India Coach Sitanshu Kotak Coach on Tuesday threw light to justify the team, which decided for a versatile number eight instead of building a professional pitch. The Star Wite of Kuldeep Yadav remained on the sidelines in the continuous series, while the team leadership favored the greater depth of launching over the next option of the Out-and-Out goal.
In the previous match in Old Trafford, Shardul Thakur was preferred on No. 8. He returned the characters 11 overs with the ball and in the first shifts he contributed a valuable 41 with a bat. Based on Kotakovy notes two days before the oval oval accessories, the team seems to have a tendency to persist with the same combination.
“You see, you have to look at the balance of both launching and bowling to win the match. Just as it is important to take 20 goals, it is equally essential to publish 550-600 runs,” Kotak said.
“We won in Edgbaston because we’ve managed to score so many runs. So if we focus too much on bowling and reduce the firing strength, it’s really what the playground looks like. If the captain, coach and team management feel that adding another pitch is beneficial.”
Given that Spin All-Rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar already in XI, the sixth bowling option, such as Shardul Thakur, is likely to mix less crossing, Kotak pointed out.
“When you play five pitchers, each gets the right charm. But if you go with six bowling options, someone is obliged under the sill,” he explained. “So if this sixth option is versatile, you know it will still contribute with the bat.
“But if this player is a pure pitch and ends up under bowling, then in the opposite view, you may feel that another dough would be more difference. And second, it is easy to judge after the match.
Looking at the oval test Kotak, he also said he was expecting more of the first three doughs, especially Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan.
“If you honestly ask me, Karun (Nair) played well in the first three matches,” he said. “In the first match, Sai was caught on the side of his leg in the first shifts and in the second for 30.
“But there has been a partnership. So what does any team want? Either two 100-run stands in shifts or two or three or fifty-run stalls-what will help you get to 400 or 450.
“Even in the case of Karun, in the first shifts of the last match, six partnerships were 50 Plus and one partnership of more than 100 among the top three. And in the lower order there were six 100-run stalls and two 50 and more than two 50.
“So from the point of view of the bat unit – and this is something the head coach also emphasizes – we need more 100 -start partnerships in the first five, especially from the first three. Hopefully we will see two big shifts in this match.”
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
29. July 2025
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