neel roy Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) As per reports filtering in Rohit will open with Gill. That basically means one thing. Hanuma Vihari gets guaranteed 4 chances to either cement his career or blow it in next 2 tests. This is because even if Rohit flops he ll still open in Brisbane and same goes for Gill. With Rahul gone Hanuma Vihari virtually has no one to compete against in middle order as Prithvi Shaw and Mayank are both openers ( they wont be tried in middle order anyways). So 4 chances for him as when Kohli Rahul comes back and Rohit available in team it will be difficult for Vihari even to break into the squad of 15 for England series if he flops..good luck to him! Edited January 5, 2021 by neel roy tweaker 1 Link to comment
putrevus Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, neel roy said: As per reports filtering in Rohit will open with Gill. That basically means one thing. Hanuma Vihari gets guaranteed 4 chances to either cement his career or blow it in next 2 tests. This is because even if Rohit flops he ll still open in Brisbane and same goes for Gill. With Rahul gone Hanuma Vihari virtually has no one to compete against in middle order as Prithvi Shaw and Mayank are both openers ( they wont be tried in middle order anyways). So 4 chances for him as when Kohli Rahul comes back and Rohit available in team it will be difficult for Vihari even to break into the squad of 15 for England series if he flops..good luck to him! As a player you cannot ask for more. Edited January 5, 2021 by putrevus Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Bombay TM is out to ruin his career sandeep 1 Link to comment
PunterLog Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 BS! He needs to be given a full season at Home. Link to comment
neel roy Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 minute ago, PunterLog said: BS! He needs to be given a full season at Home. Agree but drop whom. All will be monsters at home anyways. So where will he get a look and when Link to comment
PunterLog Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Just now, neel roy said: Agree but drop whom. All will be monsters at home anyways. So where will he get a look and when Vihari > KL in the test team. It'd be extremely unfair to Vihari if he isn't given a full season at home. sorak 1 Link to comment
putrevus Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I don't think Vihari is needed at home. Jadeja and Ashwin plus three fast bowlers. sandeep 1 Link to comment
neel roy Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, PunterLog said: Vihari > KL in the test team. It'd be extremely unfair to Vihari if he isn't given a full season at home. Problem is in last 7 test innings albeit away from home his average is measly. Now if he flops in 4 more innings that will be 11 innings without anything substantial.. how can selectors ignore that.. Edited January 5, 2021 by neel roy Adamant 1 Link to comment
Tyron Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 C'mon Hanuman Ji. Score big boy. Link to comment
express bowling Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 5 hours ago, neel roy said: Agree but drop whom. All will be monsters at home anyways. So where will he get a look and when Most likely batting line-up for home tests. 1. Gill 2. Rohit 3. Pujara 4. Kohli 5. Rahane 6. Pant 7. Jadeja 8. Ashwin Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 some players will get long run and some will always be on edge and vihari is the latter case. Feel sad for him as he mostly had to play overseas and ur stats will not look good if u play only in away condition Link to comment
Adamant Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: some players will get long run and some will always be on edge and vihari is the latter case. Feel sad for him as he mostly had to play overseas and ur stats will not look good if u play only in away condition But that's where we need our players to step up. Even Jayant Yadav can score in home conditions, what's the use of picking a specialist batsman when he can't do well away from home. Also he is not young, so we can't hope that he will improve much, he got a long rope and now this test itself should be his last chance. Try Shaw in the middle order or even IYER, he won't do worse than Vihari. Link to comment
Adamant Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, PunterLog said: Vihari > KL in the test team. It'd be extremely unfair to Vihari if he isn't given a full season at home. No Vihari isn't better than Rahul. Both of them have struggled away from home but atleast with KL we know that his ceiling is much higher if he is mentally prepared. Edited January 6, 2021 by Adamant Link to comment
Lone Wolf Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 One thing they have identified for sure is Vihari's technique is good. If he does well in last 2 games he may get a chance in home season as well. These two tests are probably crucial for Pujara as well. Rahane's ton at MCG has changed the dynamics a bit. It's Vihari vs Pujara now. I don't think Pujara is gonna make it to England this year. Link to comment
Lone Wolf Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Adamant said: But that's where we need our players to step up. Even Jayant Yadav can score in home conditions, what's the use of picking a specialist batsman when he can't do well away from home. Also he is not young, so we can't hope that he will improve much, he got a long rope and now this test itself should be his last chance. Try Shaw in the middle order or even IYER, he won't do worse than Vihari. He's 27 atm.. That's not old by any stretch. He is just about entering the Prime age of a batsman. They are giving 34 year old Rohit Chances after chances as if there is a decade of cricket left in him. Link to comment
Adamant Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Lone Wolf said: He's 27 atm.. That's not old by any stretch. He is just about entering the Prime age of a batsman. They are giving 34 year old Rohit Chances after chances as if there is a decade of cricket left in him. Bhai Rohit is getting chances bcoz of his reputation as odi player (which is wrong). I am not sure if Vihari actually has the talent to become a 40+ averaging bat sman in test. The amount of chances should be proportional to talent . Not everyone should get the same amount of chances. Link to comment
Adamant Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said: One thing they have identified for sure is Vihari's technique is good. If he does well in last 2 games he may get a chance in home season as well. These two tests are probably crucial for Pujara as well. Rahane's ton at MCG has changed the dynamics a bit. It's Vihari vs Pujara now. I don't think Pujara is gonna make it to England this year. I agree with this part. Actually i think the only place where a player like Vihari can be utilised is no. 3 He doesn't have the strokeplay to bat at 6. With some hard work there's no reason why he can't emulate Pujara. Also he is 27 so perfect age for a batsman. Lone Wolf and express bowling 2 Link to comment
GautiMaan Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Apparently both Mayank and Rohit spent avery long time in the nets,so Im not sure Vihari would get these 4 innings,which Im ok with as he is not needed with the ball. Link to comment
Majestic Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) Vihari can do everything or nothing yet he won't make it to first XI if everyone is fit. Its quite clear that India will now go with five bowling options everywhere. Jadeja is a must at home and overseas, it will be between Pandya and Jadeja. This also means that India will always go with five batting options and they are Kohli, Rahane, Rohit, Pujara and the fifth name has to be Gill. All said and done, it is quite clear that in the first XI, there is no place for Vihari, KL, Mayank and Shaw until one or two of Pujara, Rahane or Rohit gets phased out. Edited January 6, 2021 by Majestic kirkutfan and coffee_rules 2 Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) Gill is just another flav of the season like KL, Shaw, Mayank, tried and go back to Rohit and Gobar Edited January 6, 2021 by coffee_rules Link to comment
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