rkt.india Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Rohit is in better form. Very sensible move. Pujara had a 100 in the last game he played for Yorkshire.
rkt.india Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 You always back player who has shown he has it in him to do well. Rohit is as hopeless as it gets in test matches.
bihutoli Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 I thought Rohit and Ishant did everything needed of them to prove that they were not test material. Seems its not enough. Lets hope they continue to demonstrate their unsuitability in the upcoming test matches.
The Dark Horse Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Feel bad for Pujara. His absence in IPL and LOIs isn't making it any better for him to be selected in the test team. Out of sight and out of mind (Which is the case with Indian cricket). He could have, however held on to his spot had he been consistent. I still wish he's given a longer run.
renjith Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 anyways pujara will be back against sa. i don't think anyone will dare to put rohit at 3 against steyn and morkel in tests.
fineleg Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 A.R.S.O.L. Nohit again bowled today :facepalm: Nohit Sharma disgrace to indian cricket
diga Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 was it an inside edge or bowled through the gate displaying languid elegance?
BeautifulGame Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 was it an inside edge or bowled through the gate displaying languid elegance? Latter .Missed straight ball completely attempting straight drive
Bigg Brother Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Pujara will eventually take place of Rohit.There is no doubt about that.. Maybe it was specially for this test Rohit was the choice keeping in mind the circumstances.
BeautifulGame Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Pujara will eventually take place of Rohit.There is no doubt about that.. Maybe it was specially for this test Rohit was the choice keeping in mind the circumstances. Only problem is whether that will cost us the test series against Srl or SA before Pujara gets back in the side And no it was not specific Rohit came in @ 3 for Sydney test and Pujara was dropped for Raina
YCCC Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Come on Dizz bring him back and get rid of your two useless countrymen who were only brought in for T20 which we're not going to win because our bowling in limited overs is beyond tripe. Bring back Che and walk the County Championship again!
Gollum Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Gutted for Pujara. Travesty to be replaced by Maggi that too at no 3. Pretty sure he won't be getting a chance for a couple of years at least,politics in team selection already in full flow. Hope he plays for Yorkshire.
vvvslaxman Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Gutted for Pujara. Travesty to be replaced by Maggi that too at no 3. Pretty sure he won't be getting a chance for a couple of years at least' date='politics in team selection already in full flow. Hope he plays for Yorkshire.[/quote'] yup. That guy is may be a non entity in other formats. So he is putting lot of effort in improving in the one format that he will play ala Vijay . Atleast M Vijay plays IPL. Pujara is not even playing there . We are doing a great disservice to this guy that too for a guy "who is dangerous when he is set"
div Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Interesting article From being talked up as the next Rahul Dravid, the rock at No. 3 in the Indian Test side, to being reduced to saying, “I am really flexible, I am comfortable at any number”, Cheteshwar Pujara has come a long way – in the wrong direction – over the past year and a half. Was a time when ‘Che’ could do no wrong. Dravid had passed on the baton, and Pujara was batting like a dream – big centuries flowing off his bat every other time he went out. Yes, they were all in India, scattered across Hyderabad and Ahmedabad and Mumbai, but then he got that 153 (second innings) in Johannesburg and the 70 in Durban. Then, things started drying up. There was nothing of note in New Zealand in February last year. The tour of England in the summer started promisingly, if not fluently, with 38, 55, 28 and 43, but just as talk of converting starts gathered momentum, the starts themselves vanished. They seemed to come back against the non-swinging ball in Australia, but by the final Test of that series, Rohit Sharma was in at No. 3, where he stayed in Bangladesh, while Pujara, the big Indian Test specialist, has been doing drinks duty. The thing is, runs alone do not explain Pujara’s worth – it’s the weathering of the storm, soaking in the punches, setting the platform, battling out the tough bits. True. But the runs must add up too. Back home from Australia, Pujara had time for just three Ranji Trophy games and tallied 208 runs with one century in five innings. Good. Not great. Mediocre by Pujara’s usually high standards if you consider the 94 runs he got in the non-century outings. It started poorly with Yorkshire after that as well, a duck against Worcestershire not ideal, before hits of 57, 23, 33, 18 and 133 not out improved his numbers. But, again, below Che-level. Now, it’s easy to like Pujara. He is humble and polite, non-flashy, Test-y (and not lured by the IPL lucre – not that his game works for the format), focussed (as evidenced by the decision to hit the county circuit this season during the IPL). He is the antithesis of the brash, beard-trimmer and hair-gel carrying, sledge-happy new-gen Indian cricketer. Off the field, and often on it, he is quite the next Dravid. It’s the sort of image that has endeared him to the presswallahs and fans – he is Aamir Khan to the Salman Khans, Alastair Cook to Kevin Pietersen, basically, the clean-cut guy. But, as it stands right now, his path to success is a matter of waiting for Rohit to fail. Just 27 Tests on, the honeymoon for Pujara is over. Despite a Test average still only just below 50 and a first-class average of 56.88 (yes, sure, those Rajkot pitches – didn’t Ravindra Jadeja get all those triples there too?). As for Rohit, bar the 6 in the only innings in Fatullah, he hasn’t exactly failed. He got 53 and 39 after being pushed to No. 3 in Pujara’s absence in Sydney and, from all indications over the past many seasons, Indian team managements – one after the other – like the guy. He isn’t likely to be shifted away from the spot in a hurry, not against Sri Lanka at the very least. Then comes the series against South Africa at home. That line-up that also includes Shikhar Dhawan, M Vijay, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, and Pujara must wait. Because Kohli, the new Test boss, likes playing with five bowlers. And though Wriddhiman Saha is no MS Dhoni with the bat, he is, probably, India’s best long-format wicketkeeper at the moment and will probably continue at No. 6 for the foreseeable future. Where did the dream go wrong then? A prominent national-level cricketer-turned-coach here in India told me once, when Pujara was going well actually, that despite all the hype around him and all the high numbers in his CV, Pujara wasn’t up for it at the top level on a sustained basis. It was an informal conversation, so it didn’t make for a story with a flashy ‘Pujara no good for the long haul, says Mr X’ headline. He had said that Pujara’s legs were weak – not in terms of strength, but in terms of how he wasn’t always well balanced when playing his strokes. “You’ll see how his front leg comes off the ground at times and how the back leg moves at the point of impact of bat on ball.” Not a technically sound man – my best stroke was a hoick in the general direction of cow corner – I asked him to show me what he meant by going over YouTube videos. He did. Most of these were highlights of Pujara knocks, and while Pujara’s legs, or feet, did exactly what Mr X warned me about, most of the strokes went for boundaries. What’s the problem then, I asked him. He will get it right often, Mr X explained, because he is used to scoring runs despite the problem. But every so often his balance will be off, and when the ball swings, he won’t be steady enough to get it right all the time. The assessment is worth a thought, not least because it came in the middle of Pujara’s purple patch. Talking him down was going against the flow at the time. The good thing, nay the great thing, about Pujara is that he has gone about trying to fix things earnestly. “I had a word with my father, who is coaching me, and I even had a word with Rahul (Dravid). So I found out what was wrong and worked upon it to get adjusted and played in those challenging conditions in Yorkshire,” he said before leaving for Bangladesh. The specific nature of the adjustment is unclear. But we do know that he is an excellent batsman and a most disciplined and determined man, who might yet have a long and fruitful Test and first-class career ahead of him. Now for the opportunity to come knocking again, and for Pujara to grab it and prove he has the legs in him to stay the course. http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-blog/heart-pujara-legs/168302
gakgupta Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 This guy is destined to be all time great for india.....Sad to see inconsistent guyz like rohit getting ahead of him esp in tests
vishalvirsingh Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 On indian tracks rohit is better than pujara and I wud agree to kohli"s decision. Indian tracks are low n at best turning tracks..I guess rohit is decent their n if he gets set he is deadly. but outside I would wanna consider kl rahul or pujara ahead of rohit.
gakgupta Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 On indian tracks rohit is better than pujara and I wud agree to kohli"s decision. Indian tracks are low n at best turning tracks..I guess rohit is decent their n if he gets set he is deadly. but outside I would wanna consider kl rahul or pujara ahead of rohit. thats not possible.....u cannot hand pick members depending on pitches, more so, in test matches.......it is going to dent the confidence of players
Shivaji bhonsle Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 This guy is destined to be all time great for india.....Sad to see inconsistent guyz like rohit getting ahead of him esp in tests Pujara is done and dusted. I have always maintained that his injuries on his knees have completely ruined his technique and quickness to move his feet. The above mentioned article confirms what I have been saying all along.
gakgupta Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Pujara is done and dusted. I have always maintained that his injuries on his knees have completely ruined his technique and quickness to move his feet. The above mentioned article confirms what I have been saying all along. LOL....Just read the article well....Mr X is not talking about the physical weakness....
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