

 

 

[Khota]

Rahane deserves a spot at the same time Sunil gavaskar is a jackass as he always have selective outrage. His preference for Bombay players is shameful.

[vvvslaxman]

T20 needs players who can produce big gigantic overs when needed. Rahane is never known for that. I remember Gambhir/Viru put on like 76 runs in 5.5  overs against NZ in 2007 world T20 before India fell to Vettori.  Rahane can never do that.

 

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8604/scorecard/287865/India-vs-New-Zealand-13th-Match,-Group-E-icc-world-twenty20/

Edited October 5, 2017 by vvvslaxman

[putrevus]

1 minute ago, MultiB48 said:

rahane in that semifinal vs wi said 150 160 would have been a good score

I can take bad performances by any player if he has potential or upside to be a match winner. Rahane has neither this nonsense Gavaskar is spouting that Rahane has hit 4 fifties in row is so wrong. As an opener especially on these Indian pitches you should have ability to play big innings once set. 4 fifties and no hundred prove one thing Rahane has zero upside .

 

Rohit also like Rahane has limited ability to rotate the strike but he can make it up with big hits .

[MCcricket]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

close to 100? In T20s, we need career SR at least over 125, preferably some batsmen hitting SR of 135-140 and some 140 plus. Minimum requirement is 125-130. 

By this I am saying even when u lower the bar to lowest possible then too Rahane is a poor choice for T20 player where just strike rotation won't do, but u need to score on Ave 180 to 200 in 20 overs and that requires a S/R around 150 or above