A perennial downside holding Tamil Nadu again within the Ranji Trophy has been the batters’ lack of ability to deal with seaming circumstances.
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 complete. Nonetheless, TN coach L. Balaji feels there’s sufficient time within the recreation for his boys to stage a comeback within the contest.
“It is a five-day recreation, and a variety of time is left. Tomorrow, our purpose is to get as near the overall as doable after which give ourselves an opportunity to come back again,” mentioned the previous India pacer.
Balaji additionally pointed to a recreation 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 most likely the best approach to bat in these circumstances.
“You possibly can’t simply hope to hold in these circumstances. You’ll want to have that counter-attacking plan, and Andre performed to that. The form 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 pleased had he continued, however there’s a little bit of inexperience there. He has acquired expertise and has proven it within the center for the reason that begin of the season.”
Concerning the staff’s bowling efficiency, the 43-year-old conceded his facet might need given away 30 to 40 further runs however was pleased to have bowled out the opposition within the first session on day two.