New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Former India captain and legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble mirrored on India’s bowling effort on a docile Delhi monitor, suggesting that the hosts might have completed extra to keep up stress on the West Indian batters.
‘The pitch was actually docile. One factor India might have completed higher was to place just a little extra stress on the batters. However credit score to the West Indian batters as nicely,’ JioStar knowledgeable Kumble stated.
‘I do know we’re taking a look at it from an Indian bowling perspective, however I assumed the West Indies batters actually utilized themselves,’ he famous.
Kumble revealed that he had spoken with West Indies head coach Darren Sammy concerning the workforce’s batting intent and praised the guests for displaying higher resilience within the second innings.
‘I had a quick chat with Darren Sammy yesterday morning, and the very first thing he stated was, ‘I want our batters might apply themselves extra.’ They’ve now proven the coach that they’ll do it. We noticed that yesterday and once more in the present day,’ Kumble added.
The previous India coach additionally lauded the West Indies tail for irritating the house facet with a report tenth-wicket stand.
‘Even the tail-enders utilized themselves rather well. I assumed the No. 10 and No. 11 batted brilliantly to frustrate the Indian bowlers. Perhaps, India might have utilized a bit extra stress by subject placements to pressure errors,’ he stated.
After being bowled out for 248 within the first innings, West Indies mounted a robust fightback, posting 390 of their second innings. Opener John Campbell struck a decided 115, whereas Shai Hope scored a fluent 103. In direction of the top, Justin Greaves and Jayden Seales stitched collectively an important 79-run stand for the ultimate wicket, the primary fifty-plus tenth-wicket partnership by a visiting workforce in India since 2017, to set India a goal of 121.
At stumps on Day 4, India are 63/1 they usually want 58 runs to seal the Take a look at and full a whitewash. (ANI)
