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Ryan ten Doeschate feels India can still turn things around and will draw inspiration form their comeback in the Perth Test.
Indian players wait on the light to come back at the Adelaide Oval (AP)
Australia took first day honours in the second Test between of the five-match series for the Boarder-Gavaskar Trophy at the Adelaide Oval on Friday but India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate feels the vistors can still turn things around and will draw inspiration form their remarkable comeback in the Perth Test.
After a Mitchell Starc onslaught saw India crumble to 180 all out, Australia were 86/1 with Nathan McSweeney not out 38 from 97 balls and Marnus Labuschagne on 20 after the visitors were dismissed on the cusp of tea after winning the toss and opting to bat.
India vs Australia: 2nd Test Day 1 – HIGHLIGHTS
The hosts will start the second day trailing by only 94 runs and with nine wickets in hand, but ten Doeschate says India are not out yet.
“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 (Saturday), we can get back in the game,” India’s assistant coach told the media at the post-day press conference.
“This team doesn’t need the coaches to go into the dressing room and say we need to fight. The guys understand that implicitly and it’s obviously a very proud team who wants to come here and do well.
“We feel slightly behind the game now but there certainly won’t be any letting up and certainly won’t be any surrendering. There certainly is a little bit of swing and a little bit of seam still there. So we’re pretty confident we can still turn it around.”
He added, “At Perth, we got bowled out for 150 and still we got back into that game. This is a proud team and the players want to come here and do well. We may be slightly behind in the game now but there certainly won’t be any surrendering.”
Raw In Pink?
He was asked if playing less matches with pink ball had something to do with the performance of the team on Friday.
“I just think it’s the nature of it. If you’re going to bring the pink ball into it, it’s obviously great for the crowds. It’s a little bit different for the players and we try to use the week as best we can to help them to adapt to the small differences.
“I don’t think there are huge differences and I certainly don’t think there’s anything to read into about how the guys performed today.
He added that things happen a bit faster with the pink ball.
“Things happen in clumps, we lost wickets in clumps, which we wanted to avoid. I also thought that Mitchell’s (Starc) stock ball was very good and there are lessons to be learnt from that first innings. We will look at how we can play better in the second innings.”
Ten Doeschate said India will look to go all out in the first session of the second day.
“I think we’ll go as hard as we can in the morning but be slightly conscious of what the rest of the day looks like and what we need to do to get back into the game.”
(With inputs from Agencies)
