Pujara - Rahane - Vihari

[The Realist]

Has to be the meekest and weakest Ind middle order since oooh the 80s.

 

Dot ball after dot ball, no intent to score, no cashing in on the bad balls, letting the bowlers bowl to plans and zero innovation.

 

What exactly is the end game here?

 

And to top it all, so so boring to watch.

 

If Covid has not terminally damaged test cricket then having to watch these three bat will push it over the edge.

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[zen]

Appears as if for many 5 days tests = 5 days of ODIs, where each session can also be like a T20

[test fan]

species of disasters 

[helperononline]

Gavaskar was right we should play Gill in the middle order becoz Gill will play  attacking cricket and keep the scoreboard ticking while Pujara Vihari and rahane play defensive cricket around him 

[Trichromatic]

Rohit, Gill, Rahane, Pant, even Vihari survived 30+ deliveries

[Trichromatic]

Now Pujara goes, poor batting all over. 

[Serpico]

10 minutes ago, helperononline said:

Gavaskar was right we should play Gill in the middle order becoz Gill will play  attacking cricket and keep the scoreboard ticking while Pujara Vihari and rahane play defensive cricket around him 

We just had our best opening stand in Sena in 10 years and people want to change that? Just promote pant/jadeja ahead of Vihari if we need momentum

Edited January 9, 2021 by Serpico

[helperononline]

1 minute ago, Serpico said:

We just had our best opening stand in Sena in 10 years and people want to change that? Just promote pant/jadeja ahead of Vihari if we need momentum

Best opening stand on flatest pitch 

[rtmohanlal]

the thing with this  set of  batsmen is that it allows the bowlers to build in confidence & rhythm as the inns goes on. There is need of  only  1  grinder batsman  that too at  one down.Rest  should be stroke players like Gill. And there should be more or less equal mix of left right combination ...  

[Serpico]

15 minutes ago, helperononline said:

Best opening stand on flatest pitch 

we have had plenty of flat pitches in last 10 years. Even in matches where opposition scored 400+, 500+ our openers didn't last 27 overs

[Trichromatic]

Missing Kohli there

[Trichromatic]

2 run outs. 

[GolGappe]

Few Indian batsmen in early 80' and 90's were labelled as strokeless wonders. Sidhu and Shastri come to mind.

 

These 3 batted like strokeless blunders. Threw away such a promising start.

 

Vihari is on pretty flicking thin ice right now. Lack of technique to survive against this type of bowling attack is one thing but lack of temperament as shown by his supersoft dismissals in Melbourne and Sydney tests is too hard to ignore.

[GolGappe]

Complete amateur display.

 

You would think coaching staff would have emphasized the need for cautious running between the wickets after that disastrous game changing run out in Adelaide but no India loves shooting itself in the foot.

 

 

 

 

[asterix]

Given the situation, I’d prefer Mayank playing in the place of this Hanuman...Extremely Mediocre player at number 6 this Vihari is. 

[Number]

Limited players 

Without Kohli they fail to play positively in the middle order.

Pant and Jadeja saved us at the MCG without them we were going nowhere in that test too.

[GautiMaan]

What is this wearing down bowlers bs,they have 6 bowling options, and plenty of rest between games,you are not going to wear anyone down,score when you have the fking chance

[Trichromatic]

100 overs - even with slow batting they should have been within 50 runs of Aussies score. 

[diga]

20 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

2 run outs. 

3rd one .... LMAO

[Stan AF]

And there are fans for this slow, timid and insipid batting here.