He had improved for a while when he reduced his deficiencies only to go back to bad old habits of pedantic promising player with deficiencies.Rahane has always been overrated by the CricketWeb crowd; a batsman who can't do as well as the others at home is unlikely to be a star on away tours..
Yes, you can.Can I participate in this round?
Yeah, looks good. There is a temptation to get DK to open but I would prefer him to bat lower down where he can actually maximise his run making.Time to revamp the test batsmen tbh. Kick the idiots out and most importantly, strip Kohli of the captaincy.
For the next test:
Vijay
Pujara
Nair
Kohli
Rahane
DK
Ashwin
Kuldeep
Shami
Ishant
Umesh
jadeja in place of kuldeep. he's a lot better than 2014 and has often out bowled ashen on some unhelpful tracks.Yeah, looks good. There is a temptation to get DK to open but I would prefer him to bat lower down where he can actually maximise his run making.
VijayI'll still like to see this lineup -
Vijay
Rahul
Rahane
Kohli
Karthik
Pant
Pandya
The problem with dropping Pandya is that there is no other batsman who can bowl ~10 overs a day and not end up going for 60+. Definitely wouldn't want to weaken the batting by getting in Kuldeep either.
VijayVijay
Rahul
Pujara
Kohli
Rahane
Karthik
Pandya
is probably the safest bet right now. Somehow I feel Rahul would be mentally clearer in his thought process if he had to open.
Ultimately, someone outside Kohli has to put his had up otherwise it's all just reshuffling.
Decent record.Ishant since 2014:
Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo
Averages 29 with nearly 100 wickets in test cricket. Not bad.
Haha Vaughan strikes again?Decent record.
In the same timeframe Anderson has 203 wickets at 21 yet certain former captains want him dropped.