Yesterday, we witnessed a superb century at Lord's by Ajinkya Rahane. It was a high quality innings given that it was on a first day greentop. The ball was swinging and seaming all over the place. Rahane always had the technique and the temperament to succeed at test level which he showed in South Africa and New Zealand earlier this year.
He never got proper chances earlier even when India lost 8 tests in a row overseas. He was in the squad for Australia where India lost all 4 tests and suffered one batting collapse after another but Dhone never gave Rahane a look in. Sehwag and Gambhir kept being persisted despite disastrous performances. Laxman was failing regularly too. That is the problem with Indian Cricket. The icons of the game hardly get dropped even though they go through long bad patches. Sehwag should never have got so many chances.
Even Sachin was way past his peak and played purely on reputaion for the last 2 years of his career.
At that time every one said once the Sachin's, Dravid's, Sehwag's, Laxman's are gone, what will happen. But India was losing every game anyway, why were the youngsters not given a chance. I am sure had Pujara, Rahane got a chance they would have done better that the fading stalwarts and also gained useful experience of batting in Australia and England.
Pujara & Rahane are classical Test Batsmen. It is a joy to watch them in tests.
Another great find for India is Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. He is emerging as a genuine all-rounder. I think this English tour will be a watershed in his career. It is early days, but I will stick my neck out and make a prediction. He might become the next great all-rounder for India after Kapil Dev.
This Test is looking really interested. Alistair Cook has again failed just now and the pressure on him mounts further.
He never got proper chances earlier even when India lost 8 tests in a row overseas. He was in the squad for Australia where India lost all 4 tests and suffered one batting collapse after another but Dhone never gave Rahane a look in. Sehwag and Gambhir kept being persisted despite disastrous performances. Laxman was failing regularly too. That is the problem with Indian Cricket. The icons of the game hardly get dropped even though they go through long bad patches. Sehwag should never have got so many chances.
Even Sachin was way past his peak and played purely on reputaion for the last 2 years of his career.
At that time every one said once the Sachin's, Dravid's, Sehwag's, Laxman's are gone, what will happen. But India was losing every game anyway, why were the youngsters not given a chance. I am sure had Pujara, Rahane got a chance they would have done better that the fading stalwarts and also gained useful experience of batting in Australia and England.
Pujara & Rahane are classical Test Batsmen. It is a joy to watch them in tests.
Another great find for India is Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. He is emerging as a genuine all-rounder. I think this English tour will be a watershed in his career. It is early days, but I will stick my neck out and make a prediction. He might become the next great all-rounder for India after Kapil Dev.
This Test is looking really interested. Alistair Cook has again failed just now and the pressure on him mounts further.
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