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Rahane should be back at his successful #5 position


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That's what I said before you cant compare batting at 3 and 5. He did well at 5 doesn't mean success at 3 to when there is something for seamers.

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They have ruined a solid player. With ball being older he would have been effective.
What older ball? 2 overs between walking at No.3 and walking at No.5 in today's innings :cantstop:
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And some serious misconceptions in this thread. Rahane was asked to go bat at No.3 not because of Rohit. It was because of the 5 bowler theory. If we had the 6 batsmen + WK + 4 bowlers intact, then it would have always been :- Openers Chepu Virat Rahane Rohit WK Bowlers 5 batsmen + WK means one batsman had to be kept out. Team Management decided it had to be Chepu so there was a need for a new No.3 ( and they thought Rahane had the technique for it ). Hope this 5 bowler theory gets thrown out till we find a real good all-rounder.

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And some serious misconceptions in this thread. Rahane was asked to go bat at No.3 not because of Rohit. It was because of the 5 bowler theory. If we had the 6 batsmen + WK + 4 bowlers intact, then it would have always been :- Openers Chepu Virat Rahane Rohit WK Bowlers 5 batsmen + WK means one batsman had to be kept out. Team Management decided it had to be Chepu so there was a need for a new No.3 ( and they thought Rahane had the technique for it ). Hope this 5 bowler theory gets thrown out till we find a real good all-rounder.
Er Rohit was promoted to @ 3 in Sydney(Kohli's first test as official captain) ,in Bangladesh and in the first test here .After he was found out to be horribly exposed @ 3 ,instead of bringing back our best no.3 in Pujara , we asked Rahane (our 2nd bat) to move to no.3 so as to accommodate Rohit at 5 . No offense but did u even watch any of the previous test matches before coming up these stuff seriously?
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That's what I said before you cant compare batting at 3 and 5. He did well at 5 doesn't mean success at 3 to when there is something for seamers.
He seems to be exhibiting either technical or mental deficiencies, and I'm not hapy about either. Should be shunted back to 5.
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Er Rohit was promoted to @ 3 in Sydney(Kohli's first test as official captain) ,in Bangladesh and in the first test here .After he was found out to be horribly exposed @ 3 ,instead of bringing back our best no.3 in Pujara , we asked Rahane (our 2nd bat) to move to no.3 so as to accommodate Rohit at 5 . No offense but did u even watch any of the previous test matches before coming up these stuff seriously?
When did I ever say Rohit was a natural No.3? I always wanted him in team and play the Laxman/Gilly role as needed. Thats it. And it is possible with 6 batsmen theory where everyone bats in their best positions. None of Rahul,Chepu,Rahane can play the lower-middle order aggressor role - Kohli can but he is valuable at No.4. Dhoni used to do in SC conditions atleast but our newer wicket-keepers cannot do it. I still say ( mentioned in some other thread too IIRC ), go with the below Vijay Dhawan Chepu Kohli Rahane Rohit Saha/Rahul 4 bowlers ( 2 spinners + 2 pacers in SC ; 1 spinner and 3 pacers in non-SC ). Use Vijay and Rohit for a few overs if needed. With the way injuries are happening, chances are one of the batsmen is injured for a particular match anyway. Don't force-fit Bhajji, Ashwin or Binny as the all-rounder. They are not.
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He seems to be exhibiting either technical or mental deficiencies' date=' and I'm not hapy about either. Should be shunted back to 5.[/quote'] Slow front foot movement when ball I pitched up.
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Slow front foot movement when ball I pitched up.
Like Dravid during latter parts of career (or occasionally in the early and mid parts too)? It seems to me that some of Chepu and Kohli's dismissals during all of our foreign tours were along similar lines as well, but to varying degrees?
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Like Dravid during latter parts of career (or occasionally in the early and mid parts too)? It seems to me that some of Chepu and Kohli's dismissals during all of our foreign tours were along similar lines as well' date=' but to varying degrees?[/quote'] No Dravid did not have that problem. His problem was judging the line right. He would miss straight deliveries playing wrong line. Dravid never had footwork issue. This problem with Rahane is old. I thought he had improved it but it is still there.
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No Dravid did not have that problem. His problem was judging the line right. He would miss straight deliveries playing wrong line. Dravid never had footwork issue. This problem with Rahane is old. I thought he had improved it but it is still there.
That's not true . Dravid always had the issue of playing and nicking deliveries bowled across him .Mainly becoz he won't get his front foot across to cover the angle .
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That's not true . Dravid always had the issue of playing and nicking deliveries bowled across him .Mainly becoz he won't get his front foot across to cover the angle .
Yes that was from left armers when bowl was bowled very wide, not because he lacked foot movement but because he had developed a habit of playing too far outside off not judging the line.
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Every batsman has problem when the ball is in the corridor of uncertainity.You need a bit of luck like pujara ,kohli had in first innings and what u do after u settled pujara got a century and same with rahane.Rahane does soem times get stuck on backfoot like he did to steven finn in inital odi career.But he has improved a lot.

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