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*Official* West Indies Tour of India 2018

Prince EWS

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Such an important innings for Rahane. I'm not sure he really justifies his place at home anymore. He's copped some more of the bowler-friendly pitches which has skewed it but the bloke averages 33 at home; I definitely think Vihari, Rohit and Nair are better players in India at this point. He hangs on probably by virtue of them wanting to develop a settled batting lineup (but then they hilariously dropped him in South Africa when a contribution could've made all the home direness worth it).
 
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Tom Flint

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Did kohli have a slower start? I feel he is closing that gap all the time. He will play until a similar age imo and a lot will depend on how well he finishes his career.
 
OverratedSanity

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Tom Flint said:
Did kohli have a slower start? I feel he is closing that gap all the time. He will play until a similar age imo and a lot will depend on how well he finishes his career.
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Kohli's average was a re;atively lowly 43 in mid 2006 before his golden run began. Scoring almost another 10000 runs is going to be almost impossible no matter how well he bats.
 
Starfighter

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Tom Flint said:
Did kohli have a slower start? I feel he is closing that gap all the time. He will play until a similar age imo and a lot will depend on how well he finishes his career.
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Tendulkar started much younger. Kohl's test batting average has yet to reach what Tendulkar's was at this point.
 
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Tom Flint

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If he plays until the same age he would pretty much need to score 1000 runs a year. With the amount of tests india play what would he roughly need to average? 50 each year?
 
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Oh right. Im looking forward to seeing 3 spinners at the MCG. :)

Also Rahul averages only 33 overseas.
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He's been poor, but at least Rahul has a hundred in Australia and England.

I also think Rahul's issues with the incoming delivery are easier to solve than Dhawan's. The latter is a known quantity overseas.

The selectors and Kohli have always been horses for courses with regards to bowlers but not with batsman. Dhawan's done imo.
 
Manee

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Murali Vijay is interesting because of scoring runs in England in September - which is surely not easy!
 
randycricfreak

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harsh.ag said:
Embarrassing number of riches atm. Pujara and Rahane are lucky as **** to have such a long run tbh.
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pujara is India's second best bat. Why should he be dropped.

Rahane imo should be dropped. His average is only 41. Pretty sureVihari can average better with time.
 
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Pujara is a gun. He is a big reason why India have an excellent record in Asia.
 
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