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sandeep

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Aint winning anything major away from home if the Openers can't get the team to a decent start.  Period.  Bowling is yards better than it used to be.  Its the openers that let us down in SA and England.  Off to a horror show of a start here.  But early days.  

 

Not to be too harsh on Vijay, but he is a shadow of what he was, his prime was during the previous tour of Oz.  It was a mistake to go back to him.  Prithvi's freak injury forced him back, but still.  

 

KL needs to figure his **** out.  ASAP.  We are committed to him for this tour, for better or worse.  Vijay has 3 innings to save his career.  Hard for most batsmen to bat well in that type of scenario, especially one past his prime.  

 

 

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Still feel Vijay can put up a descent show in this series as a whole.This is because he has such a great record in AUS.  Needs to be patient with him . Any way if he proves to be mediocre in first 2 tests, he would mostly  be dropped.But Rahul... just can't see him succesful,

Neither have the technique nor have the temperament. His only worth is the talent to play a few shots. That's all. 

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8 hours ago, sandeep said:

 

KL needs to figure his **** out.  ASAP.  We are committed to him for this tour, for better or worse.  Vijay has 3 innings to save his career.  Hard for most batsmen to bat well in that type of scenario, especially one past his prime.  

 

 

he cant do much, he has stuck a bad patch....and when that happens nothing goes right

U get bowled peaches

footwork becomes undeceive 

ull also get bad decision 

opp will take blinders

 

And al this happens between a batsman already struggling with his game. The problem that started as technical issue has doubled up in his head and now its a mental problem 

 

this can go long 

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1 hour ago, goose said:

The criteria for opening bat selection in SENA should be how many balls can you face before getting out, not averages, not strike rates, or any of that, just how many balls. Who are the best blockers in the country?

Something which Akash Chopra did in 2003 on our tour to Australia. Doubt Murali Vijay and Rahul will even play 4 tests once youngsta Prithvi Shaw is back. Forget playing as many balls as Akash did.

 

Balls faced by Akash Chopra in 2003
Test 1 at Brisbane - 135 & 7
Test 2 at Adelaide - 44 & 54
Test 3 at Melbourne - 138 & 3
Test 4 at Sydney - 139 & 14

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1 minute ago, Straight Drive said:

Something which Akash Chopra did in 2003 on our tour to Australia. Doutn Murali Vijay and Rahul will even play 4 tests once youngsta Prithvi Shaw is back. Forget playing as many balls as Akash did.

 

Balls faced by Akash Chopra in 2003
Test 1 at Brisbane - 135 & 7
Test 2 at Adelaide - 44 & 54
Test 3 at Melbourne - 138 & 3
Test 4 at Sydney - 139 & 14

Thank you!

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Vijay till the last two balls of his innings tried to play defensively and survived pretty comfortably for what ever 20 odd deliveries and then that risky 4 - next ball instead of leaving it or defending playing the line he ended up driving without foot work - he is mixed up in his head. It could have been easily him on the other end grinding like Pujara he has the game its frustrating.

 

Then Rohit when the pitch and the ball had died down when he was clearly dominating the proceedings got out to that shot..again frustrating.

 

They are not in test mode, i think they need to take test series seriously and play 3 warm up games else no need of tests series..its useless. Even kohli was in ODI mode. 

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13 hours ago, sandeep said:

Aint winning anything major away from home if the Openers can't get the team to a decent start.  Period.  Bowling is yards better than it used to be.  Its the openers that let us down in SA and England.  Off to a horror show of a start here.  But early days.  

 

Not to be too harsh on Vijay, but he is a shadow of what he was, his prime was during the previous tour of Oz.  It was a mistake to go back to him.  Prithvi's freak injury forced him back, but still.  

 

KL needs to figure his **** out.  ASAP.  We are committed to him for this tour, for better or worse.  Vijay has 3 innings to save his career.  Hard for most batsmen to bat well in that type of scenario, especially one past his prime.  

 

 

At least Shaw will take one of the places - even if he fails, it will be a worthwhile learning experience. as for opener no. 2, how about elevating chepu there? One can squeeze in vihari in the middle order. I also think either rahane/Rohit should be dropped and Ind should go to a 5 bowler attack on most (but not all) pitches. the way some of them batted today, I'd bet jaddu would score more than them.

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