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Mike Hussey Points Out The Strength Of The Indian Team
By CricShots - Aug 2, 2018 7:33 pm
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The Indian Test specialist batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has not been able to get his form back, especially in the overseas conditions like South Africa, Australia, and England. He recently had his share of long struggles in dealing with the English conditions during his County stint with Yorkshire, in which Pujara failed miserably averaging just 14.33 in 12 innings.

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Cheteshwar Pujara

Pujara also had a poor outing in the three-day practice game against Essex, which probably led to his exclusion from the playing XI for the first Test against England in Birmingham. However, former Australian cricketer Mike Hussey reckons that the decision to drop Pujara depicts the real character of this Indian team.

Hussey feels that the Indian team took a big call while excluding a skilled and potent batter in Pujara for the opening encounter at Edgbaston. At the same time, he also mentioned that the decision shows a good sign of strength for this Indian team. Even in the absence of Cheteshwar, the Indian batting line-up looks to be a pretty solid and formidable unit.

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During a KPL unit in Bengaluru, Mike said, “The dropping of Pujara from the squad for the first Test (against England) is a really good sign of strength for India. It suggests India is a good side with a strong batting line-up.”

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Pujara is out of form

Indian batsman KL Rahul has been in sensational form ever since the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 and carried over his touch the limited-overs leg of England tour. He smashed an amazing century in the first T20I match after which he scored a half-century in the first innings of the practice match against Essex followed by an unbeaten knock in the second innings.

The former Australian batsman also noted that sometimes the team management needs to go ahead with the batsman who is in a better form. Hussey added, “Both Pujara and Rahul are good batsmen, but sometimes a team goes for a batsman who is playing batting better than the other at a given point of time.”