Rahane is the new Ishant Sharma

[The Realist]

Baffling continuous selections in limited over teams despite having horrible career stats and lacking the skills & mentality required.

 

So-called team player with the "technique" who has failed to deliver in previous tournaments. That innings v WI in the semis of the last world T20 was similar in ineptitude to the infamous Yuvraj one. Yet instead of learning from lessons the current selectors continue to reward non performance with their "safe picks"

 

[StriKe]

Still one of the best bats for Test Squad. Don't insult Rahane with comparing to Ishant Sharma, Ishant is on whole different dimension.

[chewy]

Selectors are coward farts, don't have balls to make just one gutsy selection

 

selecting like Rahane and Yuvraj is an insurance policy to cover selectors' own incompetence in the event India get knocked out in group stages

[BCCI]

Why this constant need to select Rahane,even after so many failures.Why was this special privilege not given to likes of Uthappa or now even Gambhir(proven match winner in ODI cricket).

 

Edited May 8, 2017 by BCCI

[kira]

Mumbai lobby, Gavaskar needs to look in the mirror 

[Alf Stewart]

How lol ishant still gets a game when he is the worst ever 200 wicket bowler in test history is beyond me. Hopefully he plays next time the surrenderers tour Pakistan 

[chewy]

I bet nearer time of CT, Dhawan will get injured and Rahane will endup opening and we will

wonder how * did come to this situation

 

and the likes of Pant, Samson, Iyer or even Tripathi will be sat home twiddling their thumbs post IPL

 

whilst bloody Chris Lynn will be smashing it around for Aus ODI team in England, and Rahane prodding around to a 50

[Gollum]

Rahane is a dud on most counts. Pathetic in T20s, pathetic in ODIs, pathetic in home tests or for that matter any pitch which offers turn. He is only good for Aus/NZ/Eng/RSA test tours, can't believe the hype he gets among the cricketing fraternity. Mumbai lobby is too powerful even today.

[sourab10forever]

Can bat at any position...that played to his advantage.

 

[Vilander]

Mumbai lobby strikes again indeed.  First in te form of Manohar makes Indian share of revenues from 575mil to 293/393 forces  and humiliates BCCI to announce a squad through convenient COA and now with pseudo selectors makes sure there is a passenger in the ct squad. 

[Vilander]

Gambhir should have moved to Mumbai in his prime he would have been an Indian great by now.

[Ultimate_Game]

TBH Ishant at least managed to contribute to one ICC trophy in 2013 CT where he managed to turn the tables in that miraculous 17th over. I doubt Rahane has ever done anything and will do anything in ICC tourneys. The only memories I have of Rahane in shorter formats are the ones from 2015 WC semi against Aus where he couldn't hit the ball off the square as hard as he tried, and single handedly costing us the 2016 WT20 semi by plodding around to ensure India ended up with a sub-par total for the conditions.

[sandeep]

Everyone wants to blame "Mumbai Lobby".   But its not just Rahane - you take out Hardik Pandya's slogging, and Jadhav's deft use of placement - the rest of the batting lineup is basically ODI accumulators.   The other top 3 ODI teams in the world have recognized the future of ODIs - elongated T20s - they are bolstering their batting units with at least 3 power hitters if not more.  Australia has just one accumulator in Steve Smith - the rest can be classified as 'inconsistent'.   This is a strategic error on our part.   A major one that we have been making since Dhoni's captaincy.  I used to think it was MS's fault and VK would do something to change it.  At a minimum, partially.  But not seeing that.  

 

Even our spare batsmen - Rahane and Manish Pandey - are more of the classical 'good' batsmen type who are unlikely to come up with a 150+ SR type of innings.    Add to that, we are carrying not one, but two aging veterans in the middle order, both of whom are under the gun, with waning hitting abilities, needing more and more time to 'get going'.   

 

 

 

 

[Temujin Khaghan]

recently when Kohli was sitting out, they made Rahane the captain for the last test instead of Ashwin... felt like smashing Rahane's face on the TV. Why Indians treat bowlers like 2nd class citizens? and that too Ashwin is a genius level bowler.

[Temujin Khaghan]

Every time Yuvraj goes into the field with his batting gear, I feel like Iam watching a bridegroom who recently has been operated on for vasectomy going into the bridal first night room. 

he will have fun but there won't be anything to show for :p

 

[Temujin Khaghan]

normally Dhoni doesn't indulge in loose talk and is very careful about what he says about the players unlike Sehwag. But for Dhoni to conclude that Rahane is useless on the slow tracks of the home grounds just shows how frustrating it is to select lame-@ss Rahane for home tests, knowing that he will fail..

[randomGuy]

Dilli, Mumbai quota. Peasants from RoI can cry all they want. ;)

[Brainfade]

19 hours ago, Vilander said:

Gambhir should have moved to Mumbai in his prime he would have been an Indian great by now.

In my book, he *is* an Indian great.  That innings in the WC2011 final sealed the deal.   

[Pollack]

On 08/05/2017 at 2:30 PM, kira said:

Mumbai lobby, Gavaskar needs to look in the mirror 

Kuch bhi mat bol.

These are the selectors who have always shown allergy to try new blokes in bilaterals forget big tournaments. In any case how many Mumbai players do play in Indian National Team nowadays. Stop blaming Mumbai lobby for everything. Gavaskar, Shastri and Manjrekar don't have a say on selection. 

[Pollack]

19 hours ago, sandeep said:

Everyone wants to blame "Mumbai Lobby".   But its not just Rahane - you take out Hardik Pandya's slogging, and Jadhav's deft use of placement - the rest of the batting lineup is basically ODI accumulators.   The other top 3 ODI teams in the world have recognized the future of ODIs - elongated T20s - they are bolstering their batting units with at least 3 power hitters if not more.  Australia has just one accumulator in Steve Smith - the rest can be classified as 'inconsistent'.   This is a strategic error on our part.   A major one that we have been making since Dhoni's captaincy.  I used to think it was MS's fault and VK would do something to change it.  At a minimum, partially.  But not seeing that.  

 

Even our spare batsmen - Rahane and Manish Pandey - are more of the classical 'good' batsmen type who are unlikely to come up with a 150+ SR type of innings.    Add to that, we are carrying not one, but two aging veterans in the middle order, both of whom are under the gun, with waning hitting abilities, needing more and more time to 'get going'.   

 

 

 

 

Only sensible post among 'Mumbai lobby' conspiracy. There is lobbyism but at lower levels.Once you are recognised for higher levels there is mostly meritocracy. Most of the times disliked selections are due to difference in opinions or thoughts of selectors versus fans.