Assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate on Wednesday admitted the Indian team need to restore the fear of touring the country in the minds of the opposition, after New Zealand handed the hosts a seven-wicket hammering in the second ODI here on Wednesday.
“We’re always trying to win every game while managing the medium to long-term prospects of the team as well. But yeah, it’s certainly something we need to get back to, to guys really fearing coming in and playing India,” Ten Doeschate told the media after the match.
Ryan ten Doeschate addresses the media in Rajkot on Wednesday
It is for the second consecutive time that a three-match series is heading into a series-decider, with India winning their previous series against South Africa in the third ODI after losing the second. The assistant coach admitted that the team management will look in particularly at the lengths bowled by their spinners, who were out-bowled by their Kiwi counterparts on a slow wicket here.
“We still thought 290 was about right. We thought the wicket would get a bit tougher tonight. We didn’t actually mind bowling second,” Ten Doeschate said.
“We probably want to bowl a little bit better than we did tonight [Wednesday]. Particular spinners, like you say, about lengths. But we’ll go back and look at those lengths in more detail,” he added.
Ten Doeschate admitted that all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has “often ended up not doing a heck of a lot” despite being given opportunities. He indicated that Reddy needed to seize his opportunity, but managed only 20 runs and went wicketless in his two overs.
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