Rate K L Rahul. He will become stellar

[Forever Indian]

I remember when Rahul came onto the scene and people were going GaGa over him, he was compared to Dravid for being a slow player with good defense. After his advent with IPL, he started being more aggressive and playing fancy shots which came into his game in tests as well. If he learns to separate his gameplay between LOIs and tests like how Kohli does, then he will become very consistent.

[Sachinism]

Extremely inconsistent. Looks quality when playing well, but has runs of failures between good innings.

[kira]

Slowly becoming a big fan of this guy, when in full flow he looks a class above every other batsman (including kohli)

[express bowling]

2 hours ago, Muloghonto said:

No, he will be mediocre.

 

You would have like him if he played in the '70s  and  '80s       

[express bowling]

Rahul will be a top batsman if he can cut out the intermittent loose shots outside off stump

 

He is one of the few batsmen who look comfortable against both pace and spin and  is relatively less troubled on a difficult pitch. He is a natural stroke-player too. 

[Muloghonto]

5 minutes ago, express bowling said:

You would have like him if he played in the '70s  and  '80s       

Not really. Coz i haven't seen solid defensive technique from him yet.I don't think he'd have survived the 70s without a good defensive technique. 

[coffee_rules]

3 minutes ago, Muloghonto said:

Not really. Coz i haven't seen solid defensive technique from him yet.I don't think he'd have survived the 70s without a good defensive technique. 

That is because back then teams would play for draw, rule out a loss and then play to win. Nowadays, players play to win and hence take more risks. Maybe his role selected by coach/captain is to look to score runs and more runs means less chance of losing here. So, you can't fault the batsman here. He saw an opportunity and was not to the pitch of the ball. He got 50 runs playing with this intention and was successful.

[Muloghonto]

1 minute ago, coffee_rules said:

That is because back then teams would play for draw, rule out a loss and then play to win. Nowadays, players play to win and hence take more risks. Maybe his role selected by coach/captain is to look to score runs and more runs means less chance of losing here. So, you can't fault the batsman here. He saw an opportunity and was not to the pitch of the ball. He got 50 runs playing with this intention and was successful.

Bhai, this is test cricket, over 5 days. In crisis, one needs to have the ability to play solid after reaching milestones and get to three-figures and stuff. 
The ability to crawl along to something like 25 runs in 80 balls doesn't need to be the default mode of test cricket, but it needs to be present in the batsman. Laxman was often this type of a crisis batsman, but Dravid, Tendulkar, even Ganguly showed the ability to start slow, consolidate, build scoreboard pressure and then go for the kill. To do that, one requires good defensive technique to survive more often than not on tough pitches and/or against tough bowling. 

Btw, Kohli has this ability too, though not very much. Pujara is the closest we have to a batsman with a good defensive technique and endurance.

 

[express bowling]

16 minutes ago, Muloghonto said:

Not really. Coz i haven't seen solid defensive technique from him yet.I don't think he'd have survived the 70s without a good defensive technique. 

His defense is quite good.

 

The great Viv Richards kept pointing this out time and again on our last tour to the West indies. According to Richards, Kohli and Rahul are the 2 most classical batsmen in our team.

 

Rahul's main weakness is playing a sudden loose shot outside off stump in the middle of a solid innings.  This can be easily rectified as he matures as an individual.

Edited March 6, 2017 by express bowling

[CG]

Rahul needs to tighten up his offstump play as overseas as a opener he will struggle.He can score all-round the Wicket so if he improves his shot selection and offstump play he will be a good batsman.

[puneet28]

He just needs to have some maturity in his batting. In this series he's throwing it away after reacing 50. If he can differentiate his approach between Tests and LOIs, he will be gem for our team and win a lot matches

 

 

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[Mosher]

Rahul is a quality player. Hope he works on cutting down those risky shots.

 

Bangar wants Rahul to put price on wicket

 

Sanjay Bangar, India's batting coach, has said he has had a "chat" with Rahul over the nature of his dismissals.

"Generally within the batting group, over the last 18 to 20 months we have been so used to batting with five batsmen wherein all the batsmen have made that conscious effort to look beyond their personal landmarks. It's not being happy with a 50 or 100 but batsmen who are wanting to go that extra mile, put in the hard work and play a big innings, which will have an eventual impact on the state of the match," Bangar said at the end of day three.

"That is something all the boys have been doing. Rahul was very disappointed and we definitely had a chat. It's something that we want him to improve in the games to come because he is a quality player. The way he was stroking the ball, really looked comfortable, was smothering the spin really well and I think he understands that probably in the series and matches to come, he will definitely put a price on his wicket and see less of those unforced errors."

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1085591.html

 

[Ultimate_Game]

Rahul gives away too many starts when set. in cricket you have to make hay when you're in form or get a start. Rahl needs to convert his starts and score 100s. That's what win you matches.

[King Tendulkar]

1 hour ago, Ultimate_Game said:

Rahul gives away too many starts when set. in cricket you have to make hay when you're in form or get a start. Rahl needs to convert his starts and score 100s. That's what win you matches.

What like a 199?

[jusarrived]

28 minutes ago, King Tendulkar said:

What like a 199?

He could have got 3 hundreds in the last 4 innings , even one could have sealed a match for us . not saying he should be droped for that , but hes been a very frustrating player to watch . 

 

[jalebi_bhai]

Seems like he saved his form for this series. Needs to capitalize more on his starts. Can see him averaging 45-50 by the end of his career if he matures as expected. 

[Brainfade]

8 hours ago, express bowling said:

His defense is quite good.

 

The great Viv Richards kept pointing this out time and again on our last tour to the West indies. According to Richards, Kohli and Rahul are the 2 most classical batsmen in our team.

 

Rahul's main weakness is playing a sudden loose shot outside off stump in the middle of a solid innings.  This can be easily rectified as he matures as an individual.

Best example was that loose shot to dismiss himself on 199 against England.  Hopefully, he can curb those instincts.

[Ultimate_Game]

2 hours ago, King Tendulkar said:

What like a 199?

Quoting one big score wouldn't make the problem go away. There are so many times Rahul looks like a million dollar and gives it all away against the run of play. Rahul gotta put a much higher prices on his wkt and not be satisfied by getting to a 50. He gotta strive to make daddy hundreds when he gets set.

[King Tendulkar]

Chaps you have no patience 

 

anyway he seen him bat will

see the quality and abilty at this level . Yes been loose and making mental errors. But mental errors can easily be ironed out . Frankly in this test saw big improvement , no areial shots and much more patient . So already improving and learning , great signs . 

 

Will only get better and better 

[Bleed-Blue]

One of the few aside from Kohli  in this Indian team who has the abilty to top class in all three formats.

Edited March 6, 2017 by Bleed-Blue