New Delhi. Indian cricket team's experienced off-spinner R Ashwin came to bat at number 10 for the first time in his 105 Test match career. Ashwin says that the Indian bowlers are thinking of getting out the one wicket left in New Zealand's second innings early in the morning on the third day. This star spinner says that it will not be easy for the Indian batsmen to achieve the target of 150 on the Mumbai pitch. He has expressed surprise about the Mumbai pitch. The Indian team scored 263 runs in the first innings. Team India got a lead of 28 runs in the first innings but the Kiwi team soon gave up this lead in the second innings.
On the second day of the third cricket test, New Zealand scored 171 runs for 9 wickets in the second innings, giving it a lead of 143 runs. Former Indian captain and head coach Anil Kumble believes that this target will not be easy. Ashwin told Dinesh Karthik in an interview on Geo Cinema, 'We have to end his innings. Every run saved in this innings is important. It is not easy to score runs on this pitch. We will have to bat very well.
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Ashwin is surprised by the slow bounce
Ashwin is surprised by the slow bounce on this pitch because usually this does not happen in Mumbai. Ashwin said, 'I thought there would be more bounce. There is very slow bounce here whereas the pitch in Mumbai is not like this. The match has been divided into two parts. There is one end of the pavilion and the other end and the nature of both is different. Bowled from the dressing room side, it is flat and has very little bounce.
Ashwin usually bats at or around 8th in Tests.
Ashwin had batted at number ten once before in his international career. In the year 2011, he batted at number 10 in the T20 match against England. Usually he has batted at or around eighth position in his Test career. He has scored 1977 runs at an average of 26. Which includes two centuries. However, Ashwin has the best performance at number six. Batting at this number, he has scored 531 runs in 15 innings.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 2, 2024, 8:00 PM IST
