Shiv will not change his approach to batting in tests----his scoring rate after 139 tests is 42.61; Dravid's scoring rate after 164 tests was 42.51---nearly the same scoring rates for Shiv and Dravid.Babulall wrote: This is why he should NOT chase that elusive 50 overall average.
Check this out:
shiv's statsIf instead of scoring at 42.61 runs per hundred ball faced---Shiv had scored 1 more run per hundred ball faced----that's a 43.61 scoring rate----he would have scored 10150 runs by now instead of 9918---and his average would have been 51.00 instead of 49.83
Projecting Shiv's test stats
Assuming Shiv continues to produce as he has over the past 5 years---and this is very likely---this is what Shiv's stats will look like:
Go and compare those projected Shiv stats to the great Brian Lara.Tests: 177
Innings: 301
Not Outs: 54
Runs: 13100
Average: 53.03
Hundreds: 36
Fifties: 74