To save his Test career, Hanuma Vihari might have to do more than just lurking in the shadows and showing the odd flashes of brilliance, writes Rohit Sankar.
Hanuma Vihari had an eventful Test debut in England two years ago. When on nought, Stuart Broad nipped one back into him and hit him on the pads. The England fielders went up in unison, but umpire Joel Wilson was unmoved. Had England reviewed the decision, Vihari would have walked back for a debut duck.
An over later, with Vihari still on zero, Broad had another one swinging back into the right-hander which pinged him on the pads. This time, the umpire raised his finger, and after a lot of deliberation with skipper Virat Kohli, Vihari reviewed the decision. Ball tracking showed that the ball would have gone well over the leg-stump, giving Vihari another life.