can raina maintain this kind of batting in all kinds of pitches in the next 5 yrs is the thing to watch india has had only ganguly as truly a proper lefty batsman, gambhir nd yuvi r following him now raina has joined that club. how far he goes depends on him temperament if we compare 23 yr old raina with 23 yr old ganguly,then ganguly was more of a test batsman in those days nd raina a brutal t20 batsman
Re: Re: raina
by Raghu Chadalavada on May 04, 2010 12:36 AM
we cannot compare players of yesteryears like sachin, dravid and ganguly with gambhir, raina rohit and jadeja. The younger crop are agressive as the game these days is bang bang. In 80s when gavaskar , vishy and vengy were heroes they were slow as snails compared to today players. Ganguly has 10000 runs in ODI and let us not criticize him even though he is not our grand father. he had his days and we should appreciate that he could do better than us who never even could play 1st class cricket.
While BCCI buraucrats are out lynching each other, the players' respect for each other is a welcome sight in Indian camp. Pawar, Manohar and Srinivas should be ashamed of themselves for cooking up charges and starting unnecessary infighting.
Cricket is a game of luck and he could not score against Afghan and he could do it well with SA just bec of luck snd he is just lying about the learning he made from seniors. No he is a self made man and all good and bad goes to him and no one should take creadit.
Modesty,mannersim and then merit combined together makes one universally admired.This is real cultural capital that is an added advantage to your profession and life world.We are proud of you Raina,carry on with strength to strength.
CSK noticed Raina and gave him a very good offer in 2007. Manoj Tewari, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Uthappa were bought by other franchises. But CSK stuck with Raina. A trust well repaid by Raina...Well done!
Re: 2007 itself
by pkr ramesh on May 03, 2010 06:41 PM
Hope CSK does not loose him in next years auction Under Dhoni and Fleming he can be groomed to be a leader
Whatever opinion people might have about IPL,one positive is lot of Indian youngsters have benifitted from overseas players.Raina says Hayden has helped Ashwin says Murali Rohit says Gilly.Good for indian cricket
Re: A great knock by Raina!
by Vinay Kemp on May 03, 2010 12:39 PM
dude... get a life! tht 200 u r talkin abt, temme how many hv scored a double century in 25 yrs of ODI history? Raina's knock was the 3rd of it's kind in a T20 international. Pls bear this mind... I'm NOT taking away anythin frm his knock, it was a very good century & more than tht, it was a match winning innings. So, let's close the topic here!
Re: A great knock by Raina!
by bhaskar seelam on May 03, 2010 12:43 PM
already 2 players did that in 20-20 format..so there will be no hue n cry.. infact scoring 200 in 50 overs format that too with no lifes(raina got 1 yesterday) is more challenging as no one dared to do that till now except one who you were referring ;)
Re: Re: A great knock by Raina!
by VASUDEVAN V on May 03, 2010 12:51 PM
My take is simple. After all, it took 20 years even for `you know who' to score the double century in an one-dayer! If the century scored by Raina had been scored by `you know who', the media frenzy would have been completely overboard, as it always happens in his case! That is what I am emphasizing. And I do not see the name of Vishwanathan Anand anywhere in the Media and he is defending his world championship crown (a real world championship in the true sense of the word and world)at far away Sofia! I am talking only of the media frenzy and nothing else. I am not belittling anyone by saying `he had a life' etc.
Re: Re: Re: A great knock by Raina!
by pkr ramesh on May 03, 2010 06:35 PM
You are right.Media has highlighted select games and individuals.I was aghast when on the day CSK won every news channel was dicussing why MI lost and not how CSK won,They were talking about MI batting order why Pollard came lower why Bhajji went up the order and not how three spinners of CSK bowled 12 overs .One news channel ended analysis by paying tribute to Sachin!!!
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. WHEN UR SHARING DRESSING ROMMS WITH G8 LIKE SACHIN,GANGULY UR BOUND TO LEARN...KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND MAKE INDIANS PROUD... THANX FOR ALL THE ENTERTAINMENT..
