“Need To Go Again And Rectify”: Abhishek Nayar After India’s Loss vs Sri Lanka In 2nd ODI

“Was it a shock? I might say sure,” mentioned India’s assistant coach Abhishek Nayar as he tried to make sense of the sudden defeat to Sri Lanka within the second ODI, blaming it on the spin-friendly situations which have the potential to fully alter the course of a match. India’s fragility in opposition to spin was as soon as once more on show as leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay wreaked havoc with a six-wicket haul handy the guests a 32-run defeat within the second ODI in Colombo on Sunday. “…there’s a shock. However you anticipate and perceive that in these situations the sport can activate its head as a result of there may be a lot spin on supply,” Nayar mentioned on the post-match press convention.

India have been chasing 241 on a pitch that had loads of help for the spinners, they usually ended up at 208 all out in 42.2 overs. Within the earlier recreation as nicely, the Indian batters barring skipper Rohit Sharma had struggled.

“Even should you take a look at the final recreation, it was comparatively simple to attain in opposition to the brand new ball. Because the ball bought older, the situations when batting second bought barely harder. Typically in powerful situations, particularly within the 50-over format, this occurs,” he added.

The assistant coach mentioned the think-tank will mirror on what has gone fallacious to date.

“We need to return and perceive, and rectify, why it occurred twice in a row. The day earlier than yesterday, we have been capable of sew partnerships however immediately we misplaced fairly a number of wickets in a bundle.” India shuffled their center order, selling Shivam Dube (0) to the quantity 4 spot, whereas sustaining the right-left batting mixture with Shreyas Iyer (7) and KL Rahul (0) at numbers six and 7, respectively.

“My perception is that in any sport, place solely issues should you’re taking part in in numerous areas of a recreation. We misplaced wickets within the center part, and that is the place the center order batters batted. It is not as if center order batters batted in the direction of the tip.

“The thought course of was proper. When it would not work out, these questions are requested typically. However I’ve all the time believed that if a center order batter bats as a center order batter, it’s the proper resolution,” Nayar mentioned.

Nayar feels there may be extra strain on the crew batting second.

“When you’re batting first, there may be much less strain. When you’re chasing, the strain is extra as a result of you must control the run charge, wickets.

“Everytime you bat first, you typically have partnerships. Wellalage batted rather well, each within the final recreation and this recreation. They scored vital runs within the decrease order.”

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