Is KL Rahul proving everyone wrong

[sarcastic]

KL Rahul is leading Indian fightback from the front. All his critics are receiving a big big Phainty from him.

[nevada]

 I hope I picked the right icon.

[express bowling]

To prove people wrong, consistency is the key.  

 

To be considered a success at international level, a player has to perform consistently well.  This is what Rahul has lacked till date.

 

Every player, who has made it to his international team,  will perform once in a while.

[Ankit_sharma03]

Panauti mat lagao acha khel rha hai

[cowboysfan]

4 minutes ago, express bowling said:

To prove people wrong, consistency is the key.  

 

To be considered a success at international level, a player has to perform consistently well.  This is what Rahul has lacked till date.

 

Every player, who has made it to his international team,  will perform once in a while.

but he is not getting consistent time at the crease for a variety of reasons,i say keep him away from  LOI cricket altogether and play him only in tests.

[Jimmy Cliff]

FFS man abhi tak 50 bhi nahin banaya .

Edited August 22, 2019 by Jimmy Cliff

[Ankit_sharma03]

18 minutes ago, express bowling said:

To prove people wrong, consistency is the key.  

 

To be considered a success at international level, a player has to perform consistently well.  This is what Rahul has lacked till date.

 

Every player, who has made it to his international team,  will perform once in a while.

But Youngsters take time to get consistent....some at start some later

KL is going through major technical issues and lacking confidence. Its a bad form and it will end one day

 

• KL deserves backing....he is someone who had 100s in his 1st Aus, ENg, WI tour....pujara cudnt
• KL plays spin well....which someone like rahane cant
• If u compare KL n kohli at same point in career....KL shudnt be questioned. Kohli didnt even go through that many issues like KL....he was only caught in english condition by anderson  
• He has made runs when it was tough like home series against Aus 
• HE scored 100 in england in bad patch, a good player will score some runs in bad patch. Someone like Rohit cant even score a 100overseas in his good patch 

 

He has had really bad last year but so does many player have bad years in their career.....and 3 tours were overseas where its tough for most players specially openers. 

In Sa, ENG we went in without warmup games ...openers will suffer most

After doing well, shastri came in open and said dhawan is 1st choice that wud have affected his confidence

KWK controversy wont have helped

 

 

I think quality players like Rahul , rahane deserve it.....the least mngmt can do is that to get them in good mental space. KL started to gain some confidence in WC and dropped. KL is a great talent to deserve that extra backing coz in his peak he will repay 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 22, 2019 by Ankit_sharma03

[express bowling]

11 minutes ago, cowboysfan said:

but he is not getting consistent time at the crease for a variety of reasons,i say keep him away from  LOI cricket altogether and play him only in tests.

 

He has got a long run in test matches last year.

[express bowling]

17 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ha ha 

 

This Kohli stat is taken just after that disastrous England tour of 5 test matches in 2014. 

 

It is perhaps the only time in Kohli's career when his average dropped below 40. ( after he played 10 tests  )

 

Kohli's average went up sharply just after that, in the Australia tour of 2014.

 

Problem with Rahul is that he has had low averages almost all his test career.  Mid 2016 to mid 2017 was his only consistent time and in that period there were no big away tours.

 

And, at 27,  after playing 35 tests and averaging 35 odd ... Rahul is neither a youngster nor an inexperienced guy.

 

 

Edited August 22, 2019 by express bowling

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

 

 

Ha ha 

 

This Kohli stat is taken just after that disastrous England tour of 5 test matches in 2014. 

KL Stats after one whole bad year vs one bad tour of kohli in england

yet almost equal 

 

Openers job in test is always more tough 

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

Kohli's average went up sharply just after that, in the Australia tour if 2014.

Who knws it can happen with KL as well.....he will only improve from that disa

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

Problem with Rahul is that he has had low averages almost his test career.  Mid 2016 to mid 2017 was his only consistent time and in that period there were no bug away tours.

He has been inconsistent their is no question but their have been external factors. Having said that inconsistency can and shud be backed rather no performance 

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

And, at 27,  after playing 35 tests and averaging 35 odd ... Rahul is neither a youngster nor an inexperienced guy.

35 is still not bad for an openers....considering all the up n down he has gone.  

Neither is he a senior pro like pujara or rahane who has found his feet .....Hasnt played a lot in LOI to till now  as well 

 

[jf1gp_1]

Good that he stopped eating chips with shastri

[bowl_out]

never had an issue with him in tests... it was always LOIs that were troublesome for him

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 minutes ago, bowl_out said:

never had an issue with him in tests... it was always LOIs that were troublesome for him

but his form was an issue in test only

t20 he has a gr8 record

ODI bechara khele kitna hai....only 23

[kubrickian]

Another concentration lapse which has been an issue. Gone for 44.

[Jimmy Cliff]

[Frustrated]

KL Rahul.   Talent : 9/10.   Match Awareness : 1/10

[cricketfan28]

was playing well but something happened as usual.

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

KL Stats after one whole bad year vs one bad tour of kohli in england

yet almost equal 

 

What almost equal ?

 

Kohli averaged 39.5 after a long bad tour while Rahul averaged 35.3 after a bad year.

 

 

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Openers job in test is always more tough 

Who knws it can happen with KL as well.....he will only improve from that disa

He has been inconsistent their is no question but their have been external factors. Having said that inconsistency can and shud be backed rather no performance 

35 is still not bad for an openers....considering all the up n down he has gone.  

Neither is he a senior pro like pujara or rahane who has found his feet .....Hasnt played a lot in LOI to till now  as well 

 

 

 

My main issue with Rahul, ( after seeing him getting ample chances in tests which he deserved at that point )   is that he lacks hunger for runs. Even during his purple patch, he used to throw away his wicket after crossing 50. It was not good deliveries which got him.

 

He wastes too many good opportunities and does not come across as a fighter.

 

There was a long time till about October 2018, when I was a strong supporter of Rahul.

 

But it is difficult to rectify lack of will to succeed.

 

If Rahul is getting so many chances then what wrong has Karin Nair done.  The poor guy got a 300+ in tests but how many tests has he got to play on the trot. !!

[Ankit_sharma03]

7 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

What almost equal ?

 

Kohli averaged 39.5 after a long bad tour while Rahul averaged 35.3 after a bad year.

37.71  not 35.3, he also has 2 more 100s after same number of innings 

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My main issue with Rahul, ( after seeing him getting ample chances in tests which he deserved at that point )   is that he lacks hunger for runs. Even during his purple patch, he used to throw away his wicket after crossing 50. It was not good deliveries which got him.

 

He wastes too many good opportunities and does not come across as a fighter.

how do u come up with an assumption he is not a fighter

 

Players have taken that long to be consistent

Someone like yuvraj also became consistent after 2006 and debut in 2000.....he was a regular in team

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There was a long time till about October 2018, when I was a strong supporter of Rahul.

 

But it is difficult to rectify lack of will to succeed.

 

If Rahul is getting so many chances then what wrong has Karin Nair done.  The poor guy got a 300+ in tests but how many tests has he got to play on the trot. !!

Karun nair  also got hard done ....deserved a lot of chances 

Edited August 22, 2019 by Ankit_sharma03

[express bowling]

24 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

37.71  not 35.3, he also has 2 more 100s after same number of innings 

 

After a bad 2018 ending with the Australian test series, he was averaging 35.3 before this test.  (   You referred to his average after a bad year, so this figure )

 

 

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how do u come up with an assumption he is not a fighter

 

Because he almost always punches below his weight.

 

A superlative talent averaging 35 after 35 tests  at age 27 ... not a single big overseas test series where he has averaged 50+ ... keeps throwing his wicket away even when in form 

 

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Players have taken that long to be consistent

Someone like yuvraj also became consistent after 2006 and debut in 2000.....he was a regular in team

 

Yuvraj Singh was an impact player.  On his day, he was unstoppable. And he came up with such knocks with a certain consistency.

 

Not the case with Rahul.

Edited August 22, 2019 by express bowling