Kholi, Pujara and Nohit

confuzzled dude wrote:In the match being played against SL President's XI, openers gave a solid foundation only to be squandered by Rohit & Kohli who got out cheaply. Luckily Rahane and Pujara were there to rescue, I think Pujara needs to score a big one to be considered; 40s, 50s won't cut.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:In the match being played against SL President's XI, openers gave a solid foundation only to be squandered by Rohit & Kohli who got out cheaply. Luckily Rahane and Pujara were there to rescue, I think Pujara needs to score a big one to be considered; 40s, 50s won't cut.

And, Nohit is not even scoring 40s and 50s and he can make the cut and unquestioned support from his Captain?

I dont like Kholi. Period.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

...Nohit out for 26....and

Pujara 55 not out at lunch

confuzzled dude wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

...Nohit out for 26....and

Pujara 55 not out at lunch

and he is unbeaten on 135. Good comeback.

confuzzled dude wrote:Wow! 15 wickets tumbled. Kohli & Rohit in the middle to rescue India; It is their chance to show their mettle.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:Wow! 15 wickets tumbled. Kohli & Rohit in the middle to rescue India; It is their chance to show their mettle.

or at least Ashwin and Ojha (and VarunA BhagAwan) can prove and save India...

When he passed 50 in this innings, Sanjay Manjrekar asked Sunil Gavaskar on commentary if Pujara had done enough to regain his place in the team or whether he needed to clinch it with a hundred. Gavaskar's elaborately considered opinion was that in the current set-up, Pujara needed a 150 to be in serious contention. A century and a half? What team of titans was this? And what bastion of Bradmans was Pujara trying to breach?

Rohit is older than Pujara by a year, but to hear his admirers in the cricket establishment talk, he is a volcano of virginal talent about to erupt. After two hundreds against West Indies on debut, he has done little or nothing. If you compare his record to Pujara's since they last scored a hundred each, Rohit averages a little over 25 and Pujara just over 26. Yet it was Pujara, with much the better career record (Rohit averages 37 in 14 Tests), and unarguably the better Test match temperament, who was left out of the last Test in Australia, the Test against Bangladesh, and the first two Tests of this Sri Lanka series. Pujara has had to smuggle himself into the team by the back door by playing in the unaccustomed position of an opening batsman.

Meanwhile Rohit has had a free run in the middle order. He was played at No. 3 (Pujara's preferred place, where he has played nearly all his Test cricket) till the first Test in Galle, and when he failed there, Rahane was kicked upstairs so that Rohit could find a more sheltered billet at No. 5. When Pujara was grinding through his massive innings at the SSC in Colombo, the commentary team, made up of Manjrekar, Gavaskar and Aakash Chopra, came to the curious conclusion that Rohit was tailor-made for the No. 5 spot because he could "express" himself and play with the tail. Suddenly it was as if Rohit had some natural lien on the lower berth, while Pujara would have to duke it out for a top-order place with the likes of Rahul and Rahane, or even one of the settled openers.

We've been here before. There was a time when VVS Laxman was overlooked in favour of Yuvraj Singh, who was inferior to him by every measure known to Test match batsmanship. Yuvraj didn't like fast bowling and showboated when he should have knuckled down. But he periodically edged Laxman out because his patrons would talk up his attacking gifts or, all else failing, his ability to bowl left-arm slows. And the reason why these arguments carried the day was because Yuvraj, like Rohit, had an advantage that Laxman (later in his career) and Pujara can't match: a place in the ODI squad.

confuzzled dude wrote:

When he passed 50 in this innings, Sanjay Manjrekar asked Sunil Gavaskar on commentary if Pujara had done enough to regain his place in the team or whether he needed to clinch it with a hundred. Gavaskar's elaborately considered opinion was that in the current set-up, Pujara needed a 150 to be in serious contention. A century and a half? What team of titans was this? And what bastion of Bradmans was Pujara trying to breach?

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/915851.html

i was just going to post this. The bombay arrogance of the 70s is back...