Gautam Gambhir: "It is disgusting to see that Rayudu is being judged more on his IPL form and less on his overall skill sets."

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

 

Gautam Gambhir:

 

"Let us talk about Rayudu first. It is disgusting to see that he is being judged more on his IPL form and less on his overall skill sets. I am not a big fan of statistics as they never tell you the whole story. I am sure you would remember what I wrote about Andre Russell and his inclusion in the KKR squad back in 2014. Before we played him in 2014, Russell only had 58 runs to show in seven games for his earlier franchise Delhi Daredevils."

[Oldhere]

Ok and what abt last year when his ipl form got him in team.

 

GG to me seems to have gone into senile mood in his quest to sound different nd anti establishment 

[DHONI_FANN]

What is GG smoking now a days? 

[SK_IH]

I think this is just an extension of his criticism of Virat's way of handling players and overall captaincy

[jf1gp_1]

28 minutes ago, Oldhere said:

Ok and what abt last year when his ipl form got him in team.

 

GG to me seems to have gone into senile mood in his quest to sound different nd anti establishment 

No. Let’s be clear it was told wc squad is more or less set. Ipl form won’t matter. Rayudu was in team which played Aussies at home. Question was on backup keeper position only. Yet rayudu was dropped and gambhir is questioning the reason. 

 

does rayudu merit to be in squad is a whole different debate ? 

[Ankit_sharma03]

bhaisahaab aap Ind-Aus home n away series men so rahe the kya ???

 

U knw what disgusting rayudu being hyped by ex-cricketers on minnow bashing. Wasnt that disgusting when he was picked only on IPL form

Edited April 21, 2019 by Ankit_sharma03

[kubrickian]

KL Rahul and Vijay have done nothing to merit their selection. Just like some idiot fans, the selectors are counting on "potential" and what they could do as their performances dont give anyone confidence.

 

Rahul is pretty much the most inconsistent batsman in ODIs, Vijay is a below average bowler and has decent hitting ability but nowhere capable of playing a long innings or bat consistently.

 

Rayudu would feel disappointed being left out of WC squad after having done well in ODIs. 
 

[kubrickian]

Also, think his looks could have played a factor with him being out of favor with some people. He doesnt look like the typical Indian cricketer and Indians are inherently racist or look down on people who look like him. 

[nevada]

4 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

No. Let’s be clear it was told wc squad is more or less set. Ipl form won’t matter. Rayudu was in team which played Aussies at home. Question was on backup keeper position only. Yet rayudu was dropped and gambhir is questioning the reason. 

 

does rayudu merit to be in squad is a whole different debate ? 

Correct. Rayudu's form was a concern even before the IPL started but his poor run in the tournament sealed his fate. If he had done well in IPL, he would have been part of the squad. DK hasn't done anything special in this IPL either but he got a spot thanks to his WK skills I guess. 

[sandeep]

5 hours ago, Oldhere said:

Ok and what abt last year when his ipl form got him in team.

 

GG to me seems to have gone into senile mood in his quest to sound different nd anti establishment 

He has a feud with Virat, that much is obvious. 

[jusarrived]

4 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

bhaisahaab aap Ind-Aus home n away series men so rahe the kya ???

 

U knw what disgusting rayudu being hyped by ex-cricketers on minnow bashing. Wasnt that disgusting when he was picked only on IPL form

What have the likes of sharma and Dhawan down recently ? 

You can’t drop a batsmen based on 3 innings . The fault was persisting with him past 2-3 years . I don’t like Rayudu much , but I just don’t see how KL or shankar or DK got ahead of him . 

 

 

[jusarrived]

5 hours ago, Oldhere said:

Ok and what abt last year when his ipl form got him in team.

 

GG to me seems to have gone into senile mood in his quest to sound different nd anti establishment 

That was a mistake too 

[Ankit_sharma03]

8 minutes ago, jusarrived said:

What have the likes of sharma and Dhawan down recently ? 

when u talk about sharma n dhawan na their is large volume of perfomance and every big player goes through ups n down. Dnt talk as if u hve never seen tendulkar or dravid runs drying up

 

Rayudu hasnt done even 10% of these guys , forget talking bout his lack of ability pace n bounce

8 minutes ago, jusarrived said:

You can’t drop a batsmen based on 3 innings . The fault was persisting with him past 2-3 years . I don’t like Rayudu much , but I just don’t see how KL or shankar or DK got ahead of him . 

 

 

Kl, shankar, DK all have more quality against quality attacks ....rayudu doesnt as simple as that 

Rayudu had a chance he screwed so they went back to someone who had better quality coz rayudu ddint have either- nor quality nor form

[ShoonyaSifar]

He is right. If Rayudu was dropped due to IPL form, how exactly have Shankar and DK been selected?

 

Shankar's stats read 139 runs@20 and 1 wicket@54 so far

DK numbers are 111 runs@18 and 4 catches

Rayudu's numbers are 163 runs@24

 

None of these guys deserved a spot if IPL was the criteria. More Kohli and MSK Prasad try to defend these illogical selections, further they will keep tying themselves in the knotts and we will have more gems like 3 dimesional cricketer and DK being a better keeper than our Test keeper.

[jusarrived]

14 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

when u talk about sharma n dhawan na their is large volume of perfomance and every big player goes through ups n down. Dnt talk as if u hve never seen tendulkar or dravid runs drying up

 

Rayudu hasnt done even 10% of these guys , forget talking bout his lack of ability pace n bounce

Kl, shankar, DK all have more quality against quality attacks ....rayudu doesnt as simple as that 

Rayudu had a chance he screwed so they went back to someone who had better quality coz rayudu ddint have either- nor quality nor form

Please don’t even try to put hacks like Sharma and Dhawan in the same league of tendulkar and Dravid . 

Dhawan is inconsistent and Sharma is a proven FTB . If Rayudus technique is suspect , it’s the same for Dhawan and Sharma who have been found wanting against swing , bounce or spin on multiple ocassions . Yes both are better than Rayudu , but not by a big margin and considering we have been struggling to find a good middle order bat and in comparison there are a half a dozen batsmen who can open currently , I would say Rayudus case is stronger than these two one dimensional hacks who can only open .

 

KL and DK are just potential, there is nothing to show they are good fit for ODI no4 .

Sahankar , I don’t buy the hype . He’s extremely lucky to have played for India . I haven’t seen much of his bowling , but he’s not more than a 30 avg bat and looks inferior to Rayudu as a pure batsmen 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

3 hours ago, kubrickian said:

Rahul is pretty much the most inconsistent batsman in ODIs

 

1 hour ago, jusarrived said:

KL and DK are just potential, there is nothing to show they are good fit for ODI no4 .

KL Rahul is the backup opener, not No. 4.

[jusarrived]

16 minutes ago, TNAmarkFromIndia said:

 

KL Rahul is the backup opener, not No. 4.

Most people here are convinced he’s our No4 though 

[zen]

Rayudu has nothing to complain with numbers like below: 

 

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Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
V Kohli	11	11	0	611	123	55.54	648	94.29	3	1	0	57	5
KM Jadhav	10	8	3	256	81*	51.20	281	91.10	0	2	0	27	3
S Dhawan	13	13	1	420	143	35.00	475	88.42	1	2	2	52	4
RG Sharma	13	13	0	556	133	42.76	701	79.31	1	4	1	44	16
MS Dhoni	8	7	4	327	87*	109.00	417	78.41	0	4	0	22	6
AT Rayudu	10	10	2	247	90	30.87	328	75.30	0	1	2	24	6

[zen]

Moreover, IPL was an opportunity for Rayudu to show that he is getting back to whatever got him selected in the first place. Ind appears to have gone with Shankar, who may not be a big upgrade from a batting PoV. Benefits are better fielding and ability to bowl 2-3 overs, which may not mean much in the context of a 100 overs game

 

Would have liked if Ind had gone with someone like Agarwal, who showed good form in the test series vs Aus and also has the game for LOIs

 

In bilaterals, you can even play Bhuvi/Ashwin/Jadeja at 4 but in a tourney like WC, you need a solid match winner type of batsman. You can get away by playing a stroke-maker in the top order to leverage on PP but at #4, you need someone who can play as per situation, take calculated risks where required, build a partnership if wkts fall early, try to play till the end if possible, and so on 

 

Ind could pay the price of not investing in a solid #4 and backing some of the past their best players! .... Ind starts its inning as if it is 2 down, so may be openers are playing like a #4

 

Edited April 21, 2019 by zen

[wanted_desi]

These so called experts are crying out like Viv Richards was dropped from Indian team. Someone has to miss from the squad, and Rayadu was right choice for that. Have they seen him looking like tailender against decent pace?