vvvslaxman Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Fluent, consistent, ability to rotate strike, accelerate and play on most surfaces - let us see.. most of us would miss out on more than one category. Link to comment
Marut Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 ok so Rohit Sharma has 178 runs in 258 balls overseas since south africa at a strike rate of 69 and an average of 29.66 Considering he is batting in the top 10 when scores on average have been 300 plus that is just too slow. The strike rate isn't bad per se, but Rohit scores a lot of boundaries (esp sixes), and this means he eats a large number of balls. This puts pressure on the batsman at the other end, and on the whole team. Strike of 70 at a lower dot ball percentage is not bad in these conditions, but the average of 29.66 is not exactly reliable batting. Average of 35-40 at S/R of 70 with a low dot ball percent would have worked. Link to comment
Old guy Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 he is taking shine of ball Link to comment
GolGappe Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 What a gimp. The sad part is his spot is as secured as Dhoni till the world cup. Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Rohit and Shikhar will score at least a ton each on our patta wickets. All this bad form outside Asia will be forgotten very soon. :giggle: Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 :two_thumbs_up: consistency Link to comment
Sidhoni Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 High time Rahane replaces him at the top and Pujara replaces him in the team. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 High time Rahane replaces him at the top and Pujara replaces him in the team. I know some guys became better after they became openers. Jayasuriya, Sehwag, Gilchrist etc in one dayers. Rohit sharma move clearly is not working. His best position is later order slogging. Even that is a big question mark considering he could get out to spinners easily. But atleast he won't kill the momentum at the start which will affect Dhawan as well. Link to comment
putrevus Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 wow seriously we have come to a point where that CB series innings of 50 odd is now termed as great match winnings by nohit, The guy is certified Hack. but too late to break in a player before world cup so he stays and will be no 6 if he fails there he is out. Link to comment
zep1706 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Whose idea was it to let this guy open the innings lol. Link to comment
Sidhoni Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I know some guys became better after they became openers. Jayasuriya' date=' Sehwag, Gilchrist etc in one dayers. Rohit sharma move clearly is not working. His best position is later order slogging. Even that is a big question mark considering he could get out to spinners easily. But atleast he won't kill the momentum at the start which will affect Dhawan as well.[/quote'] He will be even worse in the middle order. For now he shouldn't be playing as he is out of form. Link to comment
Sidhoni Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Whose idea was it to let this guy open the innings lol. Didn't he do well early on when opening? It infact revived his career which would have been over long ago. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Whose idea was it to let this guy open the innings lol. Basically he was not doing anything down the order. So they moved him up. Bottomline his "invisible talent" will keep him in the side forever. So they will keep juggling him around. Link to comment
veer Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 RS is too slow from the get go.. I wonder how he scored 200 against Aus? or what happened to him? His mindset is completely different now a day.. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 RS is too slow from the get go.. I wonder how he scored 200 against Aus? or what happened to him? His mindset is completely different now a day.. Even there he was slow. He made up by hitting sixes late in the innings. Faulkner showed on that pitch any donkey could have scored lol. But for Rohit running Kohli out, that 200 was Kohli's Link to comment
Sean Bradley Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 A country who has a reputation of playing some of the most attacking openers in the form of Sehwag, Tendulkar, Ganguly in the past, Rohit Sharma just doesn't fit the style and approach of Indian Cricket. His strike rate is alarming, a strike rate of 57 in power plays is not only unacceptable, but criminal in modern day cricket. More often than not he puts himself and the team in a position where he has sucked up 25 to 30 balls for 10 or 15 odd runs, get himself under pressure, and throws his wicket away, only for Kohli to come and rescue us. The more i watched him play in recent series in South Africa, Newzealand and now here in Bangladesh, the more i am convinced that this guy is an absolute, home made, pure Indian Flat Track Bully. The moment pitch does something of the ordinary, a little sideways or up and down movement, he looks clueless, and all his elegance and class goes out of the window. He gave everyone the perfect example of his batting approach, when he sledged Steyn by saying something like, "lets see what you would do when you come and bowl in India. :facepalm:. An absolute disgrace of an opener, needs to be kicked out of this team with immediate effect. But as much as i hate saying this, we have no option but to continue with him in Asia Cup as he is the second most experienced batsmen in the line up after Kohli. Link to comment
Haarkarjeetgaye Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 cannot change him for this series. New guy coming in wont be super fast. any changes after the series Link to comment
Yoda-esque Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Sharma would fit great in a padosi batting lineup Link to comment
mastana Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Whose idea was it to let this guy open the innings lol. Mukesh and Nita Ambani's. Link to comment
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