cowboysfan Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 we are wasting his fine form by not playing him in the Tests,what makes its worse is It Rohit and mayank who is also out of form. Kothili 1
gakgupta Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 He is in fantastic form...If he performs well in ODIs ...he is not far from making a test comeback....Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk
Straight Drive Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) Agarwal and Shaw have performed much better than Rahul in Test. Even Rohit Sharma has done well. If TM stops backing openers who have produced numbers in tests as openers and push someone who has failed to give numbers then it will set a very bad precedent in test cricket. More disappointments amongst performing test openers if this happens and more cricketers will look more at IPL rather than doing well in tests because of bad selections. Will lead to further shortage of test quality openers. Rahul has to wait before other openers who have better numbers than him either hit severe bad form or get injured. Edited February 2, 2020 by Straight Drive Vijy, Kothili, putrevus and 1 other 1 1 1 1
rtmohanlal Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 no,... he has had enough of his chances. if it is as a WK, Pant has done convincingly better in tests as of now and has better temperament than Rahul in longer format.
gattaca Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 The last time he played in tests he didn’t know where his off stump was. T20 different than tests. Mosher, Norman, nevada and 1 other 4
R!TTER Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 Neither does Sharma btw so it's not he'll be a huge downgrade
Popular Post express bowling Posted February 2, 2020 Popular Post Posted February 2, 2020 Don't choose a test batsman based on LOI form. Just don't. ! Even more so, if he is chosen to.open in tests. The skill sets needed are different. Mosher, Laaloo, Stan AF and 8 others 1 10
express bowling Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 Gill was the backup opener in the last 2 test series and should continue to be so. He is in great form in the Unofficial Tests too. Mosher and diehardpacer 1 1
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 Yes he shud be....one bad year and his number took a pounding. He was avg 40 before that which was very decent for opener. He had 100 overseas n made runs in home series against aus which wasnt easy pitches. He looks to have stuck a purple patch use it as much as possible Kothili 1
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 46 minutes ago, gattaca said: The last time he played in tests he didn’t know where his off stump was. T20 different than tests. It was a bad form n in bad form no one knws where there off stump is. Kothili 1
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 Now the problem is where is the place. Shaw n gill were ahead of him. Even though i like gill more for middle order RAZPOR 1
RAZPOR Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Now the problem is where is the place. Shaw n gill were ahead of him. Even though i like gill more for middle order if the experiment of middle order batsman/wk goes well in odis,maybe rahul can be slotted in as a keeper.
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, RAZPOR said: if the experiment of middle order batsman/wk goes well in odis,maybe rahul can be slotted in as a keeper. Keeping in test cricket that ll be to much and pant has done nothing wrong in test cricket diehardpacer and RAZPOR 2
gakgupta Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 Don't choose a test batsman based on LOI form. Just don't. ! Even more so, if he is chosen to.open in tests. The skill sets needed are different.He got hundreds in every possible country as test opener...He is the proven opener...He is in good form....which means he should be considered Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk
diehardpacer Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) As a test opener Shaw should be ahead of Rahul. Also,Gill has been backup opener in the last two series & is in brilliant form for India A team. Edited February 2, 2020 by diehardpacer
Vijy Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 no, he should not. has lost the tightness in his game that we saw during his peak period when oz visited india. nevada 1
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, Vijy said: no, he should not. has lost the tightness in his game that we saw during his peak period when oz visited india. he hasnt played any shot away from the body in this while phase of back in form and his % of poor shots have been very low. We re yet to see his peak And no batsman is completely tight in this setup Kohli still plays away form body at start of innings Pujara- u can still sneak a ball between pad n bat Shaw- Same Mayank - also plays away from body a lot Gill - also isnt as tight as ppl think Kothili and cowboysfan 2
Vijy Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 Just now, Ankit_sharma03 said: he hasnt played any shot away from the body in this while phase of back in form and his % of poor shots have been very low. We re yet to see his peak And no batsman is completely tight in this setup Kohli still plays away form body at start of innings Pujara- u can still sneak a ball between pad n bat Shaw- Same Mayank - also plays away from body a lot Gill - also isnt as tight as ppl think I am guessing his batting avg in past 2 yrs is roughly half of jaddu in tests. let him go to ranjis, Ind A, score heavily and then get selected. he does not deserve freebies because of awesome T20/ODI form.
Straight Drive Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 2 hours ago, gakgupta said: He got hundreds in every possible country as test opener... He is the proven opener... He is in good form....which means he should be considered Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk How is a opener averaging 34 a proven opener ? On what basis openers averaging 67.08 (Agarwal), (118.5) Shaw and 46.54 (Sharma) should be behind him in pecking order. Kothili 1
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Straight Drive said: Agarwal and Shaw have performed much better than Rahul in Test. Even Rohit Sharma has done well. If TM stops backing openers who have produced numbers in tests as openers and push someone who has failed to give numbers then it will set a very bad precedent in test cricket. More disappointments amongst performing test openers if this happens and more cricketers will look more at IPL rather than doing well in tests because of bad selections. Will lead to further shortage of test quality openers. Rahul has to wait before other openers who have better numbers than him either hit severe bad form or get injured. Aggarwal n shaw are yet to be tested in ENG N SA most toughest conditions where rahul downfall begin . Let them play equal amount of test or atleast have a size of 25-30 games same for Rohit as opener Comparison shud be be done wen we have equal amount of sample size n similar condition
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