The Decline of Indian Test Batting since 2012

[deepdynamo]

This thread is three years old but the test batting standards have declined further.

Rohit, Kohli, Pujara, Rahane are all gone.
KL is still mid average.
Pant is still our best MO batsman ( but declining)
Iyer is no longer in contention in red ball.
Shaw is vanished.

Only Gill has flourished slightly, Jaiswal has come in the picture and Washington has imporved as a test batter as well.

The new batters have been a major dissapointment so far. None of them have cemented their place as yet.
Sai, Paddikal, Sarfaraz, Patidar, Jurel (as batsman), NKR ( as batting AR)

 

[vvvslaxman]

5 hours ago, deepdynamo said:

This thread is three years old but the test batting standards have declined further.

Rohit, Kohli, Pujara, Rahane are all gone.
KL is still mid average.
Pant is still our best MO batsman ( but declining)
Iyer is no longer in contention in red ball.
Shaw is vanished.

Only Gill has flourished slightly, Jaiswal has come in the picture and Washington has imporved as a test batter as well.

The new batters have been a major dissapointment so far. None of them have cemented their place as yet.
Sai, Paddikal, Sarfaraz, Patidar, Jurel (as batsman), NKR ( as batting AR)

 

First step is identifying potential and back them. Right now that step is a no starter with Gambhir in charge. You back the wrong horse and by the time you realize it is a wrong horse he decides to back another wrong horse.  If India gets the first part correct we will be in much better shape.  Backing has to be based numbers and eye testing. If needed invite all of them for trial and  let them face different of type of deliveries on different surfaces. Filter out. BCCI has enough money to conduct a trial.

[Chakdephatte]

6 hours ago, deepdynamo said:

This thread is three years old but the test batting standards have declined further.

Rohit, Kohli, Pujara, Rahane are all gone.
KL is still mid average.
Pant is still our best MO batsman ( but declining)
Iyer is no longer in contention in red ball.
Shaw is vanished.

Only Gill has flourished slightly, Jaiswal has come in the picture and Washington has imporved as a test batter as well.

The new batters have been a major dissapointment so far. None of them have cemented their place as yet.
Sai, Paddikal, Sarfaraz, Patidar, Jurel (as batsman), NKR ( as batting AR)

 

Actually, Sarfaraz shouldn't be here. He truly did nothing wrong. 

 

 

[AKane]

9 hours ago, deepdynamo said:

KL is still mid average.

is he? He averages 2 or 3 below Rahane who copped a lot more criticism than the peerless KL.

[R!TTER]

9 hours ago, AKane said:

is he? He averages 2 or 3 below Rahane who copped a lot more criticism than the peerless KL.

No one questions/should question the ATG cap against Oz ever 

[Stan AF]

There's no next top order and middle order guy who can score 20-25 test 100s minimum for India now.

[diga]

33 minutes ago, Stan AF said:

There's no next top order and middle order guy who can score 20-25 test 100s minimum for India now.

Jaiswal & Gill might score 20 hundreds ... they are still young

[deepdynamo]

1 hour ago, diga said:

Jaiswal & Gill might score 20 hundreds ... they are still young

 

Pant can also reach 20 test centuries since he only play tests now. 

 

Edited December 5, 2025 by deepdynamo

[deepdynamo]

After witnessing the twin home debacle ( 0-3 vs NZ, 0-2 vs SA), its actually time to look for specialist red ball batsman in Ranji. Apart from Gill, Jaiswal, KL (for now) & Pant, places are up for grab. No more pseudo allrounders, no more IPL hyped players, no more WK turned batsman. Just proper batsman who are tuned to bat long. Batsman who can dominate spinners. We need to fix our home record now and the next series is BGT (2027). Lyon, Kuheman and Murphy- we know their spinners, we need to find batsman who can tackle them.