Team India’s Assistant Coach Ryan ten Doeschate believes that India can get back into the game in Adelaide on the second day ‘with a few tweaks’. However, India had a disappointing opening day in the Day-Night Test match as Australia went into stumps trailing by only 94 runs with nine wickets in hand, after restricting India to 180.While India had disappointed with the bowl in the final session under the lights, Ryan ten Doeschate feels that things can change on the second day as well.
“I know that the scores look like there is a big gap between the two teams but we still feel we are in the game and with a few tweaks tomorrow, we can get back in the game,” he said. “We’re so chuffed with him. I think getting us to 150 in that first game was amazing. Just the way he went about his work. He is obviously playing his first pink-ball game. There’s a little bit of work to do. He’s very raw… He’s done everything a young player could do in a very short space of time and we think he’s got a very high ceiling.”
“I guess going into the last Test, we wanted to strengthen the batting and given what we saw of Nitish in the first Test, we kind of thought we could go with what we perceived to be the guys bowling the best spin at the moment, and we feel Ash (Ashwin) is more likely to get wickets on these conditions,” he said on Ashwin replacing Washington Sundar in the XI,” he stated.
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Meanwhile, Australia speedster Mitchell Starc was happy with the way Nathan McSweeney and Marnus Labuschagne performed in the final session as well. Both batters came into this Test match under a bit of pressure but they did well and managed to blunt the Indian attack to add 62 off 133 deliveries by stumps as well.
“It’s a good way to finish the day,” Starc said. “A good day all out. But inarguably, the hardest time to bat is that third session with the brand new pink ball. So, to finish the day one down, particularly from Marn and McSweeney, to fight through sustained pressure from a quality bowling attack and to come out the other end. We have a chance to go on tomorrow, it was fantastic from them. Obviously, a fair bit of outside noise. Very pleased for them.”
“He (Jaiswal) had a good Test match last week. So, yeah, nice to get him early. And then we’ll have to work on him in the second innings,” Starc said. “That’s been my role for a while: to attack the stumps and try and make early inroads. Pleased to sneak one past today. We know how important it is to make early inroads into this batting lineup. It’s always a nice way to start. It is a big Test match, it’s a big series.”
