Shiv will leave the scene on his own accord and I noticed a different mindset from him.
He will be going out in a blaze of glory and his strike rate and his first ball six in the last test was indicative of this. Watch out for him against the Kiwis where there will no poking and blocking
[quote author=Kwami link=topic=85202.msg532592#msg532592 date=1384801346]
Shiv will leave the scene on his own accord and I noticed a different mindset from him.
He will be going out in a blaze of glory and his strike rate and his first ball six in the last test was indicative of this. Watch out for him against the Kiwis where there will no poking and blocking[/quote]
kwami:
* Excellent observation! Shiv's strike rate in the test series against India was an uncharacteristic 56.6%(he scored 133 runs in 235 balls)
* Shiv's career strike rate is only 43.07
* So clearly Shiv was in no mood to poke and block in India.
* Let's see if Shiv returns to his patented poke and block approach against New Zealand.
By the way, Shiv got out using the "no block" approach in his last innings----he hid his bat behind his pad and was given out LBW to Ashwin for 41---had he used poke and block---that nothing ball would not have trapped him LBW.
