{"id":167993,"date":"2025-06-08T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167993\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T16:14:11","slug":"nathan-lyon-not-good-rohit-sharmas-blunt-take-as-he-reveals-frustration-with-pujaras-slow-batting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167993\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Nathan Lyon not good&#8221;: Rohit Sharma&#8217;s blunt take as he reveals frustration with Pujara&#8217;s slow batting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than two years after a defining moment in India\u2019s 2023 Test against Australia, <a href=\"https:\/\/crictoday.com\/cricket\/series\/rohit-sharma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> finally spoke about the incident that had stirred a lot of discussion. Cameras captured the Indian captain visibly agitated in the dressing room, appearing frustrated by the slow progress of <a href=\"https:\/\/crictoday.com\/cricket\/series\/cheteshwar-pujara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheteshwar Pujara<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/crictoday.com\/cricket\/series\/axar-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Axar Patel<\/a>\u2019s partnership. Rohit was seen giving Ishan Kishan instructions, who delivered a message to the batters during a break.<\/p>\n<p>What followed took everyone by surprise. Pujara hit Lyon for a six.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to upset Nathan Lyon\u2019s rhythm and score quick runs. At one point, we even thought about declaring, but we realized about the need to carry on. Nathan Lyon opines kept the mid-on up, and I thought to myself, \u2018He\u2019s not quite good enough to have mid-on up.\u2019 While the pitch was spinning, we needed to accelerate,\u201d Rohit Sharma said. <\/p>\n<p>At the launch event of The Diary of a Cricketer\u2019s Wife, written by Pujara\u2019s wife Puja, Rohit shared the story. He acknowledged that batters tend to ignore messages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to deliver a message, but what really matters is how the batters respond. When someone walks out with a message, the batters know exactly what it\u2019s about,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The match was a low-affair, with Australia registering a win by 9 wickets. Pujara top-scored for India with a patient 59 off 142 balls, helping set Australia a modest target of 76 runs. Earlier, India were bowled out for 109 in their first innings, while Australia managed 197 runs.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/crictoday.com\/author\/suriya\/\" rel=\"author noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" alt=\"V M Suriya Narayanan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-DSC_0047-copy-80x80.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tV M Suriya Narayanan is a passionate cricket writer who has been following the game since 2007. With a background in Civil Engineering (B.E.), he blends analytical thinking with a deep understanding of&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/crictoday.com\/author\/suriya\/\" rel=\"author noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by V.M.Suriya Narayanan\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than two years after a defining moment in India\u2019s 2023 Test against Australia, Rohit Sharma finally spoke&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[32443,1406,70215,16384,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-167993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cheteshwar-pujara","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-nathan-lyon","11":"tag-rohit-sharma","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114648636873494455","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}