IND vs AUS: Jasprit Bumrah promises batsmen won't be reckless
Updated On: 27 December, 2020 03:10 PM IST | Melbourne | PTI
Bumrah took 4 for 56 and was complimented well by Ravichandran Ashwin (3 for 25) and debutant Mohammed Siraj (2 for 40) in engineering Australia`s collapse to 195.
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Indian batsmen would look to be "confident without being reckless" and take one session at a time, said pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah after a fine bowling performance put the visitors in command against Australia on the opening day of the second Test here. Bumrah took 4 for 56 and was complemented well by Ravichandran Ashwin (3 for 25) and debutant Mohammed Siraj (2 for 40) in engineering Australia`s collapse to 195. Asked what would be the visitors` batting approach having finished the day at 36 for 1 and the memories of the first Test`s 36 all out still fresh, Bumrah replied: "We are not looking too far ahead. We are looking at one session at a time.
"We don`t want to be conservative in our mindset and be positive. Control the controllables. Not being reckless but playing with confidence will be the motive going forward," added the bowler, well aware of the challenge ahead. One of the striking moves by skipper Ajinkya Rahane was introducing Ashwin in the first hour of play. "When we were bowling in the morning there was some moisture on the wicket, so you saw Ashwin and Jaddu (Ravindra Jadeja) got some spin. "...because we wanted to make the most of the moisture, we were trying to use them, he (Ashwin) was getting good bounce," Bumrah said after the end of the first day`s play. Rahane`s field placements came in for a lot of praise from none other than Shane Warne and Bumrah said that in the second session, the bowlers altered the line knowing that pitch was becoming easier to bat on.
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