How Prepared Are India For Perth Test? Coaches Abhishek Nayar, Morne Morkel Share Progress Report | Watch – News18
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Assistant coach Abhishek Nayar and bowling coach Morne Morkel spoke on India’s preparedness for the series against Australia.
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The Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener in Perth is just a few days while Team India is leaving no stone unturned to gear up for the Australia challenge. The players have played intra-squad matches, trying to acclimatize the conditions before going into the first Test later this week.
Speaking on BCCI.tv, assistant coach Abhishek Nayar and bowling coach Morne Morkel spoke on India’s preparedness for the series against Australia. The former said the batters who got early in the intra-squad match simulation, performed better when given a second chance.
“Just before we came to Australia, Gauti bhai and Rohit, we had a discussion on what we wanted out in these three days. The idea was to try and make sure that one for the younger guys and all for the experienced guys to give them a lot of time in the centre to adapt to understand conditions,” Nayar said.
“Initially, we got the guys to come in, had it like a game where if you got out, you got out. But then we tried to give them another chance. We felt that the guys adapted better the second time around, they understood the conditions better,” he added.
Nayar further spoke about the bowling unit firing all cylinders in the practice games.
“Day two was about our bowlers coming in and bowling spells, getting up the workloads, bowling 15 overs each. Boom bowled 18. It was just more about getting guys into the game sense,” he said.
Morkel, on the other hand, seemed satisfied with the output given by the bowling unit during the simulation. He said the preparations are on track for the first Test, starting November 22.
“Very happy, with how the bowlers went. They summed up the conditions very well. I think we are on track for the 22nd. Another three training sessions left. We’ll sit down this afternoon or tomorrow and start planning, looking at game plans and how we’re going to bring out the best in each and everyone for game time on the 22nd,” he concluded.
- Location :
Perth, Australia
