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Haven't seen a thread on this guy so thought I'd fire one up.
Following his 60 and 102 (off 69 balls) in the recently concluded Ranji
quarterfinal, this guy has 4624 runs in 47 games at an incredible average of 69.01. At a strikerate of 60.47. I know quite a few batsmen in Indian domestic cricket average in the 45-50 range, but to average almost 70 over 4624 runs is spectacular. And he's 22!
 
have heard very positive reviews about this fellow! I think he represented MI in the IPL, did anyone saw him live?

he's got impressive numbers!
 
He is a good and very prolific player .....

u'll see him in Indian Jersey very soon .....

seems as Test material...:)
 
was he in the ipl? by any chance does anybody know?
mumbai rings a bell

hes good if so
 
The most promising youngster after Pujara and like Pujara a batsman identified for the longer format. Is seriously staking for a claim now and looks to be ready.

Will get his chance soon as Dravid may walk away after this series.
 
On a side note, how I wish guys like Rahane and Pujara are kept away from the monster called IPL. IPL has already destroyed the test batsman in Vijay who was a good backfoot player earlier but post his IPL and CL success, looks a little out of sorts.
 
cricketindiafan said:
The most promising youngster after Pujara and like Pujara a batsman identified for the longer format. Is seriously staking for a claim now and looks to be ready.

Will get his chance soon as Dravid may walk away after this series.
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Just as Pakistan has an assembly line of talented quicks, India has (especially in the last few years) been producing an incredible number of prolific batsman. A lot of this is due to the quality of batting coaches in India. This is evident in the confidence and technique of these players.
Our coaches depend on anecdotal technical expertise ("hey, it worked for me, it'll work for you") to instruct young batsmen. Very few bother getting professional coaching degrees or attempt to further their knowledge base by attending international coaching clinics.

Sole reason why we'll keep producing quicks and our batting will remain frail until a once in a generation player shows up (inzi, saeed anwar, yusuf).
 
India always seem to produce very good young batsmen, the question as per usual is will it be another FTB or a player who will perform and be a star for india?
 
Tbh if you look at Cheteshwar Pujara who averages what 50odd in first class cricket in comparison to Azhar Ali who averages 40 in first class cricket but both of them are pretty similar from what i saw, i've seen Pujara play on seaming tracks and Azhar play on seaming tracks, also seen them both play on flat tracks.

In terms of technique and the amount of runs they've scored, they're very similar. The difference is, unfortunately the bowling in india is pretty poor hence the higher averages of the best batsmen in India.

This guy averaging 60 would probably average around 48-54 in Pakistan due to better bowlers in Division one but then again he seems class, a very high average that.
 
Pakprideuk said:
Tbh if you look at Cheteshwar Pujara who averages what 50odd in first class cricket in comparison to Azhar Ali who averages 40 in first class cricket but both of them are pretty similar from what i saw, i've seen Pujara play on seaming tracks and Azhar play on seaming tracks, also seen them both play on flat tracks.

In terms of technique and the amount of runs they've scored, they're very similar. The difference is, unfortunately the bowling in india is pretty poor hence the higher averages of the best batsmen in India.

This guy averaging 60 would probably average around 48-54 in Pakistan due to better bowlers in Division one but then again he seems class, a very high average that.
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you are talking of the same system that produced tendulkar laxman azhar gavaskar vishwanath ganguly dravid etc

our batting has been good as always... we just picked players like yuvi raina on odi form

rahane pujara kohli and even nohit ae better test players
 
avg of 69 says it all. rahane should be given a chance in tests & odis after the wc

and i hope the ipl gets banned soon

players like pujara, rahane, kohli, m vijay, dhawan need to be kept away from ipl

even gambhir should be kept away from ipl as he is going to be our main batsman after 1-2 years
 
sayf said:
Just as Pakistan has an assembly line of talented quicks, India has (especially in the last few years) been producing an incredible number of prolific batsman. A lot of this is due to the quality of batting coaches in India. This is evident in the confidence and technique of these players.
Our coaches depend on anecdotal technical expertise ("hey, it worked for me, it'll work for you") to instruct young batsmen. Very few bother getting professional coaching degrees or attempt to further their knowledge base by attending international coaching clinics.

Sole reason why we'll keep producing quicks and our batting will remain frail until a once in a generation player shows up (inzi, saeed anwar, yusuf).
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Yes, we do have some fine young batsmen, but tbh BCCI has failed the younger lot by focussing on t20 tamasha like IPL and ignoring the value of India A tours.

We are too far away from a time when we will need 3 quality replacements for RD, VVS and SRT. Pujara could be our next number 3. And then we have the likes of Kohli, Rahane, Rohit etc but we need to give these youngsters exposure to the conditions in Eng, SA, Aus etc by playing proper A tours with 3-4 1st class matches on the tour.
 
Rahane played pretty well in the recent India A tour of England.
 
Good stats. I have seen him in IPL (if it is the same Rahane) and some of his straight sixes were impressive.

But I am sure the selectors would have picked him if he was ready for international cricket.

I had heard alot about Pujara too but the little I have seen of him in this test he has been disappointing, sure he blocked many deliveries yesterday but he looked very tensed against Harris, eh yes Harris. But still early days, so don't start attacking me.
 
amit said:
avg of 69 says it all. rahane should be given a chance in tests & odis after the wc

and i hope the ipl gets banned soon

players like pujara, rahane, kohli, m vijay, dhawan need to be kept away from ipl

even gambhir should be kept away from ipl as he is going to be our main batsman after 1-2 years
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Dhawan is only fit for T20 , stop hyping him cos hes from Delhi.
 
Down2Earth said:
well raina gets into the team ahead of him so not expecting much
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Raina was always stop gap or a no6 at best , where you cud get away playing in the ODI mode . Having performed in the LOI's deserved a chance .

Rahane is completely different category , unlikely you will see him in ODI team , just like Pujara .
 
Rahane, Kohli and Pujara are the future of Indian test middle order. I don't think Rohit makes that list, unless he can sort his issues with the short pitched bowling. Even though Pujara scored very less in both the innings, it was heartening to see a young player who was not a sitting duck against short pitched stuff. Rohit again can be a good ODI player but thats about it. Raina, Rohit and Yuvi would form a good ODI middle order but please keep them away from tests.
 
giri26 said:
Rahane, Kohli and Pujara are the future of Indian test middle order. I don't think Rohit makes that list, unless he can sort his issues with the short pitched bowling. Even though Pujara scored very less in both the innings, it was heartening to see a young player who was not a sitting duck against short pitched stuff. Rohit again can be a good ODI player but thats about it. Raina, Rohit and Yuvi would form a good ODI middle order but please keep them away from tests.
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Rohit has more talent than Kohli. I don't think he has any issues with any type of bowling. People make judegments on him based on his inconsistent ODI performances forget how inconsistant Laxman was in ODIs.
 
d chahar ... took 8 for 11 in his 1st match against good hyderabadi batsman .. he is only 18 and can even bat ... groom him .. he can be a really nice fast bowler for india who can swing both ways
 
ace58 said:
Rohit has more talent than Kohli. I don't think he has any issues with any type of bowling. People make judegments on him based on his inconsistent ODI performances forget how inconsistant Laxman was in ODIs.
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rohit sharma is a slogger good enough for 20/20 & ipl only. he cant even put bat to ball in odis & gets out for <20 scores everytime
 
Why isn't Badrinath getting his chance? I think he did well in one or two chances he got.
 
Garuda said:
Why isn't Badrinath getting his chance? I think he did well in one or two chances he got.
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Badri has been really unlucky and I think he should be part of the Indian test team. But in the current scenario I doubt that he will get any more chances to play for India which is unfortunate as he deserves more games.
 
Really impressive ....

Best young Indian batsman by far....


better than kohli,sharma,raina and pujara
 
He should get chance in tests ahead of Raina and Kohli. Technically better and doing well in domestic cricket.
 
Looks 10 times better than Raina at playing the short ball.......
 
quality player, you can tell hes a smart batter, good mix of boundaries and singles. could get a hundred on debut if he keeps his head.
 
looks a really good player better than other indian youngsters
 
MIB said:
Another SHEWAG is born... :)
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lol, before this match everyone was saying that he is more suited for longer version than shorter version of the game. His t20 record is ordinary and list A just decent.
 
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akheR said:

Have you seen his footwork ?


:p
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Sehwag dosent have footwork . Rahane is in Dravid + Tendulkar mould , not sure if he will ever be that good , but his style of play is somewhere between these two players
 
Played well today. Could be a real good prospect for the rebuilding phase after the trio retires.
 
should wait till he plays ODIs at least. In T20 even Imran nazirs look like Richards.
 
jusarrived said:
Sehwag dosent have footwork . Rahane is in Dravid + Tendulkar mould , not sure if he will ever be that good , but his style of play is somewhere between these two players
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Yes, that's why I don't think we can compare Sehwag and Rahana... this kid will turn out better than the Kohlis and the Sharmas of the world, at least in Tests... I first thought, just looking at his records, that he'll be lost in the shorter formats... and then dropped. :mushtaq

And I know that you don't judge a batsman's technique in a T20 game, but there was no slog, all great cricket shots...

Great prospect for India.
 
^ True that. He played well today. Let's see how it goes in the ODIs.
 
jusarrived said:
Sehwag dosent have footwork . Rahane is in Dravid + Tendulkar mould , not sure if he will ever be that good , but his style of play is somewhere between these two players
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this, my first impression. A good prospect for India, technically looks very good and good power hitter. Hope he can continues like this, best wishes to such talent !!
 
This kid looked good batsman and very confident. However, most runs he scored were in power play. I hope he will play ODIs as well. If he can play long innings good for Indian.
 
Get him and Pujara in the Test side so their FC stats can be brought down to Earth.
 
Played superb innings,he is a nice addition to indian squad.
 
We should not draw conclusions on the basis of just one game. First class average will not make him International hero. Mark my words, this chap would fizzle out soon.
 
looked good last night,played some very entertaining shots.I liked his body language.
 
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Althought it was just 20 20 today, This guy has a very a good Technique. Should replace Sehwag sometime soon, as sehwag always wanted to bat in middle order...with his technique relying on hand-eye co-ordination and his age....Rahane will be idle replacement at the top. Exciting times for India in terms of batting..Virat , Rahane, Rohit.... and Manoj Tiwari and Pujara!!!!
 
Looks like another ipl tamasha league rock star like uthappa & pathan brothers
 
I've been wrong about new batsmen many times before but, FWIW, I rate this guy.
 
Really orthodoxed & elegant..No slogger....That's the best part about him..

He's almost like Dravid(In his stance & gameplay)....
 
Really enjoyed his knocks in England , real classy.
 
He got out so many times against good fast bowling while playing off drives,he need to improve his technique to play such kind of shots against quality bowlers,his foot work is all over the place while playing off drives.England fast bowlers exposed his technical flaw
 
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Real quality knock yesterday, india are not short of batting talent. Player proper cricket shots, timing the ball brilliantly. What i like a lot was he was playing shots in the v, got a bright future.
 
navroks123 said:
Althought it was just 20 20 today, This guy has a very a good Technique. Should replace Sehwag sometime soon, as sehwag always wanted to bat in middle order...with his technique relying on hand-eye co-ordination and his age....Rahane will be idle replacement at the top. Exciting times for India in terms of batting..Virat , Rahane, Rohit.... and Manoj Tiwari and Pujara!!!!
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What have Rohit, Manoj, Pujara & Rahane done?
 
jusarrived said:
All 4 have a FC avg 0f 57+ :)
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Amazing, FC cricket is a lot different to international cricket.

Firstly they are dead pitches with nothing in it for the bowlers and secondly facing Indian bowlers. No disrespect to the Indian bowlers but even there international bowlers aren't high quality. Imagine the domestic bowlers.

That's why when I see a Indian batsmen averaging 50+ in domestic cricket, you don't take it too seriously. Sure they have a lot of talent as it is great to average 50 anywhere but it isn't regarded as highly.

Rahane's average and conversion rate is on another level however. An average of 70 after 50+ games is amazing. 18 centuries too. I really do think India should add him to the test squad instead of Dravid and allow Rahane to open and then Sehwag come to the middle order. Kohli should bat at 3.

Rahane, Gambhir, Kohli, Tendulkar, Sehwag, Laxman, Dhoni - an amazing top 7.

Rahane has a great FC record, why try him in ODI's as India have done? Try him in test cricket. I really do think Rahane should replace Dravid. 68 is an amazing out of this world average. Freakish!

Also even in the short ODI game he has played for India he has shown signs of brilliance, especially that 90 odd against England.
 
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Definitely talent, don't think he's gonna be an FTB. I see him scoring loads of runs with ease outside India as well.
 
Quality player.Has more ability than Kohli.He should be in team in place of FTB Raina.
 
needs to sort out his front foot game. otherwise, he can pull, can hook and plays spin very well. future of india along with kohli, rohit sharma, pujara, etc.
 
rahane is very strong on the leg and amazing on the covers. He should be permanent in Tiranga team.
 
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