Should Sundar bat at 4 in the 2nd innings?

[QuarantineTormentino]

4 minutes ago, Sandeep99 said:

Ideally this should be our line up in the second session -

 

Rohit

Gill

Pujara

Pant

Sundar 

Rahane 

Ashwin

 

followed by tail 

 

the above gives us the best chance at drawing or winning

Where’s the King?

[RajBan]

Second Test 

Mayank 

Gill 

Pujara 

Pant 

Kohli 

Hardik

Sundar 

Ashwin 

Siraj

Bumrah 

Ishant

 

 

[Yoda-esque]

I would even push Ashwin above Rahane..

Rahane really can't occupy crease.He doesn't have a good defensive plan.His Melbourne innings was very lucky where he was dropped 3-4 times.

[ShoonyaSifar]

5 minutes ago, Sandeep99 said:

Ideally this should be our line up in the second session -

 

Rohit

Gill

Pujara

Pant

Sundar 

Rahane 

Ashwin

 

followed by tail 

 

the above gives us the best chance at drawing or winning

Winning? With 321 runs behind, too much to cover in 2 days.

 

Better to be realistic. A draw from here will be a great result for us, still is 80% Eng win, 20% draw

[raki05]

I think Thakur can also bat ahead of rahane at least.

[Vickydev]

1 hour ago, Sgattick10 said:

Make him an opener, he has good defence and can play attacking shots.. Can't be worse then Rohit 

For that we will need someone with some sort of vision for the team. 

Remember we only stumbled onto Sundar the long format player. Him getting a chance to open will similarly depend as much on more such random events going his way.

[Straight Drive]

Impressive batting by Sundar in three innings he has batted. Very good option at 7.

 

[BacktoCricaddict]

For India's 2nd innings in this match, Rahane and Rohit must swap batting positions.  Let AMR get a few runs before the spinners come on, and let RGS handle the spinners.  

 

Rahane, Gill, Pujara, Kohli, Sharma, Pant, Ashwin, Sundar, I. Sharma, Nadeem, Bumrah  

[Sandeep99]

2 hours ago, QuarantineTormentino said:

Where’s the King?

Included in the tail 

[Bigg Brother]

3 hours ago, raki05 said:

I think Thakur can also bat ahead of rahane at least.

Thakur's innings at Gabba was almost Viv Richardsque. That  "Dont give a * attitude" was something else, Rahane can't even dream about playing like that with 6 wickets down.

[Straight Drive]

Two innings by Sundar where the main batting line-up had faltered and he has scored 50's. Given the consistency and resilience he has shown in both innings where runs from lower order where need of the hour, it does seems like he is a very good number 7 bat. He is just 21. Well done lad 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

40 minutes ago, Straight Drive said:

Two innings by Sundar where the main batting line-up had faltered and he has scored 50's. Given the consistency and resilience he has shown in both innings where runs from lower order where need of the hour, it does seems like he is a very good number 7 bat. He is just 21. Well done lad 

Good bat but not good bowler for Tests yet. Though he's still very young.

 

Maybe they could have him be a batting all-rounder. He could bat in the top order and provide another left-hander at the top.

[Stan AF]

No

[Bigg Brother]

The way he lunges forward to drive over the covers, Amazing shot ! Even his straight sixes over the bowlers' head is one brilliant shot. Dont know about tests but he should definitely be tried in ODIs at 4. 

[dilliboy]

He should bat ahead of "Jinks" anyways 

[GautiMaan]

13 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

For India's 2nd innings in this match, Rahane and Rohit must swap batting positions.  Let AMR get a few runs before the spinners come on, and let RGS handle the spinners.  

 

Rahane, Gill, Pujara, Kohli, Sharma, Pant, Ashwin, Sundar, I. Sharma, Nadeem, Bumrah  

Talking as though RGS is some ATG against spin,hint of turn and he will be out swiping.