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1 hour ago, The Realist said:

Looks like the poor man's Gambhir is done - 2 good years & mediocrity the rest. In fact Malnourished Rahane is much worse - a mental midget with loser body languages & now a walking wicket.

 

Can't even score runs on flat home pitches on which even tailenders pile up scores. 

 

SA must be licking their lips.

The rest of it is ok,

 

But MALNOURISHED?

 

Why do you feel the need to say that, All of us has seen genuinely malnourished kids in India, its a horrible thing.

Rahane is little, that isnt his fault its his genes, but he is fit and agile as anyone

 

 

back to the point, Think Rohit should retain his spot and Hardik comes in for the first SA test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, The Realist said:

Looks like the poor man's Gambhir is done - 2 good years & mediocrity the rest. In fact Malnourished Rahane is much worse - a mental midget with loser body languages & now a walking wicket.

 

Can't even score runs on flat home pitches on which even tailenders pile up scores. 

 

SA must be licking their lips.

First - gambhir was very good.

Second - Rahane is not finished.

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there has been persistent effort in this regime to make this guy a three format player,when its apparent he finds it unnatural to play odi/t20 even when he plays at the best position in that format.And when you see guys like KL Rahul sidelined at the first instant,why the hell is this Rahane getting chances after chances in multiple formats,fortifies the mumbai lobby theory

why cant Rahane be someone like Pujara ,who is just a test specialist, why he has to be a 3 format player?

 

also in this overseas leg he has to show some consistency , playing one good innings and going missing in others is also not what is needed especially overseas.in this regard this guy is not trustworthy at all, you know when kohli is in form he will have a golden series but with this guy you dont know what to expect

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16 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

there has been persistent effort in this regime to make this guy a three format player,when its apparent he finds it unnatural to play odi/t20 even when he plays at the best position in that format.And when you see guys like KL Rahul sidelined at the first instant,why the hell is this Rahane getting chances after chances in multiple formats,fortifies the mumbai lobby theory

why cant Rahane be someone like Pujara ,who is just a test specialist, why he has to be a 3 format player?

 

also in this overseas leg he has to show some consistency , playing one good innings and going missing in others is also not what is needed especially overseas.in this regard this guy is not trustworthy at all, you know when kohli is in form he will have a golden series but with this guy you dont know what to expect

Murali Vijay has made peace with his LOI ambitions. He's focused on tests alone and the results are showing. By the time Rahane realises this he could cost us some important series.

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2 hours ago, The Realist said:

Looks like the poor man's Gambhir is done - 2 good years & mediocrity the rest. In fact Malnourished Rahane is much worse - a mental midget with loser body languages & now a walking wicket.

 

Can't even score runs on flat home pitches on which even tailenders pile up scores. 

 

SA must be licking their lips.

I can understand mediocrity, but Malnourished? Bhai fit aur strong banda hai wo...good physique. 

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1 hour ago, Gollum said:

I won't judge a batsman who fails when we are 350/2, Rahane is not a vulture who boosts his stats from such positions, same applies to Ashwin the batsman. Rahane thrives when the team is under the pump. The bigger issue is his game against spin, absolute shambles. I wish he himself decides to skip the ODIs/T20s and works with Sachin/Dravid/Laxman as to how to improve against spin. Unlike previous SA tour this time they have a potentially world class spinner in Maharaj, worst thing will be to see Rahane play the seamers well on greentops and then throw it all away the minute Maharaj gets the ball. He needs a short fix before January and that won't come playing limited overs formats. Also some time out before SA will probably refresh his mind. 

 The guy got a break in between before he played a few Ranji matches. What was that for? He has been utter garbage in test cricket since that 180+ knock against NZ. His Ranji form against domestic bowlers was also pathetic. And it continues here. He needs to go. No place for him in this team now. He will fail miserably in SA against each and every bowler because his confidence is gone. Spinner or fast bowler...everyone will get his wicket. The world knows now that he is **** against spin and they will exploit his weakness. Honeymoon period over. Should start taking commentary lessons and retire from cricket. Live a happy married life.

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Don't think he is out of form. He made 132 only 3 tests back. But his problem is his technique against spin. Teams have identified it. They are working him over. When there is not much turn on the offer he could still survive and make runs. But if the balls turns like today, he can be found wanting.

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1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

Don't think he is out of form. He made 132 only 3 tests back. But his problem is his technique against spin. Teams have identified it. They are working him over. When there is not much turn on the offer he could still survive and make runs. But if the balls turns like today, he can be found wanting.

Was struggling in Ranjis before this series. Has just carried on that poor form.

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1 hour ago, SK_IH said:

there has been persistent effort in this regime to make this guy a three format player,when its apparent he finds it unnatural to play odi/t20 even when he plays at the best position in that format.And when you see guys like KL Rahul sidelined at the first instant,why the hell is this Rahane getting chances after chances in multiple formats,fortifies the mumbai lobby theory

why cant Rahane be someone like Pujara ,who is just a test specialist, why he has to be a 3 format player?

 

also in this overseas leg he has to show some consistency , playing one good innings and going missing in others is also not what is needed especially overseas.in this regard this guy is not trustworthy at all, you know when kohli is in form he will have a golden series but with this guy you dont know what to expect

Sick of this Mumbai lobby who want to impose certain players when there are other deserved players around.
Gavaskar, Shastri, Manju, Bhogle all of them are guilty who want the Rohit's and Rahane's to play all formats. A decade and a half ago all these were making conscious efforts to get someone like Avishkar Salvi into the Indian ODI side.
Rahane has been in the Indian LOI selection radar since 2011. It has been six years.Do these selectors ever keep track when these guys played their debut match & how many chances have they got? Avg less than 35 and strike rate also not impressive. Already bottled in 2014 WT20 and 2016 WT20 SF in his homeground, then blabbering that 160 will be a good score where 230 was already been chased by England few days back.I was furious after hearing this, he already killed the momentum by scoring 35 ball 40 innings hitting only 2 fours.:ahhhhh:

He doesn't warrant a place in limited overs cricket for India. Period. Sometimes the management have to make tough decisions. Bevan, Yuvi,Ajay Jadeja didn't play much tests for their countries. VVS didn't got to play a single WC game.

But Rahane should be given a few more chances in SA in tests, I hope he improves his game against the spinners. Tahir & Maharaj might be licking their lips after his consistent poor show against the spinners.

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1 minute ago, renjith said:

Why cant these these out of form plyers simply dropped and Asked to get back form by olaying donestic cricket. Why national team has to suffer.

who the * knows,they drop players in form and keep players who cant put bat to ball right now.you cant hide that kind of weakness even on quick pitches in SA.

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4 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

I don't think he gets out because of mental issues. It is mainly due to technical issues. He is not a wristy player that we are used to seeing in Indian cricket. He just plays everything in straight line.  Any deviation of the pitch he is not able to negotiate. 

True which is why he struggles against spin. But does well against fast bowling. Also he has no backfoot game against spin.

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I pointed out his inconsistencies before....sometimes I wonder if scoring in pressure situations is easier for a lesser batsman who doesn’t have much at stake or any expectations anyways to begin with.

 

He hits that one innings every test series and goes missing.Reliable doesn’t mean having that one clutch innings,reliable means delivering Day in and day out.

 

 

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1 hour ago, maniac said:

I pointed out his inconsistencies before....sometimes I wonder if scoring in pressure situations is easier for a lesser batsman who doesn’t have much at stake or any expectations anyways to begin with.

 

He hits that one innings every test series and goes missing.Reliable doesn’t mean having that one clutch innings,reliable means delivering Day in and day out.

 

 

It depends as to what you define by reliability. Someone who scores consistently in all tours overseas but may not have big numbers or someone who goes boom or bust like Kohli (bust in Eng tour, Aus Home series, etc.)

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