Should Kedar Jadhav be picked in the limited overs sides? [UPDATED 3 YEARS LATER]

[gakgupta]

Couldn't agree more. We have missed this boat. He should have replaced Rayudu in the squad. Just stunning. On a non-serious note, any way England can pick him up? After all, half their team is not English. Question added in edit: In trying to make sense of all this, I ask: Is his fielding an issue? Does he have "an attitude?" Is it zonal bias? Does Rayudu have nude pictures of the selectors that he threatens to release to the public? It can't be a performance/potential related issue with Jadhav, so what is it?

Rayudu was more consistent couple of years back oin domestic circuit than jadhav right now .... so i dont think has anything to blackmail the selectors ..... Rayudu is a great cricketer with poor work ethics ..... i

[undisputed chap]

The real question is do the selectors think that rayudu can win us matches in a wc ? I am also frustrated with raina being picked again. I just hope his weakness against short pitched bowling ( which every team knows) doesn't cost us a wc. They should atleast have had jadhav in the squad. I mean what do we do when even one of them fails TINA .

[TNAmarkFrmIndia]

Rayudu was more consistent couple of years back oin domestic circuit than jadhav right now .... so i dont think has anything to blackmail the selectors ..... Rayudu is a great cricketer with poor work ethics ..... i

Jadhav right now has been more consistent in any format than Rayudu has ever been.

[renjith]

The real question is do the selectors think that rayudu can win us matches in a wc ? I am also frustrated with raina being picked again. I just hope his weakness against short pitched bowling ( which every team knows) doesn't cost us a wc. They should atleast have had jadhav in the squad. I mean what do we do when even one of them fails TINA .

don't think rayudu can win matches on his own. max he may give a supporting 40-50. I am sure kedar yadhav is good enough to win matches on his own. He has already proved it on many occassions. Am happy for samsons selection. But it would have been a more sensible decision to pick kedhar yadav in place of samson as yadav is a backup keeper as well. samsom has age in his side. but kedhar yadav if not selected now could be a lost talent for india.

[rahulrulezz]

When will this guy get his due.. A strike rate of 105+ with almost 50 batting average is unheard off... Dumb BCCI.. Keep collecting your money Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St First-class 52 83 10 3671 327 50.28 5524 66.45 10 13 507 40 35 0 List A 54 52 9 2081 141 48.39 1957 106.33 4 15 207 46 22 0

[Brainfade]

When will this guy get his due.. A strike rate of 105+ with almost 50 batting average is unheard off... Dumb BCCI.. Keep collecting your money Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St First-class 52 83 10 3671 327 50.28 5524 66.45 10 13 507 40 35 0 List A 54 52 9 2081 141 48.39 1957 106.33 4 15 207 46 22 0

I've been following Indian cricket for 30+ years and there have been numerous players who have fallen by the wayside, thanks to selectorial whims. This may be the worst travesty of them all. He has the numbers, the consistency, is in good form and we need some new blood in our middle-order. From what I hear, he is a solid fielder too. I can't find a single reason to exclude him.

[Forever Indian]

I've been following Indian cricket for 30+ years and there have been numerous players who have fallen by the wayside, thanks to selectorial whims. This may be the worst blunder of them all. He has the numbers, the consistency, is in good form and we need some new blood in our middle-order. From what I hear, he is a solid fielder too. Not sure what the problem is.

Also was MOS in recent A tour of Australia. Don't know what else he needs to prove. If age was the factor, then we would have never seen a Michael Hussey. 30 is when most batsmen would be at their peak, so this is THE time to pick him atleast in ODIs for starts.

[Texan]

Picking Murali Vijay for ODIs again despite his horrendous record in ODIs :facepalm: and Jadhav keeps getting ignored.

[rahulrulezz]

I've been following Indian cricket for 30+ years and there have been numerous players who have fallen by the wayside, thanks to selectorial whims. This may be the worst travesty of them all. He has the numbers, the consistency, is in good form and we need some new blood in our middle-order. From what I hear, he is a solid fielder too. I can't find a single reason to exclude him.

Exactly!!! And the sad part is not many people know his name and stats.... juz cuz he doesn't play for Mumbai or Chennai It boils my blood when I see commentators going o la la over players like Rohit, Karthik or Rahane about how talented they are but susshhh about upcoming talented players like Jadhav

[MCcricket]

Jadhav needs to be in the ODI side on merit and has the talent to win games on his own

[FreakazoiD]

Does Mr Shastri know about this guy?

[King Tendulkar]

Look we should have 6(yes Vijay is still honorary member) csk players in team today. Things going well!!

[kosingh]

It's possible Vijay was called to replace Rohit because the player had to be flow in immediately. Vijay probably had the active visa. Might have taken a new guy a 3-4 days to get the visa.

[jf1gp_1]

It's possible Vijay was called to replace Rohit because the player had to be flow in immediately. Vijay probably had the active visa. Might have taken a new guy a 3-4 days to get the visa.

i see you are new on this forum, once you have spent some time here you will realize every 3 month we get threads after thread on why x player is not selected. These threads are all based on stats and none has actually seen this player. Finally once this x player makes his debut all the backers immediately realize this player isnt international level. Never seen Jadav bat so no idea how good or bad he is but you will continue seeing such threads. My fav were for badrinath until badri made his debut posters on this forum had projected him as the next sachin who because of some regional bias never made it to Indian team; and then we saw what he did at the highest level.

[vvvslaxman]

Jadhav was a bit hit in India A tour. Consistently a good finisher both in A tours and IPL. Good six hitter. HIs strike rate was around 119 with 8 sixes. Also his domestic stats are good. Good pressure player. Since Yuvi has left we don't have decent six hitters down the order apart from Dhoni, Raina. Would have been handy ahead of Rayudu, Vijay etc.

[TNAmarkFrmIndia]

Too much politics has killed my interest in cricket. I'm switching to football.

[Crookbond]

i see you are new on this forum, once you have spent some time here you will realize every 3 month we get threads after thread on why x player is not selected. These threads are all based on stats and none has actually seen this player. Finally once this x player makes his debut all the backers immediately realize this player isnt international level. Never seen Jadav bat so no idea how good or bad he is but you will continue seeing such threads. My fav were for badrinath until badri made his debut posters on this forum had projected him as the next sachin who because of some regional bias never made it to Indian team; and then we saw what he did at the highest level.

I still remember how Dinda were the BEST bowlers and B Kumar was so poor than Shami that he shouldn't be in the playing XI altogether.

[yoda]

He is already 29. If he was so great why hasn't be broken through into the ODI side so far?

[vvvslaxman]

He is already 29. If he was so great why hasn't be broken through into the ODI side so far?

Rayudu is 28 :hmmm: And distinctly looks average. With Yuvraj, Dhoni, Kohli, Sachin, Viru, Gauti the line up was impenetrable. Besides he can't break through without chances.

[vvvslaxman]

I Pee L promoted hacks like Rayudu, S Tiwary .. that is where Kedhar failed