The Indian group, which reached the town late within the afternoon from Bengaluru, stayed again on the group lodge, whereas head coach Rahul Dravid and his assistants – Paras Mhambrey and Vikram Rathour – got here straight to the Wankhede Stadium to examine the pitch forward of the World Cup semifinal fixture towards New Zealand.
Dravid had a better take a look at the floor, which is predicted to be batting-friendly – as has been the pattern on this venue to date – earlier than all three of them had a prolonged dialogue with seasoned curator Taposh Chatterjee.
Of the 4 video games on this venue to date, three have seen 350-plus runs being scored by groups batting first, and even the final sport – between Australia and Afghanistan – had a 290-plus whole, which was chased down by the Aussies, counting on Glenn Maxwell’s unbeaten 201. And when India and New Zealand get into enterprise on Wednesday, one other high-scoring sport looms massive.
However, the New Zealand camp isn’t dwelling on the previous. The group educated underneath lights for about three hours, and addressing the media, Lockie Ferguson admitted that the group would goal to adapt to the circumstances ‘as quickly as possible’.
“I feel like a lot of Indian grounds have been high-scoring. But that’s just the nature of one-day cricket in this part of the world. But from our point of view, it’s about trying to understand what the pitch will be like and trying to read what a good score on it is because, of course, those big overs, 10 runs here, 10 runs there can cost you at the back end of the innings,” Ferguson mentioned.
After an excellent begin to the match, New Zealand suffered 4 straight defeats – earlier than ultimately beating Sri Lanka and making it to the semifinals. In the nets, Kane Williamson batted for some time, whereas the quick bowlers, too, had a go.
Having seen the highs and lows, Ferguson admitted that it was all about banking on the expertise and taking part in to the state of affairs.“From a bowling point of view, we are trying to shut down those big overs, and try to understand what we think is a good total on the score. So, it’s an experience thing, it’s an assessment thing. The pitch will be different again, that’s the joy of cricket I think, we play on a different pitch each time, so it’s hard to read two days out. But from our point of view, yeah, we’ve got to adapt as quickly as possible come Wednesday,” he mentioned.
The final time the 2 groups met in a World Cup semifinal, New Zealand had the final snort. But this time round, taking part in in entrance of an Indian crowd, issues received’t be straightforward, however by Ferguson’s admission, ‘both teams are raring to go…’.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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