Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
This pitch has a lot of bounce, and we saw several short deliveries and bouncers, even from slower bowlers like Bangar and Ganapathy. RP Singh was largely ineffective, until he got a wicket, even with a bad decision. His next wicket was a yorker, on the toes, leg-before. The top order batsmen have failed in each first innings, but the all-rounders and tailenders have done well here. Except for Bangar, every all-rounder has done reasonably well here. Praveen Kumar played that explosive knock from nine and then took four top-order wickets. Jakati did well to take middle-order wickets, and was good on the field, and is yet to bat. Ganapathy, a frontline batsman, was average with the ball but enough to support the top seamers, and is staying steady here. The spinners, Chawla and Ashwin, got scores over 50 (Chawla missed a century because he ran out of partners) at a quick rate, but their bowling was ineffective here. Vinay Kumar took five wickets, and then hit some shots off Bangar and RP Singh, though at present, seems to be going for a big shot very often.