West Indies bowling coach Ravi Rampaul admitted that the Narendra Modi Stadium pitch hardly had something for the bowlers. Despite the fact that the spinners acquired some flip because the day progressed, the West Indies bowlers couldn’t discover breakthroughs as Indian batters piled on the runs to take a sizeable lead on the finish of Day 2.
“It was a really robust day. We tried totally different tactical methods. I assume going ahead, we may in all probability keep on with that somewhat bit extra. There was nothing a lot there for the bowlers all through the day,” Rampal stated, including that issues may have been worse on that pitch had his bowlers not been disciplined.
Whereas he was shocked that spinners didn’t have an effect in most components of the sport, Rampaul admitted that batting was certainly a letdown. “Had we batted a bit higher, issues would have been [different]. However early on, we misplaced these fast wickets and people wickets we misplaced within the first session put us on this state of affairs,” he added.
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Within the absence of Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph, the West Indies quick bowling unit lacked expertise and Rampul accepted that it’s an enormous problem. Although India had three centurions in KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja, Rampal stated that bowling to Jadeja was most difficult.
“He (Jadeja) was somewhat bit extra attacking. He was attacking the spinners extra, attempting to throw them off the road by shifting down somewhat extra [and hitting] excessive,” he stated.
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