Rohit Sharma
Prediction: Rohit Sharma will be India’s most succesful Test batsman.
It’s a pity this boy is from Bombay and not Madras.
Prediction: Rohit Sharma will be India’s most succesful Test batsman.
It’s a pity this boy is from Bombay and not Madras.
February 19th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Dammit. I dont know if it is because you moved to India, but you are getting cricketing things right on a regular basis nowadays.
February 19th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Anyway, Bombay is the Australia of Indian cricket while TN is the New Zealand.
February 19th, 2008 at 6:47 am
I predicted something on similar lines (”best ever” ‘nellaam solra alavukku thenaavattu pathaadhu enakku) when I first saw him bat in the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup. Anyone who bats like that in a Twenty20 match would make great Test batsman-material, in my humble opinion.
February 19th, 2008 at 6:58 am
I do not know how be batted in T20.
I saw his 50 in the Ranji final against Bengal. Then, I thought, this boy might be just another case of reasonable hand-eye-coordination makes footwork look alright in Indian pitches kind of batsman. Since his initial movement is on the front foot.
He has managed to do that in Australia — rather consistently, against decent good quick bowlers.
February 19th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Of course, the bouncer rules and fields may hinder our judgement. But then, this is 2008 when it’s impossible to get hit by the ball.
February 19th, 2008 at 10:54 am
He will have to improve his technique and then only he will survive in the tests.
Also his shot selections are not great he gets out on not so great deliveries.
February 19th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Wait!
Rohit Sharma is the umpteenth instance of a newcomer being hailed “great”. Lets hope he doesn’t join the ranks of his numerous predecessors and vanish from the cricketing scene before we know…
February 19th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Btw even if Rohit Sharma makes it big, I don’t think he would India’s best ever test batsman. That would ALWAYS be SRT.
February 19th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Pradeep - Sachin is not even the best test batsman of this generation, as that accolade would go to one Mr. Rahul Dravid. So, there is no question of him being the greatest ever test batsman. Clear?
February 20th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Include L. Balaji, Badrinath, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Karthik, Hemang Badani, Sadakuppan Ramesh and Theru Kumaran in the playing eleven. K. Srikanth as coach and S. Venkat as mandatory umpire in every match India plays.
Also insist on Dinesh Karthik’s wife to be amongst the spectators attracting a mandatory 60 secs of air-time every 5 minutes.