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Originally Posted by roman
Gavaskar once said Riyad is world's best #7 test batsman..He has been batting at #7 for a long time. He got enough experience and now he should have the courage to bat up in the order or he will lose his spot very soon. We need him for our test side. Stats don't do justice all the time.
But he needs to man up and bat up in the order. Or else don't see him prolonging his national team career
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in tests he averages like 16 or something batting in the middle order after a good amount of innings (this includes batting at #7). he's batted at #7 only once in tests and scored 18. done it a lot in ODIs with a good average but strike rate is only 73, that's not good enough for a #7 in ODI cricket.
in tests he bats at #8, do we really want a batsman at #8 in tests taking up a bowling spot? plus he can't really bat any higher than #8 because he seems to fail so often when he does meaning he'll probably only contribute if he bats at #8.
in ODIs he simply doesn't suit batting middle lower order. averages 22/23 batting at #6 in ODIs from a decent amount of innings, 28 at #5 from 3 innings, no average batting at #4 but did get a 68* from his one innings there and 35 from his one innings batting at #3.
so basically, tests are a no no imo (prefer at bowler at #8 than riyad. in ODIs he's a no no for #7 or lower but hasn't played enough batting 3-5 to know if he can hack batting that high in ODIs, though his test record would suggest he can't. so he could be given some chances batting 3-5 in ODIs, if there are spots available, will be tough when shakib comes back for riyad to claim a spot that high in the order.