Rahul should be in the Test side

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 minute ago, Vijy said:

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.

yea bad phase comes like this is a purple patch he also went through bad and if u check most openers have struggled in recent years specially after playing in SA n ENG type place. HE went back in domestic made runs n came back. Now he is playing constantly for India which makes it tough to play ranji . 

Its not freebie he already showed he can play test cricket - lets not forget he has 100s in Aus, ENG, WI,SL and Home aussie series which was tough batting conditions. Ability was never his issue 

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 minutes ago, Straight Drive said:

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.

coz those guys have specially rohit n shaw hasnt opened in tough conditions when they ll do even their avg high chance will crash down

 

[Straight Drive]

2 minutes ago, Vijy said:

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.

He is improving as shorter format batsman and his technique and shot selection has resulted in dismissals in test cricket. Only select few players can flourish in all three formats. Selectors must be wise to draw a line and identify the format suitable for the player.

[Vijy]

1 minute ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

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

 

 

what matters is current form, not looking at stats from many years ago. consider the following:

 

In 2017-19, KLR played 14 tests away and has an avg of 25.16 with 1 century (in a match that we were clearly losing in Eng).

In 2017-19, Jaddu played 7 tests away and had an avg of 49.85 with several clutch knocks (although no centuries)

 

I am aware that Jaddu is a lower-middle-order player, whereas KLR is an opener. However, using the excuse of bad form does not work when this so-called bad form is across nearly 3 years. In the same period, Mayank has an avg of 39 away (4 tests), and even shikhar dhawan and rohit sharma have slightly better avgs abroad (in 4-5 tests).

[Ankit_sharma03]

7 minutes ago, Vijy said:

what matters is current form, not looking at stats from many years ago. consider the following:

yea so hows his form in test a year go current form ? one year ago is past when he developed serious technical issues 

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In 2017-19, KLR played 14 tests away and has an avg of 25.16 with 1 century (in a match that we were clearly losing in Eng).

In 2017-19, Jaddu played 7 tests away and had an avg of 49.85 with several clutch knocks (although no centuries)

yea rahul was in bad form 

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I am aware that Jaddu is a lower-middle-order player, whereas KLR is an opener. However, using the excuse of bad form does not work when this so-called bad form is across nearly 3 years. In the same period, Mayank has an avg of 39 away (4 tests), and even shikhar dhawan and rohit sharma have slightly better avgs abroad (in 4-5 tests).

no bad patches can be long . Many played have had long bad patches.....someone like an ABDV also avg 35 at similar point of time

take rahane for example had 2-3 years of bad patch n had a great last year 

 

Dhawan n rohit went slightly ahead of rahul on rahul bad days but thats how bad they were that their good days were only better then someone bad days. When rahul has his good days he has shown what he can do. 

A player will always be defined on what he does on his good days coz every one will have bad days 

 

Even in Rahul bad form he made a 150 in england which is what kohli failed to do in his 1st england tour when he had a horrid time

Edited February 2, 2020 by Ankit_sharma03

[putrevus]

No need at for him to be in test team.I would rather have Gill in the test team.Rahul had enough chances in test cricket to stink.

[jusarrived]

KLs test career is done for good . It’s difficult for test openers to make a come back once self doubt creeps into their game and it hardly helps with likes of Shastri and Virat at helm who took years to move on from Dhawan and now replace him with Rohit Sharma , both proven failures in Test cricket . 
 

In LOIs he just got lucky with few knocks at the right time and other batsmen getting injured . I will be happy if he ends his career as a LOI great . 

[wanted_desi]

Lets not confuse him right now! Maybe in future, there is a place for KL Rahul for test matches.

[jusarrived]

1 hour ago, Straight Drive said:

He is improving as shorter format batsman and his technique and shot selection has resulted in dismissals in test cricket. Only select few players can flourish in all three formats. Selectors must be wise to draw a line and identify the format suitable for the player.

There is no batsmen who can do well in all three formats from word go as you have to make massive adjustments every time you switch . Virat looked like a tail ender in England against swing , Edwards had him shitting in his pants against short ball in WI and all this when he was already a successful LOI batsmen . The difference is he was still persisted and given time and he eventually figured a way to make the switch . I can’t see any other batsmen apart from Virat do well in all 3 formats , until we get captain with even basic common sense . 

[test fan]

Team asks KL Rahul to open.
Team asks KL Rahul to bat 3.
Team asks KL Rahul to bat at 4.
Team asks KL Rahul to bat at 5.
Team asks KL Rahul to keep.

Finally :-)

Team asks KL Rahul to Lead

This man has done everything in the last 9 months.

Ab to test team m jagah to Banti h 

[SK_IH]

I think there is no need. Shaw should be the back up opener.

[Sachinism]

Don't confuse formats

[coffee_rules]

He should be in the test squad as a backup opener or wicket keeper

[cowboysfan]

8 minutes ago, Sachinism said:

Don't confuse formats

dude rohit freaking sharma is our opener right now,dont know about you but that gives me nightmares.

Edited February 2, 2020 by cowboysfan

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 minutes ago, cowboysfan said:

dude rohit freaking sharma is our opener right now,dont know about you but that gives me nightmares.

dont worry NZ pitches become flat post 2nd day 

[putrevus]

Rahul if he keeps up his form and keep scoring runs in shorter formats can be Rohit Sharma 2.0 , he will get his chances in test cricket again.That is the advantage which guys like Rohit and Rahul have over others as they are always in limelight.

[Lannister]

As Rahul's die-hard fan, I would love to see him in Test cricket again. But it will be unfair on Agarwal and Shaw, who have done nothing wrong so far as Test openers. Maybe he can be in the squad as a backup opener and he's definitely better than Sharma. 

 

For now he should just concentrate on LOIs, he modeled his game to suit those two formats.  

Edited February 2, 2020 by Lannister

[RAZPOR]

seems like rahul can anything now,you just name it and it ll be done

[Param Mastishk Pheeka]

Embarrassment of batting riches!  At this time, there is no reason to drop Agarwal and Vihari.  After what Rohit did at home, it will be tough to drop him even though everyone knows that he struggles against the moving ball abroad. Rahane, on the other hand, has a reputation as the guy who does better abroad, so they will be hard-pressed to drop him either.

 

Keep Gill and Shaw in the squad as the back-ups for Rahane/Vihari and Rohit, waiting to pounce as soon as one of these guys falters.  

 

At this time, India can field 2 solid batting line-ups, maybe even two test XIs that could beat almost anyone else.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 2, 2020 by Param Mastishk Pheeka

[zen]

KL can be tried in place of someone like Vihari   .... At #6, you get to face new ball too on many occasions