Irresponsible shots in Test cricket where do you draw the line.

[vvvslaxman]

Seeing Kevin Pietersen getting the cop for his adventurous shot selection in this series which eventually led to his dismissals where do you the draw the line between foolishness and taking the attack to opposition. He is not the first to be under the cosh for airy fairy shot in a tight situation. He won't be the last either. Famously Kapil dev was dropped for one test after a reckless shot in Delhi Test against England in the 1984/85 series. Kapil dev was again crticized for a shot right before lunch against Pakistan in Bangalore Test which India lost by 17 runs. Kapil Dev was also belittled by Gatting after world cup semi final loss for his poor shot selection. Ironically Gatting did the same in the final. Where do you draw the line. Virendar Sehwag has numerous times irated Indian fans. Guiding one to third man. Launching spinners into stands for a six only to get out next ball. or Do we make exceptions for such players philolospically "They live and die by the sword". "Take the rough with the smooth".

[vvvslaxman]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-2524584/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Foolish-Kevin-Pietersen-decide-wants-England-Test-player-pig-headed-display.html Here is already a dedicated article on KP

[putrevus]

When you say wow to their shots you have to accept the risks involved with those shots. I rather have guy like Sehwag get out to an attacking shot rather than some lame defensive prod which he is not that good to begin with so it is wrong to expect anything else from them. I think where you draw a line is when these players put their egos and urge to dominate every ball ahead of team needs that is what KP was trying to do and Sehwag did many times.

[vvvslaxman]

In the current series Shikar Dhawan is the prime candidate for this criticism. When he is on over-drive (which he always is) he is somewhat unstoppable from taking risks.

[vvvslaxman]

Dhawan was predictable

[Ghost Buster]

Dhawan was predictable

So was sehwag! They are similar kind of players. Will do better in the coming innings.

[vvvslaxman]

So was sehwag! They are similar kind of players. Will do better in the coming innings.

With a bit of inexperience in the middle order every batsman especially one at the top should put a huge price on their wicket in overseas test matches.

[Ghost Buster]

With a bit of inexperience in the middle order every batsman especially one at the top should put a huge price on their wicket in overseas test matches.

He is just 4tests old, if he repeats the same mistake again then we have a serious problem. I was hoping some runs from him though!

[Khalpat]

Just a fraction of second is involved when a Batsman decides which shot he should play . First thing, he should not play a pre-meditated shot in Test Cricket. In most of the cases batsman would have thought "You give me short ball and I will hit a pull shot" and the moment his eye sees a ball slightly short he goes for pull shot and guess what, it was just marginally short and ball goes in the air and he is out. Take your time, know where is your off stump, leave as many ball as possible at the start of your inning to get the feeling of bowlers pace, line length and pitch and wait for ball pitched towards leg side or half volley. Even if it is a Dale Steyn or Jeoll Garner you will surely get a bad delivery, as soon as you have hit 2-3 boundaries on bad deliveries, your temprament will come into picture which will get the batsman a 100 or 200.