Forward of the sequence decider towards South Africa, India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate acknowledged that India has been engaged on addressing the drop in run charge within the loss of life overs.
“The slight slowdown in each video games was a mix of the wickets slowing up slightly bit because the ball received older. After which, when new guys are available in, it does take slightly little bit of time to settle. We spoke about it, precisely that, how we’re going to handle the tail and the way we are able to go slightly bit more durable,” he stated.
With dew taking part in a giant half to date, the Dutchman prompt tweaking match timings as an answer however understood the bigger challenges.
“The dew falls because the second inning begins, and is there for the entire time. That impact might come down slightly bit in the event you began two hours early. That may be a answer, however clearly there’s so many shifting elements at play, when it comes to broadcasting.”
The 45-year-old additionally mentioned the position of the two-ball rule in ODIs, notably when discussing dew.
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“The flip facet is that you just’ve received one ball that’s getting extra moist, basically. The umpires have been superb in permitting ball adjustments. However then, you find yourself getting a barely more durable ball, which negates the entire level of taking place to the one ball.”
He additionally noticed the humorous facet in India’s ongoing struggles with the toss. “I feel we’ve received one in 1,000,000, statistically, in the mean time. So if we are able to go two million, that’d be fairly spectacular.”
Printed on Dec 05, 2025