Virat Kohli Press Conference after 1st Test

[Cricketics]

7 hours ago, veer said:

Arent we hyping up KL Rahul too  much? He has failed many times so not sure if KL Rahul is the answer..

Yes, Rahul should play is one thing but to hype him is another. 

[Cricketics]

12 minutes ago, Nonbeliever said:

Do u think he is a fool. Even half informed fan in India will tell u that Rohit and dhawan are no test material.  Sometime it is wise to be a fool.  He is just fooling us by being a fool.

Dhawan is test material for Indian conditions where his game suits more. You can not say he is not test material overall. He just sucks overseas, where many great plyers fail to perform and hence get labeled FTB.

 

He might not be better than Rahul or Vijay, that only time will tell when their career end but failing overseas doesn’t really mean one is not test material. Test players can be home track bullies which many players are. 

 

 

 

[The Dark Horse]

I feel Virat is encouraging for bowlers, but is tearing apart the batting lineup with his selections and attitude.

[rkt.india]

7 hours ago, veer said:

Arent we hyping up KL Rahul too  much? He has failed many times so not sure if KL Rahul is the answer..

it is not about failing or succeeding. yes, Rahul can fail but he is more probable to have success too. It is about selecting the right players for right conditions. Rahul is yet to play a single game in SA. Even if he fails next game, it will still be right selection.

Edited January 9, 2018 by rkt.india

[The Dark Horse]

7 hours ago, veer said:

Just saw the interview clip above.. looks like they are hurt which is good to see.. i dont want him to cry lol.

 

Most disappointing part of interview was his statement on Rohit's selection because he scored runs in last 3 matches (ODI matches, seriously?)

Not ODI. The one where he declared late so that Rohit can get a fifty.

[Jimmy Cliff]

1 minute ago, The Dark Horse said:

I feel Virat is encouraging for bowlers, but is tearing apart the batting lineup with his selections and attitude.

Word! We have the best top 5 in the world in Vijay/Rahul/Pujara/Kohli/Rahane but he is hell bent on destroying it just for his buddies .

[Pollack]

7 hours ago, veer said:

Arent we hyping up KL Rahul too  much? He has failed many times so not sure if KL Rahul is the answer..

He hasn't failed in tests. 

[speedheat]

Should better prepare with all his excuses next time, dropping rahane who averages 70 in sa and technician like Rahul was thickheaded decision which backfired, should drop hack like dhawan immediately who thinks about mustache twitching and thigh clapping before holding on to a ball.

[New guy]

I am 90% sure both Vijay and pujara were asked to play faster, hence their uncharacteristic shots. Also,.rahul might come in for Vijay

[Trichromatic]

8 hours ago, MechEng said:

Indian kaptaans always had a history of favouritism. Even the greatest Indian kaptaan ever Ganguly favoured Harbhajan over Kumble on many ocassions.

Please show a history where best/world class proven performers have been dropped for proven failures even when they aren't in bad form for proven failures.

 

Harbhajan and Kumble both were best spinners for us till then.

[jf1gp_1]

23 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

Word! We have the best top 5 in the world in Vijay/Rahul/Pujara/Kohli/Rahane but he is hell bent on destroying it just for his buddies .

Bhuvi outscored every batsman which includes virat vijay and pujara plus he was NO in 2nd innings ie 3 of 5 which per you makes the best top 5. Sure its nice to hammer dhawan and rohit but to be fair out batsman collectively failed. 

[Jimmy Cliff]

9 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Bhuvi outscored every batsman which includes virat vijay and pujara plus he was NO in 2nd innings ie 3 of 5 which per you makes the best top 5. Sure its nice to hammer dhawan and rohit but to be fair out batsman collectively failed. 

No one claimed that the top order didn't fail collectively in this Test. However, Vijay/Pujara/Kohli/Rahane all did well on the previous tour to SA while Dhawan and Rohit predictably failed. What have these guys done to suggest they're more likely to score runs this time around? We've basically screwed 2 of our best Test batsmen (one of them being our best away batsman by far) just because Dhawan and Rohit cashed in against a popatwaadi attack of Sri Lanka.

Edited January 9, 2018 by Jimmy Cliff

[Straight Drive]

8 hours ago, veer said:

Arent we hyping up KL Rahul too  much? He has failed many times so not sure if KL Rahul is the answer..

I am afraid this could be true when we try Rahul as well. It usually happens that the player who is not picked in playing 11 would ahve saved the match or would have taken more runs or wickets than those playing. 

[Samcric]

2 hours ago, New guy said:

I am 90% sure both Vijay and pujara were asked to play faster, hence their uncharacteristic shots. Also,.rahul might come in for Vijay

Pujara got two unplayable deliveries. First innings ball landed on a crack. Second innings ball bounced from good length and hit the bat almost near the handle. One almost had to be a lesser batsman to not touch those deliveries - Pujara gets in line more often than not.

 

[adi B]

Even kohli doesn't look assured on such pitches so forget about dhawan and rohit.

[Forever Indian]

3 hours ago, Straight Drive said:

I am afraid this could be true when we try Rahul as well. It usually happens that the player who is not picked in playing 11 would ahve saved the match or would have taken more runs or wickets than those playing. 

With Rahul atleast we know that he is a future talent. Even if he fails in a match or two here the experience will come very handy in our other overseas tours and next tour to SA. Dhawan is a proven failure overseas, so what's the use of playing him from a present and future perspective?

[jusarrived]

4 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Bhuvi outscored every batsman which includes virat vijay and pujara plus he was NO in 2nd innings ie 3 of 5 which per you makes the best top 5. Sure its nice to hammer dhawan and rohit but to be fair out batsman collectively failed. 

Bhuvi was best 5/6 in this lineup even before the start of match ,  Virat , Vijay and Pujara failed ..but Dhawan /Rohit lived up to everyone's expectations ..so may be yor right , no point critisizing these two .

[jf1gp_1]

12 minutes ago, jusarrived said:

Bhuvi was best 5/6 in this lineup even before the start of match ,  Virat , Vijay and Pujara failed ..but Dhawan /Rohit lived up to everyone's expectations ..so may be yor right , no point critisizing these two .

One could also argue rahul in slips would have been handy compared to what we got from dhawan

[raki05]

14 hours ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

Check out my latest post in this thread. Both of these guys are in form and deserve a longer run (preferably the whole series). Lanka ke khilaaf ki gayee stat padding bahut bhari padegi .

Lanka ne hamari lanka laga di literally.

[raki05]

13 hours ago, maniac said:

What happened to the passion Virat used to show eg, when he was in tears when we got knocked out of the Wt20 a few years back or on other such occasions in his early days.

 

This is a new Virat and I am not liking this by the day.

I started disliking him the day he was laughing shamelessly along with his bhangra veer yuvi after CT final loss. I still believe it was intentional loss to kick out kumble and bestow us with the presence of the chosen one.