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This Class A Home Track Bully has already played 24 Tests - Guess who?

Hmmm. Rohit's test credentials at stake here.

C'mon boy. Stop with those prodding checked drives to Keshav, enough of all that defensive stuff. Go out in the 2nd innings and play freely. You have nothing to lose anymore.

Bilal7 said:
Maxwell, Morgan and Umar Akmal are in the same category.
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:)) Nice try lumping all together.
 
Varun said:
Penting up my rage until he inevitably fails yet again in the 2nd dig. Then I'm going to go all out, and deservedly so. :batman:
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Oh boy, he really does get under your skin :))

I'm brushing up on my pranayama in anticipation of the 2nd innings :(
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Utterly useless. Can't believe Jinks was dropped for this joke of a batsman. :facepalm:
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What is the procedure for a name change in India?

Renaming himself to 'Ajinkya Sharma' will do the trick.
 
Varun said:
What is the procedure for a name change in India?

Renaming himself to 'Ajinkya Sharma' will do the trick.
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Lol. Rahane was just having a bad run of form and he gets dropped for a guy who never had it in him in the first place. At least if it were a youngster like Iyer or Nair i can understand but this is atrocious.
 
Pujara and Rahane bore Kohli’s pants off. He will drop them at the first opportunity he gets.
 
pillionrider said:
Time to pull out an epic innings of a lifetime :bow::runaway:
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Like I said in the match thread, he should be instructed to go out in ODI mode. There's really nothing for him or us to lose at this point.
 
Mamoon said:
Pujara and Rahane bore Kohli’s pants off. He will drop them at the first opportunity he gets.
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For better or worse, this definitely seems to be the case. You can add Vijay to that list. It'll be a surprise to not see Dhawan return along with Rahane (Kohli has no choice) next game.
 
Have we seen the last of Rohit this series?

Or is a paltry score of 47 in a lost cause enough for him to be picked ahead of Rahane next game?
 
Varun said:
Have we seen the last of Rohit this series?

Or is a paltry score of 47 in a lost cause enough for him to be picked ahead of Rahane next game?
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He might as well be given the last game of the tour. The next pitch is supposed to be bouncy. Drop the guy who has actually been keeping Rahane out :) - Pandya - just not Test material.

In fact, I'm fairly sure that's what's gonna happen. Pandya out, Rahane in.
 
pillionrider said:
He might as well be given the last game of the tour. The next pitch is supposed to be bouncy. Drop the guy who has actually been keeping Rahane out :) - Pandya - just not Test material.

In fact, I'm fairly sure that's what's gonna happen. Pandya out, Rahane in.
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Drop Pandya despite his amazing performance in the 1st test? He's the reason India got so close there.
 
I think fans are unfair to Rohit. The guy wasn't long back humiliating sides at will and destroying attacks across all parks. Even today he just played one of the greatest test inning by an Asian batsmen in South Africa.

In a series decider, with his side reeling at 49-4, he came to bat and stood as a lone warrior in the process to take his team to a victory. His 47 today on a detoriating pitch was better than many 100s of some so called greats. He definitely deserves to be playing the final test and become the integral part of India team in this complete overseas tours.

Regards

Virat Kohli
 
Rahane showing so much steel in this final innings of the tour. Quite like Laxman.

Imagine if we had Rohit around instead...
 
Rahane showed why he should have been backed. I can understand why Rohit played but it was the wrong call. Kohli deserves critiscm for that selection.
 
Kohli is fine, i think we need a coach with him which can make strategy for him. He is a leader who can inspire team but shastri is not justified in his position. Shastri can boost morale but he can't really help kohli in the long run.
 
So at the end of this test, you'd be hard pressed to find a batsman who has a bigger discrepancy in his averages after playing 25 tests.

85 home vs 25 away.

Even at home, he has mainly been a West Indies bully. No tough runs whatsoever.

Add in his airy-fairy dismissals and you wonder if he's the best we've got. ::J
 
Bet he'll play in Perth. Since we won at Adelaide, the knives aren't out for anybody at this stage.
 
Bump.

Nothing has changed. Scores a pretty 30 and gets out.

Just keep him for the LoIs.
 
40s-50s in overseas conditions are lethal as well given that he is a beast at home. You don't want your openers to be walking wickets away from home.
 
Has biggest brain fade among all current players in test cricket and still not improved that too when he is coming to end of his career in cricket
 
Indian fans are unnecessarily harsh on Rohit in Test and he has been underutilized. He should have become a regular Test opener by 2015-16.
 
Thrown his last two wickets away.

He has temperament for tests
But just been out of tests for a long time.
He should have played way more tests than he has
 
Mamoon said:
Indian fans are unnecessarily harsh on Rohit in Test and he has been underutilized. He should have become a regular Test opener by 2015-16.
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The current version of Rohit is pretty good even if he throws his wickets after 40-50 start. I will take him without any doubt even if he performs like this.
 
Ab Fan said:
The current version of Rohit is pretty good even if he throws his wickets after 40-50 start. I will take him without any doubt even if he performs like this.
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This current version has been around for 5-6 years now once he truly established himself as an elite ODI opener. India have been far too conservative with him and their conservative didn’t pay off either. Murali Vijay was washed up by then, Dhawan never found consistency in Test cricket and KL Rahul lost his discipline.

Indian batting standards are sky high and it is hard to keep your place in the side unless you are averaging 45+, but Rohit as an opener in the last 5-6 years who would have done really well. The performance against South Africa in 2019 is an illustration of what he was/is capable off.

They kept trying him in the middle-order and didn’t work just like it didn’t work in ODIs. He should have been used in the Sehwag role in Test cricket.

India should stick with the Rohit-Gill combo for the foreseeable future.
 
Mamoon said:
Indian batting standards are sky high and it is hard to keep your place in the side unless you are averaging 45+, but Rohit as an opener in the last 5-6 years who would have done really well. The performance against South Africa in 2019 is an illustration of what he was/is capable off.
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We don't need a 30+ Rohit to destroy the likes of South Africa or West Indies at home. Bet even Parthiv Patel could have done the job.

At this point, he's a total waste of space. Get back Mayank Agarwal and tell him to forget about the IPL for the rest of his career and play like how he started, lest he goes the KL Rahul way.
 
Mamoon said:
This current version has been around for 5-6 years now once he truly established himself as an elite ODI opener. India have been far too conservative with him and their conservative didn’t pay off either. Murali Vijay was washed up by then, Dhawan never found consistency in Test cricket and KL Rahul lost his discipline.

Indian batting standards are sky high and it is hard to keep your place in the side unless you are averaging 45+, but Rohit as an opener in the last 5-6 years who would have done really well. The performance against South Africa in 2019 is an illustration of what he was/is capable off.

They kept trying him in the middle-order and didn’t work just like it didn’t work in ODIs. He should have been used in the Sehwag role in Test cricket.

India should stick with the Rohit-Gill combo for the foreseeable future.
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Shubman Gill should be at No. 3 / 4 in future
 
Varun said:
Bump.

Nothing has changed. Scores a pretty 30 and gets out.

Just keep him for the LoIs.
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Have to disagree here.
Our openers were laying eggs in overseas tours since 2018
Rohit has provided some stability. Not to mention all his dismissals were soft.
The only problem here is that we still don't know if he can survive against swing and seam in england.
 
Sunil Gavaskar was left fuming with Rohit Sharma throwing his wicket awayRohit, batting on 44, holed out in the deep off Nathan LyonIndia were 62 for two at Tea interval on Day 2 of the Gabba Test

Sunil Gavaskar, former India captain, was furious with Rohit Sharma's shot selection on Day 2 of the ongoing fourth Test at the Gabba on Saturday. Rohit threw his wicket away as he tried to take on Nathan Lyon, with a fielder waiting in the deep for a mistimed shot. The India opener was beaten in flight by Lyon and ballooned a simple catch to Mitchell Starc. After his dismissal, Gavaskar, on air for Channel 7 Cricket, questioned the "irresponsible shot" from "senior" batsman Rohit Sharma.

"Why? Why? Why? That's an unbelievable shot. That's an irresponsible shot. There's a fielder there at long on, there is a fielder there at square leg. You've just hit a boundary a couple of deliveries earlier, why would you play that shot? You're a senior player, there's no excuse, absolutely no excuse for this shot," Gavaskar said while on air during Day 2 of the ongoing Gabba Test.

"An unnecessary wicket, an unnecessary wicket gifted away. Totally unnecessary," Gavaskar added.

Earlier in the day, India managed to bowl out Australia for 369 runs in their first innings.

Debutants T Natarajan and Washington Sundar picked up three wickets each.

Shardul Thakur also accounted for three wickets while Mohammed Siraj picked up the wicket of David Warner.

India lost the wickets of Shubman Gill and Rohit before the Tea interval.

https://sports.ndtv.com/australia-v...t-on-day-2-2353384?pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories
 
happydavy said:
Oh really, since u bumped this thread by saying he scored a pretty 30 today, which was 44 indeed, and got out so I thot we all are allowed to imagine scores.
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A "pretty 30" is a phrase, like "career saving 55", and it was used in this context. There is nothing called a "pretty 44", leave alone claiming he has scored one more half century than what is the case in reality.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Have to disagree here.
Our openers were laying eggs in overseas tours since 2018
Rohit has provided some stability. Not to mention all his dismissals were soft.
The only problem here is that we still don't know if he can survive against swing and seam in england.
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KL also scoring same 30's and 40's before he was dropped.
KL deserves more chances than a failure model Rohit who constantly getting opportunities because of Mumbai Lobbying.

OS hundreds:
KL - 5
Rohit - Zero
 
Aus was Rohit's best chance to succeed in SENA. But he has thrown away 3 starts in a row.

Given his struggle against swing/seam, it'll be difficult for him to get a big score in Eng/SA/NZ.
 
Given the current quality of openers all around the world, he is as good as any.

If India play him consistently he should score useful runs. Look how Warner is used by the Aussies. IMO. David Warner might be the biggest ftb/htb ever.
 
King_Kohli said:
KL also scoring same 30's and 40's before he was dropped.
KL deserves more chances than a failure model Rohit who constantly getting opportunities because of Mumbai Lobbying.

OS hundreds:
KL - 5
Rohit - Zero
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KL Rahul
Age : 28
Tests : 36
Avg : 34

Rohit Sharma
Age : 33
Tests : 33
Avg : 46

Normally you are pretty quick with stats but it seems you didn't do research this time. Now please explain who got more chances in test cricket and where did this Mumbai lobby come from? Which lobby is behind KL Rahul because he has already played more tests than Rohit and he is 5 years younger than Rohit. :inti
 
Varun said:
26, 52 and 44 are his scores.
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Being a senior player and VC and also getting best batting tracks. It’s fine getting out to a good ball but deliberately turning out to be Lyons bunny. What a did. that’s not good enough.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
KL Rahul
Age : 28
Tests : 36
Avg : 34

Rohit Sharma
Age : 33
Tests : 33
Avg : 46

Normally you are pretty quick with stats but it seems you didn't do research this time. Now please explain who got more chances in test cricket and where did this Mumbai lobby come from? Which lobby is behind KL Rahul because he has already played more tests than Rohit and he is 5 years younger than Rohit. :inti
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Rohit has played down the order in all those tests , almost some in management trying to cocoon him from failures. Yet he failed LoL
Rahul has played most of those matches as opener in overseas, toughest spot to bat in swinging conditions
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
KL Rahul
Age : 28
Tests : 36
Avg : 34

Rohit Sharma
Age : 33
Tests : 33
Avg : 46

Normally you are pretty quick with stats but it seems you didn't do research this time. Now please explain who got more chances in test cricket and where did this Mumbai lobby come from? Which lobby is behind KL Rahul because he has already played more tests than Rohit and he is 5 years younger than Rohit. :inti
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Bhai.
Rohit test average is highly inflated because of home thrashing as the title suggests.
KL played tough tours as an opener in OS.
Given a chance KL can convert those 40's into big scores.
 
King_Kohli said:
KL also scoring same 30's and 40's before he was dropped.
KL deserves more chances than a failure model Rohit who constantly getting opportunities because of Mumbai Lobbying.

OS hundreds:
KL - 5
Rohit - Zero
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I think you are wrong here.
Rahul failed badly in Australia, avg was below 20 i think.
Similarly in england, apart from one innings he flopped throughout the series.
In South Africa too he avgd below 20.

If he was making 30 40s consistently i would have preferred him over Rohit.
 
Saurav said:
It will after Rohit lays eggs in England

He's lucky he didnt play first 2 games where new ball swung
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The only eggs that are gonna be laid are the giant naatu motte (country eggs) by those waiting for him to fail. These guys might wait so long, the eggs might even hatch :vk2
 
pillionrider said:
The only eggs that are gonna be laid are the giant naatu motte (country eggs) by those waiting for him to fail. These guys might wait so long, the eggs might even hatch :vk2
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How long are you going to keep this up? By the time he 'succeeds', his child would be of playing age.

And no, I'm not talking about trashing the hapless West Indies at home.
 
Rohit Sharma lacks temperament to succeed in test cricket. His dismissal in first inning is testament to his lack of patience to score big runs in test matches. We currently don’t really have any alternative as well with Prithvi having on and off field issues, and Mayank is hardly scoring any runs. KL Rahul should open the innings once he is fit and Sharma experiment should be concluded for good.
 
CanadianG00se said:
Rohit Sharma lacks temperament to succeed in test cricket. His dismissal in first inning is testament to his lack of patience to score big runs in test matches. We currently don’t really have any alternative as well with Prithvi having on and off field issues, and Mayank is hardly scoring any runs. KL Rahul should open the innings once he is fit and Sharma experiment should be concluded for good.
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What's Shaw's off field issue if you don't mind?
(Remembered the guy as the school cricketer who scored a ton of runs) just interested to know
 
He still is a class A Home track bully.

Gill, Pant, KL already played better knocks overseas than him.
 
Poor man's Sehwag is doing his thing.

128* and counting.
 
Varun said:
Poor man's Sehwag is doing his thing.

128* and counting.
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Isn’t that good either way he scored when team needed him the most i don’t know why the hate. Ok big deal if he can’t score overseas just play him in India and he’ll score triple tons that’s a luxury to if you ask me a batsman of his class on home tracks can be the difference between winning and losing matches.
 
He was always too good to not succeed at test level, the Indian selectors and team management wasted five years of his test career by not recognizing that he was a top order batsman.
 
Beat me to the bump.

Nothing against OP. Can understand. Rohit has polarized fans through his career.

But now across two overseas tours of Australia and England, Rohit has easily been the most comfortable Indian batsman. The runs might not have reflected this. But just like how it's surprisingly taken him and the team a while to figure out his test abilities, this too, of changing 30s into hundreds seems to have also been conquered.

Think that whenever we go to South Africa next, he will have an even better tour than the last two.

Expect some beastly hundreds over the next few years :)
 
I think Rohit has improved a lot in Test format. He has done enough to warrant a long-term spot in Test side.
 
So finally gets his first test century away from home? It is actually a road out there so he's living up to his name and doing his thing.

But tbf, he's so so far, so so far in front of any openers Pakistan has its not even up for debate. You got to admire his style though, laid back and doesn't look like he's bothered.

Suddenly turns on the burners to leave you destroyed and demoralised.
 
Best test opener in India atm so nothing wrong with that. Terrific innings here with real test match nuance. Well played lad!
 
Kroll said:
So finally gets his first test century away from home? It is actually a road out there so he's living up to his name and doing his thing.

But tbf, he's so so far, so so far in front of any openers Pakistan has its not even up for debate. You got to admire his style though, laid back and doesn't look like he's bothered.

Suddenly turns on the burners to leave you destroyed and demoralised.
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Yeah, because Pakistan is the gold standard for openers :asif
 
Rohit's performance in England is better than Sehwag's performance ever was in England, New Zealand or South Africa.
 
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