singhvivek141 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 He is turning into another Rahane, who will have a medicore career overall with some knocks here so that his selection can be justified by TM. His fortune changed in ODI's when he picked up gloves, which gave impetus to his career ahead of Pant and Ishan Kishan. Our selectors who can't distinguish the difference between formats decided him as one of our main batter everywhere. raki05, Vk1 and putrevus 3 Link to comment
Majestic Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) He is average but he is better than the 35 average. Why? 1. Because he had a comparatively better series in England and South Africa since his return. Mayank, for example, fared worse than him and he was second best batsman in that series. 2. He has played more overseas test than at home. I know his home stats are not outrageous but he showed vs Australia last time that he can play useful knocks on turners too. However, being a mental midget he is, when push comes to shove, he will crumble first and that will impact his game irrespective of conditions. He doesn't have high ceiling because of that aspect of his game. Edited February 7, 2023 by Majestic diga, rollingstoned, Vk1 and 1 other 4 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 There is an article on him today waxing lyrical about how he has scored 3 centuries in SENA. KL Rahul, still in no-man's land in Test cricket https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/kl-rahul-still-in-no-man-s-land-in-test-cricket-india-vs-australia-border-gavaskar-trophy-series-1357560 raki05 and Lord 1 1 Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 He is talented but mentally weak but no point singling him out when we have rohit and kohli still playing. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 16 minutes ago, cowboysfan said: He is talented but mentally weak but no point singling him out when we have rohit and kohli still playing. Rohit's HTB skill might be useful. But kohli is past it. Yes Rahul hasn't played at home in a long time. But his performance in BD was cringeworthy. That too after his talk about baseball. Puara is another free rider. Rahul needs to have bumper series. Can't score a 100 in first test and go missing in all the other tests. Did that in England, SA. Pant is our crunch man along with Jaddu these days. Rohit mostly at home. raki05 1 Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Always a team person Sir John Rahul Link to comment
putrevus Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 35 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: There is an article on him today waxing lyrical about how he has scored 3 centuries in SENA. KL Rahul, still in no-man's land in Test cricket https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/kl-rahul-still-in-no-man-s-land-in-test-cricket-india-vs-australia-border-gavaskar-trophy-series-1357560 The author is an idiot, does he know other than those innings , this bozo has done nothing in all formats. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Sarfraz Khan should have replaced atleast one of these guys. Pujara/Kohli/Rahul. They are scared of giving chances to potential youngsters. They sure know there are more Gills who are waiting around the corner. rollingstoned, express bowling, raki05 and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Jaiswal is another great youngster who is waiting. raki05 1 Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 5 hours ago, SRT100 said: Imagine how pathetic the situation is, he is potentially keeping out SKY or Gill in this Test series. Sky averages 44 in 79 matches in first class. Playing since 2010, Nothing great about it Link to comment
Suhaan Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 48 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Jaiswal is another great youngster who is waiting. Any other side in the world would have made Shaw,Jaiswal, Sarfaraz regular in respective formats Mosher, raki05 and express bowling 3 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) In other newzz Boobie eyeing to be the phasstest bowler in the women's world t20 starting next Bcci has decided to accommodate him somehow in some BCCI team replacing Jhulan Goswami Edited February 7, 2023 by Suhaan raki05, express bowling, Lord and 2 others 5 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, coffee_rules said: Sky averages 44 in 79 matches in first class. Playing since 2010, Nothing great about it Picking him over sarfraz is illogical. BacktoCricaddict 1 Link to comment
BacktoCricaddict Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 21 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Picking him over sarfraz is illogical. Someone here on ICF had a good term for this - format illiteracy? vvvslaxman 1 Link to comment
diga Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, BacktoCricaddict said: Someone here on ICF had a good term for this - format illiteracy? Professor saab is in quite some form these days BacktoCricaddict and Lord 1 1 Link to comment
BacktoCricaddict Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 minute ago, diga said: Professor saab is in quite some form these days ICF is a good distraction from grading ;-) diga 1 Link to comment
diga Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 3 hours ago, rollingstoned said: For a long time argument was that he is not able to establish himself because he is not getting a long enough rope in the team in 1 position. And first class record is one thing but when he made his debut in 2014 in Australia he was quite highly regarded and his talent was quite evident. Until the 2021 summer he was not guaranteed a place in any format in the Indian side then the England and Saf tours happened after which he never looked back. Now he has earned defacto senior status ergo unless he fails badly he is untouchable. Within 24 months that is some turnaround in fortunes. We did win those tests in England & SA where he scored those centuries... Just that consistency was missing and further he went missing in other format. Seems like he loses focus after a good knock Link to comment
Mesky99 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 3 hours ago, putrevus said: But Kohli was jealous of his talent when he was the captain according to many geniuses who want him out now. Him and kohli are friends and have cleverly, at times through deceit kept many endorsements within themselves, remember about the in fighting in the team during 2018, dhawan was dropped, Rahul in, dhawan and his Mrs became close with Ritika rohits wife, dhawan since then has been managed by her, the only reason why dhawan maintained his place in odis till late was due to Rohit, gill is neither Rohit or kohli camp, iyer to finds it hard to get endorsements, the smart one is pandya who keeps it cool with both camps and keeps making huge money. Link to comment
Vancouver Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 I have seen many dud Indian cricketers since 1990, but these batsmen top the list as they played a lot - Ambati Rayadu W Saha H Badani Dinesh Mongia S Karim KL Rahul KL, Saha and Rayadu are by far THE worst, as they have a hype train going for them. Rayadu was portrayed as some sort of victim and martyr. One look at his batting and I figured out that he is the Farad Alam of Indian cricket. An ugly looking ineffective batsman. Same with Saha, a victim according to melancholic Bhogle. KL hype is on another level, guy is a celebrity and has hogged so much limelight for achieving so little. I don't even want to start on bowling duds like Unadkat, Mohit Sharma etc. But that's understandable India was never a bowling powerhouse. But Rayadu and KL playing this number of matches is a travesty in most populous country with most batting talent. Suhaan 1 Link to comment
speedracer Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Vancouver said: I have seen many dud Indian cricketers since 1990, but these batsmen top the list as they played a lot - Ambati Rayadu W Saha H Badani Dinesh Mongia S Karim KL Rahul KL, Saha and Rayadu are by far THE worst, as they have a hype train going for them. Rayadu was portrayed as some sort of victim and martyr. One look at his batting and I figured out that he is the Farad Alam of Indian cricket. An ugly looking ineffective batsman. Same with Saha, a victim according to melancholic Bhogle. KL hype is on another level, guy is a celebrity and has hogged so much limelight for achieving so little. I don't even want to start on bowling duds like Unadkat, Mohit Sharma etc. But that's understandable India was never a bowling powerhouse. But Rayadu and KL playing this number of matches is a travesty in most populous country with most batting talent. India dint unleash many bowling talents when they were in form and fully fit. Happened ever so often. Nathu singh wasn't given a chance when he was in peak shape Siraj came in 2 years late Saini 2 years late post injury Pankaj singh debuted well past his expiry date Prasidh still hasn't got any opportunity in red ball where he did well Also India gives debuts to players in the wrong formats consistently express bowling and Suhaan 2 Link to comment
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