Pujara is approaching the 5k Test runs milestone

[rkt.india]

2 minutes ago, rtmohanlal said:

how can a  batsman who frequently creates chaos at the crease and  gets silly  run outs more than normal   be said of 'not gifting his wkt' ? Agreed today's was a brilliant knock.  Infact I didn't expect him to perform  this well straight away.And still it remains to be proven as to whether he has improved on his consistancy, of which this series will clarify.

it is Team Management's doing playing with mindset of players talking about intent and other crap.  Many of those runouts are not even his fault. 

[Straight Drive]

3 minutes ago, WC2011INDIA said:

Pujara is a proper test cricketer. The best in this overrated line-up of hacks and wannabes.

But he does not posts 1000 brand promotion pics a month on insta .   

[Cricketics]

7 minutes ago, rtmohanlal said:

how can a  batsman who frequently creates chaos at the crease and  gets silly  run outs more than normal   be said of 'not gifting his wkt' ? Agreed today's was a brilliant knock.  Infact I didn't expect him to perform  this well straight away.And still it remains to be proven as to whether he has improved on his consistancy, of which this series will clarify.

Our whole batting ne up sucks with running between the wickets, its not just Pujara. 

 

It starts with Kohli and then even Rahane or Rohit. Check all of them in numerous formats and see how many times they fk up runs orsend other players back from the middle and misjudging a run and creating chaos.  Its not just Pujara wo is bad at running between the wickets, they all are. 

 

 

[ShoonyaSifar]

Can go on for at least 5-6 years which will mean he should double his record from here on to get to 10k runs@50 with 30+ test 100s

[Nikhil_cric]

My favourite cricketer in our test team. 

[Rasgulla]

On 10/10/2018 at 7:56 AM, rkt.india said:

Rahane is Tata Indica

And Tata owns Range Rover 

 

So you are trying to say Rahane is a range rover ? 

[CSK Fan]

11 minutes ago, Rasgulla said:

And Tata owns Range Rover 

 

So you are trying to say Rahane is a range rover ? 

Seriously school wool nahi hai Kya? Yahan pj maar raha 11 year olds wale 

[Rasgulla]

1 hour ago, CSK Fan said:

Seriously school wool nahi hai Kya? Yahan pj maar raha 11 year olds wale 

 Dublin Business school it is.. Unlike you peasant from Bangladesh who is busy crossing borders. 

[zen]

The Commandment of Che

 

"It is easy to play shots. When you start playing shots [during a testing spell], that means your game is not capable enough to play the Test format. You are trying to survive rather than understand the situation and play accordingly. When you start playing shots, it means you are under pressure as a batsman and you are not able to handle that situation. When you defend confidently you know you are in command, you are on top of the bowler, and he doesn't have a chance to get you out. You will ultimately score runs when he bowls a loose ball." - Cheteshwar Pujara

[Vijy]

39 minutes ago, zen said:

The Commandment of Che

 

"It is easy to play shots. When you start playing shots [during a testing spell], that means your game is not capable enough to play the Test format. You are trying to survive rather than understand the situation and play accordingly. When you start playing shots, it means you are under pressure as a batsman and you are not able to handle that situation. When you defend confidently you know you are in command, you are on top of the bowler, and he doesn't have a chance to get you out. You will ultimately score runs when he bowls a loose ball." - Cheteshwar Pujara

proper old school test batting. the only caveat to this type of batting is that one needs the technique and mental fortitude to weather out all the bad balls. most players in our team lack one or both of these attributes.

[Vilander]

On 10/9/2018 at 12:24 PM, zen said:

SL smashed us too in late 90s 

jayasurya..that forearm..till sohaib broke it.

[Vilander]

epic statement - made earlier and proven now.

[fineleg]

On 10/10/2018 at 8:24 PM, rtmohanlal said:

it is funny to know as to how you hero worship  this hack of a batsman, which in turn  not at all deserves a healthy  discussion with you in this matter . Every one with minimum common sense know that Pujara's performance for an experienced  batsman like him

was utter mediocre in ENG.This, especially because of his over all track record in SENA being absolutely mediocre.Yet you keep on defending him even for  each and every weakness of him.

@rtmohanlal this was a worse comment than those made by cinema actor MohanLal :)

Hack of a batsman "Pujara" - hope you ate some crow?

[Straight Drive]

Well done to him.  Only Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara from the current team average above 50 from the current test team.  Others are 12 to 15 runs behind depending on whether they are compared with Kohli or Pujara

[rtmohanlal]

On 12/10/2018 at 12:42 PM, fineleg said:

@rtmohanlal this was a worse comment than those made by cinema actor MohanLal :)

Hack of a batsman "Pujara" - hope you ate some crow?

no ..... I still stick to my words.I thought he didn't deserve a place in the  team for the AUS series  and not expected him to perform well.

But some how he has performed brilliantly. Still , I am a bit doubtful of him knowing his past track record in SENA. Let us wait till the series ends to know as to whether he has developed consistancy  or as always '1 or 2 at max performances in  8 inns '.

On a side note, no batsman  in the future should be allowed to  play '7 series in SENA + WI' and yet remain mediocre in all 5 countries just as Pujara has done till date.That in turn means India is going to suffer series after series in  SENA + WI.

My stance on this is that a talented youngster should come successful in at least 2 of 5  first outings to each of 'SENA+ WI'.If we take the past era all 6,  FAB4 + Sehwag + Gambhir all passed this criteria.  That is why they became such a formidable batting unit.No wonder , despite having a bowling unit which was far from adequate  for being all round attack , last decade was the most successful in the history of Indian cricket in terms of winning abroad.So if we aim to develop a  great all condition batting top 6 that can compliment each other and perform as a unit, we must not give further  chances to a  batsmen after failing in ' atleast 3 of 4 in SENA '

by the time the first round ends. We have abundant talent  pool to try and test a lot of high talented youngsters. That being the case why keep on waiting until  a mediocre player grooms into in a good one? What not, by the time that mediocre batsman develops into a good player , all that left would be some 4 or 5 years left  as is the case with Pujara. And that is a bad investment.

 

Now we are seeing exactly the   same with Rahul. He may or may not  become like  Pujara after 7 series to SENA. But by that time India would have suffered a lot in the form of bad results.

WRT Pujara, now that he has turned it around, he deserves his place in the team, and let us hope that he can be that vital 3rd down  batsman for India for at least 5 years.