KL RAHUL : Appreciation thread

[Lord]

Anda today chasing a wide one

 

never know which Rahul turns up

[Jimmy Cliff]

8 hours ago, SK_IH said:

I know you are specifically talking about 2018, sort of his flagship year as a T20 batsman but KL is very close to becoming the best ever IPL batsman overall if he has another bumper couple of years. For me only Warner ahead of him as of now considering each & every aspect of batsmanship.

 

He has become an accumulator since then though . SR has come down from high 150s to mid 130s.

[nevada]

28 minutes ago, Lord said:

Anda today chasing a wide one

 

never know which Rahul turns up

Poor shot selection. Should have waited till he got his eye in before attempting such a shot. 

[SK_IH]

2 hours ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

 

He has become an accumulator since then though . SR has come down from high 150s to mid 130s.

I think that's just the greed to keep the orange cap firmly placed on his head. But unlike some other accumulators, he can cause mayhem anytime he wants, IPL teams also dread Warner for this very reason only

Edited August 25, 2021 by SK_IH

[Vijy]

On 8/25/2021 at 6:10 AM, Lord said:

Anda today chasing a wide one

 

never know which Rahul turns up

usually the flashy one, as evidenced by his overall mediocre test batting avg that goes up and down

[Frustrated]

He has already achieved his quota of 2 good knocks in this series. Dont expect much from him henceforth.  Coz that is the definition of a medicore inconsistent batsman. His entire career has been like that across all formats.  

[DeepSpace]

I can forgive one mistake. It happens. Provided he does not repeat in the second innings again. He needs to show the same application shown in the first two tests. Rohit on the other hand just got fed up with the callousness of the players around him and gave up. He needs to shut that out.

 

Chokohlibaba on the other hand has assumed the Pokemon role and will be nicking to slips all series long. He should be spending time at the nets correcting his mistakes, talking to experts how to deal with Clouderson, but no .... phucker has to frolick with Anooooooshkaaaaa!

[cricketfan28]

Expecting a match saving innings from him tomorrow

[Vijy]

3 hours ago, DeepSpace said:

I can forgive one mistake. It happens. Provided he does not repeat in the second innings again. He needs to show the same application shown in the first two tests. Rohit on the other hand just got fed up with the callousness of the players around him and gave up. He needs to shut that out.

 

Chokohlibaba on the other hand has assumed the Pokemon role and will be nicking to slips all series long. He should be spending time at the nets correcting his mistakes, talking to experts how to deal with Clouderson, but no .... phucker has to frolick with Anooooooshkaaaaa!

Rat has no need to better himself, that's what people forget. the peak years of Rat, he was dragging himself from being a decent batsman to world-class. once he achieved that peaj and then fame, money, and captaincy all followed, and he got a swelled head and has stopped trying to improve thereafter.

[DeepSpace]

Clouderson is making ball talk!

[DeepSpace]

I am just here to watch the collapse. Especially Chokohlibaba’s face after he does a Pokemon to slips!

[Frustrated]

18 hours ago, Frustrated said:

He has already achieved his quota of 2 good knocks in this series. Dont expect much from him henceforth.  Coz that is the definition of a mediocore inconsistent batsman. His entire career has been like that across all formats.  

As I said, this is now his 3rd consecutive failure, after having made such a promising start to the series.     

[Jay]

I still believe in him if he is played I middle order. 

[Straight Drive]

Rahul is likely to end with an average poor than even Chetan Chauhan.

[Vijy]

11 hours ago, Straight Drive said:

Rahul is likely to end with an average poor than even Chetan Chauhan.

chetan chauhan had limited talent and maximized it. KL Rahul has high taleny but minimizes it. he is the antithesis of chauhan. as an opener, he is not even in the class of shastri, kunderan, or mankad, all of whom were not pure batsmen.

[Frustrated]

KL's test batting avg is just 35.    Below par for a top order batsman to hv featured in so many tests .  39 tests (66 innings).  OMG. 

[Vijy]

Just now, Frustrated said:

KL's test batting avg is just 35.    Below par for a top order batsman to hv featured in so many tests .  39 tests (66 innings).  OMG. 

it shows what he is - excellent in some patches, horrible in others.

[Straight Drive]

11 hours ago, Vijy said:

chetan chauhan had limited talent and maximized it. KL Rahul has high taleny but minimizes it. he is the antithesis of chauhan. as an opener, he is not even in the class of shastri, kunderan, or mankad, all of whom were not pure batsmen.

Most cricketers who reach this level have talent. But talent can only help you score at average of 35 runs which is poor by test standards as specialist batsman batting for a major test team.But determination, shot selection, patience, temperament and grit to survive helps score those additional runs which sepeartes the poor test players from the greats like Tendulkar, Dravid, Sunny. 

 

Rahul is Wadekar level or Chetan Chauhan level. Rahul is fit for 1969, 1970 batting line-up which was before Sunny made debut. He would make the 1970's team ,80"s team and replace some mediocre players of the 90's.  No more no less.

 

Amarnath was better than non performer Rahul. His series against WI would be a dream for Rahul. But Amarnath wasn't even hyped half as much as Rahul gets.

Edited August 29, 2021 by Straight Drive

[Straight Drive]

8 hours ago, Frustrated said:

KL's test batting avg is just 35.    Below par for a top order batsman to hv featured in so many tests .  39 tests (66 innings).  OMG. 

By end of career he is likely to average as much as Chetan Chauhan and probably even Kapil Dev if he is so much inconsistent and does not improves his game.

[Vijy]

10 hours ago, Straight Drive said:

Most cricketers who reach this level have talent. But talent can only help you score at average of 35 runs which is poor by test standards as specialist batsman batting for a major test team.But determination, shot selection, patience, temperament and grit to survive helps score those additional runs which sepeartes the poor test players from the greats like Tendulkar, Dravid, Sunny. 

 

Rahul is Wadekar level or Chetan Chauhan level. Rahul is fit for 1969, 1970 batting line-up which was before Sunny made debut. He would make the 1970's team ,80"s team and replace some mediocre players of the 90's.  No more no less.

 

Amarnath was better than non performer Rahul. His series against WI would be a dream for Rahul. But Amarnath wasn't even hyped half as much as Rahul gets.

Amarnath was one of India's greatest ever overseas batsman. He was in the league of Dravid and SRT and Sunny. It's a travesty to compare anyone from the current team with him.