#2 Murali Vijay

From being one of the most reliable openers to becoming one of the sacked cricketers, Murali Vijay has come across a drastic transition in his cricketing career over a span of just one year.
Despite being considered as one of the lynchpins in the batting order in overseas conditions, Murali Vijay has completely looked out of sorts and hasn't been able to capitalize on his batting strengths since 2018. Murali Vijay's biggest armor of leaving the balls outside the off-stump has completely faded away.
Murali Vijay accumulated just 49 runs from four innings at an average of 12.25 in the series against Australia. India also have quite a options at the top of the order in Tests with the likes of Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, and Shikhar Dhawan.
With neither form nor age on his side, Murali Vijay might have played his last Test match for India.
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