KL rahul is the most mentally weak batsman India has produced in last two decades

[prudent_kreeda]

Am not able to understand why there is so much confusion in assessing the ability of players . When KL scores in couple of matches he is demi-God and when fails in 2 matches he is mental midget ! .

He has been our top T20 player in different conditions for last 2 years . A mental midget or someone lacking ability cannot reach such level.

At least  assess him objectively -

Does he have all the shots to play aggressively ?

Can he play even fastest stuff and get runs , .

Can he be big  hitter vs spinners

Has he shown his ability against Top teams several times 

 

Please answer yourself for the above and assess .

People will make runs and also fail , Form also will dip at times . If that is not happening why no one is able to score at more than 55 Average in their career. ? 

 

If i were Shastri , i would even test him at #4 or #5 in next 3 matches if he cannot be accommodated at the top. You cannot  throw out a proven match winner of  short format as he has more capability than Iyer.

Rohit, Ishan ,Kohli, SKY, KL, Pant , Hardik  line up for next 2 matches 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 16, 2021 by prudent_kreeda
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[vvvslaxman]

13 hours ago, Majestic said:

But then this will mean they will drop Kishan once Rohit is back.

 

After 1 innings he becomes the prime contender for the job? Let us see when he is up against cummins, starc.

[zen]

3 minutes ago, Cricspin said:

 

We can definitely compare Rahul with other top order players. However the intention of showing stats of someone who people consider a high impact player was to show that Rahul strikes at the same rate as Pandya while scoring at much higher average. Yes, thanks to him playing top of the order.  Obviously there is **** ton of discussion that can happen based on batting position. 

 

Thanks for avoiding the explanation. Saves time for both of us.  I did not want to discuss how we can just a move a player from no.6/7 to Top3 and just assume he will keep scoring at even higher rate while improving his average 2X-3X of current average. 

 

 

It is proven that if good batsmen get to play more balls, their avg and SR improves ... you can also pick the bowlers to target unlike in the death overs where you have less options, while also leveraging on field restrictions  ... Below since 2018 

 

View overall figures

Primary team India

Opposition team Australia  or England  or India  or New Zealand  or Pakistan  or South Africa  or Sri Lanka  or West Indies

Start of match date greater than or equal to 1 Jan 2018

Qualifications runs scored greater than or equal to 200

Ordered by batting strike rate (descending)

Overall figures

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
HH Pandya	2018-2021	16	11	4	215	42*	30.71	152	141.44	0	0	0	14	12
RG Sharma	2018-2020	29	28	3	771	111*	30.84	546	141.20	2	5	2	67	41
KL Rahul	2018-2021	29	27	3	916	101*	38.16	651	140.70	1	7	2	81	36
V Kohli	2018-2021	30	28	8	1036	94*	51.80	740	140.00	0	8	1	61	44
S Dhawan	2018-2021	30	28	0	865	92	30.89	647	133.69	0	6	0	88	25
MS Dhoni	2018-2019	11	9	4	242	52*	48.40	186	130.10	0	1	0	21	8
RR Pant	2018-2021	24	22	4	374	65*	20.77	292	128.08	0	2	3	25	20
SS Iyer	2019-2021	17	16	6	313	67	31.30	245	127.75	0	2	1	23	12
MK Pandey	2018-2020	18	16	10	372	79*	62.00	292	127.39	0	2	0	25	10

 

 

Above SDP has an avg of 31 with a SR of 141, that too after only playing 13-14 balls per inning. Guys who mostly bat in the top order avg 23-24 balls  

 

 

 

 

 

[Lone Wolf]

Rahul should just back himself & go hard from ball 1..  I think he is still most gifted batsman to come out of India in last decade.  But has confidence issues.  Ability wise he is second to none.  

[Jay]

HE IS NOT AN OPENER. NEVER. 

HE IS A MIDDLE ORDER BAT. 

 

PLAY HIM AT 4OR 5 IN ODI T20 AND EVEN TESTS. HE CANT PLAY SWING WHEN HE OPENS. HE IS A SLOW STARTER. 

[Amit228]

I have no issues with kela rahul failing.. however i have issues with his batting attitude nd his mindset of being an accumulator im t20i...

 

I mean how many accumulators we can afford in our line up?

 

Rohit is in same mold of starting slow nd then going big.. but even this strategy hasn't bought him the level of success which he would have desired specially in IPL

 

Kohli is another accumulator..we can tho afford him specially in run chases.

 

Rahul- another accumulator being mirror copy of rohit.. can bash bowlers but prefer to show deadbat and carries a meak attitude..

 

Iyer- another accumulator..can bash spinners but is deplorable against quick express pace..

 

Now this is the problem with our t20i team... When u have ur top 4 as accumulators then more often than not this team will fail.. this template would work in odi but .. how will it suffice in t20i??

 

How many of u expect to get a flying start where both of our openers (rahul & rohit) plays to preserve their wicket..? That's why kishan has brought a breath of fresh air with his attacking batting at top.

[nevada]

It looks like that big score of 130 odd he got against RCB in the IPL has messed up his game. He wants to tuk tuk now with the hopes of staying till the end and getting such a big 100 again. I hope he just bats freely without any clutter to smack the ball around like he did when he was new. In full flow, Rahul"s batting is a treat to watch! 

[jusarrived]

Kl still jmo is our best T20 bat,but his change of approach in last 12 months or so is concerning.  We can't afford another accumulator in the team, in such a case hes better off pushed down the order where he's forced to hit from the word go .

His biggest strength is that he starts timing from the very first ball, ideally has no reason to play like Virat or Rohit .

[Khota]

KL is the top bat for India. Need to leave him alone.

[The Realist]

The new Ajit Agarkar?

 

[Suhaan]

31 minutes ago, sarchasm said:

After kela rahul, we now have KL Udaas courtesy @Suhaan

 

Udaas kela?

He once took holy bath in river Hwang Ho,the sorrow of China

 

[Texan]

46 minutes ago, The Realist said:

The new Ajit Agarkar?

 

Does he bowl at 135+ kph?

[Number]

Binary man

[Texan]

I wouldn't blame Rahul. He is going through a bad rut and the best thing that a captain can do is to give him a break, let him work out the chinks and come back later. 

 

But what does Captain Bravado actually do? He drops a talented batsman who never got to bat in his debut match and instead continues playing KL. The writing was on the wall here and only the blind could not read it. 

[Frustrated]

Joker.  Wait till few karnataka lobby posters come here to defend him. 

[putrevus]

How are captain and TM at fault. They want Rahul to do well that is why they gave him chances. 

[Vickydev]

Needs a break or maybe later on when he doesnt have to put his thinking cap on

Edited March 16, 2021 by Vickydev

[GautiMaan]

Can be given few more chances in the middle order owned the no.5 spot in ODI's,also both his t20 international centuries have come in the middle order..some food for thought for the TM

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

Good to hear that

 

[AmazeBallz]

On 3/14/2021 at 3:15 PM, OpeningBatsman said:

He will turn 29 next year 

Not exactly a spring chicken. 

Morgan is 34. What is your point?