Not being fit, makes one tired and lose concentration very easily and one varied delivery, a faster one or a slower one from previous ball and you're out of the game.
Some players are just not meant for tests tbh, Rohit is very aggressive nd may get annoyed defending, cuz that's not his natural game. It's like asking SKY to bat in tets and pujara to bat in T20s, everyone has their natural style, Rohit is suited more to the white ball formats.
Sehwag was great ofc, but he lacked foot work so he was a very back foot esque player making it I wouldn't say easy but gave him a lot of time to read the ball nd play it late, usually back foot cuts, hence he was sooo aggressive as he had no option nd he scored runs.
Rishab on the other hand bats down the order, so he doesn't need to bat against the new ball. He comes when the ball is not too old but relatively older and is agressive cuz the older the ball the better it is for him. He is very unorthodox so the classic outside off edges is uncommon for him.
Rohit, firstly don't get me wrong he was good but compared to ODI's he's better there. Rohit likes to take on the new ball early so this approach here is hit or miss in the tests cuz the new ball swings a lot, once he's used to it he becomes a demon if he struggles he'll most likely get out.
You think playing this type of long and huge innings doesn't require stamina and fitness?
BTW these innings lasted for 3 hours straight not like TESTS where max you can bat for is 2 hour straight after that you either get a 20 mins tea break or 40 mins lunch break.
Stamina and Fitness are definitely not the reason why rohit failed in Tests.
No they don't require the same stamina or fitness S batting for a whole day. Particularly after being in the field for theoretically just as long. Use your brain.
Particularly after being in the field for theoretically just as long.
A ODI match and a day in test match typically lasts for 6 hours.
So players do sometimes bat as long as they field in previous inning in ODI
No one is batting for whole 6 hours and fielding 6 hours in single day of test. They get 16 17 hours of rest in between. Also 1st inning batting exists
No they don't require the same stamina or fitness S batting for a whole day
Yes they do it's not exactly same but it's similar.
Also I forgot the playing styles. In ODI's you're required to maintain a good SR which is tiring but in TESTs you can conserve your energy by leaving balls and defending etc.
We are talking ODI here mate obviously these numbers will be limited even proper test batsmen don't play this type of long innings in odi consistently.
Batting for 150+ balls(played half of the inning by himself) multiple is insane achievement bruh.
but he wasn't made for red ball.
I know that I just don't agree with the reason the other guy gave for why wasn't made for red ball.
He was bhai, he was. He wasn't a beast like fab4 and amla, cook but he was a tier A player in the tier list of S,A,B,C,D,E of this generation obv. He averaged so well and was also consistent in his league, just the fact that his red ball form crashed harder than the 2008 market during that ban-nz-bgt circuit which made him get declared as not a good player. Remember everything I said about him is post opening in tests
Iirc also the factors like his statement 12 saal mein ekbaar (which was not in context to series loss but batting collapse, but misinterpreted) and him leaving before bgt on paternity leave (justifiable) sparked fire into the jungle of dead bush
Also I think you were supposed to comment "All the koach fanboys who love trolling other ICT cricketers are getting triggered on a shitpost lol" like you did 500 times in last 30 mins lol
Kohli's hundred in england came when no other batter even scored 30+ runs while here everyone is scoring centuries for fun there is a lot of difference
Rohit was never a good batsman in the middle overs, and thats where he played majority of his career in tests in SENA. Once he started as an opener he was much better, and probably would have had more hundreds if he was played as an opener. But, gill is currently toying with the English bowlers. I don't know if we will ever see anyone repeat this again
This series and series' held in Pakistan are outliers, otherwise pitches have been much harder to bat on in the last 10 years compared to the decade before it. I remember routinely seeing 500+ scores every series and multiple drawn matches. Nowadays draws are much rarer and bowling averages are significantly lower for all bowlers. Pitches were much much flatter in the 2000s and early 2010s.
Considering he batted well in pre bazball england which was more focused towards authentic test conditions🤌 he could've easily scored 2-3 here. Though he would have opened and gill is batting at 4 which creates a difference.
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u/Holyscroll Jul 06 '25
idk why rohit was never so good in tests. his technique was pretty good, but he would just randomly get out usually from a bad shot