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Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar opined that Bumrah & Co should make the batters play as much as they can by setting them up.
Gavaskar offers useful advice to Indian bowlers ahead of the second day of the pink ball Test
Mitchell Starc’s wizardry with the pink ball was on full display when Australia locked horns with India in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Adelaide. The left-arm quick struck first ball, trapping young Yashasvi Jaiswal in front and then removed set batter KL Rahul to break a gritty second-wicket partnership. Starc went on to prey on the likes of Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah and Nitish Reddy, returning 6 for 48 in 14.1 overs.
India, after managing 180 runs in the first innings, could pick just one wicket before the end of first day’s play. Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney will resume the Australian innings on Saturday at 86/1 while the hosts are still 94 runs behind.
The visitors will look to bounce back and fold the Australian innings as soon as possible. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar observed that the Indian bowlers hadn’t used the pink ball properly. Speaking to Star Sports, the batting legend opined that Bumrah & Co should make the batters play as much as they can by setting them up.
“They have to make the batters play as much as they can. And this is what happens when you make the batters play as much as you can. You can set them up by bowling a couple of deliveries outside and then get the ball to move back in, as it did to Nathan McSweeney in the Perth Test, or to Labuschagne in the Perth Test, like what Bumrah did. The Indian bowlers have not really used the pink ball as well as they should have,” Gavaskar observed.
Jasprit Bumrah was once again the best Indian bowler on show and picked up the only wicket to fall in Australia’s innings, having Usman Khawaja caught at first slip with a beauty. The Indian pace spearhead will need more support from fellow fast bowlers on Saturday.
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Adelaide, Australia
