Laxman’s tactics to expose tailenders to Murali and Malinga is atmost baffling. What is he trying to achieve? He has never learnt to master the skills to bat with the tail enders, something which Dravid, Tendulkar and Steve Waugh have / had.
He is not playing fast, neither is he defensive. He is just taking single off 2nd or 3rd ball or 1st ball of the over to leave Murali have a go at 800 and Malinga to wipe out the tail. The lunch is just around the corner and the weather who knows can turn bad.
Hang in there dude. For me that’s the difference why Laxman is not counted in the greater bats of his generation despite having had a tremendous rearguard acts in his career. He does not have the ability to shape up the tail in crunch match saving situations like this one. Remember he even got out on 66 odd runs in the epic Chennai Test of 2001 vs Australia and then Sameer Dighe and Harbhajan Singh had to do the winning task.
Cmon Laxman, you gotta save the Test yourself. Own up the responsibility.
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