Virat likes Rahane at #4 in ODIs :((

[Yoda-esque]

Hes answered the question now.
Consistency however remains key.

I rate him as good as Damian Martyn or Darryl Cullinan, players that make things look easy..but are not in the top echelon.

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[Cricketics]

I hope he continues like this. A solid Rahane can be a really good weapon for us whenever Kohli fails.

[Ankit_sharma03]

Dont get carried away with the knock ,

I said before rahane will do well on such pitches against his fav attack and he has done before to as well. These pitches n this attack suits his game  but dont make the mistake of taking it as a long term prospect 

[Cricketics]

25 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Dont get carried away with the knock ,

I said before rahane will do well on such pitches against his fav attack and he has done before to as well. These pitches n this attack suits his game  but dont make the mistake of taking it as a long term prospect 

World cup games will be not played on spin friendly tracks like in India.

 

It will suit Rahane’s game if anything, the English tracks.

[King Tendulkar]

Fantastic knock 

 

looked great 

 

so much for icf think tank lol

[PBN]

good knock today along with kohli

[Shunya]

Prophecy coming true with every game... 2018 is his year...beware SA and England  

[Ankit_sharma03]

6 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

World cup games will be not played on spin friendly tracks like in India.

 

It will suit Rahane’s game if anything, the English tracks.

All Wc games wnt be played against SA

Other teams have spinners to trouble him

 

He played well against SA in 2015WC but not against other sides , in eng as Wc wud progress spinner will find something more then they did in australia 

 

In eng their wud be games of around 350, rahane a biggest misfits in those games

[philcric]

Congrats @WC2011INDIA

 

[sandeep]

15 hours ago, Cricketics said:

I believe he will do well in South African series. Might suit his style. 

 

If there's pace on offer, he can use it to hit boundaries.  That helps mitigate his power deficit.  If he was consistent in ODIs, I would trust him to be more reliable than even Rohit at the top of the order.  But that window for Rahane was open for a blink, a couple of years ago, and he blew it.  At this point in time, it is very difficult to dislodge either of Tailunt or Dhawan from the openers' slot.  And deservedly so.

[velu]

17 hours ago, maniac said:

That is so sad though Rahane Pandey Jadhav Dhoni Karthik none of them are good enough...that is 5 open slots to try new players   

5 players competing for 3 slots .. so 3 open slots

 

[Cricketics]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

All Wc games wnt be played against SA

Other teams have spinners to trouble him

 

He played well against SA in 2015WC but not against other sides , in eng as Wc wud progress spinner will find something more then they did in australia 

 

In eng their wud be games of around 350, rahane a biggest misfits in those games

You can try to find different ways to win the argument that Rahane did this or that, fact is that he is scoring runs.

 

I would drop him if he consistently fails and won't take him for world cup then. But if he has started scoring runs now, then I can't drop them.

 

Same thing with Dhawan and Rohit. If they keep scoring runs whether fail against certain teams, then we can't drop them. They will remain our openers.

 

Tahir is a pretty good LOI spinner, so if Rahane can play him, then he can play others too in ODI'S. It's not that big of a deal. It's more of a deal in test matches in India than it is playing ODI'S in England against a spinner.

 

 

 

 

[Samcric]

Let us wait to see how he accelerates when India need to put on or chase 330. Can he score a hundred in 70-80 balls? Because after Rohit (first 40 overs) and Kohli, don't think India need another consolidator in the top order. We need a stroke-maker at 4. 

 

On green/bowler-friendly wickets or when you chase 250-270, he can be an asset. Question is if we should expect that in WC 2019? if not, we need to find our stroke-maker at no. 4. In my view, only Iyer and KL have that Yuvi-type potential to take the game away. And I am not sure they have been given enough opportunities.

[Ankit_sharma03]

33 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

You can try to find different ways to win the argument that Rahane did this or that, fact is that he is scoring runs.

Hasnt he scored before ......

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I would drop him if he consistently fails and won't take him for world cup then. But if he has started scoring runs now, then I can't drop them.

Again its just one innings n against his fav sides n fav opp

We used same logics for dhawan n rohit  in test

 

Check my post i wrote before the game rahane can do well in this series as he enjoys sa attack n these pitches , the lessons are their in the past

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Same thing with Dhawan and Rohit. If they keep scoring runs whether fail against certain teams, then we can't drop them. They will remain our openers.

Dhawan n rohit have done a lot and are match winners on their day

Lets not bring rahane in same pic

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Tahir is a pretty good LOI spinner, so if Rahane can play him, then he can play others too in ODI'S. It's not that big of a deal. It's more of a deal in test matches in India than it is playing ODI'S in England against a spinner.

Tahir has been smashed by rahane before doesnt mean he can go n score against bangladesh in bangladesh

I hve seen him hit ajmal also but didnt he struggle against spin n slow bowling in coming many years 

Didnt his 4(25) in bangladesh came after 2015 wc where he smashed 70 in some 40 balls against Sa

 

Hold ur horses, its better if he just horses for courses. Lessons are in past and their is pattern 

Such innings have come before as well 

 

We are looking for player for all condition n situations or atleast 80%

 

Edited February 1, 2018 by Ankit_sharma03

[G_B_]

is Rahane the prince that was promised?

 

There was indeed a blue comet in the sky when he was born.

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

Give me my egg. I will return it after few matches :)

[Dada's Army]

Good innnings by Rahane. Should have remained NO. Still, he always looks better when he's batting in partnership with one of our free flowing top 3. 

 

I won't be upset if he cements his place at 4 for the WC. There are more dynamic batsmen out there but like I said earlier, many have been given the chance at 4 but have failed to seal the spot.

 

The way our top 3 play, we're never far away from a top order collapse. In overseas conditions, Rahane is a guy to consolidate the innings and get it back on track. Just can't be expected to chase down totals on his own.

Edited February 2, 2018 by Dada's Army

[King Tendulkar]

2 minutes ago, Green Monster said:

this is just not the case!!! imo it is the other way around....

 

pakistan has had a number of world class/top class batsmen Miandad, Inzy, Misbah, Younis, our fans certainly know much about batting, that we dont have one currently is another story...

 

india has yet to produce a world class pacer who has lasted for long... kapil to me was the closest.  right now even u guys r hyping kumar who is a green track specialist in tests and has an almost 40 avg in ODIs!!! like he is the next kapil or imran!!!

 

i will give u that shami and bumrah look like potential world class bowlers, but shami is injury prone and bumrah is a rookie in test format... i would say u guys have much more to learn regarding pace bowling than our fans regarding batting...

It’s not the pak fans that need to learn about batting but the Pakistan players . Hapless at moment and under 19 lot don’t look much better 

 

meanwhile in 2018 our pacers are quicker and better as well . So not sure what we got to learn 

[rahulrulezz]

On 2018-02-01 at 3:40 PM, BeardedAladdin said:

The criticism of Rahane's inclusion sounds more and more absurd with every match he plays.

 

Since returning to the indian side after the champions trophy, he is averaging 55.33 with 8 fifties and a hundred in 12 games. He's currently on a run of 5 consecutive 50s. If some of those 50s were hundreds, nobody would question his place.

 

A good series in South Africa will make him a guaranteed selection in the Indian one day XI.

 

His ODI average isn't even that bad, he's averaging almost 36 with a SR of almost 80. He's a great batsman, it was just a matter of time.

So a guy after playing 84 ODI that too in top order, still averages 35 and has a patethic strike rate of 77, and you are happy with that????

 

if you take out his runs against pathetic Windies, his average drops down to 33 and strike rate down to 74. But I guess you are ok with that. Cuz he is supposedly very calm looking and has backing of Rahul Dravid. 

[Vijy]

On 2/1/2018 at 3:42 PM, G_B_ said:

is Rahane the prince that was promised?

 

There was indeed a blue comet in the sky when he was born.

 

 

Yes, he is Azor Ahai.