Sunil Gavaskar expressed disappointment over the performance of the Indian bowlers on the first day of the second Test against Australia, saying that they should have performed better with the pink ball. Thanks to Mitchell Starc’s six wickets, Australia bowled out India for 180 runs in the first innings and by the end of the day’s play had scored 86 runs for one wicket. Nitish Reddy scored the maximum 42 runs for India.
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Gavaskar’s advice to bowlers
Gavaskar said, “The job of the bowlers is to force the batsmen to play the ball for as long as possible. With this you can put the batsman under pressure. After bowling some balls outside, they can be dodged by the ball coming in, as Bumrah did against McSweeney and Marnus Labuschagne in the Perth Test. “The Indian bowlers did not use the pink ball as well as they should have.”
Starc is the magician of the pink ball
Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden described Mitchell Starc as a pink-ball magician, who took six wickets for 48 runs and bundled out India for 180 runs. Hayden said, “He was swinging the pink ball very well even after 40 overs, which was great to see. In such a situation, if the Indian team also does the same thing, then this match will be even better.”
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