Vivaan Negi
Innings

One innings, up close.

Every innings gets the same treatment: the score, where the runs came from, the balls that went nowhere — and two honest lines from him afterwards. The numbers are real; more innings will follow.

Innings · school U-14 · the one he started writing down
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56(44)strike rate 127 · wicketkeeper · opened

A good score that didn’t feel like one. Too many of his 44 balls were dots, and against this attack the rate never caught up. So we began a habit: after every innings, two honest lines.

where the runs came from — cut and pull, square of the wicket
44 balls — 18 dots, 26 scored
41%balls left as dots
127strike rate
Vivaan’s reflection — in his words

What went well

Decent batting, quality wicket-keeping, and a good left-side diving catch.

What to work on

Top-hand dominance, and too much bottom hand on straight-bat shots. Too many dot balls.

Father’s noteThe score wasn’t the story. The eighteen dots were.
The innings, in sequence

He didn’t score more. He started scoring differently.

The runs were always coming. What changed over the last year is the tempo — long, careful occupation gave way to control. Same boy, batting like a different one.

7358 (79)10096 (96)9593 (98)12756 (44)13287 (66)149103 (69)137107 (78)
Red figures are strike rate — it climbs from 73 to 149 across these 7.occupationtempo
58(79)
Survival. Occupying the crease.
strike rate 73
occupation
96(96)
So close. Learning to convert.
strike rate 100
occupation
93(98)
Another one stranded in the nineties.
strike rate 95
occupation
56(44)
The one he started writing down.
strike rate 127
87(66)
Tempo, not just runs.
strike rate 132
tempo
103(69)
Control — he made the chase look easy.
strike rate 149
tempo
107(78)
First century since the injury.
strike rate 137
century