Ankit_sharma03 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) "I am not too happy seeing KL Rahul out of the squad because he is a player for the future. Dinesh Karthik made his debut in 2007 with us and it has been 10 years but he has not been able to get a permanent place in the side which speaks a lot about how he has gone about his cricketing career in the last 10 years,”Ganguly quoted while speaking to India Today. "With KL Rahul, he is someone who has scored runs all around the world, whether it is Australia, Sri Lanka or West Indies. I think KL Rahul should be brought back into this team as soon as possible because I think he is a serious talent. KL Rahul's record and quality and also because he is young, he should be included in the squad," he further added. "Rahul has got runs all around the world, he has got hundreds all around the world and is just a very good talent. He is the only player among all these youngsters apart from Virat Kohli who has played all three formats for the game and has got success in all three formats of the game. Rohit Sharma struggled in Test cricket, Ajinkya Rahane has struggled in One Day cricket to a little extent and then there are Kedar Jadhav and Manish Pandey who primarily play ODI cricket,” Dada opined. "Except Virat Kohli he (Rahul) is the only guy who has played all three formats and even Dhoni does not play all three formats anymore. From that point of view I think it was a bit tough leaving out KL Rahul. He could have batted at no.4 and I do not see a problem with that because he got that big hundred in Florida batting at no.4 spot in a T20 game. The only thing is that the directions have to be clear. MS Dhoni can be asked to bat at no.4 because we have seen in recent times that he has taken a little time to settle down. He needs someone to keep playing shots at the other end so that he (Dhoni) can see through the game," explained Ganguly. I think India will need to get the top 4 right, or maybe even the top 5 right. You can shuffle with no.6 or 7 (regularly) but you have to get your top 5 right. Top 3 are settled in Rohit, Dhawan and Kohli but Team India needs to find a consistent batsman at no.4. They cannot keep shuffling between Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya. Maybe the experiments will work in India but they will have to find a solution when they travel to South Africa thenEngland and Australia before the World Cup in 2019 in England. "The ball will do a bit early on (on these tours) and you will get your top order batsmen nicked off early as it happened today. So Team India needs to find a solution at no.4 and they need to find a specialist batsman at no.4 whether it is Rahane or Rahul. If KL Rahul has to bat at no.4 then he also has to bat at no.4 for a period of one year. I do not know in what capacity they have included Dinesh Karthik to replace Rahul or Pandey at no.4 then the management has to have enough faith in him to make him bat at no.4 and not push him down the order. I am sure the Team management will find a solution to this," Ganguly signed-off. https://circleofcricket.co/2017/Oct/24/Sourav-Ganguly-bats-for-KL-Rahuls-inclusion-in-Indias-limited-overs-team/ Edited October 25, 2017 by Ankit_sharma03 mancalledsting, Laaloo, express bowling and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment
sarcastic Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 But chief selector MSK Prasad bats for "really doing well" Rahane as opener and "specialist no. 4 batsman" Karthik. Unfortunately, despite the great potential of KL Rahul, there is no spot for him. MCcricket 1 Link to comment
RAZPOR Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 No wonder ganguly made such a good captain,he knew what he was doing back then and still knows it better than these selectors. Bigg Brother, Vk1, express bowling and 5 others 2 6 Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Except Virat Kohli he (Rahul) is the only guy who has played all three formats and even Dhoni does not play all three formats anymore *cough* Dhawan and Pandya these days 1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: they need to find a specialist batsman at no.4 whether it is Rahane or Rahul. Rahane @WC2011INDIA Link to comment
mancalledsting Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 45 minutes ago, RAZPOR said: No wonder ganguly made such a good captain,he knew what he was doing back then and still knows it better than these selectors. My thoughts exactly express bowling and RAZPOR 2 Link to comment
Brainfade Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Rahul is not yet a successful odi bat. Maybe with more chances he will have success, but for SCG to say he is successful in all 3 formats is a tad premature. I do hope he is right though. Link to comment
kirkutfan Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Looks like Karthik is currently in better form than Dhoni. Assuming his wicket keeping is good enough, it might be worth trying him out as the keeper batsman and have Rahul replace Dhoni. That might give us a stronger batting line up without losing too much. Mosher 1 Link to comment
Vilander Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Ganguly absolutely nails it. RAZPOR and express bowling 2 Link to comment
SK_IH Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 kl rahul has been successfully sidelined,i dont see him coming back with rohit and dhawan opening and especially rahane as back up Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Kohli is the only one Captain that comes in my mind who kept benching and eventually dropped such a talented player and that after 3 low scores. Usually talented young guys are backed by team management in last 2 decades or so starting from Yuvraj Days. RAZPOR 1 Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, SK_IH said: kl rahul has been successfully sidelined,i dont see him coming back with rohit and dhawan opening and especially rahane as back up Straight from How to Ruin a Career 101. Turning_track, RAZPOR, express bowling and 1 other 4 Link to comment
Sean Bradley Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Absolutely agree with dada, not one can beat Ganguly in terms of having an "eye" for talent. BCCI should seriously consider making Ganguly the Head of Selectors. RAZPOR 1 Link to comment
mancalledsting Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 1 hour ago, wanted_desi said: Kohli is the only one Captain that comes in my mind who kept benching and eventually dropped such a talented player and that after 3 low scores. Usually talented young guys are backed by team management in last 2 decades or so starting from Yuvraj Days. That's on the assumption that Kohli has complete control over team/squad selection. We don't know what other forces are at play. Probably the same forces that force him to endure another captain in the lineup that still captains on field and undermines his leadership. express bowling 1 Link to comment
saik Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 11 minutes ago, Sean Bradley said: Absolutely agree with dada, not one can beat Ganguly in terms of having an "eye" for talent. BCCI should seriously consider making Ganguly the Head of Selectors. Good chance for Manoj Tiwary and Ashok Dinda to make a comeback Link to comment
Sean Bradley Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 16 minutes ago, saik said: Good chance for Manoj Tiwary and Ashok Dinda to make a comeback There's also a good chance that the likes of KL, Iyer, Pant would be selected. Link to comment
Brainfade Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 6 hours ago, wanted_desi said: Kohli is the only one Captain that comes in my mind who kept benching and eventually dropped such a talented player and that after 3 low scores. Usually talented young guys are backed by team management in last 2 decades or so starting from Yuvraj Days. In. joo. rees. Link to comment
jusarrived Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 I don't understand how some one like virat whos so good at reading a game sisituation can be so fickle with these batting slots , these changes ever two games is helping no one . The only ones with a settled batting slot seems to be the top 3 . Now with ganguly saying this , DK will be thrown out the next match he fails , KL will be brought in and will play till Gavaskar or some one else opens his mouth . The captain clearly cares too much about the media and generally his public image . I think this is going to be a problem . Link to comment
Shaz1 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 One of my favorite cricketers of all time. Above Tendulkar and Dravid. Link to comment
Autonomous Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Why is KL getting such poor treatment? Link to comment
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