The new Bradman

[ViruTheBest]

Originally Posted by Kohli_fan

Tony Greig always says that “match fitness it what counts” I could not agree more in the case of Sehwag he is an immensely gifted cricketer with some of the best hand eye coordination the game has ever seen, if you can strike a ball like he can or be as safe in the slips like he is then who cares about how many push ups you can do? It becomes irrelevant once you have the ability to execute better than the rest.

Also we should not lose sight of exactly what Viru has achieved in Test Match Cricket, it is not as though he is some glorified slogger in the mould of say Luke Wright, Viru is one of only 4 men, Bradman included to make 2 Test triple hundreds and he was just a few runs away from making a 3rd.

Brilliant post.

[Spark]

it's like an echo chamber of pain in here, someone make it stop stop stop

[benchmark00]

Originally Posted by Spark

it's like an echo chamber of pain in here, someone make it stop stop stop

If only there was a moderator around...

[Spikey]

here i am! you're all banned. gtfo before i call the cops

[marc71178]

Originally Posted by Kohli_fan

The fact of the matter while you do need match fitness, if you have the talent of Viru with the fast hands and great ball striking ability then fitness is not really all that important at all.

So it's just coincidence that when his fitness has taken a turn for the worse, so have his performances then?

[Kohli_fan]

Originally Posted by marc71178

So it's just coincidence that when his fitness has taken a turn for the worse, so have his performances then?

The two are unrelated you do not make two 300's without being in decent shape in any case because both were made in very hot and testing conditions plus he is also having to run his partners singles.

[Viscount Tom]

And now he isn't in any sort of shape he's done sweet FA for a while. See the relation?

[Top_Cat]

Revolutionary concept; fitness changes over time. And, in Viru's case, his performances have changed with it.

[Burgey]

FMD how can anyone really suggest fitness doesn't have an effect on your batting?

Sehwag has been expanding exponentially for a year or two, and his returns have been contracting at the same rate.

[Jono]

Originally Posted by Burgey

FMD how can anyone really suggest fitness doesn't have an effect on your batting?

Sehwag has been expanding exponentially for a year or two, and his returns have been contracting at the same rate.

Speaking from experience here

[Pup Clarke]

Actually tbf Sehwag's hardly overweight by cricketing standards . I think it's more a 'I can't be bothered to throw myself around' when in the field to use an example, rather than he physically can't.

Fitness for batting is just a seriously underrated componnent imo.

[uvelocity]

It's a known fact that decision making is impaired when one's body is under physical stress. The better a player's body copes with running, heat, exhaustion and physical stress (ie the fitter a player) the better chance of better decision making too.

[benchmark00]

Originally Posted by uvelocity

It's a known fact that decision making is impaired when one's body is under physical stress. The better a player's body copes with running, heat, exhaustion and physical stress (ie the fitter a player) the better chance of better decision making too.

Look at ole Colonel No **** over here.

[robelinda]

Originally Posted by benchmark00

Look at ole Colonel No **** over here.

[uvelocity]