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OK... Let rahul be the number 1 ODI player for good 2-3 years consecutively, and then we will talk about it... Until then, move on.
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Form is a temporary thing
Yes yes ODI ranking blah blah. Still flopped in both World Cup and in CT.
Those rankings are based on bashing 2nd string attacks in bilaterals.
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Let him match the record first... There are many metrics that are to be met if you wanna put rahul over babar in ODIs especially.
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Than Babar currently yeah, Babar has too many soft runs right now, his performance in last 4 years against top teams have been mediocre in major tournaments or Tests.
Also Rahul is bang average and nothing special.
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And then you guys accuse us of being stats obsessed
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So stats are fake???And then you guys accuse us of being stats obsessed
saying rahul is better is not enough... Provide some proof to back these claims brother...
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Babar is a better ODI batter but KL is now a no.6 WK batter for India which is an awful comparison to Babar who is no.3 specialist batter.
In Tests, KL has more match winning knocks and Babar' stats stats are inflated by Ramiz Raja's highways.
Both are below average in T20s but KL has better shot making ability so he wins there too.
Yes, stats can be fake if not conextualized. Is this news to you? Or are you some bot that just looks at statsguru and nothign else?
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Explain the context of the stat i shared.
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You know what's hilarious?
We used to discuss the context of Babar Azam's inflated stats in the "Virat Kohli vs Babar Azam" thread but now we are doing it in the "KL Rahul vs Babar Azam" thread .
Tells you an entire story without even telling it.
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If Rahul can match his performance against US then we can talk.
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Rahul is a choker. Babar has been number 1 ranked ODI batter for so long. He may be in a bad run now but a King will always be King. Rahul is the court jester. He looked positively terrified of Shaheen the last few times they played. Meek and gutless.
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@mominsaigol has shown time and again that Rahul is a mediocre player. He averages in 30s in test cricket. Not worthy to tie Rizwan's shoelaces, let alone Babar's.
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When did i say Rahul is below Babar though? He and Jaiswal are overrated but they are > Ba/Riz lol.
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Maybe it was the lone warrior innings Tendulker played in 2007 vs SL that you claimed lol
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@Rana shown time and time again That anybody who thinks Legwan is decent cricketer he lacks cricketing knowledge and should book appointment to an psychologist
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Rahul don’t enjoy playing against C Sides of decent teams and against mighty Bangladesh and nepal, Has more sena hundreds in tests which babar can only dream. Earning ranking by playing against associate nation and C grade teams of decent nation when your whole life you didn’t play a single decent inning tells how selfish statpadder he was. A number of time associates nation cricket cricketers earned high ranking like Ryan tendoschet or someone also I can’t recall name from Ireland , NoBody Gives damn about It just like now nobody cares who was babar azam forgotten Pr Ballon.
Rahul 5x Than babarazam
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I have been one of the biggest critics of Rahul in Test cricket. But lately I have started to like him a bit.
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Just because of CT 2025?
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This thread has over 4200 posts. Wow!
Surprising.
Anyway, Rahul is definitely better than Babar right now. But, 4-5 years ago, Babar was better (152/0, for example).
Surprising.
Anyway, Rahul is definitely better than Babar right now. But, 4-5 years ago, Babar was better (152/0, for example).
In tests is fair to say Rahul? I don’t rate Rahul before and I still don’t. But in tests I guess he moves ahead of babar
In t20 Rahul has more shots so I would say rahul
In odi Babar is better. Easily.
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Lokesh rahul is greater test player, but too many superstars in india white ball team didnt let him shine while babar was lone star in pak team, but going by ipl rahul is still better modern day batter than babar.
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Babar is not the same anymore, even in ODIs.
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No, his Test performances.
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So Rahul is a choker because he choked but Babar is awesome because he hasn’t choked?
Babar might actually become the biggest choker in Icc tournaments the way he is going.
Just saw in other thread his last century against test playing nation was how long ago? lol
Rahul is a lot of things but he is never selfish.
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For babar to become a choker he actually needs to play a good innings and then botch it lol.
In wc final Rahul scored 60+ before throwing it away.
Given babar's current form he will probably score 1 to 10 runs and then depart
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