zen Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) Dhawan and Vijay in particular are out of equation at least for the time being. Rahul got a decent run and support in Eng. Now he is the senior opener in the company of Shaw and Agarwal .... and expected to be in the squad for the next few months He needed support in Eng, which he got from various quarters including from test cricket fans. Now his honeymoon period is basically over. Cannot survive on the talent label alone .... Has to bring his A game to the table and become consistent enough .... BOL Edited October 4, 2018 by zen UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Plus he should stop reviewing, team will take note of such things. Missed an opportunity on a flat pitch. Just a test after he redeemed himself in last test of Eng with a brilliant 100! beetle, zen, sandsaims and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment
zen Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 minute ago, UnknownGenius said: As @UrmiSinhaRay says, Rahul is lucky he is in Kohli's group. He did not much to deserve to play ahead of Murali VJ. Yes he scored a hundred, but that was on the flattest of decks in a non consquential match. I like Rahul and he deserves to open in ODI ahead of Rohit Sharma but his place ahead of VJ is confusing Vijay is out of equation now and has only himself to blame. Plus time is not on his side Rohit-Dhawan partnership in LOIs has no question marks over it UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Lannister Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 What honeymoon period? Whatever the little opportunities he got, he deserved it. Pujara is on his second overseas honeymoon period. When is he going to take responsibility as a senior most batsman? Link to comment
velu Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 27 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: Plus he should stop reviewing, team will take note of such things. Missed an opportunity on a flat pitch. Just a test after he redeemed himself in last test of Eng with a brilliant 100! he consulted with shaw before reviewing .. but if it was his decision its really poor , plumb UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
velu Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 turning out to be rohit sharma version 2.0 .. he is clueless vs quality spin as well Link to comment
diga Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 It will be Rahuls 2nd tour of Aus as well... He will at the max get 2 tests here and 2 in Aus before the axe falls on him I think he will have only about a month to work on his weakness against incoming deliveries. Its going to be quite difficult. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 KL Rahul has poor reliability factor. You just cannot trust him to bail you out every time. He has to develop consistency. I think Shubman Gill will be a better batsman than KL Rahul just based on the style of play. G_B_, UrmiSinhaRay, beetle and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment
speedheat Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 He is getting out by a ball that jabbs in sharply for quite a some time now, no work has been done on that by batting coach bangur. Some mental issues aswell, it was shaws debut today but its Rahul who looked more nervous than shaw. UrmiSinhaRay and express bowling 1 1 Link to comment
zen Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) Rahul was backed because he was expected to do better than struggling Dhawan and Vijay, along with the positive perception about his talent .... but now the equation on paper would need to be matched by performances on field .... He has to show that he can be a long term opener for Ind by being consistent enough Edited October 4, 2018 by zen UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
zen Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 17 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: KL Rahul has poor reliability factor. You just cannot trust him to bail you out every time. He has to develop consistency. I think Shubman Gill will be a better batsman than KL Rahul just based on the style of play. In future, the top 6 could look like below: Shaw Agarwal / Rahul / .... Pujara Kohli Gill Pant beetle and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 22 minutes ago, zen said: In future, the top 6 could look like below: Shaw Agarwal / Rahul / .... Pujara Kohli Gill Pant Vihari will get his chances before Gill for having fired up FC circuit with runs. If it's left to MSKPrasadgaadu, Dhawan will get another chance in Aus. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
zen Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 minute ago, coffee_rules said: Vihari will get his chances before Gill for having fired up FC circuit with runs. If it's left to MSKPrasadgaadu, Dhawan will get another chance in Aus. There would be players who would get chances but eventually I guess the line-up could settle in to what I posted UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Moochad Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Really don't think he has the technique for an opener, even though I think he will for sure score well the otehr 3 innings of this series. Needs better defense for opening overseas. He needs to be moved to 3 or 5 to expand his career long term, especially if Rahane continues his decline or Pujara fails again in Aus. In fact, switching the two in the order can maybe get better from both. Rahane as opener and Rahul as 5. If I am correct Rahane opened for Mumbai some in Ranji? Frustrated and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 9 minutes ago, Moochad said: Really don't think he has the technique for an opener, even though I think he will for sure score well the otehr 3 innings of this series. Needs better defense for opening overseas. He needs to be moved to 3 or 5 to expand his career long term, especially if Rahane continues his decline or Pujara fails again in Aus. In fact, switching the two in the order can maybe get better from both. Rahane as opener and Rahul as 5. If I am correct Rahane opened for Mumbai some in Ranji? Yes. there is an air of looseness about his batting. It looks out of the world when it comes off. Sehwag for all his uninhibited strokeplay had a method, technique to back it up. For starters, he just doesn't have a strong backfoot game. If anything Rohit sharma has a better backfoot game. Just that Rohit is a clown when the ball swings. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Samcric Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 58 minutes ago, zen said: In future, the top 6 could look like below: Shaw Agarwal / Rahul / .... Pujara Kohli Gill Pant Gill at 3, Bawne or Vihari at 5. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
express bowling Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 I have been a strong supporter of Rahul ... but he seems to lack the hunger for big success and does not have the run-machine mentality either. Sacrifices his wicket and loses focus a bit too easily for a man of his talent. I hope he proves me wrong. Brainfade, Kothili, zen and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
velu Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 @Jimmy Cliff Jimmy Cliff and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
rtmohanlal Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 any promising highly talented left handed opener in domestic?? UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
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