New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, proper, and teammate Tom Latham run between the wickets. File
| Picture Credit score: AP
New Zealand’s new Check captain Tom Latham feels the one option to problem an nearly invincible India in their very own yard is by enjoying fearless cricket.
Latham has taken over the captaincy from Tim Southee forward of the three-match Check sequence in India starting on October 16 in Bengaluru.
“It is an thrilling difficult going over to India and as soon as we will go over there, hopefully play with a little bit of freedom, little bit of no concern and attempt to take it to them. If we try this hopefully, it offers ourselves a great probability,” mentioned Latham forward of the workforce’s departure to India on Friday.
Whereas India have gained their final 18 sequence at residence, New Zealand got here to India on the again of 4 successive sequence defeats within the World Check Championship, most not too long ago in opposition to Sri Lanka. New Zealand have gained solely two Exams in India with their final one coming again in 1988.
“In India we have seen groups which have completed properly on the market previously have been fairly aggressive in the direction of them, particularly with the bat they’ve seemed to play a couple of photographs, but in addition put them beneath strain…reasonably than sitting and ready for one thing to occur.
“We’ll determine on how we need to play after we recover from there, however guys have gotten plans round how they wish to method issues and hopefully we will fine-tune these.” Regardless of the 0-2 defeat in Sri Lanka, left-handed Latham reckons they received a couple of issues proper within the island nation.
“We really did some actually good issues in Sri Lanka. We fell on the flawed facet of the outcomes however there have been some good issues. The method we had with the bat, aside from that one innings, I believed we performed very well.
“So it is about persevering with that as a lot as we will and making an attempt to play a model of cricket that we’re happy with enjoying,” he mentioned.
Latham’s predecessor Southee has not been at his finest with the ball over the 12 months. The emergence of pacer Will O’Rourke means Southee isn’t a positive starter within the enjoying eleven.
The skipper, nonetheless, backed the veteran. “In case you look again, suppose in Bangalore (Southee) took seven wickets final time we toured there,” Latham mentioned.
“Somebody with that quantity of expertise who’s completed it for a few years there is definitely no cause why he cannot get again to the place he is been previously. He is been a incredible bowler for us for a few years, there is a cause why he is so excessive on the wicket checklist for New Zealand.
“He’ll have the same function that he has all the time had whether or not it is as captain or previously, somebody like that who has a wealth of expertise, a wealth of information in all situations and he is completed it for a few years and has been profitable. We’ll definitely be tapping into his thoughts, his concepts, so trying ahead to it,” he added.
The primary Check will likely be performed in Bengaluru, second in Pune and third in Mumbai.
Printed – October 11, 2024 12:08 pm IST
