sandeep Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) He still looked a bit scratchy at times in Adelaide. Especially against Lyon. But barring Sydney, the rest of the tracks are not going to be anywhere near as helpful to Lyon. And I saw enough in Rahane's batting to get this gut feeling. I think he's going to end up as the top scorer for the series. Edited December 11, 2018 by sandeep Vk1 and flamy 1 1 Link to comment
mancalledsting Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I thought this after his 50 in deadly Joburg wicket and his good score in Trent Bridge but he just continued to be mediocre. If we can get him, Pujara and Kohli clicking together we will be unstoppable overseas. BrantFUGH 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 27 minutes ago, mancalledsting said: I thought this after his 50 in deadly Joburg wicket and his good score in Trent Bridge but he just continued to be mediocre. If we can get him, Pujara and Kohli clicking together we will be unstoppable overseas. Don't need all of them to click together, 2 will do. Key is the bowlers. If this unit stays together, stays fit for 3-4 years, we could have a proper reign at #1. Link to comment
mancalledsting Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, sandeep said: Don't need all of them to click together, 2 will do. Key is the bowlers. If this unit stays together, stays fit for 3-4 years, we could have a proper reign at #1. well given batting frailties of our openers and tailenders they just may have to more often than not. Link to comment
Cricketics Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I picked him as the highest scorer. Hopefully he won’t disappoint. At their best there are no better 3-4-5 than Pujara-Kohli-Rahane. Sidhoni 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 35 minutes ago, Cricketics said: I picked him as the highest scorer. Hopefully he won’t disappoint. At their best there are no better 3-4-5 than Pujara-Kohli-Rahane. I feel like the pace and bounce in Aus really play into his strengths as a batsman. He is really comfortable at hitting good balls for 4 off the back-foot. If he gets past 25 at Perth, he's going to set the game up with a nice 100, like Pujara set up Adelaide. I can't wait. Cricketics 1 Link to comment
Tendulkar1996 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) On the contrary he has played his quota innings of the series ala wasim jaffer.Now he will sleep for the next matches and be backed up by statements like 'we all know his class' by team management.If i'm proved wrong i'll be ecstatic but i fear that is not to be. Edited December 11, 2018 by Tendulkar1996 raki05 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 48 minutes ago, Tendulkar1996 said: On the contrary he has played his quota innings of the series ala wasim jaffer.Now he will sleep for the next matches and be backed up by statements like 'we all know his class' by team management.If i'm proved wrong i'll be ecstatic but i fear that is not to be. If you are comparing Rahane to Jaffer, then you are exposing yourself as a scorecard analyst. There is simply no comparison there. Link to comment
The Realist Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Tendulkar1996 said: On the contrary he has played his quota innings of the series ala wasim jaffer.Now he will sleep for the next matches and be backed up by statements like 'we all know his class' by team management.If i'm proved wrong i'll be ecstatic but i fear that is not to be. This has been the case in every series for the past two years, scores in one innings than goes MIA. The eternal passenger @Global.Baba Global.Baba 1 Link to comment
Tendulkar1996 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 5 hours ago, sandeep said: If you are comparing Rahane to Jaffer, then you are exposing yourself as a scorecard analyst. There is simply no comparison there. Well he's better than jaffer,but the principle remains the same.Make 1 score ,then fail whole series.His time is up. Link to comment
diga Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 15 minutes ago, Tendulkar1996 said: Well he's better than jaffer,but the principle remains the same.Make 1 score ,then fail whole series.His time is up. +1 ... 3 scores > 50 out 8 innings will change my rating of Rahane Link to comment
sandeep Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Tendulkar1996 said: Well he's better than jaffer,but the principle remains the same.Make 1 score ,then fail whole series.His time is up. Let's agree to disagree. 57 minutes ago, diga said: +1 ... 3 scores > 50 out 8 innings will change my rating of Rahane Fair expectation - I think he'll meet that. Link to comment
The Dark Horse Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 All's well unless you take into account Lyon. BrantFUGH and Switchblade 1 1 Link to comment
raki05 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) So before in eng and sa series, he was not poised. Player like him should keep their mouth shut and play until the series over. Edited December 12, 2018 by raki05 The Dark Horse 1 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, sandeep said: He still looked a bit scratchy at times in Adelaide. Especially against Lyon. But barring Sydney, the rest of the tracks are not going to be anywhere near as helpful to Lyon. And I saw enough in Rahane's batting to get this gut feeling. I think he's going to end up as the top scorer for the series. yep was thinking same perth n melbourne shud suit him and sydney 1st innings to. N if he can get runs in 2nd innings of well who knws can do well in sydney to 2 hours ago, raki05 said: So before in eng and sa series, he was not poised. Player like him should keep their mouth shut and play until the series over. but he only played 1 game in Sa and played a very crucial knock And england tour thats just one bad overseas tour in his entire career, thats ok. In that also he has 1-2 good scores. Edited December 12, 2018 by Ankit_sharma03 Link to comment
fineleg Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Rahane has been quite disappointing in the last 12-18 months, a bit of success then mediocre, a bit of success, then mediocre again... Is he going to change that this Aus series? Don't know, but will wait and watch. Switchblade 1 Link to comment
gattaca Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 14 hours ago, sandeep said: He still looked a bit scratchy at times in Adelaide. Especially against Lyon. But barring Sydney, the rest of the tracks are not going to be anywhere near as helpful to Lyon. And I saw enough in Rahane's batting to get this gut feeling. I think he's going to end up as the top scorer for the series. Perth is abrasive surface will take spin according to d Jones. Link to comment
gattaca Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 How much Ranji is rahane playing ? Link to comment
CoverDrive Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 If we are to win this series our middle order of Kohli-Rahane-Pujara has to do the heavy lifting and I am talking about multiple/big 100s Pujara some time back was playing fighting 50s but was never able to go beyond. But this year he has played a couple of knocks where it looked like he will barely reach 100 and he kicked up a higher gear and farmed the strike nicely with the tail to score big 100s. Link to comment
G_B_ Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 more than one big innings, he needs a series of 50s under his belt. Link to comment
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