Which performance was the reason for Rohit and Rahane getting preference over Vihari?

[Trichromatic]

Rahane's FC performance

Season		Matches	Inns	Not Out	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
2007-08	(Pakistan)	1	1	0	143	143	143.00	1	0	0
2007-08	(India)	11	20	2	1017	172	56.50	2	6	11
2008-09	(India)	13	22	1	1390	201	66.19	5	6	15
2009-10	(India)	11	17	3	887	265*	63.35	3	3	1
2010	(England)	3	4	1	233	118	77.66	1	1	0
2010-11	(India)	9	15	3	1003	191	83.58	5	2	10
2011-12	(India)	2	3	1	189	152	94.50	1	0	2
2012	(West Indies)	3	6	0	62	32	10.33	0	0	2
2012-13	(India)	8	14	1	544	129	41.84	1	4	10
2013	(South Africa)	2	3	0	132	86	44.00	0	1	2
2013-14	(New Zealand)	2	3	0	162	118	54.00	1	0	2
2013-14	(South Africa)	2	4	1	209	96	69.66	0	2	0
2013-14	(India)	2	4	0	225	133	56.25	1	1	3
2014	(England)	5	10	1	299	103	33.22	1	2	2
2014-15	(Australia)	4	8	1	399	147	57.00	1	2	2
2015	(Sri Lanka)	3	6	0	178	126	29.66	1	0	10
2015	(Bangladesh)	1	1	0	98	98	98.00	0	1	0
2015-16	(India)	4	6	1	266	127	53.20	2	0	10
2016	(West Indies)	4	4	2	243	108*	121.50	1	1	3
2016-17	(India)	11	20	2	718	188	39.88	1	3	14
2017	(Sri Lanka)	3	4	1	229	132	76.33	1	1	8
2017-18	(South Africa)	1	2	0	57	48	28.50	0	0	2
2017-18	(India)	5	9	0	111	49	12.33	0	0	8
2018	(England)	6	12	0	354	81	29.50	0	2	4
2018	(India)	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	0	0	1
2018-19	(New Zealand)	1	2	1	53	41*	53.00	0	0	0
2018-19	(India)	2	2	0	121	80	60.50	0	1	3

 

Rohit's FC performance

Season		Matches	Inns	Not Out	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
2006	(Australia)	2	3	0	120	57	40.00	0	1	1
2006-07	(India)	10	15	0	600	205	40.00	1	3	13
2007-08	(Zimbabwe)	2	3	1	96	66	48.00	0	1	1
2007-08	(India)	5	7	0	191	62	27.28	0	1	2
2007-08	(Kenya)	1	1	0	35	35	35.00	0	0	1
2008-09	(India)	8	13	2	881	141	80.09	4	3	5
2009-10	(India)	8	10	1	718	309*	79.77	3	2	2
2010-11	(India)	7	12	4	768	200*	96.00	2	4	6
2011-12	(India)	3	3	0	339	175	113.00	2	1	4
2012	(West Indies)	3	6	0	145	94	24.16	0	1	3
2012-13	(India)	8	13	0	790	203	60.76	3	3	5
2013	(South Africa)	1	1	0	119	119	119.00	1	0	0
2013-14	(India)	2	2	1	288	177	288.00	2	0	3
2013-14	(New Zealand)	2	4	1	122	72	40.66	0	1	4
2013-14	(South Africa)	2	4	0	45	25	11.25	0	0	1
2014	(England)	1	2	0	34	28	17.00	0	0	0
2014-15	(Australia)	3	6	0	173	53	28.83	0	1	2
2015	(Sri Lanka)	3	6	0	202	79	33.66	0	2	3
2015	(Bangladesh)	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	0	0	3
2015-16	(India)	3	5	0	139	113	27.80	1	0	1
2016	(West Indies)	2	2	0	50	41	25.00	0	0	3
2016-17	(India)	4	7	3	300	82	75.00	0	3	3
2017-18	(India)	2	3	2	217	102*	217.00	1	2	1
2017-18	(South Africa)	2	4	0	78	47	19.50	0	0	1

 

Rohit had 2 performed in 2 series in last 4 years, doesn't play domestic FC cricket, yet both Rahane and Rohit are preferred over somone who scored 50 in last match and has done well in domestic FC too.

 

Vihari's FC record

Season		Matches	Inns	Not Out	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
2010-11	(India)	4	4	0	133	81	33.25	0	1	3
2011-12	(India)	3	5	0	99	38	19.80	0	0	2
2012-13	(India)	8	14	1	511	191	39.30	1	2	11
2013-14	(India)	8	11	2	841	201*	93.44	3	4	5
2014-15	(India)	9	13	2	856	263	77.81	3	3	6	1
2015-16	(India)	8	13	0	626	219	48.15	2	2	6
2016-17	(India)	9	15	3	688	233*	57.33	1	7	12
2017	(South Africa)	1	2	1	11	7	11.00	0	0	1
2017-18	(India)	9	13	2	1056	302*	96.00	4	3	13
2018	(England)	3	6	0	175	68	29.16	0	2	2
2018-19	(India)	3	4	0	221	148	55.25	1	1	5
2018-19	(New Zealand)	1	2	1	137	86	137.00	0	2	0

 

[gattaca]

His performance with shastri

[Switchblade]

Rahane being a vc and Support of Kohli and scoring those 82 runs against Windies sealed the deal for him and Rohit has backing of ex players and coaching staff.

[Trichromatic]

Rohit gets out on 37 after playing a loose shot. Is this team playing test cricket?

[The Dark Horse]

2 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

Rohit gets out on 37 after playing a loose shot. Is this team playing test cricket?

The team management rates showponies over performers sadly.

[Switchblade]

Feel for Vihari scored 50 on his debut then all of a sudden out of the team.

[Trichromatic]

12 minutes ago, Switchblade said:

Feel for Vihari scored 50 on his debut then all of a sudden out of the team.

For a batsman who has 0 confidence in his denfesive game.

[mani sha]

he must suck well . 11 th commandment

Edited December 6, 2018 by mani sha

[Captain]

Has to be their off-field performances.

[Pollack]

Did you really expect Rahane being dropped? He is Vice captain. He is going to get a long long rope. He already has and if he fails this series too then maybe they might think to drop him. But no way they were going to drop Rahane this series. Those numbers mean nothing to team management. Data analyst don't select players

So it was Rohit vs Vihari. Idiots pick Rohit. This Rohit is luckiest cricketer ever. There is hardly any player who had as much opportunities as Rohit had in his entire career despite failing. Worst thing everyone has their own share of detractors. But Rohit has none. He is liked by everyone.

 

[Trichromatic]

FC matches by Rohit

6th February 2013	Irani Cup 2012/13		Mumbai v Rest of India	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	f54579
	16th February 2013	Australia in India 2012/13		India A v Australians	India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai	f54631
	17th August 2013	India A in South Africa 2013		South Africa A v India A	Olympia Park, Rustenburg	f54924
	6th November 2013	West Indies in India 2013/14	1st Test	India v West Indies	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	f55062
	14th November 2013	West Indies in India 2013/14	2nd Test	India v West Indies	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	f55101
	18th December 2013	India in South Africa 2013/14	1st Test	South Africa v India	Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	f55242
	26th December 2013	India in South Africa 2013/14	2nd Test	South Africa v India	Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban	f55278
	6th February 2014	India in New Zealand 2013/14	1st Test	New Zealand v India	Eden Park, Auckland	f55388
	14th February 2014	India in New Zealand 2013/14	2nd Test	New Zealand v India	Basin Reserve, Wellington	f55424
	27th July 2014	India in England 2014	3rd Test	England v India	The Ageas Bowl, Southampton	f55718
	9th December 2014	India in Australia 2014/15	1st Test	Australia v India	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	f55976
	17th December 2014	India in Australia 2014/15	2nd Test	Australia v India	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	f56007
	6th January 2015	India in Australia 2014/15	4th Test	Australia v India	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	f56062
	10th June 2015	India in Bangladesh 2015	Only Test	Bangladesh v India	Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah	f56428
	12th August 2015	India in Sri Lanka 2015	1st Test	Sri Lanka v India	Galle International Stadium, Galle	f56493
	20th August 2015	India in Sri Lanka 2015	2nd Test	Sri Lanka v India	P Sara Oval, Colombo	f56496
	28th August 2015	India in Sri Lanka 2015	3rd Test	Sri Lanka v India	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	f56507
	7th November 2015	Ranji Trophy 2015/16	Group B	Mumbai v Uttar Pradesh	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	f56693
	25th November 2015	South Africa in India 2015/16	3rd Test	India v South Africa	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	f56767
	3rd December 2015	South Africa in India 2015/16	4th Test	India v South Africa	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	f56799
	9th August 2016	India in West Indies 2016	3rd Test	West Indies v India	Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet	f57204
	18th August 2016	India in West Indies 2016	4th Test	West Indies v India	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	f57215
	10th September 2016	Duleep Trophy 2016/17	Final	India Blue v India Red	Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida	f57247
	22nd September 2016	New Zealand in India 2016/17	1st Test	India v New Zealand	Modi Stadium, Kanpur	f57264
	30th September 2016	New Zealand in India 2016/17	2nd Test	India v New Zealand	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	f57269
	8th October 2016	New Zealand in India 2016/17	3rd Test	India v New Zealand	Holkar Stadium, Indore	f57315
	24th November 2017	Sri Lanka in India 2017/18	2nd Test	India v Sri Lanka	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	f58294
	2nd December 2017	Sri Lanka in India 2017/18	3rd Test	India v Sri Lanka	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	f58324
	5th January 2018	India in South Africa 2017/18	1st Test	South Africa v India	PPC Newlands, Cape Town	f58427
	13th January 2018	India in South Africa 2017/18	2nd Test	South Africa v India	Centurion Park, Centurion	f58450

 

So he played Duleep trophy game in 2016, Ranji trophy game in 2015, Irani trophy match in 2013

 

3 domestic FC matches in 5 and half years and yet this guy is consistently playing tests on basis of ODIs and T20Is.

[Trichromatic]

4 minutes ago, Pollack said:

Did you really expect Rahane being dropped? He is Vice captain. He is going to get a long long rope. He already has and if he fails this series too then maybe they might think to drop him. But no way they were going to drop Rahane this series. Those numbers mean nothing to team management. Data analyst don't select players

So it was Rohit vs Vihari. Idiots pick Rohit. This Rohit is luckiest cricketer ever. There is hardly any player who had as much opportunities as Rohit had in his entire career despite failing. Worst thing everyone has their own share of detractors. But Rohit has none. He is liked by everyone.

  

Saying he is lucky is understatement. There have been players who fail, go back to domestic, score heaps of runs and come back to team to fail again. This guy is getting chances without even playing domestic FC cricket. 

[Lannister]

Mumbai quota picks, and apparently they have Kadoos mentality. 

[SecondSlip]

Rohit and Dhawan will keep getting chances in our test team as long as Kohli remains Captain. 

 

 

[Cricketics]

He got big JD bottle for Shastri dada all the way from Tennessee

 

[Bigg Brother]

It is not even funny now..Blatant favouritism..Vihari should be in the squad after scoring fifty on debut specially when all others bought ducks in England. It is nauseating how Rohit gets to sneak in suddenly although he wasn't even in the squad in last tour.

 

Kohli has "I am answerable to none type" of attitude which he needs to lower down and he will have to answer to journos gracefully about it in post match.

[beetle]

Behind the scene performance from the guys like Gavaskar ,Kumble etc

 

 

 

[GautiMaan]

But according to Sunny there is a bias against Mumbai players

[VT87]

I can’t understand this forum mentality like kohli is responsible for everything what about Dada,sehwag,Harbhajan,sunil Gavaskar and beloved Kumble all are backing  Rohit and tremendous media pressure for his inclusion .lakin gaaliya keval kohli ko do 

[Trichromatic]

Just now, VT87 said:

I can’t understand this forum mentality like kohli is responsible for everything what about Dada,sehwag,Harbhajan,sunil Gavaskar and beloved Kumble all are backing  Rohit and tremendous media pressure for his inclusion .lakin gaaliya keval kohli ko do 

Yeah, Kohli acts under media pressure and has no power for himself. He is just helpless, innocent chap there.