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

[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?

[AmazeBallz]

On 3/14/2021 at 3:43 PM, IndianRenegade said:

Rahul has shown he can be good, he just needs to stop going into a shell without trying.

Speaks volumes of the environment he is in.

[AmazeBallz]

On 3/14/2021 at 3:59 PM, cowboysfan said:

wtf guys? icf has such recency bias.

You picked this up really late. Indian Cricket Fans - oh the irony.

[IndianRenegade]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

Good to hear that

 

is this sarcasam?