Rahul Dravid: "I think both in words and in action, over the last year KL Rahul knows he has our support. There's been a lot of clarity about what our side is going to be coming into this tournament, and we haven't wavered from that for a very long time."

[coffee_rules]

13 minutes ago, Khota said:

Stuart not Roger. But it was Binny, I go the name wrong.

Even for Stuart, when did Dravid push his selection? Roger Binny was the CoS when Stuart Binn was pushed. Why are you blaming Rahul Dravid even for Stuart? Hadh hain!

[coffee_rules]

17 minutes ago, Khota said:

All eleven need to contribute. It is not 10 vs 11. India is handicapped because it is playing 10.

Yes, there will be some who fail and the rest of the team carries through. 

[Serpico]

At this point its rearranging chairs on Titanic. Might as well support the guy

[coffee_rules]

Dravid to Kohli: Paddy nahin hain, zara baat karna KL se

Kohli: The team that sticks together, plays together the longest

Kohli PR 1 Rohit PR 0

 

 

Meanwhile, in ICF, KL mcbc, has to be dropped now. 

Edited November 1, 2022 by coffee_rules

[vvvslaxman]

12 minutes ago, Serpico said:

At this point its rearranging chairs on Titanic. Might as well support the guy

 

There are two issues with KL Rahul. Not one. First is utter lack of striker rotation.  34 balls he has faced 20 dot balls. It adds pressure at the other end as well. Second of all he gets out after all the dot balls.  Rohit is pretty much doing the same (except that one minnow bashing). Having 2 guys like that up the order puts enormous pressure on SKY given that VK himself is not exactly in prime form.

[vvvslaxman]

8 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

Dravid to Kohli: Paddy nahin hain, zara baat karna KL se

Kohli: The team that sticks together, plays together the longest

Kohli PR 1 Rohit PR 0

 

 

Meanwhile, in ICF, KL mcbc, has to be dropped now. 

 

Hope others also practice lol Apart from SKY and to some extent Kohli others are not exactly in prime form as well. Don't want a  musical chair scenario of  (Rahane/Pujara/Kohli )  

[coffee_rules]

2 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

There are two issues with KL Rahul. Not one. First is utter lack of striker rotation.  34 balls he has faced 20 dot balls. It adds pressure at the other end as well. Second of all he gets out after all the dot balls.  Rohit is pretty much doing the same (except that one minnow bashing). Having 2 guys like that up the order puts enormous pressure on SKY given that VK himself is not exactly in prime form.

Minnow bashing by Rohit:courtesy dropped sitter and couple of chances. KL will have to drop out or down. Doubt they will do either if KL gets a 30 against BD

[vvvslaxman]

By the way i thought this Boria Majumdar was banned from having player access?

[vivek04]

we need a foreign coach as soon as possible. I don't trust the so called process of dravid. His process is worse than shastri's process. Also why bcci are so eager to release the squad for nz and bangladesh like pretending these series are more imp. than t20 wc. Pathetic.

[raki05]

2 hours ago, Chakdephatte said:

• "There's been a lot of clarity about what our side is going to be coming into this tournament, and we haven't wavered from that for a very long time."

 

• "KL Rahul knows he has our support."

 

Two excellent points. That's exactly what a team management is supposed to do. Back players and strictly follow its policies. 

Lol than why Harshal Patel not preferred over Shami, genious. Whom TM and Selectors backed till start of wc and now Shami who dint play even a single T20, now playing wc  matches. 

Edited November 1, 2022 by raki05

[nevada]

24 minutes ago, vivek04 said:

we need a foreign coach as soon as possible. I don't trust the so called process of dravid. His process is worse than shastri's process. Also why bcci are so eager to release the squad for nz and bangladesh like pretending these series are more imp. than t20 wc. Pathetic.

He came in due to pressure from Ganguly. Now that the latter is out, it might be curtains soon for Dravid as well. 

[vvvslaxman]

12 minutes ago, raki05 said:

Lol than why Harshal Patel preferred over Shami, genious. Whom TM and Selectors backed till start of wc for Shami who dint play even a single T20 now playing wc  matches. 

 

Harshal patel may go home without playing a single match lol

 

 

[Nash]

Not very happy with Rahul so far but changing KL won’t help at this stage.  
We can just that he play well in next two match and we are in knock out.  
I don’t think that KL will click in knock out.  
 

[Lord]

KL can be demoted and still be trusted. Both can happen

[coffee_rules]

5 minutes ago, BlueBlood said:

His process is simply to win against minnows and lose against SA, New Zealand, ENG. Aus.

 

Then these 4 teams will have a bilateral tour setup where magically India wins.

 

BCCI and Dravid will saw the world cup defeat was a one-off thing and we won bilaterals which prove the quality of the side.

 

Rinse and repeat. Rahul has full backing of Dravid and Dravid has full backing of BCCI on this LOL.

 

\

 

As if others before had been winning ICC cups after cups. Since 2007, thatt's what we have been doing T20s. Win bi-s and lose in KOs. 

 

5 minutes ago, BlueBlood said:

 

 

[IndianRenegade]

Team is more interested in showing solidarity than winning the cup. You get what you deserve, at the end they are neither going to get the cup or KLs form.

[Chakdephatte]

1 hour ago, raki05 said:

Lol than why Harshal Patel not preferred over Shami, genious. Whom TM and Selectors backed till start of wc and now Shami who dint play even a single T20, now playing wc  matches. 

 

That's like asking why Dube wasn't backed but Kohli was. Everyone cannot get the same rope.

 

Harshal hasn't confirmed his place in XI. KL has shown enough in all three formats. His T20 game has always been top, don't know why people forget it easily.

[Khota]

3 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Even for Stuart, when did Dravid push his selection? Roger Binny was the CoS when Stuart Binn was pushed. Why are you blaming Rahul Dravid even for Stuart? Hadh hain!

Stuart Binny has justified his selection: Dravid | New Zealand in India 2016 News - Times of India (indiatimes.com)

 

Dravid can go ahead and bat. Please leave coaching to professionals.

[Khota]

3 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Yes, there will be some who fail and the rest of the team carries through. 

Not again and again and again. How many failures are enough for you?

[Khota]

4 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

2 matches to go. Cricket 101. I am not a pimpled teenager to ask for someone to be dropped every other game ranting all over

But you are a stubborn old timer who keeps on rewarding failure after failure after failure.