Sri Lanka tour of India - November/December 2017

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Yet another 100 for this guy! Pujara Vijay and Kohli have been super solid for us in Tests. Rahane has done well too. We need Rahul or Dhawan whoever wants to take the other spot to freaking nail it hard. For wicket keeping Saha has done a fine job.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Oh btw just saw thats 50 hundred's for Kohli. Just being 29 he will easily play another 6-7 years and I easily see him beat the 100 hundred's record of Sachin Tendulkar.

 

[Velocity]

Following this score time to time while watching the Ashes and again what a knock from Kohli. He is a damn good batsman. However, Pujara played a bit too slow, quick runs need to be made now and declare at 550 ideally or depending on the pace the batsmen are playing at. God, same old, same old! We saw exactly this about 2-3 months ago, will they ever improve?

 

[zwarrior]

Rahane is in woeful form which is worrying me !

 

[Gaurav_7]

Yeah Rahane is such a wonderful batsman but just seems way out of sorts atm. Worrying signs with SA tour coming up. We need his confidence up high for that tour as we need him over there. Hopefully he gets a good knock under his belt in the 3rd Test.[DOUBLEPOST=1511681410][/DOUBLEPOST]And I don't understand why people usually say Pujara plays slow. This is Test Cricket and he is the one who always gets the team out of troubles more often than not. Not everyone will play with a SR of more than 60/70 and there is no need to.

 

[zwarrior]

Yeah Rahane is such a wonderful batsman but just seems way out of sorts atm. Worrying signs with SA tour coming up. We need his confidence up high for that tour as we need him over there. Hopefully he gets a good knock under his belt in the 3rd Test.[DOUBLEPOST=1511681410][/DOUBLEPOST]And I don't understand why people usually say Pujara plays slow. This is Test Cricket and he is the one who always gets the team out of troubles more often than not. Not everyone will play with a SR of more than 60/70 and there is no need to.

And it is still 3rd day. Why to hurry ? Loads of time, weather is clear too.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Yeah Rahane is such a wonderful batsman but just seems way out of sorts atm. Worrying signs with SA tour coming up. We need his confidence up high for that tour as we need him over there. Hopefully he gets a good knock under his belt in the 3rd Test.[DOUBLEPOST=1511681410][/DOUBLEPOST]And I don't understand why people usually say Pujara plays slow. This is Test Cricket and he is the one who always gets the team out of troubles more often than not. Not everyone will play with a SR of more than 60/70 and there is no need to.

It's about game sense. His 52 in the first test is the best innings I've seen by an Indian since Kohli in the Australia tour. But, on a track that is flat and the opposition is down and out, you need to move the game forward. It won't affect this test in the least, but other times it might.

 

[AliB]

Rohit > Rahane
End of discussion.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Rohit > Rahane
End of discussion.

LOL

 

[AliB]

LOL

Saw how he got out? On a flat pitch with the opposition struggling?

 

[Yash.]

Rohit > Rahane
End of discussion.

 

[zwarrior]

Rohit > Rahane
End of discussion.

100% disagree. One match doesn't reflect that. Rahane is proven success in Test format. I am pretty sure he needs only one knock to be back. No way Rahane and Rohit should be mentioned in same line..

 

[AliB]

100% disagree. One match doesn't reflect that. Rahane is proven success in Test format. I am pretty sure he needs only one knock to be back. No way Rahane and Rohit should be mentioned in same line..

We'll talk on the same in Feb after the SA tour.

 

[Yash.]

We'll talk on the same in Feb after the SA tour.

I understand you being a great fan of Rohit, but Rahane is still our best batsman in overseas conditions, after Pujara. Rohit is an overall different player from Rahane. While Rahane may get settled and build an innings slowly. Rohit is more of an aggressive batsman. Rahane’s technique is far more superior against Rohit.

IF WE TAKE YOUR LOGIC, Rahane is way way better than Rohit in ODIs, because Rahane performed so good in the ODI series against West Indies. Karun Nair is way way better than Pujara if we consider the match in which he made a 300.
One innings doesnt define the overall scenario.

 

[Velocity]

Rohit > Rahane
End of discussion.

We'll still say Rahane is better than Rohit when Rohit fails and Rahane scores a century, which is true, but you can't just judge people just one innings. People have bad days, Rahane was unfortunate to miss out getting a good score against this toothless Lankan attack.