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KL Rahul vs Shreyas Iyer for number 4 spot in ODIs


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Who will be your choice for number 4 position in ODIs  

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  1. 1. Who will be your choice for number 4 position in ODIs

    • KL Rahul
      6
    • S Iyer
      44
    • None of the above
      8


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10 hours ago, Frustrated said:

Raina was the Man of the Series and highest run getter in the 2006 Ind-England series held in india.  India thrashed the poms 5-1.   By the time that series started, raina had hardly played 15 odis.  That series sealed his spot for the indian team.  And it bore fruit later on, in the crucial WC 2011 SF against poyz where our middle order had collapsed , but raina stood up and took us to a winning total on a sluggish pitch. Eventually we won the WC.   Apart from his usual batting skill, he was an excellent fielder too and a part time bowler who gave us crucial breakthroughs at times.  His contribution to the side was immense. 

Yuvraj was man of the series in that series. After 36 odi raina had only 600 run  at avg 26 and sr 69 with 3 fifties. Give some time to pant 40 to 50 odi 

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As a pure batsman Iyer can't hold a candle to Rahul. It's just that KL is muddled in his thoughts, now after today he should be moved to the middle order for a while .

Also we need to move on from the likes of Iyer who is a poor man's Rayudu and give the chances to Gill or Mayank. He will be a disaster in the T20 WC as well.

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2 minutes ago, rtmohanlal said:

was a perfect  inns required of  him today from Rahul. But  has he got it in him  to do it on a consistant basis and in all conditions? Too early to tell.

Any way, now that he has played this inns, he should be given a few more chances at 4 or 5.

first he shud be picked consistently and given one role 4 or 5 

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4 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

first he shud be picked consistently and given one role 4 or 5 

i think  this 5th down suits him  better than 4rth.  Even his T20 record  is testimony to this. I mean it seems  he is more at ease  in scoring in T20 mode  rather than anchoring  which he was doing as an opener. As an opener he would score a  '58 off 75'  then would get out soon when it was time to cash on it. It seems his temperament &  fitness both are suited to this   T20 mode batting  and hence would be more ideal at 5.

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2 minutes ago, rtmohanlal said:

i think  this 5th down suits him  better than 4rth.  Even his T20 record  is testimony to this. I mean it seems  he is more at ease  in scoring in T20 mode  rather than anchoring  which he was doing as an opener. As an opener he would score a  '58 off 75'  then would get out soon when it was time to cash on it. It seems his temperament &  fitness both are suited to this   T20 mode batting  and hence would be more ideal at 5.

Very well said.

Looks like we need Iyer/Gill/Someone at 4 as consolidator and KL Rahul at number 5 position where he can bat in T20 mode. 

His today's innings is a T20 one that is very suited for ODI late middle order batsman. 

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23 minutes ago, rtmohanlal said:

i think  this 5th down suits him  better than 4rth.  Even his T20 record  is testimony to this. I mean it seems  he is more at ease  in scoring in T20 mode  rather than anchoring  which he was doing as an opener. As an opener he would score a  '58 off 75'  then would get out soon when it was time to cash on it. It seems his temperament &  fitness both are suited to this   T20 mode batting  and hence would be more ideal at 5.

disagree in one way he can play long innings he has 100s in test cricket

At open he ha a lot of time so he tries to be oversmart or safe by following Rohit n kohli pattern, he needs to given a secuirty of 15-20 games and be told to play his natural game. Such a good player is good enough to play 50 overs. Give time and security he ll find his game.

Thats the job of seniors like Rohit n Kohli to tell him to play his natural game 

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29 minutes ago, sarcastic said:

Very well said.

Looks like we need Iyer/Gill/Someone at 4 as consolidator and KL Rahul at number 5 position where he can bat in T20 mode. 

His today's innings is a T20 one that is very suited for ODI late middle order batsman. 

Yeah a Butler like player for us. If he can take up the keeping duties full time then Pandya at 6 and Jaddu at 7 will be a very potent line up for odi.

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28 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

disagree in one way he can play long innings he has 100s in test cricket

At open he ha a lot of time so he tries to be oversmart or safe by following Rohit n kohli pattern, he needs to given a secuirty of 15-20 games and be told to play his natural game. Such a good player is good enough to play 50 overs. Give time and security he ll find his game.

Thats the job of seniors like Rohit n Kohli to tell him to play his natural game 

what ever it be,  his track record shows that he is not  good at playing long inns , Even his test record  conversion rate is not good, mere 5 100s in 60 inns.Seems he has temperament problems to go big. But one thing for sure is that  he is so good in T20 mode and hence ideal for  5th spot at least in batting friendly conditions.Having said that he could  have used this t20 mode as an opener too with power plays  being more ideal for that.

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