In awe of India’s in-form bowling attack, England’s swashbuckling batsman Dawid Malan on Tuesday said the “well-led” Indian team has enough firepower in their playing XI to win games in all conditions. The two teams will be locking horns with each other in the third Test starting in Leeds on Wednesday with India leading 1-0 in the five-match series.
On the eve of the Headingley Test, during the press conference, Dawid Malan said, “I think India are very well led; I think Virat Kohli, the way he goes about his business, he is very infectious and you know he drags a lot of people with him. They have also got a lot of depth not only in their batting but in their bowling as well, they have got bowlers who can win Test cricket in all conditions…they just have a lot of depth and they are fantastic competitors.”
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Dawid Malan played his last Test at Birmingham against India in August 2018. The hosts are down 0-1 after losing the second Test at Lord’s by 151 runs, with the Indian pacers led by Mohammed Siraj wreaking havoc. England skipper Joe Root on Monday had said that the addition of Malan will be a huge boost to their top-order and hopefully it will result in a good outcome, in the third Test.
Dawid Malan has played 15 Test matches so far in which he had amassed 724 runs after making his debut against South Africa in 2017.
Asked specifically whether he has a different approach and the challenges he has faced while batting at number three Dawid Malan said, “It is actually not something that I have done a lot in my career in red-ball cricket, I might have done it 25 or 30 times. I try and play the same way, however, I play.”
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He further elaborated, “If they bowl me 30 good balls and I manage to survive those 30 good balls then hopefully in the next 30 you get some bad balls…I just walk and play the same way as I would be batting at four, where I have batted the majority of my career and hopefully what I have is good enough to succeed,” he signed off.
