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

[morgieb]

Hey andruid, angad, Cabinet96, Cevno, dermo, Dissector, FBU, Flem274*, hendrix, indiaholic, J_C, kp226, mde203, morgieb, NUFAN, Outswinger@Pace, ricky8741, Riggins, Saint Kopite, Sarun, Satguru, schearzie, scorpio1990, shashy, Spark, sudhindra9, Trichromatic, weldone, Yas, *****

Pujara just got dropped mofos.

Before about 12 months ago it would be hard to argue against Pujara being your best.

Now I think it's pretty clearly Kohli. Will go on a phase ala Ponting did (one could argue he's already starting to) and just ****ing dominate for a few years.

 

[Jono]

Before about 12 months ago it would be hard to argue against Pujara being your best.

Surely when you're talking about how good a batsman is going to be (which was this thread topic) you also judge on their talent and ability based on your eyes as well as record? Its speculation, sure, but Kohli Jo'burg 2013 on top of Aust performances in 2011/12 meant it was not hard to argue he was better than Pujara, even with Che's awesome record and 150+ in 2nd dig Jo'burg.

 

[cnerd123]

I still maintain Che will come good and end with the highest average of the three.

 

[indiaholic]

Hey andruid, angad, Cabinet96, Cevno, dermo, Dissector, FBU, Flem274*, hendrix, indiaholic, J_C, kp226, mde203, morgieb, NUFAN, Outswinger@Pace, ricky8741, Riggins, Saint Kopite, Sarun, Satguru, schearzie, scorpio1990, shashy, Spark, sudhindra9, Trichromatic, weldone, Yas, *****

Pujara just got dropped mofos.

 

[Riggins]

Obviously way too early to say the dropping wont be a blessing. All the best players get dropped. Smithy, Marto, Bradman etc.

 

[cnerd123]

Rahul should enter this discussion too.

 

[harsh.ag]

Rohit is obviously going back to number 6. Che will come roaring back. Just needs to stop eating "ghar ka khaana", newly married be damned.

 

[Daemon]

lol turbinator

 

[cnerd123]

Kohli
Rahane
Pujara
Vijay
Rahul
Dhawan
Rohit

 

[cnerd123]

Kohli
Rahane
Pujara
Vijay
Rahul
Dhawan
Rohit

I thought I was being harsh by leaving Raina off the list...but nah.

 

[Jono]

Turbinator voted Raina. WAG.

Now is his time.

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

 

[Jono]

India v England, 4th Test, Nagpur, 2nd day : Hello, Ajinkya Rahane here, anyone listening? | Cricket Features | India v England | ESPN Cricinfo

Brilliant piece by Sid Monga on the travails of Ajinkya Rahane.

Seriously worried he could become another Badri. Though, i guess he has done better in ODI's/IPL.

His FC average has dropped from a crazy 69/70 to 63 now due to being inconsistently in and out and will probably be overtaken by Rohit Sharma come the next series now, as things stand and due to no fault of his own really.

Though, having said that could write a somewhat similar piece about Rohit vis a vis tests too (Though Rahane has been consistently gunning from before). ****ing Yuvraj and Raina.

Calm down the bloke is still younger than 25 and he's in the selectors eyes. Their fetish with Yuvi and Raina has been annoying but he's not a Badrinath yet.

Told ya to calm down Cevno ya crazy boy.

 

[Furball]

Before about 12 months ago it would be hard to argue against Pujara being your best.

Kohli was always pretty obviously India's best young bat, where he'd fallen short was showing it in Test cricket. You don't have the ODI record Kohli does and play the innings he's played in ODI cricket unless you're a very, very special player.

He's now starting to show his promise in Tests, but I'll still ride him hard for performing poorly in Tests because he's so good. What he's produced this tour he should have been producing for a while IMO.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Ryan Harris has been complaining about the lack of swing and B Kumar failed to get any. Probably why Kohli has performed so well. I have not heard of him performing when the ball is swinging.

 

[Teja.]

Jesus Chirst, this is getting ridiculous. I don't think I've seen worse criticism of someone for putting in an ATG series performance simply for scoring so much it actually devalues his own scoring. This is precisely like the idiots ripping into Sanga after he scores another 247 against Bangladesh as if it's proof that he's a **** FTB as opposed to a glorious batsman putting away sub-par opposition, except that with Kohli - he actually just scored four tons in four games away vs. the second best bowling attack in the world including a game where he got us far too close to a victory we didn't deserve in any shape or form.

Virat Kohli is 26 and averages 67 in Australia, 68 is South Africa and 71 in NZ. He has 7 tons in 20 away games, all outside the SC in countries where every every away ton is appreciated these days due to the strength of the bowling attacks. Only Walter Hammond and Herbert Sutcliffe among away players have scored as many tons as he has in Australia in a series in history. He failed in England though. Clearly a ******** flat track bully.

 

[Coronis]

Just wondering how this series rates in terms of tons. There have been what, 15 tons and at least 3 90's, is that unusual or?

 

[Furball]

Jesus Chirst, this is getting ridiculous. I don't think I've seen worse criticism of someone for putting in an ATG series performance simply for scoring so much it actually devalues his own scoring. This is precisely like the idiots ripping into Sanga after he scores another 247 against Bangladesh as if it's proof that he's a **** FTB as opposed to a glorious batsman putting away sub-par opposition, except that with Kohli - he actually just scored four tons in four games away vs. the second best bowling attack in the world including a game where he got us far too close to a victory we didn't deserve in any shape or form.

Virat Kohli is 26 and averages 67 in Australia, 68 is South Africa and 71 in NZ. He has 7 tons in 20 away games, all outside the SC in countries where every every away ton is appreciated these days due to the strength of the bowling attacks. Only Walter Hammond and Herbert Sutcliffe among away players have scored as many tons as he has in Australia in a series in history. He failed in England though. Clearly a ******** flat track bully.

Is there any reason we can't hold his failure in England against him though? Plenty of people did it with Ponting's poor record in India when he'd ****ing dominated everywhere else.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Is there any reason we can't hold his failure in England against him though? Plenty of people did it with Ponting's poor record in India when he'd ****ing dominated everywhere else.

If he tours England again and is a walking wicket again then, yeah.

Ponting comparison already = godlike tbh.

 

[Teja.]

Is there any reason we can't hold his failure in England against him though? Plenty of people did it with Ponting's poor record in India when he'd ****ing dominated everywhere else.

Nope. That doesn't mean he ****s himself against good fast bowling and cashes in when the times are easy though - which seems to be the implication with the accelerating criticism with every ton he scores against Australia. He's hardly cashing in, It's Australia at home ffs.

 

[Jarquis]

Seems like a massive overreaction though as all AN said was that the ball hasn't been hooping and it hasn't