Switchblade Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Quote https://www.crictracker.com/ajinkya-rahane-s-struggle-against-spin-in-deodhar-trophy-exposes-his-white-ball-game/ After an ordinary Test series against England, Ajinkya Rahane had a decent outing in Vijay Hazare Trophy and also scored a fifty in the second Test against the Windies. However, he returned to play the remaining part of the domestic first-class tournament but failed to score big in the semi-final and final. On Wednesday, India’s Test vice-captain led India ‘C’ in the Deodhar Trophy but failed to impress with the bat even as Hanuma Vihari, one of India’s latest Test entrants, excelled with the willow. In the game between India ‘C’ and India ‘B’, India ‘B’ skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat. Vihari, who came out to bat at No.4, applied himself very well on a turner at Firoz Shah Kotla, to score a crucial 76 off 94 balls. It was his second consecutive half-century after the 87 not out he hit against India ‘A’ on Tuesday for a winning cause. Rahane, on the other hand, failed to rise to the challenge as he managed just 32 off 61 balls and his side perished to a 30-run defeat. He has another chance to make amends in the game against India ‘A’ on Thursday, which is a virtual semi-final now as India ‘B’ has already qualified for the finals. Rahane failed to break the shackles He came out to open against India ‘C’ hoping to score some quick runs and bring him back into the reckoning for the ODI side in the run-up to the World Cup 2019. But the 31-year-old could not have a free hand to score and the asking run rate kept on heading north. A man who was so fluent against spin at the highest level not so long ago was found struggling on a turner and he eventually perished against off-break bowler Krishnappa Gowtham in the 19th over with just 65 on board. Rahane is not known to be a dashing batsman suitable for brisk scoring in the limited-over format but his struggle to keep pace with the game even in a domestic game shows that his game in white-ball cricket requires a lot of updating if he has to keep the dream of representing India in the World Cup alive. Rahane has played 90 ODIs and has scored 2,962 runs at an average of 35.26. He last played a 50-over game for India in February against South Africa. Link to comment
Laaloo Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 It's been exposed since his white ball debut!!! saik, DHONI_FANN, sandsaims and 2 others 5 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Rahane is Sir isaac vivian alexandar Ricahrds against pace? Link to comment
Pratik77 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Jinx never had any gears in Lois to up his game... sandsaims 1 Link to comment
putrevus Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I don't know he is good enough long term in tests either.He should not be playing tests in India as he is horrible against spin. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, Pratik77 said: Jinx never had any gears in Lois to up his game... Rahane tries to sell us PUjara ---------------------------------Rahane---------KOhli Reality is Pujara-Rahane-----------------------------------------Kohli sensible-indian, Pratik77 and DHONI_FANN 3 Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Most undeserving player in Indian team. I would even play Rohit in test team over this guy. Frustrated 1 Link to comment
SK_IH Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said: Most undeserving player in Indian team. I would even play Rohit in test team over this guy. Not a bad idea really On topic, he is also one of biggest phonies of our set up, Ajinkya "he will score runs overseas" Rahane Frustrated and Lannister 1 1 Link to comment
zen Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Forgot about LOIs .... On current form, he is blocking a spot in tests saik and Frustrated 2 Link to comment
Lannister Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 If he doesn't come good in Australia, then there's no point in continuing with him. Indian team have already wasted enough time with this guy. Switchblade 1 Link to comment
saik Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 He should first improve his red ball game. zen 1 Link to comment
GolGappe Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 How the heck does he get IPL contracts? Such a limited player. Link to comment
The Realist Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Adi BB, Laaloo, WC2011INDIA and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Spin alone is not his weekness He wud have not been an idle ODI player even 20 yrs ago coz even if his s/r wud have been ok his conversion rate will still be an issue and 20 yrs ago he wud have faced higher quality of spinners. Media is realising it now Selectors are yet to...... His issue is just not spin its much much more When u see guys like Shaw n gill emerging u wanna give them a chance, only to realise selectors havent even given the previous batch pandey, rahul, iyer, pant a proper go till now....those kids are behind in line then Link to comment
Adi BB Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 If a player couldn't get settled into the the side after playing 90 matches then I am sorry something is wrong with the player's ability itself Link to comment
Moochad Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Neither can he take singles or he can't hit boundaries at a high rate. He brings nothing to ODIs honestly. Should stick to playing IPL and Tests Link to comment
Switchblade Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 26 minutes ago, Moochad said: Neither can he take singles or he can't hit boundaries at a high rate. He brings nothing to ODIs honestly. Should stick to playing IPL and Tests Won’t be surprised if Ipl contract goes as well the way he plays will be better for him to go to county and improve his game. Link to comment
Moochad Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 34 minutes ago, Switchblade said: Won’t be surprised if Ipl contract goes as well the way he plays will be better for him to go to county and improve his game. Don't think Royals have many good Indian batsmen, so they will keep him. If he goes to auction he will get 3-4 crores at max Link to comment
Switchblade Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 Just now, Moochad said: Don't think Royals have many good Indian batsmen, so they will keep him. If he goes to auction he will get 3-4 crores at max He got 4 crore for Royals so his value will go down farther as he isn’t doing that well. Moochad 1 Link to comment
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