Ashwin should be kept instead of Hanuma Vihari

There is no denying that Hanuma Vihari is not a useful player, his sense of duty, patriotism and morale were evident in gifting us with a huge draw in the Sydney Test, which is why India won the series in Australia, but he was not used properly by the Indian team management.

It does him no good to be a gap-filler without giving him a down, at 3rd in difficult situations and dropping him at 3rd when the starters are weak. Instead, it would be wise to give him a permanent down and give him a series of opportunities to see if he can reach that high level.

The tendency to insert Hanuma Vihari anywhere like the shoe man in the poem Jnanakkoothan is not right. His technique is also not right in batting. Yesterday at Edgbaston he got out as an LP when the ball went down as he got in front of Pats ball and stood in the crease for a ball that the forward defense should have played. 20 runs only!

Now our question is if we ask if he is a specialist batsman they say he can throw some off spin and his test average is not bad at 35. He has scored a century and 5 fifties in 15 Tests. That’s no problem. But people like Vihari lacked consistency and lacked a reliable strategy.

But Ashwin has scored 5 centuries in Test matches. In addition, Ashwin will definitely take the 20 runs scored by Hanuma Vihari, and to say the least, we have seen that his tackling technique is not that bad if he is dropped a little bit ahead, so we can hope that he can go to England conditions for a half-century.

In addition, if Ashwin is a world class bowler in this Edgbaston test, we can guess what the strength of the team will be, England’s aggressive approach and Ashwin’s bowling will not be able to be beaten easily, or if Ashwin is attacked, he will definitely take wickets. England are likely to penetrate the batting order too.

So no more Ashwin Jadeja debate in Tests as Jadeja has proved that he can’t be sat anymore, instead we should think about using Ashwin in that position, even if he is a foreigner, until a better 3rd position batsman is available.

Ashwin will be the man to check England’s aggression if we go for 375 at Edgbaston, so if we avoid the tendency to sit Ashwin, Ashwin should have played in this Edgbaston Test. That’s what Shane Watson says, and many others say.

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