Brisbane,DEC 17
Following his side’s failure to enforce the follow-on on Indian batters, Australian assistant coach Daniel Vettori expressed that Akash Deep and Jasprit Bumrah put on a fine fighting partnership for India to prevent a follow-on and noted various positives in the batting of both Indian bowlers.
In what could be a very important moment with both teams halfway through this series, Bumrah and Akash Deep prevented a likely and embarrassing innings defeat, preventing a follow-on to make the Aussies bat once again on day five of the Brisbane Test, which has been so far affected by consistent rains.
Speaking during the post-day presser, Vettori said that pacers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins bowled well but the ball got older and softer as the game progressed.
“I think to give us our best chance to win the game, then I think enforcing the follow-on is the logical thing to do. Look, I think the way that Starc and Cummins bowled throughout the day was exceptional and I don’t think there was any critique at all around the back end, I think it is just that the ball got incredibly soft and it was hard to find your exact length, but they are always challenging and they are the main reason that we are in the situation where we had such a great day,” he said.
He also said that the team expects everything since Bumrah has shown his ability to tonk some fours and sixes in the past and also noted that Akash Deep is “better than a number 11”.”I think we expect everything (on if the team expected Akash-Bumrah fightback), I think we understand that any batsman on any given day can step up and deliver, so I do not think we assume that anyone’s going to live up to the average.
