KL Rahul vs Shreyas Iyer for number 4 spot in ODIs

[sarcastic]

Both played good knocks today under pressure.>> But Iyer was more impressive today..

The poll on ICF stands as of now:

KL Rahul - 1

S Iyer - 25

None - 1

 

Looks like Iyer is winning the battle here on ICF. Long long ago, KL Rahul was the favorite youngster of everyone here on ICF. How times change.

[rtmohanlal]

Rahul, Iyer & Pandey deserve long runs in T20s in the middle order  moving forward.

[Moochad]

Rahul should be opening and Iyer at 4

[Ankit_sharma03]

20 minutes ago, Moochad said:

Rahul should be opening and Iyer at 4

yup

58 minutes ago, rtmohanlal said:

Rahul, Iyer & Pandey deserve long runs in T20s in the middle order  moving forward.

pandey please no .....not on basis of one innings

[rtmohanlal]

2 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

yup

pandey please no .....not on basis of one innings

yes... was a bit mistaken .... went a bit OTT by his average. It is actually boosted by high percentage not outs. Also his str; too is  a bit off for a middle order spot.So he can't be for that slot

[vvvslaxman]

KL Rahul has more range of shots. He should open the innings with Rohit sharma. Kohli at 3. Iyer at 4. Then we have to find the other options. Pandya will be one of them. You need to value six hitters. 

[prudent_kreeda]

3 hours ago, sarcastic said:

Both played good knocks today under pressure.>> But Iyer was more impressive today..

The poll on ICF stands as of now:

KL Rahul - 1

S Iyer - 25

None - 1

 

Looks like Iyer is winning the battle here on ICF. Long long ago, KL Rahul was the favorite youngster of everyone here on ICF. How times change.

     Thats because form has changed . You also need to play the batsmen who is in better nick. That does not mean you are discarding the other .  He will also be in the loop.

[jusarrived]

KL is far more versatile batsmen , but I will pick even Rayudu over him for for No4 . It’s just stupid to try turning a opener into a middle order batsmen, won’t work ..definitely not so late in someone’s career 

[sarcastic]

12 minutes ago, prudent_kreeda said:

     Thats because form has changed . You also need to play the batsmen who is in better nick. That does not mean you are discarding the other .  He will also be in the loop.

KL Rahul has also played a good knock today. It is not as if he is in bad form and Iyer is good.

Moreover, Rahul played a lot more international cricket than Shreyas. Picking a less experienced batsman such as Shreyas in place of Rahul shows that Rahul is definitely lower in the pecking order now. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 minutes ago, sarcastic said:

KL Rahul has also played a good knock today. It is not as if he is in bad form and Iyer is good.

KL is in recovery phase from a huge bad form phase.....iyer is high on confidence whereas KL is gaining it slowly thats the diff Its all about mindset. 

 

[bowl_out]

Rahul, Iyer, Pandey take the 4/5 spots.. and Gill in the reckoning as well.

 

Rahul is a floater that should play at 4, and act as back up opener if required... Dhawan  is still the first choice opener in ODIs, but not sure if he will last till the next WC. If Dhawan is phased out by 2023, then Rahul moves to open the innings and Gill/Pandey fill the middle order.

 

The XI for the next ODI could look something like this (assuming everyone is fit):

Rohit
Dhawan
Kohli
Rahul/Pandey
Iyer
Samson/Pant
Hardik
Bhuvi
Kuldeep
Shami
Bumrah
 

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

Really hope he gets his confidence back....at his best he was a sight to watch

 

 

[Straight Drive]

On 11/10/2019 at 4:05 PM, WC2011INDIA said:

KL makes Rahane look like a champion. The sooner we discard this chooza from Bangalore the better.

Can't believe even Rahane has same strike rate. Horrible

[WC2011INDIA]

7 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

Really hope he gets his confidence back....at his best he was a sight to watch

 

 

In IPL most are a sight to watch. Look at Andre Russell. Lights up when in IPL, but does nothing for WI aka WC 2019.

[Ankit_sharma03]

4 hours ago, WC2011INDIA said:

In IPL most are a sight to watch. Look at Andre Russell. Lights up when in IPL, but does nothing for WI aka WC 2019.

Nope he was batting well in that phase even in international 

Then started the downfall.

2019 wc n ipl are diff formats , russell for wi in t20 is still gold. Even in 2019 wc he was good with ball

[cricketfan28]

iyer ji.

[Straight Drive]

Bad luck to Iyer. Inspite of having outperformed Rahul in ODI cricket , he is made to warm the bench.

[putrevus]

Iyer should be given fair chance to prove himself , it would be very wrong to discard him after one failure.Rahul on other hand is suitable only for as opener, if and when that role becomes open , he should be considered along with Gill.

[sarcastic]

5 hours ago, Straight Drive said:

Bad luck to Iyer. Inspite of having outperformed Rahul in ODI cricket , he is made to warm the bench.

Iyer played the match and failed. How is he made to warm the bench!

[Cricwala]

In 6 ODIs we have played since WC 2019, we have played the following No. 4s - Iyer (3), Pant (2), Kohli (1)...ahh, it feels like 2018 never ended or maybe this is what the great masters mean when they say time is circular.