It is a pity that somebody as proficient and hardworking as Aksah Deep is barely a back-up seamer for India. But after a career-best four-wicket haul in opposition to England within the second Test right here (4 for 88), the 28-year-old Bengal bowler can hope to be within the thick of issues.
Despite having made his debut greater than 16 months in the past, the Edgbaston Test is barely the eighth of his profession. But Akash denied that being out and in of the facet had affected him a lot.
“I am not thinking like that and I will be there when the team needs me,” Akash stated on Friday. “I don’t think that I don’t have continuity in the team. I prepare as if I am going to play every match. That mindset helps.”
Akash additionally credited pace-bowling chief Mohammed Siraj, who secured his fourth Test fifer (six for 70). The tempo duo was instrumental in India gaining an higher hand on a pitch that helped the new-ball bowlers and nobody else.
“We had to bowl in partnerships,” Akash stated. “If you notice, with the first new ball, I was attacking and Siraj was holding one end so that runs did not leak from both sides.
“I was mentally prepared for all [types] of wickets. As a bowling team, what we have in our hands is discipline. We just had to keep at it,” he added.
