Yes. Given the whole Sourav brouhaha, lately very little attention has gone to the fact that Rahul himself has not been in very good form recently in ODIs. We all know he came a cropper in Zimbabwe and while that can be accepted as a one-off poor series, let us closely look at his last 50 games.
While his average of 39.2 is great and slightly better than his career average the countrywise split tells a slightly worrying story.
Against Australia he averages 19.6, against England 22, and against NZ 14.67. While he averages a good 37 against Sri Lanka, 34 against Zimbabwe and 46 against Pakistan, he averages a mammoth 56 against Bangladesh, 62 against the West Indies and 100+ against the UAE.
Not trying to hint at anything here. Just putting the facts and emphasizing that he needs to put up some big scores against the big boys soon now.
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He will also have the added burden of the captaincy. Although it has been known to inspire batsmen.
Don't Sri Lanka count as one of the "big boys" now?
@cambournepat
I suppose your questions and mine have been answered by his innings yesterday. and yes SL has to count as a top team now just like NZ
@rishi
He hasnt played against SA in his last 50 matches.
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