Perception is Reality...NOT 0comments
published in 2010-01-14 01:42:00
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Another batting collapse another final lost. Some things never change. Neither do perceptions. Ever since Suresh Raina was bounced out at the Twenty20 World Cup he has been said to have found out ...
Another batting collapse another final lost. Some things never change. Neither do perceptions. Ever since Suresh Raina was bounced out at the Twenty20 World Cup he has been said to have found out. So much so that the experts seem to think Raina comes in a Buy One Get One Free deal with Nohit Sharma. So when Raina did his best to bail out his team with a back to the wall hundred this is what cricinfo had to say
"Nothing has gone right for Raina ever since the Twenty20 World Cup when he was grounded by the bouncers. Word caught on and even domestic bowlers started to serve the short stuff. Humiliation was at his door step. Raina went for opinion to the likes of Rahul Dravid sought out Gary Kirsten faced throw-downs faced balls blasted from tennis racquets except it is not an ailment that vanishes overnight."
Notice how the enlightened souls at cricinfo haven't provided any evidence to suggest Raina getting found out. Well lucky for you someone decided to check up on how the batsman has performed during the said period.
Let's see...an average of 45.75 hit rate of 96.99 five scores of fifty or more in sixteen innings. Tendulkar Dhoni and Kohli are his only teammates who average higher during this times and they all do it at a lower strike rate. In terms of consistency only Dhoni and Kohli have a lower innings to fifty ratio.
Moving on to his middle order peers (Batting between number 4 and 7) in world cricket Dhoni Mahmudullah Collingwood and Brendan Taylor are the only ones with a higher average than Raina. Again none of them have scored like quickly as him.
Now one can make arguments about the smooth pitches he's batted on but his teammates batted on those same pitches. More importantly all the evidence points to India finding a reliable and devastating batsman in the middle order and not to someone who is a sitting duck. But pointing it out isn't going to get people to read or talk is it? So let's just continue the myth that Raina hasn't been cutting it since he was "found out".
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