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***Official*** India in Sri Lanka 2015

Contra

Contra

Cricketer Of The Year
weldone said:
I, for one, is happy for Rahane to be moved to 3. He's our best player of pace bowling. If Pujara doesn't play, Rahane should be at no. 3.
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No, firstly Kohli is the best player of pace bowling, secondly it's about roles in teams, Rahane is PERFECT @ 5, he can come in and get busy right away and can also hang around when required, he's also pretty good with the tail. Sure on the odd occasion if someone is really struggling we can send him up a bit like VVS but his primary role is that of a middle order player who comes in just at the right time (not too early and not too late) with a perfect mixture of attack and defense.
 
weldone

weldone

Hall of Fame Member
Contra said:
No, firstly Kohli is the best player of pace bowling, secondly it's about roles in teams, Rahane is PERFECT @ 5, he can come in and get busy right away and can also hang around when required, he's also pretty good with the tail. Sure on the odd occasion if someone is really struggling we can send him up a bit like VVS but his primary role is that of a middle order player who comes in just at the right time (not too early and not too late) with a perfect mixture of attack and defense.
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In England, we saw who is the best player of pace (and swing) bowling. And it's not about being perfect at 5 (which Rahane surely is). Donald Bradman would also be perfect at 5 (or any other middle-order position) - doesn't mean that he has to play at 5. When at no. 3 you have a primarily slow scorer like Pujara, then it makes sense to drop Rahane to 5. But Rohit is not a slow scorer. I know that sending Rahane at 3 makes the lower-middle order weaker, but that can't be a reason to send Rahane at no. 5 (or for sending Kohli at no. 6, for example).

Prince EWS said:
Yeah the order of the top five today was perfectly fine. I'd have picked Pujara ahead of Rohit (or Binny) and moved Rahane down to 5, but Rahane batting 3 shouldn't be seen as a bad thing per se.
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ya this
 
viriya

viriya

International Captain
weldone said:
In England, we saw who is the best player of pace (and swing) bowling. And it's not about being perfect at 5 (which Rahane surely is). Donald Bradman would also be perfect at 5 (or any other middle-order position) - doesn't mean that he has to play at 5. When at no. 3 you have a primarily slow scorer like Pujara, then it makes sense to drop Rahane to 5. But Rohit is not a slow scorer. I know that sending Rahane at 3 makes the lower-middle order weaker, but that can't be a reason to send Rahane at no. 5 (or for sending Kohli at no. 6, for example).



ya this
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Did you just compare Rahane to Bradman?
 
weldone

weldone

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viriya said:
Did you just compare Rahane to Bradman?
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Oh nooooo...come on..

I was explaining with an example why being perfect at 5 doesn't automatically mean one should bat at 5. I think Kohli is an amazing option at no. 6. Does that mean he should bat at 6? Sehwag would make a great no. 6 too, for example. Does that mean he should bat at 6?
 
cnerd123

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G.I.Joe said:
IDK. Sreesanth played for a poor team too, and he got a long run.
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Sreesanth was performing in FC before selection, and was clearly one of the better options we had available. Rasool isn't clearly better than Binny/Jadeja/Axar, and hasn't really kicked on in the domestix

viriya said:
He's played a grand total of 11 tests before this.. you are being too harsh. Considering how he can make 200+ in ODIs with ease when set, it's only a matter of time when he figures out how to make huge scores in Tests.. We all know Kohli is not that guy. Rohit has that potential.
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a) 11 Tests is enough to know he doesn't have the temperament for Tests - you'd know this if you had seen him play
b) ODI performances are irrelevant
c) He is a downhill skier in ODIs - which is hard to do as an opener. But true. He never scores in crunch games; not only that, he looks like a mess and gets out playing awful strokes.

Rohit has had enough chances. He really is our Watto. Send him to domestic cricket he will dominate it. Wait for a dead rubber game or a no-pressure situation and he will score heavily. Otherwise he's of no use.

spit said:
Pujara at 3. Rahane at 5. Rohit at 6.

India's best batting order imo.
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Yea we all agree on that. Which is why if we are going to play 5 bowlers, Rohit should be the one cut.
 
hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
Fuller Pilch said:
I agree - but what's the best selection to get 20 wickets in away tests?
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Probably no Rohit.

Dhawan/Rahul
Vijay
Pujara
Kohli
Rahane
Ashwin
Saha
Bhuvi
Umesh
Mishra
Ishant

Debatable whether Mishra will offer more than Rohit, but I think they should try it out.
 
viriya

viriya

International Captain
hendrix said:
It's when I'm most likely to get a wicket too...not sure if that's relevant.
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IMO he has the potential to be a better opening bowler than the other options we have other than Prasad. He had genuine potential early in his career.
 
viriya

viriya

International Captain
hendrix said:
Probably no Rohit.

Dhawan/Rahul
Vijay
Pujara
Kohli
Rahane
Ashwin
Saha
Bhuvi
Umesh
Mishra
Ishant

Debatable whether Mishra will offer more than Rohit, but I think they should try it out.
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Just 5 genuine batsmen? One good opening spell and this line-up will struggle to get 250.
 
viriya

viriya

International Captain
India's real problem is that Saha hasn't shown that he is a genuine batsman in Test cricket yet. His FC record suggests that he can hold his own, but until he proves himself the Indian line-up will look a batsman short.
 
Daemon

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Nah you can't solve some of the absolute ****house scores we've been bundled out for by upgrading our wicketkeeper or adding a batsman.
 
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