What is the Point of Rohit Sharma in Test Team?

[wanted_desi]

I clearly fail to understand the investment that selectors are making into Rohit Sharma. He is going to be 31 in April. With current set up, he is not going to be in starting 11, unless there is an injury to Rahane/Kohli/Pujara. That means that for 31 years old player to get one game here and there seems pointless to me. In couple of years, when Kohli/Rahane/Pujara will be at end of their careers, Rohit will not be the one who will need to take over the important roles from them. It will be someone from next generation who will be hitting his peak years 27-33 batting wise. 

 

Are these selectors/management incompetent or there is some vision behind the selection? 

[maniac]

Well he averaged 85 and was one of the best bats in the  last series he was a part of before He got injured and Nair replaced him

Edited October 27, 2017 by maniac

[Forever Indian]

Perks of being the brother in law of your captains agent.

[Forever Indian]

Here comes another of his close relative...

[maniac]

1 minute ago, Forever Indian said:

Perks of being the brother in law of your captains agent.

How about averaging 85 in his last series...does that count?

[Pollack]

15 minutes ago, maniac said:

How about averaging 85 in his last series...does that count?

No.

[maniac]

1 minute ago, Pollack said:

No.

Explain??? Nair has himself to blame so a guy who was never dropped to begin with came back...How is that unfair? 

[Pollack]

1 minute ago, maniac said:

Explain??? Nair has himself to blame so a guy who was never dropped to begin with came back...How is that unfair? 

Not against giving few more chances to magi noodles. But 85 avg in last series does not count much. Let's see if he has few more such series against better teams outside subcontinent .

[sandeep]

25 minutes ago, wanted_desi said:

I clearly fail to understand the investment that selectors are making into Rohit Sharma. He is going to be 31 in April. With current set up, he is not going to be in starting 11, unless there is an injury to Rahane/Kohli/Pujara. That means that for 31 years old player to get one game here and there seems pointless to me. In couple of years, when Kohli/Rahane/Pujara will be at end of their careers, Rohit will not be the one who will need to take over the important roles from them. It will be someone from next generation who will be hitting his peak years 27-33 batting wise. 

 

Are these selectors/management incompetent or there is some vision behind the selection? 

Bunty aur Babli, Bunty aaaaaur Babli..........

 

Do you know what should replace Babli in the jingle above?  Hint: It does rhyme with Bubli.  

[velu]

having rohit sharma in the squad for the test matches is like a neutred dog having a penis .. can piss n cnat do anything else

[Ankit_sharma03]

You know its a good if a captain is backing a player but starnge he is backing a wrong horse so much who has weaknesses of no limit 

And a guy who scored 300 isnt backed. 

Someone like KL who can be next best all format batsman after kohli isnt backed 

Pant - usko to dekha bhi nhin

 

Pujara after a few failure will start finding his place in danger from Rohit . 

 

 

 

[maniac]

14 minutes ago, velu said:

having rohit sharma in the squad for the test matches is like a neutred dog having a penis .. can piss n cnat do anything else

But it can still have the X factor which is to be ferocious and decimate intruders 

Edited October 27, 2017 by maniac

[maniac]

16 minutes ago, Pollack said:

Not against giving few more chances to magi noodles. But 85 avg in last series does not count much. Let's see if he has few more such series against better teams outside subcontinent .

Fair enough 

[velu]

 

if saha flops for few games , i really think BCCI and kohli might ask Dhoni to unretire from tests

 

 

[Laaloo]

21 minutes ago, velu said:

 

if saha flops for few games , i really think BCCI and kohli might ask Dhoni to unretire from tests

 

 

well seeing as how dhoni has been masquerading as a test player when playing odis for the past few years, that could very well happen

[maniac]

8 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

well seeing as how dhoni has been masquerading as a test player when playing odis for the past few years, that could very well happen

Well we can use his lunges against Rabada,Philander,Morkel etc on a spicy pitch in tests but unfortunately in tests he will try to come down the track and try to smash them T20 style and behave like a buffoon 

Edited October 27, 2017 by maniac

[velu]

20 minutes ago, maniac said:

Well we can use his lunges against Rabada,Philander,Morkel etc on a spicy pitch in tests but unfortunately in tests he will try to come down the track and try to smash them T20 style and behave like a buffoon 

like this

 

 

[maniac]

2 minutes ago, velu said:

like this

 

 

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[velu]

4 minutes ago, maniac said:

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[LORD_analyst]

2 hours ago, velu said:

 

if saha flops for few games , i really think BCCI and kohli might ask Dhoni to unretire from tests

 

 

srinivasan is long gone from bcci...now bcci will kick dhonis a*s...lol