new delhi a few days back after their umpteenth failure cheteshwar pujara and ajinkya rahane were trending on social media with the hashtag being purane oldnow social media is a platform for outrage almost 24x7 and it is very easy to call the latest trend as the proverbial outside noise which the indian cricket team management does not like taking note ofbut after five failures in six completed knocks in south africa the two veterans surely seem to have played their last test for india for some timeread alsothe heat is on cheteshwar pujara and ajinkya rahane living on borrowed timegoing by what we have seen in the one and a half tests played so far in south africa is the writing on the wall then for two of indias old warhorses cheteshwar pujara and ajinkya rahane its no secret that the two are in a rut and finding it increasingly difficult to come out of it the bigform is temporary but class is permanent and its true for rahane and myself pujaracheteshwar pujara strongly believes in the old adage form is temporary but class is permanent and said it holds true for him and ajinkya rahane as their fluent halfcenturies kept india in the hunt for a win in the second testit will be a travesty if two among the trio of hanuma vihari shreyas iyer and shubman gill recovering from a shin injury dont make it to the playing eleven in the twotest series against sri lanka in februarymarchrahanes tally stands at 136 at an average of 2266 and pujara is even worse with only 124 at 2066 in all likelihood the statistics will be the final nail in the coffin when chetan sharma and his colleagues pick the squad for the next test series in indiasouth africas marco jansen left celebrates after the dismissal of indias cheteshwar pujara during day 1 of the third test at newlands stadium in cape town afp photomore than anyone else the duo knows that time indeed has run out for them never ever has the indian cricket establishment given such a long rope to two individuals like the one being given to rahane and pujarain the last two years they have failed consistently and found success not even sporadically whereas it should have been the other way roundit seemed that team management as well as selectors were bent on giving them every chance to succeed and they have been blowing those awayperhaps now stakeholders would think that its time vihari and iyer get half of those chances to fail one can vouch they wouldnt do much worse than what rahane and pujara have doneso what is the problem with pujara and rahane its a twofold issue of technical issues which have also been compounded by mental cobwebssouth africas kagiso rabada celebrates after taking the wicket of indias ajinkya rahane during day 3 of the third test at newlands stadium in cape town reuters photothe most abused word in indian cricket