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Posted
6 minutes ago, SrinjayDutta said:

Aus bowling was one of their best. So weak aus do not hold out.

It was very good but still it came on much flat pitches compared to what we get in nz/eng/sa. Aus pace bowlers were pretty low in confidence since sa series and not having two most important players from your team doesn't help. Still very good effort from pujara but that's just 1 great overseas series for him in whole decade imo.

Posted
1 hour ago, Cricwala said:

Whoa, Pujara is definitely not captaincy material, but he is also the one batsman responsible for our ONLY win in SENA in last decade. Underperformed in Eng and NZ, that's true.

that implies he is also  responsible for the  major share of debacles as well.

Posted

How can U make someone captain whose place in the playing 11 is not even secured?  Pujara's record in SENA is garbage.  (Except for a few decent knocks in Australia, he has been a passenger in the side).  He was and still is a FTB.  Nothing will change unfortunately. As age is not in his favour either. 

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, coffee_rules said:

Pandya VC

Parthiv wktkeeper

unadkat spearhead

Jadeja , Other Pandya - spinners 

 

I don't care too much about region unless there is an unique talent .... but a combined Guj Ranji team (3 teams -  Saurashtra, Gujarat, and Baroda) would be strong! (Bumrah, Pandya, Pujara, Jadeja, ....)

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Posted
21 hours ago, Cricwala said:

Rahane far more suited to captaincy than Pujara. Pujara is too quiet, a private person.

And Rahane is life of party ? For me he looks timid malnourished and weak minded.

Posted
46 minutes ago, zen said:

I don't care too much about region unless there is an unique talent .... but a combined Guj Ranji team (3 teams -  Saurashtra, Gujarat, and Baroda) would be strong! (Bumrah, Pandya, Pujara, Jadeja, ....)

2 of the three are in Ranji semis

Posted
22 minutes ago, Cricspin said:

Pujara Outside the Subcontinent has scored 1761 runs in in 56 Inn with one Not out .. Average 32

 

Take the 521 runs on that excellent Australia series of 2018..  1240 runs from 49 inn with one not out.. Average 25.83

 

I think he needs to do more outside to be deserving of his no.3 position and then Captaincy issue can arise. 

 

Some people consider him an ATG already.. 

 

 

We will soon be at a stage of anyone but Kohli as captain. Except for some fake on field antics, the guy has become arrogant and insecure. With a clueless coach, who is there just to massage captain’s ego, the combo will only further damage our cricket.
 

If the solution is for Pujara as interim captain in Tests, so be it.

Posted (edited)
51 minutes ago, Cricspin said:

Pujara Outside the Subcontinent has scored 1761 runs in in 56 Inn with one Not out .. Average 32

 

Take the 521 runs on that excellent Australia series of 2018..  1240 runs from 49 inn with one not out.. Average 25.83

Pujara has turned it around though w/ 100s in Eng (1) and Aus (3). Earlier he had hit 100s in SA (may be 5-6 years or so ago) as well .... Even Sehwag is similar in a way (though both play with contrasting styles) .... Apart from Kohli, no one has a great all round record. Neither did many of the batsmen in the past .... Even Javed Miandad in tests (not ODIs) is similar

 

Currently, he has the best avg at 3 in SENA "away" in the last two years:

 

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Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS AveDescending BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s  
CA Pujara (INDIA) 2018-2020 12 22 1 920 193 43.80 2439 37.72 4 3 3 99 2 investigate this query
JL Denly (ENG) 2019-2020 6 10 0 323 74 32.30 912 35.41 0 2 0 40 3 investigate this query
Haris Sohail (PAK) 2018-2019 3 6 1 123 39* 24.60 219 56.16 0 0 0 17 1 investigate this query
UT Khawaja (AUS) 2018-2019 7 14 0 287 75 20.50 497 57.74 0 2 0 45 0 investigate this query
LD Chandimal (SL) 2018-2019 3 6 0 86 56 14.33 283 30.38 0 1 1 9 0

 

If his avg was going down, then past record would have merit. But here he has turned it around esp. since his 100 in Eng:

 

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CA Pujara 7 13 1 717 193 59.75 1756 40.83 4 1 2 72 2 investigate this query
RR Pant 7 13 1 531 159* 44.25 762 69.68 2 0 1 54 11 investigate this query
V Kohli 7 13 0 456 123 35.07 1006 45.32 1 2 2 50 1 investigate this query
AM Rahane 7 13 0 391 70 30.07 963 40.60 0 3 1 35 3

 

 

Edited by zen
Posted (edited)
25 minutes ago, Cricspin said:

I am talking full career. Last two years is too selective. I think I did the math right.

As discussed that he has turned it around in SENA esp. since his 100 in Eng:

 

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CA Pujara 7 13 1 717 193 59.75 1756 40.83 4 1 2 72 2 investigate this query
RR Pant 7 13 1 531 159* 44.25 762 69.68 2 0 1 54 11 investigate this query
V Kohli 7 13 0 456 123 35.07 1006 45.32 1 2 2 50 1 investigate this query
AM Rahane 7 13 0 391 70 30.07 963 40.60 0 3 1 35

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Comparing with Batsmen of the past.. Our previous No.3 Dravid averaged 53.8 outside subcontinent (SENA + WI+ ZIM) over an entire career. Sachin Averages close to 51.

 Dravid or Sachin are not in consideration for a spot at #3 currently

 

 

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Pujara should be at peak of his game at 32 years old. The decline will come and then Average will take a hit.. Sachin, Ponting, Dravid and lot of others dropped their average by 5-7 runs  after their peak.. Mostly after 34/35 age. 

 

When the decline comes, the options would be evaluated (who is saying Pujara has to play even if he has declined) 

 

Kohli-Pujara are two of India's best and experienced test batsmen atm .... Pujara does not even play in other formats including IPL (where international cricketers also play) so it is commendable that he is able to perform despite only getting to play a handful of international games relatively speaking! 

 

 

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Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS AveDescending 100 50 0  
V Kohli 2011-2020 81 138 10 6831 254* 53.36 25 22 9 investigate this query
SM Gavaskar 1971-1987 125 214 16 10122 236* 51.12 34 45 12 investigate this query
SR Tendulkar 1989-2013 184 306 28 14183 241* 51.01 43 65 13 investigate this query
R Dravid 1996-2012 147 261 27 11726 270 50.11 30 57 6 investigate this query
V Sehwag 2001-2013 96 168 4 8151 319 49.70 23 28 16 investigate this query
CA Pujara 2010-2020 72 121 7 5481 206* 48.07 18 20 7 investigate this query
VVS Laxman 1996-2012 125 213 32 8384 281 46.32 16 55 14 investigate this query
M Azharuddin 1984-2000 96 143 9 6156 199 45.94 22 21 5 investigate this query
M Amarnath 1969-1988 69 113 10 4378 138 42.50 11 24 12 investigate this query
DB Vengsarkar 1976-1992 116 185 22 6868 166 42.13 17 35 15 investigate this query
GR Viswanath 1969-1983 91 155 10 6080 222 41.93 14 35 10 investigate this query
SC Ganguly 1996-2008 99 169 16 6311 239 41.24 13 31 12 investigate this query
MS Dhoni 2005-2014 87 140 14 4683 224 37.16 6 31 10 investigate this query
N Kapil Dev 1978-1994 129 182 15 5172 163 30.97 8 26 16

 

Edited by zen
Posted (edited)

ChePu played a decent inning.  But as usual had a brain fart.   He is exactly the sort of player who never deserves to be the captain of any team. (Nor does rat deserve it either )

Edited by Frustrated
Posted

Captain moron before the start of the series said he wouldnt mind sharing the no.1 spot with the kiwis and looks like he has gone a long way to make it happen. The quicker we get rid of him and Shastri the better for Indian cricket.

Posted

Under Captain P, we could have done better in NZ as some of the selections would have been better and players would have tried to play proper test match cricket. 

“Intent” and making the players feel that eventually they will get a ball with their name written on it made these guys throw caution to the wind costing Ind at least a 100 runs. 


One of the  keys to leadership is understanding each players strength and helping them channelize it on the field. 
 

 

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