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India's Upcoming Batsman - How do you rate them?

Who will be the Best Test Batsman?

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Cevno

Cevno

Hall of Fame Member
Currently India seems to have a number of really promising up and coming batsman ,some of whom are already playing for the national team and some of whom are burning up domestic competitions with really big numbers.

Wanted to know what the general opinion is of these batsman in each of the three formats and how would you rate their chances 5 years down the line ,when the likes of Sachin,Laxman,Dravid,Sehwag have gone?

In no order -

* Subramaniam Badrinath

* Cheteshwar Pujara

* Virat Kohli

* Rohit Sharma

* Suresh Raina

* Saurabh Tiwary

* Murali Vijay

* Ajinkya Rahane

* Abhinav Mukund

* Manish Pandey

* Manoj Tiwary

*Ambati Rayudu

Can include the likes of Shikhar Dhawan , Robin Uthappa ,Yusuf Pathan etc... too if you want too.
Also even younger batsman like Unmukt Chand,Amit Verma,Mandeep Singh,Mayank Aggarwal etc...

How do you see there careers panning out in 5 years time and how would you rate them in each of the formats as future potential ?(Tests,ODI's and T20'S)
And how would the Indian batting order look in each keeping that in mind in 5 years?
 
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Xuhaib

Xuhaib

International Coach
Kohli will be among the top 3 batsman of this decade can also see Pujara having a very successful career even though his start has been average but he has all the tools to succeed I feel.

Raina and Rohit are bit overrated imo I see them max out to Yuvraj levals. Badrinath looked very mediocre during his test debut maybe i am being a bit harsh since he got caught up in a hot Steyn spell on a couple of occasions his FC record is outstanding.Not seen much of others, seen a bit of Pandey couple of years back looked pretty ordinary but its just for a couple of short innings.

My ratings:
Kohli
Pujara
Rohit
Raina
Badrinath
 
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Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
Not suggesting he should be in contention, but who was that bloke who got caught up in the middle of a Steyn wonder spell at Ahmedebad, I think it was? Made a duck, IIRC. W-something.
 
Howe_zat

Howe_zat

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Spark said:
Not suggesting he should be in contention, but who was that bloke who got caught up in the middle of a Steyn wonder spell at Ahmedebad, I think it was? Made a duck, IIRC. W-something.
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Do you mean W Saha at Nagpur? Don't get why he was playing there, as a keeper who didn't keep wicket.

(Also, love how many times Steyn has trashed India. What a ****ing bowler.)
 
Cevno

Cevno

Hall of Fame Member
Saha played there because he was the reserve keeper and 2 of the Indian batsman managed to injure themselves one a day before the game, and one on the morning of the game.
And there were no other batsman in the squad or time to call replacements.

Don't see him as a regular reserve keeper even,let alone a Specialist batsman.
 
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Cevno

Cevno

Hall of Fame Member
Howe_zat said:
Ah, I see. Who would you say is the reserve keeper now?
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Oops.

Perhaps exaggerated there. Corrected the language now.

He was the reserve keeper for the SA series ,so is the incumbent.
But think Parthiv Patel and Naman Ojha would sneak ahead of him and shreevats goswami too perhaps.
Dinesh Karthik was ahead of him but his keeping became dodgy overtime.
 
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Noble One

Noble One

International Vice-Captain
Will Badrinath ever be given another chance? At 30 years of age, and with so many other talented young batsmen in India, perhaps his time has passed. It is a shame that his career coincided with the greatest generation of batsmen in India's history. Judging by his first class statistics he could have forged a fantastic international career.

Still it will be hard to ignore him if he keeps putting up big numbers like the previous Ranji trophy season.
 
Yas

Yas

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
I think this summer's series against England will give us the answer to this. Especially if we have an overcast summer with a few green tops around. Was pretty impressed with Pujara's temprament during the SAF tests not too sure how Kholi will cope with a moving ball although in the sub continent he could be a gun test cricketer.
 
Cevno

Cevno

Hall of Fame Member
With the domestic season Badrinath has had and the IPL he is having this time for the CSK ,i think this is the best chance for him to get a crack at the national team. It is helping him get into the spotlight.
Also Kris Srikkanth is the chairman of selectors currently.

Probably needs Dravid to retire Now,to get a clear run in the test team with the age he is at.

He is a fighter.Have to give him that.
Had a decent but not great season before the last one ,and was not even selected for India A tour to England on the basis of which Pujara made it to the Indian test team.
But since then has again refused to give up and done everything possible and still doing it to get into the selectors thinking.
 
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smash84

smash84

The Tiger King
Don't really rate India's new batsmen :p

Rohit Sharma seemed decent when he came in but I think he is falling away

Kohli and Pujara seem like good finds for the future

Have not really seen too much of others to comment
 
Noble One

Noble One

International Vice-Captain
How has Rohit Sharma fallen away smalishah84?

I would think many Indian fans would be happy with his progress. He has had his struggles in ODI's this year, but in 2010 he started to establish himself as a permanent member of the squad. It is also hard to argue against a batsman who averaged 96 in first class cricket last season.
 
smash84

smash84

The Tiger King
Noble One said:
How has Rohit Sharma fallen away smalishah84?

I would think many Indian fans would be happy with his progress. He has had his struggles in ODI's this year, but in 2010 he started to establish himself as a permanent member of the squad. It is also hard to argue against a batsman who averaged 96 in first class cricket last season.
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I actually seemed to be basing my analysis a lot on 2011 and also on one of the articles from Harsha Bhogle questioning Sharma's fitness.

FC averages don't mean much to me tbh.
 
Cevno

Cevno

Hall of Fame Member
Thinking about it Mukund or Vijay may get a chance in the test playing 11 next.

With Sehwag reportedly having a surgery and missing the West Indies tour , the opener slot would be open.

Would rather have Mukund selected,but think Vijay will be selected again.
 
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