Xuhaib
International Coach
Atleast imo.
McGrath eventhough was a great bowler but I thought his stats were boosted 10-20% by modern batsmen aggresive approach and their indiscipline around their offstump i reckon if he would have played in 70's and 80's he would have averaged around the 25-26 mark instead of 21 that he ended up with. I feel the same thing can happen with Pujara but ofcourse in reverse as not many modern day bowlers are use to batsman who are so astute in ball leaving and judgement of their offstump hence the indiscipline creeps in as they look to lure the batsman in playing a flase stroke and loose their lines. I thought SA did not bowl badly but due to outstanding awareness by the 2 batsmen of their off stump they would loose patience and deliver an odd loose ball which to Kohli and Pujara credit they would make full use off it.
I think Pujara is talented enough to average 50 in test cricket as it is however with this skill off being able to know his defensive game so well he will be able to get on top off modern day fast bowlers who are not use to batsman with such defensive discipline and may even average 55 or 60+
McGrath eventhough was a great bowler but I thought his stats were boosted 10-20% by modern batsmen aggresive approach and their indiscipline around their offstump i reckon if he would have played in 70's and 80's he would have averaged around the 25-26 mark instead of 21 that he ended up with. I feel the same thing can happen with Pujara but ofcourse in reverse as not many modern day bowlers are use to batsman who are so astute in ball leaving and judgement of their offstump hence the indiscipline creeps in as they look to lure the batsman in playing a flase stroke and loose their lines. I thought SA did not bowl badly but due to outstanding awareness by the 2 batsmen of their off stump they would loose patience and deliver an odd loose ball which to Kohli and Pujara credit they would make full use off it.
I think Pujara is talented enough to average 50 in test cricket as it is however with this skill off being able to know his defensive game so well he will be able to get on top off modern day fast bowlers who are not use to batsman with such defensive discipline and may even average 55 or 60+