What purpose does inning like 80 ball 15 serve in these conditions?

[Trichromatic]

Discuss.

[Lord]

Wouldn't have cared for SR if he saw us through

 

One time he's needed to dead bat he gets out 

[Sandeep99]

Time for retirement. He lost the ability to score 

[Ankit_sharma03]

As a batsman if u dnt score runs u aint serving much of purpose. About playing that many balls , again if u dnt score runs well it aint helping much. After all diff between proper batsman n night watchman is that the specialist can and shud score runs.

[vayuu1]

You can get away with that kind of strike rate in aus,may be windies,but no way in eng nz and India,where you will get a good ball eventually, I'd rather play a 50 ball 70 than a 80 ball 15,you have to play with intent, Smith,cook,gooch, Peterson,steve smith, Kohli,azhar,heck even dravid, Younis and misbah play with intent here,you need to be 40-45 by 80 ball not 15,

[vayuu1]

Problem with pujara is his running is abysmal which is understatement,he converts 1's into 0,2's into 1's abd 3's into 2's.

[SK_IH]

Pujara is definitely past his sell-by date. Time to move on. Did extremely well for someone who was brought up on the featherbeds of Rajkot. Forever will be remembered for underpinning our triumph in Aus in 2018. 

[Number]

Same as 13 (29) or 15(40).

[velu]

i really don't mind 160 ball 15  here today

[The Realist]

Pujara is done. So one-dimensional that its embarrassing. As an experienced international player have to be able to adapt and play to the game situation. Yet all he does EVERYTIME is BLOCK.

 

Which means he's either not very bright or lacks the capability to shift gears.

 

Either way it is time to move on.

[The Realist]

6 minutes ago, velu said:

i really don't mind 160 ball 15  here today

Think you are mixing up with Chahal's stats

[DeepSpace]

But what has hahane and kulli done? 

[Trichromatic]

It's not just 15 off 80. He misses lot of 3s and 2s because of his running, so effectively he reduces runs of his partners also.

[Laaloo]

2 hours ago, vayuu1 said:

Problem with pujara is his running is abysmal which is understatement,he converts 1's into 0,2's into 1's abd 3's into 2's.

And he turns 0s into 1s, 1s into 2s. 2s into 3s and 4s while fielding . What an all rounder.

[zen]

Pujara has a different mindset, he looks to play sessions (confident of doing that) and runs are a product that … Classic test match batting!

 

I know there are cricket fans who ideally should not be following tests follow it and expect every format to be played similarly. Read a book or something. It is not like one has to follow every format just because it is cricket  … LOIs will began soon

 

[gattaca]

Pujara is like Gandhi doesn’t believe in violence and bloodshed.

[Trichromatic]

26 minutes ago, zen said:

Pujara has a different mindset, he looks to play sessions (confident of doing that) and runs are a product that … Classic test match batting!

 

I know there are cricket fans who ideally should not be following tests follow it and expect every format to be played similarly. Read a book or something. It is not like one has to follow every format just because it is cricket  … LOIs will began soon

 

 

He averaged mid 20s in SENA in last few years.

 

Where are runs?

[Lord]

6 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

 

He averaged mid 20s in SENA in last few years.

 

Where are runs?

 

runs dont matter.Else watch IPL

[zen]

7 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

 

He averaged mid 20s in SENA in last few years.

 

Where are runs?

 

What!  Pujara has bossed in Aus in the last two series. Talking about Eng, in the last series:

 

Copy and paste of an old post 

Primary team India

Opposition team England

Home or away away (home of opposition)

Start of match date greater than or equal to 1 Jan 2018

Batting position between 1 and 3

Ordered by batting average (descending)

 

Overall figures

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
CA Pujara	4	8	1	278	132*	39.71	726	38.29	1	1	1	33	0
KL Rahul	5	10	0	299	149	29.90	450	66.44	1	0	1	44	1
S Dhawan	4	8	0	162	44	20.25	292	55.47	0	0	0	23	0
M Vijay	2	4	0	26	20	6.50	75	34.66	0	0	2	4	0

 

 

As a top order batsman (#1-3), he was in a league of his own in that series too ... Averaged 40, when average sans him is 22 (so Pujara is +82%) ... as for the # of balls faced, it is 726 in 7 (ignoring the not out for avg) so the avg is over 100 (avg sans him is 37 balls, Pujara is 280%+ than that avg)

 

 

In his entire career, Pujara has not been super good in every series but he has turned it around in the last few years, and in countries like Aus, he is the boss 

[zen]

In tests, players play to their strengths (which is what makes it tough). A Pujara would do what works best for him, a Pant would do what works best for him. Having such different styles and approaches is one of the USPs of tests, no other format allows for that!