Ajinkya Rahane

Henry wrote:Two 38 year olds and one 37 year old in the top six? Unlikely.

They are necessary to bolster the poor Indian fielding.

It's not about being aggressive or consistent. Dravid looked assured and confident then, and it's just not the same now. As I said before, maybe not and we will have him 2 years down the line. I have my doubts though.

Now, Pujara holds the slight edge on Rahane a bit probably because of his big scoring from junior levels. He's also played a bit more A level cricket than Rahane. And he's basically the only half decent batsman in his team, except maybe the dude who is sloooooooooooow, can't remember his name.

Good thread. Wanted to have this discussion.

Keeping an eye on Pandey. Good season so far. He has definitely got some class, but then so does the recent triple century scorer and he's wasting it.

Rohit Sharma gets a favour from Tendulkar who dropped himself from the ODI team for the B'desh tri series.

That was the only way he'd have come back in Indian team. With his numbers so far in int'l cricket, I'd be embarrassed if I were him.