jusarrived Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 Ali is more closer to Raina than Symons. Raina a better batsmen while Ali is a better bowler
Vijy Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 Ali is more closer to Raina than Symons. Raina a better batsmen while Ali is a better bowler Ali is not an excellent player, but he's worth twice that of Rahane - for starters, he's a proper bowler unlike Raina who is just a part-timer (and useless outside SC). Also a better bat than Raina in Tests.
Gollum Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 Ali is more closer to Raina than Symons. Raina a better batsmen while Ali is a better bowler He's a much improved version of Raina in test cricket.
Vijy Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 He's a much improved version of Rahane in test cricket. Ali? Rahane? I think Rahane is the better bat... but the latter doesn't bowl.
Gollum Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 Ali? Rahane? I think Rahane is the better bat... but the latter doesn't bowl. Oops sorry Raina I meant, was watching Rahane bat and must have slipped out.
Gollum Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 Ali is not an excellent player' date=' but he's worth twice that of [b']Rahane - for starters, he's a proper bowler unlike Raina who is just a part-timer (and useless outside SC). Also a better bat than Raina in Tests. Rahane's classy batting is making both of us forget what we are talking about. :winky:
jusarrived Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 Ali is not an excellent player' date=' but he's worth twice that of Rahane - for starters, he's a proper bowler unlike Raina who is just a part-timer (and useless outside SC). Also a better bat than Raina in Tests.[/quote'] What exactly did Ali do outside England ? He has bigger issues with short ball than Raina , purely as a test batsmen hes not good enough even in home conditions hes alright just like rain a. In LOI is though Raina is a one of the best ever , Ali does not have the power game to match raina . Superior bowler no doubts about that
jusarrived Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 He's a much improved version of Raina in test cricket. Only as a bolwer . He bats at no9 mind you
jusarrived Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 Raina wont make it to any above average test lineup - England today are an above average test lineup or at least getting there. Thats cos they need a spin option . Imagine if England had Ashwin , Ali would not be in the team
Vijy Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 What exactly did Ali do outside England ? He has bigger issues with short ball than Raina , purely as a test batsmen hes not good enough even in home conditions hes alright just like rain a. In LOI is though Raina is a one of the best ever , Ali does not have the power game to match raina . Superior bowler no doubts about that I thought we are comparing Tests, not ODIs. In ODIs, Raina is the better batsman... but certainly not "one of the best ever" - just from India, there are at least 4-5 batsmen better than him in ODI history.
BeautifulGame Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 I thought we are comparing Tests' date=' not ODIs. In ODIs, Raina is the better batsman... but certainly not "one of the best ever" - just from India, there are at least 4-5 batsmen better than him in ODI history.[/quote'] Raina is one of the best ever for India in ODI cricket If not for Yuvi , Raina would definitely be no.5/no.6 finisher in our all time XI
Vijy Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 Raina is one of the best ever for India in ODI cricket If not for Yuvi , Raina would definitely be no.5/no.6 finisher in our all time XI How nice of you to ignore MSD for these spots.
BeautifulGame Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 How nice of you to ignore MSD for these spots. MSD is shoe in as wicket Keeper bat .That's why I said no.5 or no.6 depending upon where Dhoni bats As if I would ignore Dhoni lol
jusarrived Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 I thought we are comparing Tests' date=' not ODIs. In ODIs, Raina is the better batsman... but certainly not "one of the best ever" - just from India, there are at least 4-5 batsmen better than him in ODI history.[/quote'] I was talking generally . Ali is a utility player a very good one and England is using him extremely well . Raina is very under rated as a LOI player he would make it to my all time LOI 11
Vijy Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 I was talking generally . Ali is a utility player a very good one and England is using him extremely well . Raina is very under rated as a LOI player he would make it to my all time LOI 11 For India? Probably yes. Would be hard to squeeze Yuvi, him and MSD in that middle order though.
maniac Posted September 3, 2015 Author Posted September 3, 2015 Aussies treating him with so much respect...this is the problem with bowlers like Jadeja and Ali...you don't know where to draw the line. They are not as bad as they look with the ball and at the same time you can't let them get away with tight spells as they are not frontline bowlers.
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