"Laxman walking out to open the innings in Karachi was not a great idea at all. Sehwag is a regular opener, averaging around 100 against the hosts. His absence gave the Pak bowlers a psychological advantage.
Though Laxman had opened the innings in the initial part of his career, he had always been reluctant to do so as he felt his style of batting was more effective in the middle order. The positions for the batsmen in Test matches assume high importance in the way they mentally prepare for the game. I have every reason to believe that the Rahul-Greg duo has gone too far in experimenting in the Test matches too."
Says Javagal Srinath in his column for Hindustan Times. Shows the lack of knowledge on his part. Doesn't it ? Sehwag was not allowed to open in that innings because he was off the field for some time during India's fielding and the rule says that a batsman has to come down the order if he goes out for taking rest during fielding.
Read the rest of his views if you want to !
Link below.
Dravid-Chappell experiments in Tests not working - India in Pakistan 2006: HTCricket.com:
Thursday, February 02, 2006
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