mancalledsting Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Sunil Gavaskar is possibly my favourite cricketer of all time and I respect him immensely. Sadly, and I say this with a heavy heart, he does not possess the objectivity required to make informed decisions regarding the future of certain aspects of the game in India. He played and succeeded in test cricket and is an ATG in that format. Going forward it would serve Indian cricket better if we only took into account his views on test cricket, but not on the other formats. His backing of Rahane is wrong on so many levels. The guy is hanging on to his ODI spot by the skin of his teeth (that due to a low strike rate- nothing else) and Sunny is extolling his virtues in the t20 format. A format where high strike rate is paramount! What makes it even worse, is that he's promoting Rahane over KL Rahul (who has been our best t20 batsmen over the past year) and not Rohit Sharma (can't remember the last time he made a telling t20 contribution at the international level). Link to comment
Laaloo Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) D'oh Edited October 5, 2017 by Laaloo Link to comment
gattaca Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Rahane already cost us t20 World Cup. He should never be selected no matter someone old man from Mumbai cries. Ankit_sharma03 1 Link to comment
express bowling Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) SR of Indian batters in T20Is Names of players selected against Australia are in bold Gap in the list after SR of 125 Overall figures Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s KL Rahul 2016-2017 9 8 2 304 110* 50.66 204 149.01 1 1 1 29 11 YK Pathan 2007-2012 22 18 5 236 37* 18.15 161 146.58 0 0 3 11 17 V Sehwag 2006-2012 19 18 0 394 68 21.88 271 145.38 0 2 1 43 16 Yuvraj Singh 2007-2017 58 51 9 1177 77* 28.02 863 136.38 0 8 1 77 74 V Kohli 2010-2017 50 46 12 1830 90* 53.82 1344 136.16 0 17 0 196 35 HH Pandya 2016-2017 19 10 0 100 31 10.00 75 133.33 0 0 1 7 5 SK Raina 2006-2017 65 55 11 1307 101 29.70 983 132.96 1 4 2 116 47 RG Sharma 2007-2017 63 56 12 1373 106 31.20 1062 129.28 1 11 3 121 51 KD Karthik 2006-2017 10 9 2 148 48 21.14 117 126.49 0 0 1 19 4 Harbhajan Singh 2006-2016 28 13 5 108 21 13.50 87 124.13 0 0 1 11 4 MS Dhoni 2006-2017 78 68 34 1212 56 35.64 983 123.29 0 1 1 83 36 MK Pandey 2015-2017 9 7 1 151 51* 25.16 125 120.80 0 1 2 6 6 IK Pathan 2006-2012 24 14 7 172 33* 24.57 144 119.44 0 0 0 9 7 G Gambhir 2007-2012 37 36 2 932 75 27.41 783 119.02 0 7 2 109 10 RV Uthappa 2007-2015 13 12 2 249 50 24.90 211 118.00 0 1 1 26 6 S Dhawan 2011-2017 23 23 2 439 60 20.90 379 115.83 0 2 1 54 12 AM Rahane 2011-2016 20 20 2 375 61 20.83 331 113.29 0 1 2 32 6 M Vijay 2010-2015 9 9 0 169 48 18.77 154 109.74 0 0 1 13 8 R Ashwin 2010-2017 46 11 7 123 31* 30.75 115 106.95 0 0 0 14 1 RA Jadeja 2009-2017 40 18 6 116 25 9.66 124 93.54 0 0 2 6 2 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_strike_rate;qualmin1=100;qualval1=runs;team=6;template=results;type=batting Edited October 5, 2017 by express bowling G_B_ 1 Link to comment
rahulrulezz Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I am sick of gavaskar supporting this guy in all his interviews. Rahane has played so many odi and yet doesn't have a strike rate in 80s, played two T20 world cups yet can't strike above 120. I am sick of this Mumbai lobby. Guys like Krunal Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer who can strike above 125 are our future. RAZPOR, Gollum and SecondSlip 3 Link to comment
rahulrulezz Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 6 minutes ago, express bowling said: SR of Indian batters in T20I Names of selected players in bold Gap in the list after SR of 125 Overall figures Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s KL Rahul 2016-2017 9 8 2 304 110* 50.66 204 149.01 1 1 1 29 11 YK Pathan 2007-2012 22 18 5 236 37* 18.15 161 146.58 0 0 3 11 17 V Sehwag 2006-2012 19 18 0 394 68 21.88 271 145.38 0 2 1 43 16 Yuvraj Singh 2007-2017 58 51 9 1177 77* 28.02 863 136.38 0 8 1 77 74 V Kohli 2010-2017 50 46 12 1830 90* 53.82 1344 136.16 0 17 0 196 35 HH Pandya 2016-2017 19 10 0 100 31 10.00 75 133.33 0 0 1 7 5 SK Raina 2006-2017 65 55 11 1307 101 29.70 983 132.96 1 4 2 116 47 RG Sharma 2007-2017 63 56 12 1373 106 31.20 1062 129.28 1 11 3 121 51 KD Karthik 2006-2017 10 9 2 148 48 21.14 117 126.49 0 0 1 19 4 Harbhajan Singh 2006-2016 28 13 5 108 21 13.50 87 124.13 0 0 1 11 4 MS Dhoni 2006-2017 78 68 34 1212 56 35.64 983 123.29 0 1 1 83 36 MK Pandey 2015-2017 9 7 1 151 51* 25.16 125 120.80 0 1 2 6 6 IK Pathan 2006-2012 24 14 7 172 33* 24.57 144 119.44 0 0 0 9 7 G Gambhir 2007-2012 37 36 2 932 75 27.41 783 119.02 0 7 2 109 10 RV Uthappa 2007-2015 13 12 2 249 50 24.90 211 118.00 0 1 1 26 6 S Dhawan 2011-2017 23 23 2 439 60 20.90 379 115.83 0 2 1 54 12 AM Rahane 2011-2016 20 20 2 375 61 20.83 331 113.29 0 1 2 32 6 M Vijay 2010-2015 9 9 0 169 48 18.77 154 109.74 0 0 1 13 8 R Ashwin 2010-2017 46 11 7 123 31* 30.75 115 106.95 0 0 0 14 1 RA Jadeja 2009-2017 40 18 6 116 25 9.66 124 93.54 0 0 2 6 2 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_strike_rate;qualmin1=100;qualval1=runs;team=6;template=results;type=batting Btw look at the moron Jadeja. Played 4 T20 World cups, comes batting at 7 and strike rate of 93. Imagine if we had played Krunal Pandya over this fekku Jadeja in all those world cups. SecondSlip, mancalledsting, express bowling and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 17 minutes ago, express bowling said: SR of Indian batters in T20I Names of selected players in bold Gap in the list after SR of 125 Overall figures Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s KL Rahul 2016-2017 9 8 2 304 110* 50.66 204 149.01 1 1 1 29 11 YK Pathan 2007-2012 22 18 5 236 37* 18.15 161 146.58 0 0 3 11 17 V Sehwag 2006-2012 19 18 0 394 68 21.88 271 145.38 0 2 1 43 16 Yuvraj Singh 2007-2017 58 51 9 1177 77* 28.02 863 136.38 0 8 1 77 74 V Kohli 2010-2017 50 46 12 1830 90* 53.82 1344 136.16 0 17 0 196 35 HH Pandya 2016-2017 19 10 0 100 31 10.00 75 133.33 0 0 1 7 5 SK Raina 2006-2017 65 55 11 1307 101 29.70 983 132.96 1 4 2 116 47 RG Sharma 2007-2017 63 56 12 1373 106 31.20 1062 129.28 1 11 3 121 51 KD Karthik 2006-2017 10 9 2 148 48 21.14 117 126.49 0 0 1 19 4 Harbhajan Singh 2006-2016 28 13 5 108 21 13.50 87 124.13 0 0 1 11 4 MS Dhoni 2006-2017 78 68 34 1212 56 35.64 983 123.29 0 1 1 83 36 MK Pandey 2015-2017 9 7 1 151 51* 25.16 125 120.80 0 1 2 6 6 IK Pathan 2006-2012 24 14 7 172 33* 24.57 144 119.44 0 0 0 9 7 G Gambhir 2007-2012 37 36 2 932 75 27.41 783 119.02 0 7 2 109 10 RV Uthappa 2007-2015 13 12 2 249 50 24.90 211 118.00 0 1 1 26 6 S Dhawan 2011-2017 23 23 2 439 60 20.90 379 115.83 0 2 1 54 12 AM Rahane 2011-2016 20 20 2 375 61 20.83 331 113.29 0 1 2 32 6 M Vijay 2010-2015 9 9 0 169 48 18.77 154 109.74 0 0 1 13 8 R Ashwin 2010-2017 46 11 7 123 31* 30.75 115 106.95 0 0 0 14 1 RA Jadeja 2009-2017 40 18 6 116 25 9.66 124 93.54 0 0 2 6 2 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_strike_rate;qualmin1=100;qualval1=runs;team=6;template=results;type=batting Look at dhawan s/r Dhoni s/r for his position is poor as well and we have both SK_IH 1 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Look at dhawan s/r Dhoni s/r for his position is poor as well and we have both that SR of Dhoni has only increased since last T20 WC. It was hovering around 110-115 for most par of his career. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Dhoni's most of T20 career was about "consolidation" lol SK_IH 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Old man is being quite shameless in pushing Rahane. I love Jinxy, but he does not belong in a T20 squad. SMG is being intellectually dishonest here. And dragging young Rahul into this is so distasteful. I respect SMG a lot for his achievements as a player. And he's a smart analyst when he wants to be. But too often he slips into the old Indian Uncle role and caters to his inner biases. Stop giving Bombay a bad name Sunil-chacha!!! You and Manju both. Gollum 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 8 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Look at dhawan s/r Dhoni s/r for his position is poor as well and we have both Dhawan, Dhoni, Rahane - none of these guys belong in India's T20 squad. SK_IH 1 Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) 12 minutes ago, rkt.india said: that SR of Dhoni has only increased since last T20 WC. It was hovering around 110-115 for most par of his career. Brilliant that means he is at his peak... Could easily play till 2020WChe never gets to play on pattas in t20i since he bats low so it's understandable still brilliant average next to kohli. Edited October 5, 2017 by Rasgulla Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 9 minutes ago, Imtiaz said: These budhas are curse for both pak n ind.they still seem to be living in 90s. Oldest Budha to ever play was 39 back in 2013..Hard one to get rid of but we did great job.  Team did wonders from then we started playing for the team and went on to win lot of matches under our dashing captains Link to comment
Laaloo Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 24 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Dhoni's most of T20 career was about "consolidation" lol Great we have a player consolidating at number 6 in a 20 overs game Link to comment
Laaloo Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 41 minutes ago, rahulrulezz said: Btw look at the moron Jadeja. Played 4 T20 World cups, comes batting at 7 and strike rate of 93. Imagine if we had played Krunal Pandya over this fekku Jadeja in all those world cups. Jadeja sheesh. He is god awful. SK_IH and express bowling 2 Link to comment
Nonbeliever Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Looks like gavaskar wants to relive his glorious past in shorter format. Only rahane can beat great inings like 36 of 174 balls. Link to comment
Silva Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Rahane has played in 82 more limited overs matches than rahul and has scored only one more century. Yet it was rahul that had to give up his main position as opener in odis and was forced into the middle order where he doesnt play even in domestic cricket if im not mistaken. But that isnt enough for gavaskar he thinks rahul should be dropped from the squad to accommodate Rahane. Just ridiculous. mancalledsting 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, Silva said: Rahane has played in 82 more limited overs matches than rahul and has scored only one more century. Yet it was rahul that had to give up his main position as opener in odis and was forced into the middle order where he doesnt play even in domestic cricket if im not mistaken. But that isnt enough for gavaskar he thinks rahul should be dropped from the squad to accommodate Rahane. Just ridiculous. While "scoring a century" is not a fair metric to judge an ODI player, especially when Rahane was dumped into the middle order - a role he's as much of a misfit for, as was Dravid. And your claim that Dravid had to "give up his opener's position" is as ridiculous as Gavaskar asking for Rahane in the T20 team. Link to comment
SK_IH Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 59 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Dhoni's most of T20 career was about "consolidation" lol waiting till last over to hit in t20s, absolutely pathetic approach Link to comment
jusarrived Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 By that logic KL hit 7 50s in a row in tests and as an opener , then he should be the first choice opener for ODIs and T20s ? Let him support Rahane , but why does he keep naming KL in his interviews ? nevada and Forever Indian 2 Link to comment
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