Nagpur: A perennial drawback holding Tamil Nadu again within the Ranji Trophy has been the batters’ incapacity to deal with seaming situations.
On Sunday, the identical story repeated but once more because the top-order crumbled in opposition to some high-quality new-ball bowling from the Vidarbha pacers within the quarterfinal conflict.
On the finish of day two, TN is struggling at 159 for six and remains to be 194 runs behind Vidarbha’s first-innings whole. Nevertheless, TN coach L. Balaji feels there may be sufficient time within the sport for his boys to stage a comeback within the contest.
“It is a five-day sport, and a variety of time is left. Tomorrow, our goal is to get as near the entire as potential after which give ourselves an opportunity to return again,” stated the previous India pacer.
Balaji additionally pointed to a sport in opposition to Karnataka final 12 months the place TN practically pulled off a fourth-innings chase after conceding an enormous lead.
He additionally praised Andre Siddarth’s knock and felt the counter-attacking nature of his play was in all probability the best technique to bat in these situations.
“You may’t simply hope to hold in these situations. You should have that counter-attacking plan, and Andre performed to that. The sort of stroke play he confirmed was very a lot wanted and gave us a little bit of momentum,” added Balaji.
“Sure, clearly, I might have been completely satisfied had he continued, however there’s a little bit of inexperience there. He has received expertise and has proven it within the center for the reason that begin of the season.”
Concerning the group’s bowling efficiency, the 43-year-old conceded his facet may need given away 30 to 40 further runs however was completely satisfied to have bowled out the opposition within the first session on day two.
Printed – February 09, 2025 08:52 pm IST
