Indian batsmen Ajinkya Rahane has said that the team will have to remain calm and composed if they are to stay in contention on the final day of the first Test at Adelaide.
Valiant Australian batsmen David Warner scored his second century of the match and took the lead to 363 at the end of 4th day’s play. With Australia set to declare their innings overnight, Rahane feels that chasing 364 on the final day with pitch turning a lot still won’t be an impossible task for India.
During the post-day conference, Rahane was quoted in saying:
“I think patience will obviously be the key. The challenge will be to keep going if you get a start and it is going to be a test of our mindset on a fifth day pitch. All our batsmen have got good skill. So if we apply ourselves well on Saturday, then I’m sure everyone will do well.”
Rahane, who scored 62 runs in the first innings, got out to a turning delivery of Nathan Lyon (who took 5 wickets in the 1st innings), that bounced a lot. But Rahane feels that tomorrow is another day and the batsmen will be ready to counter the spin of Lyon.
“We are working on this aspect individually and as a batting unit. We are practising against spin and looking at way to counter it. Personally I think wherever we have played the opposition bowlers abroad, we have played well. And they too have bowled well at us, before in England or here in Australia.
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