Yes, it is the number of not outs that is helping him a lot. Here are the last 10 innings he played: 36, 14, 4*, 38*, 22, 16, 3, 60, 8*, 45*.
There are thus 4 unbeaten innings, and so his total runs will be divided by 6 innings, not 10. That's a huge boos in average.
Personally, I don't think putting him at #6 will do any good in the long run. If he can be replaced with an all-rounder pacer, who can bad moderately well, that will be better. Otherwise, he should be brought up to #5, which is Bashar. Bashar has been failing continuously, and I think it's about time that Bashar says goodbye to the Tigers.
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