Where did this brilliant batsman suddenly disappear from India's Test team? used to be called second Dravid

In the Indian cricket team, a cricketer was considered to be his biggest wall, which was not easy for the opposing team to break, but during the era of coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma, the test career of a cricketer was considered to be the biggest wall. Almost finished. Earlier, even during the time of former coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma, this player had stopped getting opportunities in the Test team. Now this player's Test career is on the verge of ending.

Fans had faith in Team India's wall

This batsman was considered the most reliable batsman of Team India and whenever this batsman came to the crease, he did not allow any loss to the Indian team. In the Indian Test team, this player sometimes played as an opener and sometimes at number 6 and also used to bowl off-spin for Team India in difficult times. When Rahul Dravid was the coach, the player's chances reduced and then the player was completely dropped from the Test team.

This player's career ended under Rohit's captaincy!

After T20 World Cup 2021, when Rahul Dravid took charge of Team India as the head coach, he took a big decision and included explosive batsman Shreyas Iyer in the Indian Test team. Fortunately, this decision of Rahul Dravid proved to be absolutely right. While Shreyas Iyer started getting consistent opportunities at number 6 in the Indian Test team, Hanuma Vihari gradually stopped getting opportunities. Hanuma Vihari's place in the Indian Test team could not be confirmed and the number 6 batting position in the Test team was occupied by Shreyas Iyer. However, now Shreyas Iyer has also been dropped from the Test team. There is a tremendous competition going on for the sixth position batting position in the Indian Test team these days. Batsmen like Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan are trying to cement their place in the Test team. Now there is no place for Hanuma Vihari in the Indian Test team. Hanuma Vihari has lost his place in the test team.

This batsman was considered the most reliable

Hanuma Vihari was considered the biggest wall of the Indian Test team, which was not easy for the opposition team to break. Even after getting injured in the Sydney Test against Australia in January 2021, Hanuma Vihari made the Australian bowlers sweat. Kangaroo were on the verge of winning the match in the Sydney Test, but Hanuma Vihari, like Angad, stood like a wall with his feet on the crease. In the Sydney Test, Hanuma Vihari drew the match by playing an unbeaten inning of 23 runs in 161 balls. The draw of this test match has opened the door for India to win the test series against Australia in the year 2020-21.

This great sacrifice was forgotten

After this, India achieved the miracle of winning the Test series in Australia for the second consecutive time by winning the Brisbane Test. Hanuma Vihari's contribution to Team India's series win has been largely forgotten. Hanuma Vihari said in an interview given on a website that even after taking pain-killing injections, he kept batting for the country with a bandage on his leg. Hanuma Vihari said, 'I had to stand up for my team. I had decided that I had to bat for about three hours at any cost.

place left from test team

31 year old Hanuma Vihari has scored 839 runs in 16 test matches at an average of 33.56. Hanuma Vihari has scored one century and 5 half-centuries in Test cricket for India. Hanuma Vihari has also taken five wickets in Test cricket. Hanuma Vihari is an all-rounder and also bowls off-spin for Team India when needed. Hanuma Vihari played his last Test match for India in July 2022 against England in Birmingham. Against England in Birmingham, Hanuma Vihari could score only 20 runs in the first innings and only 11 runs in the second innings. By the way, Hanuma Vihari plays first class cricket, in which his statistics are amazing. Hanuma Vihari has scored 9325 runs in 124 first-class matches at an average of 51.80. Hanuma Vihari has scored 24 centuries and 49 half-centuries during this period. Hanuma Vihari's best score in first-class cricket is 302 not out.