Number Posted August 3, 2012 Posted August 3, 2012 And we'll keep crying that we are not able to replace player X, yet after 4 years by giving chances to Players like Raina. :headshake:
kruiser Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 Raina will be one player to benefit from the home tests. He will perform better than some stalwarts in the team - I have high hopes from him. Love his attitude!
Ras Al Ghul Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 Well Dhoni made sure that Laxman goes so that Raina can play.
ravishingravi Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 I like Raina. There is lot to love about him. But his selection in test team shows that we have code monkeys doing the selection.
saneindian Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 As expected, he fails. He is not a test player (at least not right now unless he goes to FC cricket and scores tons of runs) irrespective of what Dhoni would like us to believe.
VRV Singh Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 So he is out to scrub offie Jeeten Patel after looking a fish out of water against Graeme Swann. For all the short ball talk. There is nothing to justify this selection.
Trichromatic Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 3,0,20,3,3 against NZ in India. :facepalm: 4 dismissals by a spinner. Short ball and spin. :headshake:
BERGKAMP Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 pathetic selection. yes he is a awesome team member, everyones best mate, keeps team spirit up, decent odi player, brilliant fielder. but no way on earth is he ever going to succeed in tests. mentally he is just not cut out for it. same as UV. hope this is his last ever test for us.
Crookbond Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 SK Raina has the will to succeed. That will make him a good test batsman. He may not have the best technique' date= then neither does Sehwag. He is a hard worker, and I will take him any day over super talented Rohits & going beyond the expiry date Laxmans. :good:
Karan114 Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 One thing to struggle against the short ball, another to keep failing against the ordinary NZ attack at home...really poor
asterix Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 Badrinath in his place in the next match? :hmmm: Raina, if he can make is place, could double up as a good part time bowler with his slow off spin.
Trichromatic Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 Raina, if he can make is place, could double up as a good part time bowler with his slow off spin. Raina Last 124.3 overs Runs : 449 Wkts : 11 Sreesanth Last 130 over Runs : 534 Wkts : 10 :P Ishant Last 10 matches Overs : 354 Wickets : 17 Avg : 73 SR : 125 Raina Overs : 148 Wickets : 17 Avg : 40 SR : 68
BeautifulGame Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 pathetic selection. yes he is a awesome team member, everyones best mate, keeps team spirit up, decent odi player, brilliant fielder. but no way on earth is he ever going to succeed in tests. mentally he is just not cut out for it. same as UV. hope this is his last ever test for us. Thats underrating Raina's ODI credentials hugely. Agree with everything else in the post though.Hopefully this is his last test for us.All we are doing by selecting for the tests is destroying his confidence and denting his ODI form.
zep1706 Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 He might still play an occasional good knock in India but he's bound to fail every time he walks out to bat overseas. He has no future in the test squad. Let him play LOIs only.
Ultimate_Game Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 So he is out to scrub offie Jeeten Patel after looking a fish out of water against Graeme Swann. For all the short ball talk. There is nothing to justify this selection. 3,0,20,3,3 against NZ in India. :facepalm: 4 dismissals by a spinner. Short ball and spin. :headshake: Can't figure out why he struggles so much against spinners, especially offies :dontknow: Struggling against short pitched stuff I can understand but to struggle against the likes of Swann and Patel is unacceptable for an Indian player.
Ultimate_Game Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 Badrinath in his place in the next match? :hmmm: Raina, if he can make is place, could double up as a good part time bowler with his slow off spin. Raina should get the next game as well. Though I don't agree with Raina's selection ahead of Rahane but now we've made the call to play him let's give him this series and barring injury he should play in both the Tests. But in case Raina's dropped, which I don't agree with since dropping a match is not the way to go, I would prefer Rahane is played instead of Badri. One of the reasons I want Raina to play the next Test as well is that you can't just give a player one Test before kicking him out and also that it will be unfair on whoever is next up (hopefully Rahane) and if the new batsman fails in the next Test the selectors may just kick him out of the squad the next series.
Trichromatic Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 Can't figure out why he struggles so much against spinners' date=' especially offies :dontknow: Struggling against short pitched stuff I can understand but to struggle against the likes of Swann and Patel is unacceptable for an Indian player.[/quote'] Someone can explain what's exactly is wrong with his technique. He can't handle the turn. Probably that's why he doesn't has good FC records. Without ability to play spin, he will find it difficult to succeed even in subcontinent.
Ultimate_Game Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 Someone can explain what's exactly is wrong with his technique. He can't handle the turn. Probably that's why he doesn't has good FC records. Without ability to play spin, he will find it difficult to succeed even in subcontinent. He did pretty well inhis debut innings in SL where he got a 100 on a turning pitch against SL spinners. I think the problem right now is more mental. Raina is putting too much pressure on himself to succeed and is focusing so much on not getting out instead of playing naturally and scoring. I have no doubt if it were an odi Raina woul dhave taken Patel to cleaners. Raina is playing the same way Yuvi played Hogg in Aus. He was expected to do well there and put so much pressure on himself that even Hogg made his bunny. I suspect something very similar in Raina's case.
The Outsider Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 He did pretty well inhis debut innings in SL where he got a 100 on a turning pitch against SL spinners. Huh? That pitch was the baap of pattas with both teams scoring 600+ in the first innings. You sure it was a turning pitch?
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