‘Was it a shock? I might say…’: Abhishek Nayar tries to make sense of India’s sudden defeat to Sri Lanka | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: In an try to clarify the shocking loss to Sri Lanka within the second ODI, India’s assistant coach Abhishek Nayar responded, “”Was it a shock? I might say sure.” He attributed the consequence to the spin-friendly circumstances, which have the facility to drastically change the course of a recreation.
Leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay precipitated havoc with six wickets at hand the guests a 32-run loss within the second One-Day Worldwide (ODI) in Colombo on Sunday, highlighting India’s vulnerability to spin as soon as once more.
“…there’s a shock. However you anticipate and perceive that in these situations the sport can activate its head as a result of there may be a lot spin on supply,” Nayar stated on the post-match press convention, in accordance with PTI.

On a pitch that supplied appreciable of help for the spinners, India was chasing 241 and completed at 208 all out in 42.2 overs. Except captain Rohit Sharma, the Indian batters had struggled within the earlier recreation as effectively.

“Even in case you have a look at the final recreation, it was comparatively straightforward to attain towards the brand new ball. Because the ball received older, the situations when batting second received barely harder. Generally in robust situations, particularly within the 50-over format, this occurs,” he added.
The assume tank will contemplate what has gone unsuitable to date, in accordance with the assistant coach.

“We need to return and perceive, and rectify, why it occurred twice in a row. The day earlier than yesterday, we have been in a position to sew partnerships however at the moment we misplaced fairly just a few wickets in a bundle.”

Whereas sustaining the right-left batting mixture, India shuffled their center order, selling Shivam Dube (0) to the quantity 4 spot. Shreyas Iyer (7) and KL Rahul (0) have been despatched at numbers six and 7, respectively.

“My perception is that in any sport, place solely issues in case you’re enjoying in numerous areas of a recreation. We misplaced wickets within the center section, and that is the place the center order batters batted. It isn’t as if center order batters batted in direction of the tip.

“The thought course of was proper. When it does not work out, these questions are requested typically. However I’ve all the time believed that if a center order batter bats as a center order batter, it’s the proper resolution,” Nayar stated.

Nayar believes that the facet batting second is underneath extra stress.

“If you end up batting first, there may be much less stress. If you end up chasing, the stress is extra as a result of it’s important to keep watch over the run price, wickets.

“Everytime you bat first, you typically have partnerships. Wellalage batted rather well, each within the final recreation and this recreation. They scored vital runs within the decrease order.”