Pujara was 16 off 100 balls and scored the remaining 34 of his runs off a fair clip in 74 balls after rahane got out recognizing the need for him to accelerate - perhaps vihari was following pujara's trajectory too much? Rahane could've begun to be more positive earlier, if pujara sees himself as the rock then the other partner needs to be more positive
Pujara was 16 off 100 balls and scored the remaining 34 of his runs off a fair clip in 74 balls after rahane got out recognizing the need for him to accelerate - perhaps vihari was following pujara's trajectory too much? Rahane could've begun to be more positive earlier, if pujara sees himself as the rock then the other partner needs to be more positive
I think thing he found the need to accelerate, he had faced 100 balls, he was set, he often gets quicker through an innings which is obviously a common thing. Rahane tried to be positive and went out.
The other comparison with 2018 was that our openers were shot and so pujara kept coming to stabilize the innings whereas in this instance the openers had set the platform of 70 and so now the number 3 and 4 should be being positive, pujara and rahane made 11 off 70 in that last session wanting to preserve their wickets and then the first session also it was very careful, even rohit one could say was tentative and thus got out to a soft push caught and bowled. In general the top 4 (apart from gill) are worried about not enough support below them so are being very careful first - it's probably fine on other pitches but on pitches that are deteriorating and getting up and down it's just going to get harder. Vihari made it worse, if someone like a pant was in at that point it might've been a different story. Pujara and vihari both at the crease it's like two pujara's
Pujara was 16 off 100 balls and scored the remaining 34 of his runs off a fair clip in 74 balls after rahane got out recognizing the need for him to accelerate - perhaps vihari was following pujara's trajectory too much? Rahane could've begun to be more positive earlier, if pujara sees himself as the rock then the other partner needs to be more positive
I think thing he found the need to accelerate, he had faced 100 balls, he was set, he often gets quicker through an innings which is obviously a common thing. Rahane tried to be positive and went out.
The other comparison with 2018 was that our openers were shot and so pujara kept coming to stabilize the innings whereas in this instance the openers had set the platform of 70 and so now the number 3 and 4 should be being positive, pujara and rahane made 11 off 70 in that last session wanting to preserve their wickets and then the first session also it was very careful, even rohit one could say was tentative and thus got out to a soft push caught and bowled. In general the top 4 (apart from gill) are worried about not enough support below them so are being very careful first - it's probably fine on other pitches but on pitches that are deteriorating and getting up and down it's just going to get harder. Vihari made it worse, if someone like a pant was in at that point it might've been a different story. Pujara and vihari both at the crease it's like two pujara's