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Rahul Dravid - What would you do? Is he still one of India's 6 best batsman?
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ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Rajasthan v Mumbai: Ambati Rayudu could fill Rahul Dravid or VVS Laxman's shoes - Harbhajan Singh
Agree with Bhajji. With Pujara, Kohli and Rayudu, we have a decent next generation of batsmen lined up. We should start phasing out the old guard. Unfortunately, Dravid seems like the first candidate for being phased out.
Agree with Bhajji. With Pujara, Kohli and Rayudu, we have a decent next generation of batsmen lined up. We should start phasing out the old guard. Unfortunately, Dravid seems like the first candidate for being phased out.
Austerlitz
U19 Debutant
Rayadu mostly a odi player and quite old in his late twenties so not in tests .
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
He isn't so old...only about 25. But yes, has a less impressive first class record.
Borges
International Regular
There are more than a dozen uncapped domestic batsmen who have a greater claim to an Indian test cap than Rayudu. The 26 year old has a FC average of 42.17, for christ's sake.
Ok, so Harbhajan is a loquacious epsilon-minus semi-moron. What else is new?
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, I get it
Didn't research in Rayudu's first class record. Have heard mostly good things about him, so jumped the gun.
smash84
The Tiger King
As alwaysYeah, I get it
, so jumped the gun.
Blaze 18
Banned
In 2002-2003, there was quite some hype surrounding Ambati Rayadu. It was felt it was only a matter of time before he got into the Indian side. He did not have a very realistic chance with the middle order India had, so it wasn't a big surprise that he didn't make the test side. What is surprising is he's never played an ODI - to put that in perspective, Rohit "I am good at IPL and nothing else" Sharma has played something like sixty or seventy ODIs!
It'd be unfair on Pujara, Kohli, Badrinath ,if he were to waltz into the Indian side ahead of them; but he should definitely be in the scheme of things whenever India decide to send second/third string elevens, etc.
It'd be unfair on Pujara, Kohli, Badrinath ,if he were to waltz into the Indian side ahead of them; but he should definitely be in the scheme of things whenever India decide to send second/third string elevens, etc.
Cruxdude
International Debutant
Yeah but he has the big advantage of being Sachin's team mate. A good word from Sachin can take him far.
Am really excited in seeing how the future middle order pans out. Loads of talent there hope at least some of them have good careers. This excitement is one reason why I want Dravid to retire.
Xuhaib
International Coach
Indian domestic batsman average ridiculous numbers.In Pakistan the only players to have first class average of above 50 are:
Hanif Mohammad
Javed Miandad
Inzamam
Younis Khan
Misbah ul haq
Fawad Alam
Apart from Fawad who is unproved all of them have had a distinguished int careers however in India I have seen domestic journeyman's averaging mid 50's.Never understood why there is such a gap in domestic averages in the 2 countries when batting conditions are so similar.
Hanif Mohammad
Javed Miandad
Inzamam
Younis Khan
Misbah ul haq
Fawad Alam
Apart from Fawad who is unproved all of them have had a distinguished int careers however in India I have seen domestic journeyman's averaging mid 50's.Never understood why there is such a gap in domestic averages in the 2 countries when batting conditions are so similar.
Cruxdude
International Debutant
The quality of the domestic bowlers?
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Not sure about Pakistan domestic cricket, but The prime Indian domestic competition(Ranji Trophy) has too many teams(Used to be more).
So there are many poor players and attacks to boost averages against and also for the bowlers there are enough poor batsman around to boost their averages and strike rates against.
Plus there is a bigger pool of players ,so even in the same ratio more people will average more.
That is why you would find both bowlers and batsman in the Indian domestic scene with good numbers.
And as for the the averages of current batsman,there are some pretty gun batsman around too in the domestic scene at the moment with somewhat justified averages.
Also India has always been better than pakistan at producing batsman,right from Vijay Hazare/Merchant days.
So there are many poor players and attacks to boost averages against and also for the bowlers there are enough poor batsman around to boost their averages and strike rates against.
Plus there is a bigger pool of players ,so even in the same ratio more people will average more.
That is why you would find both bowlers and batsman in the Indian domestic scene with good numbers.
And as for the the averages of current batsman,there are some pretty gun batsman around too in the domestic scene at the moment with somewhat justified averages.
Also India has always been better than pakistan at producing batsman,right from Vijay Hazare/Merchant days.
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Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
The Number of Indian domestic bowlers around with very good numbers is also many more than Pakistan.