Reflecting on the contrasting outcomes of the one day and test series in England, the Indian skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has announced that he will institute a policy of mandatory 50 over declarations in both innings of a test match when playing overseas.
He said he came up with this radical conclusion after realizing that Indian batsmen do much better when they can bat for a set period of time and then move on to other things. In addition, a 50 over inning produces a score near 300 more often than not, and he tapped the cricket data monopolist, CricInfo and got confirmation that the Indian team barely makes it past 200 in most innings they play abroad.
"If nothing else," he continued, "this is a great way to boost our batting averages. I bet if I had told Virat that I will declare after 50 overs, he would have produced more runs in a single inning than what he eventually mustered over the entire series"
"In addition, when we make about 600 runs in a test, the chances of losing the game inside 3 days is almost statistically impossible. So even if we lose, at least we can avoid the 3 day humiliations"
Asked whether he has discussed this idea with the BCCI, he asked "BCCI who?"
He said he came up with this radical conclusion after realizing that Indian batsmen do much better when they can bat for a set period of time and then move on to other things. In addition, a 50 over inning produces a score near 300 more often than not, and he tapped the cricket data monopolist, CricInfo and got confirmation that the Indian team barely makes it past 200 in most innings they play abroad.
"If nothing else," he continued, "this is a great way to boost our batting averages. I bet if I had told Virat that I will declare after 50 overs, he would have produced more runs in a single inning than what he eventually mustered over the entire series"
"In addition, when we make about 600 runs in a test, the chances of losing the game inside 3 days is almost statistically impossible. So even if we lose, at least we can avoid the 3 day humiliations"
Asked whether he has discussed this idea with the BCCI, he asked "BCCI who?"
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