Gambit Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Today is the day Raina became a man. Today he's set himself apart from the Kohlis and the Sharmas and the Karthiks. He has arrived.
gaurav92 Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 yes he has played an innings that has probably fixed his place in the side before a virat kohli.Not just because its the finals, but also because when the chips were down, he played one of the finest knocks you ll ever see
Params7 Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Said it before anybody. Our trump card for 2011 World Cup.
Ram Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Nah... He arrived long time back.. Today, he just confirmed what we always knew of him..
Sachinism Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 I thought Raina had already proven himself. Anyways people were saying he just makes 30's and 40's, but see now that he has had a chance to bat enough overs, he has shown he can make the big scores too
Temujin Khaghan Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 i was kind of expecting this from raina. iam not surprised.
I_India Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Fan of Raina from the start :two_thumbs_up: I am slightly worried and hope that he does not go the chubby route like Yuvraj.
Cricketics Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Brilliant knock. I being the biggest Kohli fan here(the one who actually educated everyone about how great Kohli is), would have to say Raina with the knock he played today deserves to come ahead of Kohli rite now. Both should be in the team all the time with Raina getting the first preference. Well done Raina. India is proud of you.
I_India Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Brilliant knock. I being the biggest Kohli fan here(the one who actually educated everyone about how great Kohli is), would have to say Raina with the knock he played today deserves to come ahead of Kohli rite now. Both should be in the team all the time with Raina getting the first preference. Well done Raina. India is proud of you. You iz Indian, I iz Indian we iz Indian :icflove: :two_thumbs_up:
spectre Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Fantastic player ! Fantastic innings I always had confidence in this guy and i truly believe he will be a huge force in Indian cricket have to say dartbhajan moron and Zaheer spoiled the show a bit made Raina to go after everything and got out at a bad stage Had they hanged around, who knows he would done a 'Yuvi on Broad' here
spectre Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Now people will realize, why Dhoni keeps him @ No.6 He trusts this guy more to bail the team out from tricky situations and also to go hell for leather when required
Cricketics Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Now people will realize, why Dhoni keeps him @ No.6 He trusts this guy more to bail the team out from tricky situations and also to go hell for leather when required Nope thats not the right judgement still. He in the past has himself changed his batting order and come in 1st down thinking that team needs solidity at the top of order. Raina has batted at that spot too and now Kohli is batting there rite now. What dhoni has realized is that Raina is perhaps one of the best finishers in ODI cricket rite now for India after Yuvraj and hence he is perhaps wanting him to come a little later.
spectre Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Nope thats not the right judgement still. He in the past has himself changed his batting order and come in 1st down thinking that team needs solidity at the top of order. Raina has batted at that spot too and now Kohli is batting there rite now. What dhoni has realized is that Raina is perhaps one of the best finishers in ODI cricket rite now for India after Yuvraj and hence he is perhaps wanting him to come a little later. agreed, With such a top heavy batting line-up and a funny tail, he banks of someone to play at that important No.6 who can both build a partnership and attack at same time He believes Raina is the man for it. Yuvraj is one place higher than he should be Yuvraj and Raina in last 10 overs can take out any attack to smithereens
Watson87 Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 With this weak Srilankan attack even Johnson could have scored a century. Raina is nothing special, Kohli is more consistent, I hope with the return of Sachin paaji this Raina gets dropped.
The Dark Horse Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Nah... He arrived long time back.. Today' date=' he just confirmed what we always knew of him..[/quote'] ++
Zap_Brannigan Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 With this weak Srilankan attack even Johnson could have scored a century. Raina is nothing special' date=' Kohli is more consistent, I hope with the return of Sachin paaji this Raina gets dropped.[/quote'] By that account, Kholi has only performed against weak Sri Lankan, weak West Indies and very weak BD.
Aaku Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 He was always AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ! Just because people saw less of him does not take away his awesome-ness from him ! :--D
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