Rahane averages 32 in last 50 tests, Pujara averages 32 in last 26 tests

[Adamant]

How difficult would it be drop a player who was captaining the side in the previous match? 

 

Tough task for Kohli but he needs to finally do this. 

[New guy]

We will likely win so nothing will change 

[Adamant]

1 minute ago, New guy said:

We will likely win so nothing will change 

How can the TM drop Iyer after this? 

One of the two would definitely be dropped. 

[New guy]

1 minute ago, Adamant said:

How can the TM drop Iyer after this? 

One of the two would definitely be dropped. 

Saha will probably be not playing as his injury seems something which will affect him. Kohli probably will come instead of Agarwal with pujara opening

[SRT100]

Seeing this thread is very upsetting.

 

It makes it hard for kids to play for India when they are doing well if they dont change a winning lineup.

 

Rahane and Pujara should have been axed after England.

[Adamant]

23 minutes ago, New guy said:

Saha will probably be not playing as his injury seems something which will affect him. Kohli probably will come instead of Agarwal with pujara opening

If Saha won't play than Ks Bharat will, we need one wicketkeeper nah?

So there's no way both Rahane and Pujara can play next match. Isn't it? 

[New guy]

2 minutes ago, Adamant said:

If Saha won't play than Ks Bharat will, we need one wicketkeeper nah?

So there's no way both Rahane and Pujara can play next match. Isn't it? 

I was saying bharat instead of saha and kohli instead of mayank might be only changes made. But lets see

[Pollack]

35 minutes ago, New guy said:

I was saying bharat instead of saha and kohli instead of mayank might be only changes made. But lets see

Who will open then? That's the question. Don't think Pujara will open, or will he?

Edited November 28, 2021 by Pollack

[New guy]

10 minutes ago, Pollack said:

Who will open then? That's the question. Don't think Pujara will open, or will he?

Yeah they might force pujara to open

[Lord]

The frustrating thing about Rahane is he doesn't even have any technical deficiency.He fights tough conditions for a while,starts looking comfortable and then throws it away.

 

With SA tour likely to be scrapped,this should be his final series

[sarcastic]

7 hours ago, express bowling said:

I doubt any other Indian batsman has played 50 tests on the trot while averaging 32.

 

There is something fishy going on.

 

There is something other than cricket involved here.

As I said in my post above, it is not completely out of place to average 32 over 50 tests. See AJith Wadekar for example. He averages 31 over 37 tests and still being considered a good test bat.

[Chakdephatte]

21 minutes ago, sarcastic said:

As I said in my post above, it is not completely out of place to average 32 over 50 tests. See AJith Wadekar for example. He averages 31 over 37 tests and still being considered a good test bat.

 

Mushfiqur averages, 36, that is considered good for the team he plays for. Modern day Bangladesh is equivalent of India of 70s. Now India is a batting superpower, better is expected from the batsmen. Anything less than 42 is considered ordinary.

Edited November 28, 2021 by Chakdephatte

[putrevus]

9 hours ago, Trichromatic said:

When will he be dropped? When he averages 20s?

Where were those tests played ?

[express bowling]

2 hours ago, sarcastic said:

As I said in my post above, it is not completely out of place to average 32 over 50 tests. See AJith Wadekar for example. He averages 31 over 37 tests and still being considered a good test bat.

 

 

I would request you to check the averages of other Indian batsmen of that era. Playing without helmets and poor quality protective gear against fast bowlers who could bowl 6 bouncers if they wanted.

 

Apart from Vishwanath and Gavaskar during the fag end of Wadekar's career, no other batsmen averaged 40+ while scoring 2000+ runs.

 

The setup wasn't as professional then nor the talent pool as vast in India as they are now.

 

Moreover, Wadekar played more because he was considered a brilliant captain and was allowed to be the captain too.

 

And he retired only 8 years after his test debut.

[rollingstoned]

Rahane has kept surviving because of his tag as an overseas specialist and making runs just when it looks like he deserves to be axed. After surviving for so long and playing his 1 in 12 innings blinder he survives just because of 'seniority' having done that dance for 8-9 years now. 

[Texan]

Pujara, Kohli, Rahane all need to be dropped. Imagine if we had a decent middle order, with this kind of team, we would be unbeatable. Shreyas Iyer is showing us that there are enough reserves in donestics who can fill their shoes. After NZ series, I don't see any reason to stick with these 3. 

[Texan]

This is the lineup I would like to see for the first SA Test

 

Rohit Sharma (c)

Priyank Panchal

KL Rahul

Shubman Gill

Shreyas Iyer

Ravindra Jadeja

Rishabh Pant

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Mohd Shami

Jasprit Bumrah

Mohd Siraj

[ShoonyaSifar]

And Kohli averages 30 in his last 15 tests. That's two back to back years of non-performance. 

 

And that's where the dilemma is. If you drop Rahane/Pujara for non performance and poor recent form, how can Kohli continue. 

 

Best solution: Drop all three and make Rohit the all format captain till 2023 WTC/WC

 

[Vijy]

Spotlight is rightly on these two underperformers, but Rat should be booted along with the two as well. he is playing atrociously these days.

[rtmohanlal]

Sick of seeing this 2  leeches still at the crease .... needs to kicked out ASAP. Hope both of them  won't play the next test.