sage Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 No one reading this forum would be under the impression that we had one of the best test batsman on the planet in our team. The lack of respect he gets is astonishing! Link to comment
zen Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 If you tend to skip tough series, your average would be on the higher side. Adamant, Sandz, cricspirit and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, sage said: No one reading this forum would be under the impression that we had one of the best test batsman on the planet in our team. The lack of respect he gets is astonishing! this avg has mostly come at home and against some weak away opposition (barring eng). he has not opened in Aus, SA, and maybe even NZ in this period. he has done well admittedly, but no need to hype him as one of the best test batters Edited December 28, 2022 by Vijy cricspirit, Clarke, SRT100 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 In order to become GOAT he has to stop missing Test matches. Missed like 10 tests in the last few years. Especially overseas. Indian openers 1000 balls minimum. Viru and Sunny are the only two legit openers that are GOATs. Link to comment
Majestic Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Lol he has scored lesser runs than Rory Burns and just slightly above Markram Lord 1 Link to comment
SRT100 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Stupid to look at STATS from 5+ years ago. Show me averages against good sides over the past 12 to 18 months only. eulbninem, Vijy and express bowling 3 Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said: In order to become GOAT he has to stop missing Test matches. Missed like 10 tests in the last few years. Especially overseas. Indian openers 1000 balls minimum. Viru and Sunny are the only two legit openers that are GOATs. shastri played in a difficult era - did very well. sindhu and gambhir were generally good too, albeit inconsistent. SRT100 and express bowling 1 1 Link to comment
SRT100 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 26 minutes ago, Vijy said: shastri played in a difficult era - did very well. sindhu and gambhir were generally good too, albeit inconsistent. Dont forget Shastri started as a tailender in the batting lineup. express bowling 1 Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Just now, SRT100 said: Dont forget Shastri started as a tailender in the batting lineup. yes, for a no. 10/11 it was a remarkable renaissance. I have a lot of respect for shastri the cricketer having seen him at close quarters (even met him once as a player at wankhede), but I have less respect for his bewda avatar as coach SRT100 1 Link to comment
nevada Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 He was amazing against England both home and away. I was looking forward to seeing him have an England like series against SA in SA, but that never materialized as he dropped out with injury. He also dropped out against England in the reconvened final test, and that was quite a big letdown. A high batting average is great, but it masks the fact that the batsman's contribution in missed series is a big fat zero. Vijy, Clarke and Vickydev 3 Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 minute ago, nevada said: He was amazing against England both home and away. I was looking forward to seeing him have an England like series against SA in SA, but that never materialized as he dropped out with injury. He also dropped out against England in the reconvened final test, and that was quite a big letdown. A high batting average is great, but it masks the fact that the batsman's contribution in missed series is a big fat zero. it's worse than a zero if it harms the team's chances. nevada and SRT100 2 Link to comment
speedracer Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 43 minutes ago, nevada said: He was amazing against England both home and away. I was looking forward to seeing him have an England like series against SA in SA, but that never materialized as he dropped out with injury. He also dropped out against England in the reconvened final test, and that was quite a big letdown. A high batting average is great, but it masks the fact that the batsman's contribution in missed series is a big fat zero. 41 minutes ago, Vijy said: it's worse than a zero if it harms the team's chances. It also gives us kela as an opener. Yea yes kela scored a fluke 100 in SA. He always has like one decent innings but he sucks for the rest of the series. Check any series abroad. Same pattern. Number 1 fraud. Vijy and nevada 2 Link to comment
cricketfan28 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Winning ipl 6 times is no joke, that already makes him the GOAT. eulbninem, Majestic and Sgattick10 3 Link to comment
figo6762 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) At this rate Ro will become actually Goat … Edited December 29, 2022 by figo6762 Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 12 hours ago, SRT100 said: Stupid to look at STATS from 5+ years ago. Show me averages against good sides over the past 12 to 18 months only. rohit doesn't play against good sides as much as possible Link to comment
sage Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 17 hours ago, Vijy said: this avg has mostly come at home and against some weak away opposition (barring eng). he has not opened in Aus, SA, and maybe even NZ in this period. he has done well admittedly, but no need to hype him as one of the best test batters Rohit did open in Australia and gave us good, solid knocks and 50+ opening partnerships which played a big role in turning around the series.. Before he joined our openers were falling like a pack of cards giving us 14-2 type starts. He has played brilliantly. Top notch in England and on turners in India scoring 30-40% of team runs on occasions. He's been truly great. India's best test batsman Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 hour ago, sage said: Rohit did open in Australia and gave us good, solid knocks and 50+ opening partnerships which played a big role in turning around the series.. Before he joined our openers were falling like a pack of cards giving us 14-2 type starts. He has played brilliantly. Top notch in England and on turners in India scoring 30-40% of team runs on occasions. He's been truly great. India's best test batsman he has been brilliant in india. did well in eng. that's about it - I don't rate 30s that highly. jadeja and pant have been better all-conditions batters Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 He should not miss a single Test match going forward. This is ridiculous missing this many matches. Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 55 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: He should not miss a single Test match going forward. This is ridiculous missing this many matches. he needs to miss all the tough assignments so that he can boost that avg of his. Link to comment
Majestic Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 17 hours ago, vvvslaxman said: He should not miss a single Test match going forward. This is ridiculous missing this many matches. He is not missing them, getting injured instead. Not his fault but that's where fans need to control their emotions and stop hyping him. As of now, he has one test match hundred away from home which is lesser than the likes of KL, Pant. Link to comment
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