KL rahul In place of msd for odi/t20 ?

[PSB_Zone]

Dhoni is approaching 35 and he is not able to hit the ball.Also 10 years of captaincy got his mind cluttered into ridiculously defensive mindset.I am now certain dhoni needs to hang his boots.KL rahul is technically a better batsman. For experince in the middel order we can play uv for few years. Remember drawid also kept and rahul is better.

 

rahane/sharma/kohli/rahul/raina/uv/pandya/jadega/ashwin/shami/bumrah

[gakgupta]

n rahul is playing under kohli and kohli has great regard for him...from what is see...rahul is certain in test XI as kohli is current captain

n in future ...when kohli take over dhoni in ODi's, then we will ceratin in T20;s and ODis...keeper/ batsman

 

Actually KL is not bad behind wickets.....in tests he might not do the role but certainly he is good enough in one dayers and T20's

[express bowling]

Rahul needs significantly to improve his keeping to spinners. 

 

He was always a good test-type batman and has improved a lot as a limited overs batter.

Edited May 7, 2016 by express bowling

[Debutant]

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[bulbul]

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[Sooda]

He isnt a full time keeper. Good batsman , yes. His List A SR is 71. Not sure if he is a good ltd overs bat, despite his current IPL form. He could go to Zim in the ODI team, see how he does there

[vishalvirsingh]

N aman ojha is the best keeper after dhoni.

 

He shud play for India. 

[Texan]

In T20s, yes worth a try. 

 

In ODIs I think we should stick with Dhoni, the player for awhile. Dhoni, the captain must go from all formats. Spread the captaincy around and have 3 different captains for the 3 formats. That way we also get to gauge each captain's strengths and weaknesses. 

[kosingh]

6 hours ago, Texan said:

In T20s, yes worth a try. 

 

In ODIs I think we should stick with Dhoni, the player for awhile. Dhoni, the captain must go from all formats. Spread the captaincy around and have 3 different captains for the 3 formats. That way we also get to gauge each captain's strengths and weaknesses. 

We've gauged Dhoni's captaincy for long enough and I agree he has to go.

 

But I prefer that we don't experiment with captains at international level. Gauge at IPL

Edited May 11, 2016 by kosingh

[jf1gp_1]

Nope , rahul is a crappy keeper.

[kosingh]

We do need to find a successor to Dhoni. Plenty of batsmen can replace Dhoni the batsman.  But unfortunately  there isn't a lot of wicketkeeping talent in the country. Hopefully one of the youngsters will come through

[Ironhide]

Naman Ojha is the only option now who is a decent keeper as well as batsmen. Rest all need to improve a lot as keepers.

[vishalvirsingh]

On 07/05/2016 at 2:34 PM, express bowling said:

Rahul needs significantly to improve his keeping to spinners. 

 

He was always a good test-type batman and has improved a lot as a limited overs batter.

He is a good batsmen but a horrible wicket keeper.

[Austin 3:!6]

No one can take place of MSD. He, like Sachin is once in a generation player. Once he retires, we will be back to old days where our wicket keeping meant - Nayan Mongia, MSK Prasad, Vijay Dhaiya and Ajay Ratra. Happy days ahead

[sscomp32]

4 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

No one can take place of MSD. He, like Sachin is once in a generation player. Once he retires, we will be back to old days where our wicket keeping meant - Nayan Mongia, MSK Prasad, Vijay Dhaiya and Ajay Ratra. Happy days ahead

Why wait, this IPL will give a perfect indication what is to come after MSD retires  

[express bowling]

Rishab Pant is the only player I see now who is a proper batsman as well as a proper keeper. But he is very raw and will take at least 2 years to get ready for international cricket. His batting talent and hitting ability is awesome.

 

KL Rahul is a very good batsman and hitter but is not ready to keep wickets yet in ODIs and test matches.

 

Sanju Samson may develop in a couple of years too but he does not keep wickets regularly and that is a big problem.  He is a proper keeper though.

 

We don't have a good wicket-keeper/ batsman ready today ...... among the youngsters and that is a problem.

[sscomp32]

49 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Rishab Pant is the only player I see now who is a proper batsman as well as a proper keeper. But he is very raw and will take at least 2 years to get ready for international cricket. His batting talent and hitting ability is awesome.

 

KL Rahul is a very good batsman and hitter but is not ready to keep wickets yet in ODIs and test matches.

 

Sanju Samson may develop in a couple of years too but he does not keep wickets regularly and that is a big problem.  He is a proper keeper though.

 

We don't have a good wicket-keeper/ batsman ready today ...... among the youngsters and that is a problem.

We can have a solution for this. 

Ojha is perfect for 1/2 years and in that time pant could be prepared for national team. 

[express bowling]

53 minutes ago, sscomp32 said:

We can have a solution for this. 

Ojha is perfect for 1/2 years and in that time pant could be prepared for national team. 

I guess that has to be the solution for now.  Ojha is an excellent keeper especially against pacers but is prone to throwing his wicket away in critical times as a batsman.

[mishra]

17 hours ago, sscomp32 said:

We can have a solution for this. 

Ojha is perfect for 1/2 years and in that time pant could be prepared for national team. 

But Pant has to improve during that 6 months

[rkt.india]

On 5/16/2016 at 0:49 AM, express bowling said:

Rishab Pant is the only player I see now who is a proper batsman as well as a proper keeper. But he is very raw and will take at least 2 years to get ready for international cricket. His batting talent and hitting ability is awesome.

 

KL Rahul is a very good batsman and hitter but is not ready to keep wickets yet in ODIs and test matches.

 

Sanju Samson may develop in a couple of years too but he does not keep wickets regularly and that is a big problem.  He is a proper keeper though.

 

We don't have a good wicket-keeper/ batsman ready today ...... among the youngsters and that is a problem.

Quinton dekock was picked immediately after his U19 success in 2014. Similarly, there is no harm picking Pant too.