Yuvraj is Lara! Comparison beats imagination!!

No one can doubt the pedigree of Arvinda de Silva. He was a saint in disguise when batting and nothing seemed to affect him. That showed in his exceptional results. But you do feel that he went haywire as expert when comparing Yuvraj with Lara saying that ‘’I could not believe Yuvraj being left out of the test squad. The way he plays he is the Brian Lara of India.’’

In terms of elegance and timing, Yuvraj can be termed as good as Lara. When he is in flow, he simply reduces the bowlers to tears. But then cricket is also about consistency, and here he falls way too short.

After his 19 tests, Lara was averaging a massive 57 while Yuvraj has just 33 to boost of. Just five fifty-plus knocks (excluding the present innings) in his previous 19 Tests may have been the result of now-in now-out policy of selectors for Yuvraj, still it is way too short for any comparison with the West Indies great.

For more perspective on Yuvraj as Test Player, please see the link below. Carried Yesterday, it also talks about how Yuvraj has fared against other teams apart from Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

http://atulsondhi.blogspot.com/2007/12/do-not-get-too-carried-away-by-yuvrajs.html