Can Karun Nair grab the chance?

[Vijy]

1 minute ago, sandeep said:

Hold the judgement a bit.  Take Rahul's example - he threw his wicket away on debut, but scored a 100 in the second dig.

Well, Rahul has been regularly throwing it away over the past 5-6 innings. Most of the KKN batsmen know how to play the flashy shots and thrive in T20s (and List A), but I don't rate them so highly as Test bats.

[express bowling]

The No.5 slot will be a  weak area  for us in the next test.

 

Karun failed in every innings in Australia on the A tour....came back and scored century in Ranji...that means he is not out of form....then he has looked out of sorts today in a test match.

 

 

I would open with Pappu and Vijay and bat  Rahul at no.6 to make our middle order more solid.

 

Pappu has looked better against pace and Rahul, with his casual shots but good ability, will be safer at No.6 with less men in catching positions.

 

Edited December 10, 2016 by express bowling

[Vijy]

3 minutes ago, express bowling said:

The No.5 slot will be a  weak area  for us in the next test.

 

Karun failed in every innings in Australia on the A tour....came back and scored century in Ranji...that means he is not out of form....then he has looked out of sorts today in a test match.

 

 

I would open with Pappu and Vijay and bat  Rahul at no.6 to make our middle order more solid.

 

Pappu has looked better against pace and Rahul, with his casual shots but good ability, will be safer at No.6 with less men in catching positions.

 

But, who will bat at 5? Maybe Rahul can bat at 5, Ashwin at 6, and Nair at 7.

[express bowling]

4 minutes ago, Vijy said:

But, who will bat at 5? Maybe Rahul can bat at 5, Ashwin at 6, and Nair at 7.

Ideally...but I doubt it.

[Vijy]

8 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Ideally...but I doubt it.

Yes, I guess it won't happen.

[WC2011INDIA]

Ideally, in the next test match the line-up should be 

 

1. Pappu

2. Vijay

3. Pujara

4. Kohli

5. Pandey/Nair 

6. KL

7. Ashwin

8. Jadeja

9. Jayant

10. Shami/Shardkul/Bhuvi

11. Umesh

 

[Vijy]

23 minutes ago, WC2011INDIA said:

Ideally, in the next test match the line-up should be 

 

1. Pappu

2. Vijay

3. Pujara

4. Kohli

5. Pandey/Nair 

6. KL

7. Ashwin

8. Jadeja

9. Jayant

10. Shami/Shardkul/Bhuvi

11. Umesh

 

No point in Jayant batting so low. To manage Ashwin's workload, they should consider bumping him up the order.

[SUMO]

we need to back rahul and rahane ... supremely talented hardworking guys and performed overseas
no substitute for quality . 

karun has to wait or hope rahane remains injured/ kohli plays 4 bowlers
 

[SUMO]

we need to back rahul and rahane ... supremely talented hardworking guys and performed overseas
no substitute for quality . 

karun has to wait or hope rahane remains injured/ kohli plays 4 bowlers
 

[Vijy]

Just now, SUMO said:

we need to back rahul and rahane ... supremely talented hardworking guys and performed overseas
no substitute for quality . 

karun has to wait or hope rahane remains injured/ kohli plays 4 bowlers
 

Rahane has done enough, Rahul hasn't - there are other openers knocking on the doors. He should be given some matches but cannot be persisted with forever.

[SUMO]

3 minutes ago, Vijy said:

Rahane has done enough, Rahul hasn't - there are other openers knocking on the doors. He should be given some matches but cannot be persisted with forever.

rahul is all format player like virat kohli and will get confidence back any time
should be backed and given 8-10 tests ... he is too good to fail so long
already he had 32, 38, 24 in last 5 innings not complete failure 
just needs to convert those starts, gets reckless in displaying aggression

[express bowling]

13 minutes ago, Vijy said:

Rahane has done enough, Rahul hasn't - there are other openers knocking on the doors. He should be given some matches but cannot be persisted with forever.

Rahul's batting needs just a little bit of tweak and he will suddenly become much more consistent.

 

Just cutting out the loose and casual shots will do.  Poking outside the off-stump needs to go too.

 

He has the ability to play both pace, bounce and spin and is a stroke-player too.  Such batsmen are not easy to find.

[G_B_]

I do think many depending, we can open with Vijay and Pappu second innings and allow Rahul to come in at 6.

 

I dont see any technical flaw with Rahul atm. Its just that he seems to want to dominate and he is not in that good a touch.

 

 

[cowboysfan]

TBH i have never rated him for international cricket,he deserved his shot as the next man up but i am not sure he will be selected for the aussie series,he needs a big score in Chennai.

[Vijy]

1 hour ago, G_B_ said:

I do think many depending, we can open with Vijay and Pappu second innings and allow Rahul to come in at 6.

 

I dont see any technical flaw with Rahul atm. Its just that he seems to want to dominate and he is not in that good a touch.

 

 

He plays away from his body, and that dismissal was a technical flaw.