Saturday, January 23, 2010

Testing the Patience in Tests


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It had been a while since I posted my last post in my blog…. Here I come with a new one… My favourite one….About my favoutite one….

PUNJAB KING - T20 sey TEST thak…!!

He made his debut for team India in the year 2000 against Kenyans. Since then he has cemented his place in ODI…But its not the same case in ALL WHITE FORMAT….Yes,I Meant “Yuvraj Singh ”….. One Having came into the longer format in the year 2003,he couldn’t find a regular place in the playing XI because of FAB FOUR group of batsmen (Dravid,Tendulkar,Ganguly,Laxman)… He has performed well in T20’s and ODI’ s …..but not in tests…

At present,he is finding a place in the Playing XI- thanks to DADA’s retirement…. But does he deserves a place in the team? India’s known for its bench strenth in the “Reign of red cork”….. The squad has names that sounds healthy….but when it comes to performance,they lack consistency unlike FAB FOUR group of batsmen…... One among them is YUVI…..He has scored oly 1582 in 50 innings with a weak average of 35.95… He has scored only 3 tons with a best score of 169(The magical knock alongside DADA ,that rescuded the match for INDIA against their art rivals PAKISTHAN)… He was included in the squad that went to Australia in 07-08….He was made to bite dust by LEE and Co scoring just 19 runs in 4 outings….His poor run didn’t end there….Rather it started from there…. Till date, in his last 14 matches ,he has scored only 784 runs still at average of 35…

19 and 13 ,v West Indies @ Kingston ,30 Jun 2006
169 and 2 ,v Pakistan @ Bangalore ,8 Dec 2007
0 and 5 , v Australia, @ Melbourne ,26 Dec 2007
12 and 0 v Australia, @ Sydney, 2 Jan 2008
32 and DNB ,v South Africa, @ Kanpur ,11 Apr 2008
14 and 85* , v England ,@ Chennai ,1 1 Dec 2008
27 and 86 , v England ,@ Mohali ,19 Dec 2008
22 and DNB ,v New Zealand ,@ Hamilton ,18 Mar 2009
0 and 54* ,v New Zealand,@Napier 26, Mar 2009
9 and 40 ,v New Zealand ,@ Wellington ,3 Apr 2009
68 and DNB ,v Sri Lanka ,@ Ahmedabad ,16 Nov 2009
67 ,v Sri Lanka ,@ Kanpur ,24 Nov 2009
23 , v Sri Lanka .@ Mumbai (BS) ,2 Dec 2009
12 and 25 ,v Bangladesh ,@ Chittagong ,17 Jan 2010


His results doesn’t reflect his talent…. For a middle order batsman, average of 35 is very very less…. He has to perform to cement his position… Former Tamilnadu Ranji Captain BADRINATH is one among the competetor to find a place in playing XI along with MURALI VIJAY….Badrinath has showed now and then by scoring tons and double tons in Ranji matches..He has an average of 58.63 runs per innings….. but still, he has to make his debut…. He deserves a national cap a longer format…He is considered one among them who had spent his most of the early days for playing domestic cricket inspite of having talent….

A place in the PLAYING XI should be DESERVED…. Rather not RESERVED for someone….

YUVRAJ should perform in upcoming tests against BAN and SA….Else he should be perished…..Hoping a ton or double ton from his reebok bat…!!