Player Profile - Cricket Journey Of Indian Batsman Hanuma Vihari

Hanuma Vihari's rearguard action on Monday in Sydney with a torn hamstring may have put on hold his Test career -- he is likely to be ruled out of the fourth and final Test -- but it has certainly

Even if Vihari were to get fit over the next month, he would not have been included in the squad for the home Tests against England as India generally go in with five batsmen at home.

Of his 12 Tests, Vihari has played just one in India. But he is the one the team trusts overseas as they look to play six batsmen abroad especially in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries.

Importantly, Vihari does what is needed by the team.

Back in 2018, during the previous tour of Australia, when India were struggling to find an opening pair after failures in the first two Tests, Vihari was pushed to open. He played an innings similar to the one on Monday, making an 80-ball eight and seeing off the new ball from where Cheteshwar Pujara took on, and India won the Test.

This isn't the only style Vihari plays with as he showed in one innings in New Zealand in February last year. While his career strike rate is just over 42, he made a 70-ball 55 at a rate close to 80 in the Christchurch Test.