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How Lord's victory camouflaged the failure of top Indian batsmen

New Delhi:  The whole nation including Indian contingent was on the seventh sky when team India registered a historic win at Lord's after 28 years little realising they need to have their ears on the

India TV News Desk Updated on: August 12, 2014 8:09 IST



Pujara, who was seen as the next ‘wall' of team India, has not able to produce an innings of substance. The skipper Dhoni at the post match presentation said, "Consistently we are exposing Pujara in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th over and he might feel that he is better off opening the batting. Our openers haven't given us good enough start and that has put a lot of pressure on Pujara coming in at No 3, who has never felt settled."



Virat Kohli, who is supposed to have fitted in to great master Sachin Tendulkar's shoes, seems to have lost his silken touch and is struggling to spend time in the middle. Virat Kohli looks like he is all at sea against the swinging deliveries, particularly of James Anderson. Kohli has been dismissed pretty much the same way in the entire series, edging deliveries behind, either playing away from the body or going for a tame push. 
 

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