Justice for Rahul Campaign (JFRC)

[Forever Indian]

8 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

Yeah the guy who averaged 76 just a series before previous one is in horrid form. We learn new things everyday.

 

India in SL

 

Most runs

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
S Dhawan (INDIA)	3	4	0	358	190	89.50	342	104.67	2	0	0	56	1
CA Pujara (INDIA)	3	4	0	309	153	77.25	565	54.69	2	0	0	26	1
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	3	6	0	285	141	47.50	632	45.09	1	1	0	30	0
AM Rahane (INDIA)	3	4	1	229	132	76.33	418	54.78	1	1	0	20	0
N Dickwella (SL)	3	6	0	227	67	37.83	296	76.68	0	2	0	31	1
BKG Mendis (SL)	3	6	0	200	110	33.33	314	63.69	1	0	1	30	0
AD Mathews (SL)	3	6	0	182	83	30.33	338	53.84	0	1	1	18	5
HH Pandya (INDIA)	3	3	0	178	108	59.33	165	107.87	1	1	0	16	10
V Kohli (INDIA)	3	4	1	161	103*	53.66	257	62.64	1	0	0	10	1
MDK Perera (SL)	3	6	2	150	92*	37.50	253	59.28	0	1	1	18	5
KL Rahul (INDIA)	2	2	0	142	85	71.00	217	65.43	0	2	0	15	0
R Ashwin (INDIA)	3	3	0	132	54	44.00	227	58.14	0	1	0	13	1
WP Saha (INDIA)	3	3	0	99	67	33.00	209	47.36	0	1	0	7	1
LD Chandimal (SL)	2	4	0	96	48	24.00	216	44.44	0	0	0	10	1

 

Rahane - 3rd best batsman and better performer than Kohli

 

Series before that

 

Most runs

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SPD Smith (AUS)	4	8	1	499	178*	71.28	1014	49.21	3	0	0	52	0
CA Pujara (INDIA)	4	7	0	405	202	57.85	1049	38.60	1	2	1	38	0
KL Rahul (INDIA)	4	7	1	393	90	65.50	698	56.30	0	6	0	51	2
MT Renshaw (AUS)	4	8	0	232	68	29.00	606	38.28	0	2	0	31	2
AM Rahane (INDIA)	4	7	1	198	52	33.00	416	47.59	0	1	0	23	3
PSP Handscomb (AUS)	4	8	1	198	72*	28.28	492	40.24	0	1	0	23	0
MS Wade (AUS)	4	8	2	196	57	32.66	461	42.51	0	1	1	21	2
DA Warner (AUS)	4	8	0	193	56	24.12	309	62.45	0	1	0	25	2
WP Saha (INDIA)	4	6	1	174	117	34.80	401	43.39	1	0	1	13	2
GJ Maxwell (AUS)	2	4	0	159	104	39.75	277	57.40	1	0	0	16	3
SE Marsh (AUS)	4	8	0	151	66	18.87	517	29.20	0	2	1	15	0
RA Jadeja (INDIA)	4	6	1	127	63	25.40	203	62.56	0	2	0	9	6
MA Starc (AUS)	2	4	0	118	61	29.50	152	77.63	0	1	0	10	6
M Vijay (INDIA)	3	5	0	113	82	22.60	296	38.17	0	1	0	13	1
KK Nair (INDIA)	3	4	0	54	26	13.50	103	52.42	0	0	1	6	0
R Ashwin (INDIA)	4	6	0	53	30	8.83	103	51.45	0	0	0	7	0
MR Marsh (AUS)	2	4	0	48	31	12.00	121	39.66	0	0	1	7	1
V Kohli (INDIA)	3	5	0	46	15	9.20	104	44.23	0	0	1	4	0
SNJ O'Keefe (AUS)	4	7	1	45	25	7.50	168	26.78	0	0	2	8	0
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2	3	0	33	21	11.00	91	36.26	0	0	1	4	1
NM Lyon (AUS)	4	8	0	31	13	3.87	68	45.58	0	0	3	3	1

 

3rd best batsman in Australia series, way better performance than Kohli.

 

How a batsman who has managed to be in top 3 Indian batsman in 2 series out of 3 is in horrid form?

 

Outperformed Kohli in Aus series, SL series, failed at home against SL and now he is in horrid form? 

 

This has to be joke.

 

 

How can a guy averaging 9 in a high profile series against Aus be not dropped is beyond me then! - Why follow the rules of form only for certain players?

 

Seems like performances in home SL series is more important than performances against Aus and in SL!

[Straight Drive]

By no way Rahul is a better batsman than Chet, at least imo.

[Khota]

2 hours ago, ThePhenomenal1 said:

So we should clean sheet everything and give dhawan a spot over vijay rather than go by technique and past success? Vijay has a 97 against SA, what does dhawan have other than mistimed pullshots?

Stop this technique crap. If his technique is so good why did he score less than Dhawan. 

When people use the word hack and technique they want to show how sophisticated they are.

There is no substitute for scoring runs.

Edited January 11, 2018 by Khota

[Vilander]

On 1/10/2018 at 2:06 PM, Trichromatic said:

Currently, what does that mean?

 

Vijay in last 5 matches:

Runs: 407

Avg: 50.87

100s: 2

 

Dhawan in last 5 matches:

Runs: 378

Avg: 47.25

100s: 1

 

Previous series

 

Most runs

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
V Kohli (INDIA)	3	5	1	610	243	152.50	742	82.21	3	1	1	57	4
LD Chandimal (SL)	3	6	0	366	164	61.00	745	49.12	1	2	0	43	2
M Vijay (INDIA)	2	3	0	292	155	97.33	500	58.40	2	0	0	26	1
CA Pujara (INDIA)	3	5	0	289	143	57.80	635	45.51	1	1	0	36	0
RG Sharma (INDIA)	2	3	2	217	102*	217.00	311	69.77	1	2	0	20	3
AD Mathews (SL)	3	6	0	196	111	32.66	457	42.88	1	1	0	26	3
S Dhawan (INDIA)	2	4	0	192	94	48.00	253	75.88	0	2	0	21	3
N Dickwella (SL)	3	6	1	134	44*	26.80	192	69.79	0	0	1	17	2
DM de Silva (SL)	1	2	1	120	119*	120.00	233	51.50	1	0	0	15	1
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	3	6	0	91	51	15.16	260	35.00	0	1	1	11	0

 

 

Vijay was 2nd highest run scorer, 100 more than Dhawan.

 

Vijay has hit 4 centuries in last 9 matches, 5 in last 12.

 

Dhawan has hit his 4 in 16 and 5 in 24 matches.

 

 

Kaun sa current me Dhawan outperforms Vijay?

 

That's khote farticle number 3000 lol

[Lannister]

Rahane should just tell the Mumbai lobby's to shut it. They are making it difficult for him. 

I kind of miss Kumble already, his team selections were exciting and spot on. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Yes pujara will be under pressure soon as well, if he doesnt start to make runs overseas. 

Now the concern is with dhawan n rohit not giving confidence, if pujara also fails .....who are our backups. 

[Unstable Joe]

33 minutes ago, Khota said:

Stop this technique crap. If his technique is so good why did he score less than Dhawan. 

When people use the word hack and technique they want to show how sophisticated they are.

There is no substitute for scoring runs.

You are basically choosing Dhawan over Vijay on the basis of Dhawan having scored 18 more runs....and did that 18 great runs help India much? Nope. And the sample size of ONE test is horrendously small. Anyone can have a bad test. Vijay, however, has previously shown that he can play well, and has good scores against SA, what has Dhawab done? Also, Dhawan is more of the guy who tries to give us a quick start, while Vijay on the oter hand, plays more of a "stay in there and score slowly" role. But no, you would rather choose Dhawan over Vijay since Dhawan scored 18 more runs in 1 test and not take into account their roles, past records, history of success against opposition, or basically anything else. However, I cannot agree with this judgement. Now, personally, I dislike both Vijay AND Dhawan and want Rahul and Pujara to open instead.

[Brainfade]

5 hours ago, King Tendulkar said:

Frankly this makes me really happy 

 

I am just happy Raul plays . And replaces Dhawan . Raul now must play for next 6 games mr kohli !

 

rohit v rahane is 50/50 call . So not bothered . Rohit is form player and had had one game to acclimatise . Rahane great away but horrid form . So toss of a coin this one . I would just say to Rohit get in for 25 balls then bat like the hit man

Si Raul está sano, debe jugar delante de Dhawan. 
Pero, considerando los éxitos pasados de Rahane en SA, 
él también debe jugar en lugar de Rohit. 

En caso de que Raúl se lastime de nuevo, tal vez promueva Pujara para abrir, 
Rahane a los 3, y juegue Rohit en el # 5

 

Edited January 11, 2018 by Brainfade

[Ankit_sharma03]

44 minutes ago, Khota said:

Stop this technique crap. If his technique is so good why did he score less than Dhawan. 

When people use the word hack and technique they want to show how sophisticated they are.

There is no substitute for scoring runs.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/video/clip?id=22033557

 

Smith questioning dhawan selection after ganguly..........

 

Laga raha 1 innings men 16 run ko leke.......16 run hi hai koi 50-100 nhin

[speedheat]

36 minutes ago, Brainfade said:

Si Raul está sano, debe jugar delante de Dhawan. 
Pero, considerando los éxitos pasados de Rahane en SA, 
él también debe jugar en lugar de Rohit. 

En caso de que Raúl se lastime de nuevo, tal vez promueva Pujara para abrir, 
Rahane a los 3, y juegue Rohit en el # 5

 

RAUL is the best batsman of India .......... Waiting ..........

[chewy]

The thing is Pujara is going nowhere until openers and Kohli are scoring regurlarly 

 

If openers and number 4 are incompetent against New ball, pace and swing, then you rather have someone who can at least do a blockathan 

[Rightarmfast]

55 minutes ago, Brainfade said:

Si Raul está sano, debe jugar delante de Dhawan. 
Pero, considerando los éxitos pasados de Rahane en SA, 
él también debe jugar en lugar de Rohit. 

En caso de que Raúl se lastime de nuevo, tal vez promueva Pujara para abrir, 
Rahane a los 3, y juegue Rohit en el # 5

 

Didnt know they watched cricket in spain and south america

[King Tendulkar]

3 hours ago, Trichromatic said:

Yeah the guy who averaged 76 just a series before previous one is in horrid form. We learn new things everyday.

 

India in SL

 

Most runs

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
S Dhawan (INDIA)	3	4	0	358	190	89.50	342	104.67	2	0	0	56	1
CA Pujara (INDIA)	3	4	0	309	153	77.25	565	54.69	2	0	0	26	1
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	3	6	0	285	141	47.50	632	45.09	1	1	0	30	0
AM Rahane (INDIA)	3	4	1	229	132	76.33	418	54.78	1	1	0	20	0
N Dickwella (SL)	3	6	0	227	67	37.83	296	76.68	0	2	0	31	1
BKG Mendis (SL)	3	6	0	200	110	33.33	314	63.69	1	0	1	30	0
AD Mathews (SL)	3	6	0	182	83	30.33	338	53.84	0	1	1	18	5
HH Pandya (INDIA)	3	3	0	178	108	59.33	165	107.87	1	1	0	16	10
V Kohli (INDIA)	3	4	1	161	103*	53.66	257	62.64	1	0	0	10	1
MDK Perera (SL)	3	6	2	150	92*	37.50	253	59.28	0	1	1	18	5
KL Rahul (INDIA)	2	2	0	142	85	71.00	217	65.43	0	2	0	15	0
R Ashwin (INDIA)	3	3	0	132	54	44.00	227	58.14	0	1	0	13	1
WP Saha (INDIA)	3	3	0	99	67	33.00	209	47.36	0	1	0	7	1
LD Chandimal (SL)	2	4	0	96	48	24.00	216	44.44	0	0	0	10	1

 

Rahane - 3rd best batsman and better performer than Kohli

 

Series before that

 

Most runs

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SPD Smith (AUS)	4	8	1	499	178*	71.28	1014	49.21	3	0	0	52	0
CA Pujara (INDIA)	4	7	0	405	202	57.85	1049	38.60	1	2	1	38	0
KL Rahul (INDIA)	4	7	1	393	90	65.50	698	56.30	0	6	0	51	2
MT Renshaw (AUS)	4	8	0	232	68	29.00	606	38.28	0	2	0	31	2
AM Rahane (INDIA)	4	7	1	198	52	33.00	416	47.59	0	1	0	23	3
PSP Handscomb (AUS)	4	8	1	198	72*	28.28	492	40.24	0	1	0	23	0
MS Wade (AUS)	4	8	2	196	57	32.66	461	42.51	0	1	1	21	2
DA Warner (AUS)	4	8	0	193	56	24.12	309	62.45	0	1	0	25	2
WP Saha (INDIA)	4	6	1	174	117	34.80	401	43.39	1	0	1	13	2
GJ Maxwell (AUS)	2	4	0	159	104	39.75	277	57.40	1	0	0	16	3
SE Marsh (AUS)	4	8	0	151	66	18.87	517	29.20	0	2	1	15	0
RA Jadeja (INDIA)	4	6	1	127	63	25.40	203	62.56	0	2	0	9	6
MA Starc (AUS)	2	4	0	118	61	29.50	152	77.63	0	1	0	10	6
M Vijay (INDIA)	3	5	0	113	82	22.60	296	38.17	0	1	0	13	1
KK Nair (INDIA)	3	4	0	54	26	13.50	103	52.42	0	0	1	6	0
R Ashwin (INDIA)	4	6	0	53	30	8.83	103	51.45	0	0	0	7	0
MR Marsh (AUS)	2	4	0	48	31	12.00	121	39.66	0	0	1	7	1
V Kohli (INDIA)	3	5	0	46	15	9.20	104	44.23	0	0	1	4	0
SNJ O'Keefe (AUS)	4	7	1	45	25	7.50	168	26.78	0	0	2	8	0
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2	3	0	33	21	11.00	91	36.26	0	0	1	4	1
NM Lyon (AUS)	4	8	0	31	13	3.87	68	45.58	0	0	3	3	1

 

3rd best batsman in Australia series, way better performance than Kohli.

 

How a batsman who has managed to be in top 3 Indian batsman in 2 series out of 3 is in horrid form?

 

Outperformed Kohli in Aus series, SL series, failed at home against SL and now he is in horrid form? 

 

This has to be joke.

 

 

Maybe you are right 

 

 

[Trichromatic]

13 minutes ago, King Tendulkar said:

Maybe you are right 

Think these are deliberately created media hype. Both talks about Rahane's form and Dhawan's home performances. 

 

 

[BeautifulGame]

TOI expects Rahul to come in for Dhawan , but decision to drop Dhawan or Vijay will be taken after looking at the centurion wicket.

 

Rahul could make his way back at the cost of Dhawan and not Vijay, given that the latter still happens to be a more experienced hand given the conditions in South African. Yet, it'll have to be seen what skipper Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri have in mind after they visit Centurion on Thursday.

 

As for Rahane vs Rohit .Rohit (who averages 11 in South Africa ) will play 2nd test ahead of Rahane(who averages 65 in South Africa ) again because 

 

The team's logic over Sharma's inclusion is simple: By dropping him, what message do they convey to a batsman who scored an unbeaten century and two half-centuries (one unbeaten) in the only two Test matches he played in 2017.

 

 

 

https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/india-in-south-africa/india-vs-south-africa-kl-rahul-to-replace-shikhar-dhawan-for-2nd-test-rohit-may-get-another-chance/articleshow/62452928.cms?UTM_Source=Google_Newsstand&UTM_Campaign=RSS_Feed&UTM_Medium=Referral

[Suhaan]

Ravi shastri is the true parasite sucking life from Indian Cricket

[Pollack]

10 hours ago, King Tendulkar said:

Frankly this makes me really happy 

 

I am just happy Raul plays . And replaces Dhawan . Raul now must play for next 6 games mr kohli !

 

rohit v rahane is 50/50 call . So not bothered . Rohit is form player and had had one game to acclimatise . Rahane great away but horrid form . So toss of a coin this one . I would just say to Rohit get in for 25 balls then bat like the hit man

You think exactly like kohli. Bad form of Rahane. LoL. Not expected from ICFer. Can understand if a casual fan says so. Rahane is a different batsman outside subcontinent. Everyone and velu's cat knows so. Trichromatic pointed out his average too. 

 

[BeautifulGame]

If people read the TOI article not just the headline , it says Rahul may come in for Vijay or Dhawan bit Kohli and Shastri will decide on match day.

[SLICKR392]

10 hours ago, King Tendulkar said:

Frankly this makes me really happy 

 

I am just happy Raul plays . And replaces Dhawan . Raul now must play for next 6 games mr kohli !

 

rohit v rahane is 50/50 call . So not bothered . Rohit is form player and had had one game to acclimatise . Rahane great away but horrid form . So toss of a coin this one . I would just say to Rohit get in for 25 balls then bat like the hit man

Your brain is a 1/50 if you even remotely believe that call is a 50/50.

[Sgattick10]

6 hours ago, beetle said:

Rahane has the backing of the mumbai lobby. Unless someone else from the mumbai side becomes the darling of the mumbai lobby...he will be fine.

 

It is Rahul we should worry about .

The guy has no lobby or Godfather and the oldies are always gunning him for his hairstyle and tattoos .( why only him ...so many have those).

 

He should just eat some chawanprash and zandu pancharist and get some tough runs to shut people.

 

Go rahul go.....

You have no one to back you except your bat. 

 

Rahul keeps posting photos with the skipper on his insta from time to time  he knows a thing or two about maska maroing.

 

Wont be surprised if Rahane is permanently dropped from the test side and given a longer run in ODI cos shastri why not