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Is Nair the one for a long haul?


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First let me take a moment to stand in awe and appreciate a fantastic effort from a young man...a 300 in his 3rd test even if this was against Bang/Zim it would have been a commendable effort leave alone one of the stronger sides in the world.

 

Hope this innings gives him the confidence to reach greater heights and become a bigger match winner. I know timing of this thread is wrong and might get a lot of hate for this but do you really think that he is going  to carry this on consistently? I am not saying he won't just my doubt.

 

Can he sustain his form and momentum on a bouncy,green,seam-friendly,dustbowl kind of a track?

 

Need to see more of him but yeah any one who hits a 300 is a gem and deserves his long rope but just get the feeling something is missing.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, diga said:

you know when people throw stones at a tree filled with mangoes, atleast one will hit the target... your n-threads are a proof of that

Did I say he will fail? All I am saying is as good a feat of making 300 is...it earns someone more time,doesn't show any prrof if he is one for the long haul....Kambli had 2 back to back 200's and a 100...now don't misquote me as I don't think from the look of it this kid is anything like Kambli-Seems a hardworking and disciplined cricketer.

 

All I am saying is is he the next big match winner? I have my reservations on declaring anything like that.

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1 minute ago, maniac said:

Did I say he will fail? All I am saying is as good a feat of making 300 is...it earns someone more time,doesn't show any prrof if he is one for the long haul....Kambli had 2 back to back 200's and a 100...now don't misquote me as I don't think from the look of it this kid is anything like Kambli-Seems a hardworking and disciplined cricketer.

 

All I am saying is is he the next big match winner? I have my reservations on declaring anything like that.

We dont know whether you are serious or not with your jinx/anti-jinx threads.. glory hunter

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Just now, diga said:

We dont know whether you are serious or not with your jinx/anti-jinx threads.. glory hunter

Why would I jinx a young Indian player? As I said as good as a 300 is in any circumstance,should it be a benchmark to determine how good he will be based on this circumstance in the future.

 

 

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How many such potentials/possible good players for India - has Rohit Sharma's dogged selection been blocking for last some years? What is the missed opportunity to Team India due to persistent selection of a dud like Rohit Sharma? Where we havent tried others like Karun Nair (earlier) or Manish Pandey and other batsmen?

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3 minutes ago, fineleg said:

He may struggle in Away conditions, but he needs to be given chances to learn the Away conditions. Keep sending him on A-tours to Eng, NZ, Aus, SA and perhaps if at all he can manage a county cricket chance. But he deserves a rope at least half length of the useless Rohit Sharma before judgements can be made.

It is the biggest misconception on ICF that going on A Tours will help you adapt to those conditions. Yes maybe the odd 150+ bowler whom they might not face in Indian domestics etc but rather Nair earn it by playing a little longer.

 

How fast will he adapt will be interesting. 

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1 minute ago, fineleg said:

How many such potentials/possible good players for India - has Rohit Sharma's dogged selection been blocking for last some years? What is the missed opportunity to Team India due to persistent selection of a dud like Rohit Sharma? Where we havent tried others like Karun Nair (earlier) or Manish Pandey and other batsmen?

FYI Rohit averaged 80+ in his last series.

 

Anyways I am all ok for selectors giving various performers and potential youngsters a shot...no problem

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Here is a complete list of triple centurions in test cricket.  Not a single batsman has been a failure in tests  apart from Sandham ( who played in the 1920s and is not that relevant now ).

 

This gives us hope that there maybe a long career here too.

 

 

 

Overall figures
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HSDescending Ave 100 50 0  
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 1990-2006 131 232 6 11953 400* 52.88 34 48 17 investigate this query
ML Hayden (AUS) 1994-2009 103 184 14 8625 380 50.73 30 29 14 investigate this query
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 1997-2014 149 252 15 11814 374 49.84 34 50 15 investigate this query
GS Sobers (WI) 1954-1974 93 160 21 8032 365* 57.78 26 30 12 investigate this query
L Hutton (ENG) 1937-1955 79 138 15 6971 364 56.67 19 33 5 investigate this query
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 1991-2007 110 188 14 6973 340 40.07 14 31 15 investigate this query
Hanif Mohammad (PAK) 1952-1969 55 97 8 3915 337 43.98 12 15 5 investigate this query
WR Hammond (ENG) 1927-1947 85 140 16 7249 336* 58.45 22 24 4 investigate this query
MA Taylor (AUS) 1989-1999 104 186 13 7525 334* 43.49 19 40 5 investigate this query
DG Bradman (AUS) 1928-1948 52 80 10 6996 334 99.94 29 13 7 investigate this query
CH Gayle (WI) 2000-2014 103 182 11 7214 333 42.18 15 37 15 investigate this query
GA Gooch (ENG) 1975-1995 118 215 6 8900 333 42.58 20 46 13 investigate this query
MJ Clarke (AUS) 2004-2015 115 198 22 8643 329* 49.10 28 27 9 investigate this query
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK) 1992-2007 120 200 22 8830 329 49.60 25 46 15 investigate this query
A Sandham (ENG) 1921-1930 14 23 0 879 325 38.21 2 3 3 investigate this query
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2000-2015 134 233 17 12400 319 57.40 38 52 11 investigate this query
V Sehwag (ICC/INDIA) 2001-2013 104 180 6 8586 319 49.34 23 32 16 investigate this query
Younis Khan (PAK) 2000-2016 113 203 18 9744 313 52.67 33 32 18 investigate this query
HM Amla (SA) 2004-2016 97 164 13 7568 311* 50.11 25 31 9 investigate this query
RB Simpson (AUS) 1957-1978 62 111 7 4869 311 46.81 10 27 8 investigate this query
JH Edrich (ENG) 1963-1976 77 127 9 5138 310* 43.54 12 24 6 investigate this query
RM Cowper (AUS) 1964-1968 27 46 2 2061 307 46.84 5 10 3 investigate this query
KK Nair (INDIA) 2016-2016 3 3 1 320 303* 160.00 1 0 0 investigate this query
Azhar Ali (PAK) 2010-2016 55 104 7 4377 302* 45.12 11 24 10 investigate this query
BB McCullum (NZ) 2004-2016 101 176 9 6453 302 38.64 12 31 14 investigate this query
LG Rowe (WI) 1972-1980 30 49 2 2047 302 43.55 7 7 2

 

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=high_score;template=results;type=batting

 

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Why would I jinx a young Indian player? As I said as good as a 300 is in any circumstance,should it be a benchmark to determine how good he will be based on this circumstance in the future.

 

 

You wouldn't jinx - but make such posts based on your "acumen" and then conveniently turn it into/term it as "anti-jinx" thread ( like last test) - so you win both ways. Attention seeker like a child :)

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6 hours ago, Gollum said:

Nair has looked at ease against the spinners. Against the quicks, a bit doubtful but he will improve. He needs to work on tackling the high speed incoming full deliveries. 

His consistency is shocking.

 

He failed for a few innings before the 300.

 

After the 300, he played a couple of domestic games and failed.

 

Then he came back to the side and failed for 2 games now.

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1 hour ago, sensible-indian said:

His consistency is shocking.

 

He failed for a few innings before the 300.

 

After the 300, he played a couple of domestic games and failed.

 

Then he came back to the side and failed for 2 games now.

Agree, he has to improve. But if you see our batting line up, no one is consistent.

 

Rahul is the God of inconsistency (last 5 innings is too low a sample size)

Vijay is inconsistent and frankly unpredictable these days. Had he shown the same application this home season that he exhibited in the overseas tours he would have scored 1500 runs, even more than Pujara. He has forgotten how to leave the ball and how to play short pitch deliveries. Also the frequent lapses in concentration is irritating.

Pujara is consistently the best batsman in Asia but inconsistent overseas, Rahane viceversa.

Kohli, when he goes missing really goes missing, England 2014 and now this. Contrast him to 90s Tendulkar who didn't fail in a single series for 10 years in the strongest era of bowling.

Saha, Ashwin, Jadeja too are inconsistent with the bat.

And I don't want to even talk about Rohit Sharma, he is useless. 

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