Why has Murali Vijay been given so many chances?

[Sooda]

They did not treat Dhawan so well by giving him one ODI and then not even giving him a lookin, probably a better ltd overs bet than Vijay for a backup openers position

[rkt.india]

^ Sachin Sehwag Gambhir Yuvraj Kohli Raina Yusuf Dhoni Harbhajan Ashwin Tiwary/Jadeja/Irfan/Ojha Zaheer Nehra Sreesanth Munaf If you had to fit him in, where will you ?

i am talking he can be very good as a back up opener whenever SRT, Viru, and Gambo not playing..he is better than Vijay and a left hander and it will good to give him more experience at the top level...he needs 5 ODIs minimum and if he fails than its his destiny

[spectre]

Who decides how many matches before discard....forumers If 5 match criteria was set for all players, then Sehwag would have been long gone from ODI circuit, there would be many others like that Vijay, though spoiling his chances, is a highly talented bat. He is very classy and at the same time a powerful striker. He needs that one defining innings, just think of this guy, he has been always a backup guy not knowing whether he would play till the morning of a match, most times. Still he has performed so well in test arena and shown his striking ability in IPL. He took apart many top international bowlers for CSK. But no excuses for throwing such good opportunities.

i am talking he can be very good as a back up opener whenever SRT' date=' Viru, and Gambo not playing..he is better than Vijay and a left hander and it will good to give him more experience at the top level...he needs 5 ODIs minimum and if he fails than its his destiny[/quote']

[rkt.india]

Who decides how many matches before discard....forumers If 5 match criteria was set for all players, then Sehwag would have been long gone from ODI circuit, there would be many others like that Vijay, though spoiling his chances, is a highly talented bat. He is very classy and at the same time a powerful striker. He needs that one defining innings, just think of this guy, he has been always a backup guy not knowing whether he would play till the morning of a match, most times. Still he has performed so well in test arena and shown his striking ability in IPL. He took apart many top international bowlers for CSK. But no excuses for throwing such good opportunities.

i agree with you, but i was talking about shikhar to give at least 5 games before discarding him as selectors have not picked him after that one game...because some people get so many chances and some a very few...Shikhar is one of the most talented batsman in India especially for ODIs

[spectre]

^ 100% I totally agree that Dhawan must have been given a long run

[gaurav92]

Yes Dhawan must be given a long stint at least 8-10 games to showcase the talent that he possesses :good:

[expoking]

I predict Vijay will be out of all India teams by 2011's end if the selectors have any sense.