Can KL Rahul become future Rohit Sharma?

[Ankit_sharma03]

He doesnt need to be rohit, he needs to be himself.......if he plays at his full potential he ll be a legend in every fcking format 

[gakgupta]

No but he can be a better T20 player, already a more accomplished test batsman. Rohit in ODIs is a freak, we might never see another one like him in the next 20 years, enjoy his greatness in the meantime. 

And let him play only ODIs and T20s...

Trying him in Tests will screw his ODI form....we have seen this before...



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[gakgupta]

Rahul is a mental midget. No he can’t. Also rohit gets big hundreds. Even tests I don’t remember rahul getting big hundreds. He appears to me he throws away in his wicket mostly.

Rohit was even bigger mental midget than KLR...

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[nevada]

16 hours ago, Nikola said:

what if dhawan gets back in few months? will dhawan continue with rohit or rahul will be considered?

Dhawan will come back to open with Rohith. Rahul will be moved to 4.

[chewy]

Rahul has his own game, he has been circumsuspect in this WC, but has more potential to be explosive than Rohit.

 

As good as Rohit has been and probably an all time ODI great

Rather have an explosive Opener averaging 40 plus with SR of 110plus in today's era

India has plenty of good batsmen coming through the ranks who can pick up the slack.

 

 

 

[Samcric]

15 hours ago, rkt.india said:

We can try him in middle order in test

Whether opening or middle order - he needs to prove his mettle and temperament via India A games first. We should never confuse one-day form with potential performances in test matches (especially in Eng/Aus even WI test pitches are spicy now).

[rkt.india]

24 minutes ago, Samcric said:

Whether opening or middle order - he needs to prove his mettle and temperament via India A games first. We should never confuse one-day form with potential performances in test matches (especially in Eng/Aus even WI test pitches are spicy now).

He already has 100 in Aus and WI. So, there is no question on his ability.

[ViruDilSeKhelo]

15 hours ago, rkt.india said:

Rahul has played only 22 ODIs. He was discarded after 14 random ODIs. Rohit played about 80-90 ODIs with average of 30 and SR in 70s. What if Rohit was discarded then, we wouldn't have seen current Rohit. This TM hasn't been brave enough  and has panicked after a very few failures.

Agree. His test spot is gone for good now with Shaw and agarwal coming. He'll remain a limited overs player, t20 is his best format I think. 

[Adi BB]

He is the type of player who needs plenty of matches to build up his confidence ,same as rohit initially. KL has the potential but he has to step it up the next level 

[rtmohanlal]

why stick with Rahul when we have better all round, all conditional compact players??  I think Mayank should be given chances.

[Lannister]

1 hour ago, gakgupta said:

And let him play only ODIs and T20s...

Trying him in Tests will screw his ODI form....we have seen this before...



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Rahul can be tried in place of Rahane in Tests. There is just no point in continuing with Rahane. 

[velu]

1 hour ago, chewy said:

Rahul has his own game, he has been circumsuspect in this WC, but has more potential to be explosive than Rohit.

 

As good as Rohit has been and probably an all time ODI great

Rather have an explosive Opener averaging 40 plus with SR of 110plus in today's era

India has plenty of good batsmen coming through the ranks who can pick up the slack.

 

 

 

 

Rohit is a cautious opener ..  don't think world has seen anyone better than Rohit when comes to effortless hitting

[jalebi_bhai]

Rahul and Rohit should be our first choice T20 opening pair. Dhawan is not needed in T20 team. Start from there.

[Pollack]

You mean coming good after 150+ matches and then 60-70 more matches to be awesome but still requiring dropped catches every other match?

[rkt.india]

2 hours ago, rtmohanlal said:

why stick with Rahul when we have better all round, all conditional compact players??  I think Mayank should be given chances.

Mayank is not a patch on Rahul as a talent.

[coffee_rules]

2 hours ago, rkt.india said:

He already has 100 in Aus and WI. So, there is no question on his ability.

And Eng too. Albeit a dead rubber.

[rkt.india]

45 minutes ago, Pollack said:

You mean coming good after 150+ matches and then 60-70 more matches to be awesome but still requiring dropped catches every other match?

150+ is a stretch, but 86.  His first 86 matches till from 2007 till the end of of 2012.  Also Rohit debuted at the age of 20 on Aus tour 2008.  Even after his failures for five years, he was younger than Rahul 25 and 27 Rahul now.  Rahul has less time in his hand to leave the same impact. 

 

Career averages

	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
unfiltered	2007-2019	214	8657	264	49.18	27	8	2/27	64.37	0	77	0	-15.18	Profile
filtered	2007-2012	86	1978	114	30.43	2	8	2/27	56.25	0	32	0	-25.81

 

 

Here is his record since Jan 2013.  125 matches and it is as good as Kohli's, scoring 25 hundreds in 128 matches.  He scored his first double hundred in 2013.

 

Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
unfiltered	2007-2019	214	8657	264	49.18	27	8	2/27	64.37	0	77	0	-15.18	Profile
filtered	2013-2019	128	6679	264	60.17	25	0	-	-	0	45	0	-

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 hours ago, rtmohanlal said:

why stick with Rahul when we have better all round, all conditional compact players??  I think Mayank should be given chances.

Mayank has his own share of technical issue and that to a lot ......but when ur in purple patch it doesnt come out....wait till he hits a bad patch his problem wud be evident to. Rahul is far superior player then mayank in every aspect only diff is one going through a purple patch and another a rough patch 

[cricketfan28]

not sure.