Show_stopper Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Well he was the difference between 220 and 260 today. I just wish people acknowledge his efforts a bit more. I hope nobody scoffs at me after today when I point out the fact that he has scored tougher runs vis-a-vis Kohli. its imperitive he bats ahead of Dhoni in the final. Seems to be in fine form unlike Dhoni.
Lord Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 yeah certainly..he was invaluable.nobody strangely talking about it.we know what Pathan would've done.Raina stayed till the end agree he should bat ahead of Dhoni
Karan114 Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Very mature innings today batting with the lower order. He didn't try to hit everything out of the park, correctly assessing that he needed to bat out the innings. To do it in a World Cup semi against Pakistan, well that's excellent.
VRV Singh Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 He knows how to play the powerplay. No mindless slogs and still got runs with silly batting at the other end :hatsoff:
Lord Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Gauti is injured? So Yuppo to play? Gauti will be alright:pray:
glogirl Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 raina plays well during power play now if any fastie bowls a short ball he'll pull it off to the boundry
cowboysfan Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 raina is fine coming in after dhoni.we dont have any lower hitting and raina can hit from ball 1,infact dhoni should have come in earlier than yuvi.
Tigerbait Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Raina is a fighter and is earning his way back into the team. Crucial in the last two games and will be against SL. He is no doubt playing better than Kohli. Not even an argument there.
punjabi_khota Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Absolutely. Two consecutive back to wall knocks in QF ans SF. :clap:
Manny_Pacquiao Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 raina's innings was the most vital innings of the game, IMO. the guy isnt the most technically sound player, but when u need important runs, u can be sure he will get them. he wont be high on the runs table, but his contribution has been massive.
WC2011INDIA Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 I am definitely more impressed by him than Virat Kohli, who has been extremely disappointing after the 1st match against Bangladesh.
Ranjha Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Amazing innings twice in a row. I am truly impressed. well done
Show_stopper Posted March 30, 2011 Author Posted March 30, 2011 raina is fine coming in after dhoni.we dont have any lower hitting and raina can hit from ball 1' date='infact dhoni should have come in earlier than yuvi.[/quote'] No mate...its not fine. If he had come in after Yuvraj's wicket today we certainly would have got more than 260. Btw why should he come in later just because he can hit it from ball 1? Are you telling me Dhoni is there just to nudge the singles??? at #6? I mean I understand having a batsman like that within the top 4 but at #6? I don't think so. Its so ridiculous of Dhoni to come in before Raina thats its impossible to ignore it any longer. Even if we have a collapse Raina is the one with better technique to handle the situation. He is the better batsman and should bat higher. Simple really. Also its crazy how we are struggling to bat out 50 overs in the recent past that we seriously need to think about not wasting any batting resources we have.
cowboysfan Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 lets say raina comes in ahead of dhoni and we lose raina,do you think dhoni would have taken us to 260 with the form he is in right now?
Prakat Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Raina is a huge advantage in the second half of the innings. His contributions in these two KO matches are critical. :hatsoff:
veer Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 always backed Raina.. i was calling gambhir to sit out before WC started and I still stick to it.. .Besides Dhoni.. i really hate to watch Gambhir bat.. the way he wastes balls n the way he throws away his wickets.. the guy should play only in Tests...
Lord Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 lets say raina comes in ahead of dhoni and we lose raina' date='do you think dhoni would have taken us to 260 with the form he is in right now?[/quote'] what sort of logic is that?thats negative thinking.u gotto give ur in form players more overs to bat
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