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'I'm done with BCCI... It's a taboo over 30. People treat us as 80-year-olds': Vijay aims for 'opportunities abroad'

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1 hour ago, jusarrived said:

 

For a brief period he was the best opener in the world . There should be a different yard stick to judge test openers especially considering he played a lot of overseas tours. He was sacrificed to accommodate Virats friends, could have easily played few more years. 

Nope he basically had three good years, virat and Vijay are friends, Vijay got dropped for Shaw straight eng tour, kl kept his place because of the oval hundred, Vijay came back after county runs for the aus tour but failed again, kl failed to and Mayank made his debut and did well, vihari opened in one innings, Shaw would have opened anyway but injury forced him out, none from Agarwal, Shaw or vihari are virats friend's, three overseas tour failures on the trot, how much more backing was needed? Are you from Tamil Nadu

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7 minutes ago, Mesky99 said:

Nope he basically had three good years, virat and Vijay are friends, Vijay got dropped for Shaw straight eng tour, kl kept his place because of the oval hundred, Vijay came back after county runs for the aus tour but failed again, kl failed to and Mayank made his debut and did well, vihari opened in one innings, Shaw would have opened anyway but injury forced him out, none from Agarwal, Shaw or vihari are virats friend's, three overseas tour failures on the trot, how much more backing was needed? Are you from Tamil Nadu

Think that anjle injury really hurt Shaw. He was more mobile before. He put on more weight after that. 

Good to see him come back stronger now.

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18 minutes ago, speedracer said:

Think that anjle injury really hurt Shaw. He was more mobile before. He put on more weight after that. 

Good to see him come back stronger now.

Yhh true, his weight gain opened after 2019, he was quite chubby before but never this fat, apparently he is quite hooked up to drugs and bit of a alcoholic, the guy was just a focussed young  cricketer before he turned 20, knew nothing else, his dad pushed him to the core, all of a sudden the social world became huge and in trying to ape others damaged him big time, the guy probably suffered from a Inferiority complex, he was a Prodigy, all of a sudden gill came, scored more runs at the u19 world cup and looked a better player, on top all these fake fans mainly female ones started following gill, his looks became a discussion, Shaw got lost somewhere in between not because of cricketing reasons but non cricketing reasons.

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Yhh true, his weight gain opened after 2019, he was quite chubby before but never this fat, apparently he is quite hooked up to drugs and bit of a alcoholic, the guy was just a focussed cricket before he turned 20, knew nothing else, the SM world and trying ape others damaged him big time, the guy probably suffered from a Inferiority complex, he was a Prodigy, all of a sudden gill came, scored more runs and looked a better player, on top all these fake fans mainly female ones started following him, Shaw got lost somewhere in between not because of cricketing reasons but non cricketing reasons.

Personally I feel Shaw is a unbelievable talent, incredibly gifted and could do great things with the bat, the issue is he was so good all throughout his age group cricket, u19 and now fc, no one has ever tried changing his technique a bit, he had probably scored 6k even before his fc debut, the guy needed some technical changes during age group cricket in Mumbai, all this talk about India being a cricketing powerhouse etc but the quality of coaching is still average, how could all these great coaches of Mumbai not see something so obvious with his technique at a young age?

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19 minutes ago, Mesky99 said:

Yhh true, his weight gain opened after 2019, he was quite chubby before but never this fat, apparently he is quite hooked up to drugs and bit of a alcoholic, the guy was just a focussed young  cricketer before he turned 20, knew nothing else, his dad pushed him to the core, all of a sudden the social world became huge and in trying to ape others damaged him big time, the guy probably suffered from a Inferiority complex, he was a Prodigy, all of a sudden gill came, scored more runs at the u19 world cup and looked a better player, on top all these fake fans mainly female ones started following gill, his looks became a discussion, Shaw got lost somewhere in between not because of cricketing reasons but non cricketing reasons.

Lol gilly? Gills looks haha. Fair enough. That bother Shaw a bit? It is what it is. Most people as long as they have decent features can look good at a certain lower body fat level. Obviously muscle helps too. If he feels better about himself maybe his confidence will grow too. 

 

In fighting its different. Best looking never translate to any success. Tough, rugged and quite average looking usually are the best fighters. 

In cricket the best player is the weird looking smith and another wierdo in root. 

As for bowlers, chukrah and Cummins. Cummins is I guess what people call conventionally handsome. And then we have kg plus siraj hazletrundler etc. 

 

Guess bowlers tend to be more on the handsome ish side. 

 

But the greatest ever bowlers like mcgrath Marshall were never about looks except maybe steyn somewhat.

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20 minutes ago, speedracer said:

Lol gilly? Gills looks haha. Fair enough. That bother Shaw a bit? It is what it is. Most people as long as they have decent features can look good at a certain lower body fat level. Obviously muscle helps too. If he feels better about himself maybe his confidence will grow too. 

 

In fighting its different. Best looking never translate to any success. Tough, rugged and quite average looking usually are the best fighters. 

In cricket the best player is the weird looking smith and another wierdo in root. 

As for bowlers, chukrah and Cummins. Cummins is I guess what people call conventionally handsome. And then we have kg plus siraj hazletrundler etc. 

 

Guess bowlers tend to be more on the handsome ish side. 

 

But the greatest ever bowlers like mcgrath Marshall were never about looks except maybe steyn somewhat.

I guess so,.see all the limelight was on Shaw until gill arrived, Shaw was a big name even before his fc debut, once the WC was over and he was not that big star anymore, gills fan following increased and took over shaws within a few weeks, this definitely would have hit him, he became a party animal, drugs is quite big in Mumbai and he would tried it once and now bit of a addic

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Only 11 players can play.  He is aiming for test so his opportunity is limited.  He can’t bowl and he is below average fielder.  H is looking for top order particularly opening.  We have several options there.  He won’t be getting any opportunity for his skill set as opening I. Test.  If he was versatile player and changed his games then he might get picked in ODI or t20.  But he has no impact in IPL either.  
 

It is his fault why he is in oblivion right now. He had all resources like money opportunities and good head start as test player.  He was not able to capitalize on it.  

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19 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Is he Joking or he was still actually waiting for chance? Because i don't see him play much for TN either.

I think it was tongue in cheek he last played for tn in 2019, he is apparently looking to play in overseas leagues( dubai ? ). But wonder who will take him, may be as an indian player.

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26 minutes ago, Vilander said:

I think it was tongue in cheek he last played for tn in 2019, he is apparently looking to play in overseas leagues( dubai ? ). But wonder who will take him, may be as an indian player.

 

He has no issues there as Uthappa is already playing. He can represent another country if he chooses to like guys like Netravalkar does. He can easily move to US.

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I do think BCCI should give NOC's to players who are not in India plans going forward . That said, Murali Vijay is around 7 years past his best. Even in Test cricket his strongest format.

 

His last 26 tests, he averaged 32 with the bat. Was only discarded after that. Not sure where the injustice is. 

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