Craig
World Traveller
Having a look at his record and after 25 Tests it is quite poor, but in ODIs he carves up, so why can't he translate his ODi form over to Test cricket, or in deed FC cricket where his average is quite low with 43.
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The Test match batting of Yuvraj Singh
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archie mac
International Coach
Quality of the pitches?
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Not necessarily, he failed on flat tracks in Australia where Harbhajan got runs. Goes fishing at balls he should leave alone.
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Weakness against quality spin. Goes fishing at balls he should be leaving.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
That's pretty much it.
Flat track, spinning track or seaming track, he still has the temperament in pressure situations, and he still has the shots, but when the ball is slightly outside off consistently, and he's not full of confidence (see tour to Australia), he'll struggle.
I still have faith he'll come along, but the problem is, there are really promising Indian FC batsmen being held out of the team because of him.
That being said, his knock in Chennai vs. England was excellent. The English (particularly Flintoff) really got stuck into him and bowled in the corridor outside off, and sledging him trying to get him to play at it. He didn't, he stuck there with Sachin, and India won a historic game.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
TBF this run in the Test side is his first shot at a consistent post. In the past he has always been replacing injuried players and even when he has done well he got dropped when the incumbent came back.
He record at six and seven is not that bad averages over 40. It is his record opening and at five where he has struggled. There not too many batsmen that can come into a Test side and bat at five and above, as West Indies keep finiding out with the million batsmen they try at four. Also we know what happens when you play a lower middle order batsmen as an opener.
He record at six and seven is not that bad averages over 40. It is his record opening and at five where he has struggled. There not too many batsmen that can come into a Test side and bat at five and above, as West Indies keep finiding out with the million batsmen they try at four. Also we know what happens when you play a lower middle order batsmen as an opener.
wfdu_ben91
International 12th Man
Poor technique - Comes undone against quality bowling.
archie mac
International Coach
The first Test was not flat, and then I thought he lost his confidence after being dismissed twice cheaply
Jakester1288
International Regular
Plays at balls he should leave, impatient at times, and doesn't really perform when he isn't full of confidence. Also not the best player of good spin bowling.
masterblaster
International Captain
Maybe it's a lack of patience as he doesn't really know how to construct a long test innings. He's pretty good at constructing ODI innings though. But I agree with a lot of the above posters, it's more of a mental thing and the fact that he's not really good against top quality spin bowling.
biased indian
International Coach
he has a weakness aganist good spinners and in test when they have people close in he struggle
but with little patiance i think he could be atleast a good test batsmen
but with little patiance i think he could be atleast a good test batsmen
Jakester1288
International Regular
Yeah, I read that on Cricinfo two or so months ago.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Yuvraj is under-rated against spin- he's done well against Muralitharan very often, Kaneria at his peak and Mendis lately. He's been lazy against less-fancied slow bowlers. I'd say he's the Andy Flower or Chris Cairns of India- he needs a big opposition to do well against. We may see him play his best innings when facing the best bowlers of any team, but tends to relax when he's facing one not too threatening.
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Weakness against top-quality spin? Top-quality spinners play ODIs too. He may or may not be weak against it but that doesn't answer the question.
I reckon it's because he's vulnerable early in his innings but in ODIs everyone gives him defensive fields and dibbly-dobblers to get his eye in.
I reckon it's because he's vulnerable early in his innings but in ODIs everyone gives him defensive fields and dibbly-dobblers to get his eye in.
wfdu_ben91
International 12th Man
I'd say his the Mark Waugh of India and will finish his career as an underacchiever.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Precisely.
There's also the fact that averaging in the mid 30s with a high SR on flat pitches is of much more use in ODIs than it is in Tests. His Test average is actually pretty similar to his ODI average at the moment; it's just a more acceptable figure in ODIs and his ability to really accelerate really adds to his ODI game, whereas it generally isn't that useful in Tests.