Pujara on Test spot: 'I tell myself I know I belong there'

[sage]

2 hours ago, Lord said:

 

Definitely a team strategy if multiple players are doing it. Pujara must be on it too.

I refuse to believe that. Far too exciting a manoeuvre for gujara

[Lord]

3 minutes ago, sage said:

I refuse to believe that. Far too exciting a manoeuvre for gujara

 

He might not have come up with it. But looked the other way.

[putrevus]

2 hours ago, Lord said:

 

He might not have come up with it. But looked the other way.

You mean Pujara would be part of tripping a runner?

[Lord]

34 minutes ago, putrevus said:

You mean Pujara would be part of tripping a runner?

yes it seems like a team strategy as multiple players did it AFAIK.

 

Pretty stupid I must say.

[putrevus]

16 hours ago, Lord said:

yes it seems like a team strategy as multiple players did it AFAIK.

 

Pretty stupid I must say.

Hard to believe Pujara would be part of such thing.What exactly were they expecting from it.

[Lord]

On 9/20/2023 at 5:56 PM, putrevus said:

Hard to believe Pujara would be part of such thing.What exactly were they expecting from it.

To annoy the opposition and get some cheap wickets as there are not too many cameras in FC.

 

Its even harder to believe multiple players decided to do it of their own accord with TM's approval.

[BacktoCricaddict]

On 9/19/2023 at 12:32 PM, Lord said:

 

He might not have come up with it. But looked the other way.

Or maybe tried to dissuade them, they did it anyway and he took the fall.

[Lord]

8 minutes ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

Or maybe tried to dissuade them, they did it anyway and he took the fall.

Yeah but buck stops with him. He should have been more assertive in that case, atleast after it happened the first time.

 

'Nice' guys tend to get pass in such situations. Perception is everything I guess.

[putrevus]

5 hours ago, Lord said:

To annoy the opposition and get some cheap wickets as there are not too many cameras in FC.

 

Its even harder to believe multiple players decided to do it of their own accord with TM's approval.

Still any player worth his salt would not do it.If players trips and gets hurt badly who is responsible. TM has lot to lose so, I don't think they will have anything to do with it.

 

I also highly doubt Pujara would have any part of it.

 

Head coach Paul Farbrace, the former England assistant, offered a stern assessment of recent events.

'Following the umpires and match referee's decision to charge both players with on-field level-one and level-two offences, we needed to take a stance, and show them we will not condone such behaviours,' he said