{"id":6137,"date":"2023-07-05T15:49:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T14:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/once-you-are-dropped-star-india-batter-on-tough-task-of-making-national-team-comeback\/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T15:49:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T14:49:13","slug":"once-you-are-dropped-star-india-batter-on-tough-task-of-making-national-team-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=6137","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Once You Are Dropped&#8230;&#8221;: Star India Batter On &#8216;Tough&#8217; Task Of Making National Team Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-03\/j9ugc448_rohit-sharma-hanuma-vihari-bcci_625x300_13_March_22.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b class=\"place_cont\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Middle-order batter <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/cricket\/players\/1684-hanuma-vihari-playerprofile\" title=\"Hanuma Vihari\">Hanuma Vihari<\/a> on Tuesday accepted that making a return to the Indian team is tough, and getting dropped at times could affect a player&#8217;s mindset. Vihari has been out of the Indian team since appearing against England at Birmingham in last July. &#8220;Once you are dropped or left aside from the Indian team, it is tough to make a comeback. It affects your mindset. I went through that last season,&#8221; said Vihari ahead of South Zone&#8217;s Duleep Trophy semifinal match against North Zone, starting in Bengaluru on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>However, hopes have not faded for him. Vihari drew inspiration from <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/cricket\/players\/965-ajinkya-rahane-playerprofile\" title=\"Ajinkya Rahane\">Ajinkya Rahane<\/a>, who recently made a comeback to the Indian side.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You will want to come back until you retire. Even though I&#8217;m 29, I still have it in me. You&#8217;ve seen Ajinkya Rahane make a comeback at 35,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel I still have a long way to go and have a lot to contribute to the Indian side, especially in Test cricket.&#8221; The Hyderabad-born batter said he will have to grind it out in the domestic season to force open the door of India team again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This season, I want to keep everything aside and focus on my batting and get better at my skills. Whenever I got a chance, I thought I did well. Maybe my best was not good enough for the Indian team. I&#8217;ll try to keep getting better,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vihari was candid enough to admit that making a return to the Indian side through the IPL would be tough for him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;IPL is something I don&#8217;t have an opportunity to make an impact on and I only have the domestic season. So, I have to grind it out in the domestic season,&#8221; said Vihari.<\/p>\n<p>But Vihari was strongly against branding him as a one format player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People have branded me as a Test player but it is unfair. If you see my IPL journey, I&#8217;ve done well when I was 19, 20. Although I&#8217;ve grown as a white-ball player, I haven&#8217;t got much opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is unfair to brand players, a quality player can play all three formats. Going forward I want to play all formats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"tgs\">\n<p>Topics mentioned in this article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/cricket\/once-you-are-dropped-star-india-batter-on-tough-task-of-making-national-team-comeback-4180308\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Middle-order batter Hanuma Vihari on Tuesday accepted that making a return to the Indian team is tough, and getting dropped at times could affect a player&#8217;s mindset. 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