Sad Sack sez "Don't need to worry"

[Kothili]

This fella is going to hog the MO for eternity to come. Biggest Houdini act in Indian cricket, notwithstanding his success as Captain with the limited chances he has received.

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-eng-2nd-test-don-t-need-to-worry-says-ajinkya-rahane-as-team-backs-its-impact-player-1251478

[BacktoCricaddict]

And I hope that, for the sake of this team, he is right.  His "Sad Sack" demeanor was instrumental in making history, so we can cut him a break here.  It is his batting that we must worry about, and if he fails again, TM/selectors must make some tough calls.   

[Kothili]

1 hour ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

His "Sad Sack" demeanor was instrumental in making history, so we can cut him a break here.  It is his batting that we must worry about, and if he fails again, TM/selectors must make some tough calls.   

Agree, long rope is running out. He cannot score once every 7 or 8 innings to keep redeeming himself. Not just him, rest of the team too. 

[The Realist]

In 20 Tests since the start of last England tour to India, Ajinkya Rahane averages 31.18 in home Tests with a solitary century.

 

[Tibarn]

The big issue with him is that he never scores big hundreds. He has only crossed 150 one time in 70 matches. It implies some temperament issue maybe. Opening up after scoring 100 is fine, but don't open up so much that your brain falls out and you throw it away. I am thinking MSD miscast him as a middle order bat. He should've persisted with him as an opener, as at least he has one of the better defenses in the squad. 

 

As of now, especially in India, it's hard to justify his playing in a pivotal spot like #5.

 

[Adamant]

Some fans wanted him to be the captain... What happened now? Lol

[R!TTER]

That's because the lower you go down the order the worse your chances are to score in India, which means opening & basically positions 1-4 are best to bat here. You think it's just a coincidence Sehwag was the best opener we've ever had in India, or RGS recently 

 

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Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
VVS Laxman	2000-2011	44	62	17	2648	200*	58.84	5593	47.34	6	16	5	304	2
Yuvraj Singh	2003-2012	18	29	3	1037	169	39.88	1774	58.45	1	7	3	133	16
MS Dhoni	2005-2013	39	53	6	1849	224	39.34	3289	56.21	3	12	3	195	26
AM Rahane	2013-2019	26	39	3	1399	188	38.86	2866	48.81	4	7	2	153	15
SC Ganguly	2000-2008	31	47	5	1432	102	34.09	2879	49.73	3	5	4	163	14

 

Wow, what a surprise 

 

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Primary team India

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Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
V Kohli	2012-2019	29	41	5	2620	254*	72.77	3961	66.14	10	2	3	290	8
CA Pujara	2010-2019	41	63	6	3467	206*	60.82	6855	50.57	10	18	2	431	10
R Dravid	2000-2011	51	82	9	4071	222	55.76	9443	43.11	13	17	3	496	9
V Sehwag	2002-2013	49	85	3	4496	319	54.82	5325	84.43	13	17	5	620	57
M Vijay	2008-2018	29	48	1	2228	167	47.40	4531	49.17	9	6	1	260	22
SR Tendulkar	2000-2013	63	96	7	4189	214	47.06	8197	51.10	12	20	1	536	18
G Gambhir	2004-2016	34	59	2	2322	206	40.73	4468	51.96	5	12	4	284	7

Edited February 13, 2021 by R!TTER

[R!TTER]

VVS is an exception in part because he was a genius, also because he was a great chaser i.e. lots of not outs.