Raina's batting against the Short ball

[cowboysfan]

This guy offends me as a left hander,it is hard to watch him do the ungainly shuffle to the offside and sort of hoick his bat at the ball hoping for the best,who thought him this atrocious "technique"? .he is a sitting duck against good fast bowlers who can bowl short ball consistently just outside off.

[MK55]

As per his own admission, he got in touch and spoke with Ganguly for resolving this issue. :--D On a serious note, may be he wanted to get his opinion as to how you can continue to survive and do well in this format despite this problem The biggest problem for him is that he's a compulsive puller.

[vvvslaxman]

When he plays short ball he doesn't pivot like Kohli. That is the problem. He moves the entire body lol puts himself in the most uncomfortable position and fails to execute it well. Look how Dravid pivots [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1SmdPf_jkY]Rahul Dravid- Perfect Pull Shot! SHEER BRILLIANCE! - YouTube[/ame]

[MK55]

^ The way he pivots is strikingly similar to Ganguly. :haha: I guess the shuffling part is because he just cant resist himself from pulling

[zen]

In the context of this WC, Raina would be good against short ball on smaller grounds of NZ and Adelaide, which has short side boundaries (where edges/uppercuts could go for a 6 too). On the other hand, he could be exploited at MCG and SCG where the big KO games are to be played

[tweaker]

It is pathetic to see he has not improved his technique against short ball even after playing international cricket for so many years.Instead of acclimitising to Australian conditions,he should had ironout his technique in the Ranji Trophy

[SELVAM]

Starc will get him in just 3 balls

[NareshK]

He has improved his batting against short deliveries off late but still seems to be struggling in certain conditions. On a pitch which is on slower side and smaller boundaries, he will do fine but on pitches which have a bit more pace and big boundaries and against bowlers who have pace and who are taller, he could mistime the pull shot and get out. He needs to be a bit more selective when he plays the shorter deliveries at MCG and SCG.

[NareshK]

It is pathetic to see he has not improved his technique against short ball even after playing international cricket for so many years.Instead of acclimitising to Australian conditions' date='he should had ironout his technique in the Ranji Trophy[/quote'] He could play Ranji trophy for 100 years and still wont get used to playing bouncers from quicks. Most of the pitches in India dont have much bounce and seamers in FC only bowl around 130. International cricket is a different ball game and that too in Australia, conditions are lot different.

[vvvslaxman]

Even when the ball doesn't bounce and even when executes a pull reasonably well his feet movement is still awkward. With sheer muscle power he is able to get some success. Pull shot execution is absolutely wrong. That is the problem. Atleast he should be able to take the blow or let it go like Stevew waugh.

[rkt.india]

Even when the ball doesn't bounce and even when executes a pull reasonably well his feet movement is still awkward. With sheer muscle power he is able to get some success. Pull shot execution is absolutely wrong. That is the problem. Atleast he should be able to take the blow or let it go like Stevew waugh.

It works on smaller grounds but in bigger grounds because none of the Indian batsmen is really powerful, they all must learn to keep it on the ground. Raina's dismissal against SA is a great example. He had hit that ball well, timed very well but due to bigger ground he was caught as he hit it in the air but didnt have enough power to clear the boundary.

[flamy]

Why doesn't he leave them?

[Temujin Khaghan]

raina uses his butt power.

[Temujin Khaghan]

kohli put up an exhibition show for pull shots off johnson just 3 months back. sad we couldnt convert it into a win.

[G_B_]

In the context of this WC' date=' Raina would be good against short ball on smaller grounds of NZ and Adelaide, which has short side boundaries (where edges/uppercuts could go for a 6 too). On the other hand, he could be exploited at MCG and SCG where the big KO games are to be played[/quote'] +1 problem is most of our games at in Aus with big grounds...

[amiret]

Kohli and Rahane are the best players of pull shot in this indian team . Raina has the Speed but he does not get into correct position nor does he make the right judgement on which ball to pull. He is a slightly better version of Ganguly. The best player of the pull shot ever -----> Mathew Elliot from Aus.

[renjith]

He has improved a lot against short ball. But still not able to keep it down.

[Bleed-Blue]

I Think He Averages 20 Agianst the Short Ball Since 2011... There Hasn't Been Much Improvement from Him That Sense Which is A Shame

[Sid]

Raina's shortcomings against the short ball are so conspicuous that it becomes embarassing watching him tackle the bouncers.He should really learn something from Viru who again wasnt a great player of the short ball but he never gave the impression to the opposition that he is **** scared at the prospect of playing bouncers & expecting it every ball , unlike Raina.

[vvvslaxman]

The problem is not short ball itself. The problem is expectation of short ball and ends up nicking against full ball. His frontfoot game is taking a hit because of this.