Target chaseable batters need to take cue from India Ronchi
Kanpur Nov 28 PTI New Zealand fielding coach Luke Ronchi on Sunday said that the record target set by India to win the first Test here was chaseable and asked his players to take a leaf out of home sides batting approach From being 515 Indian lower order batters bailed the hosts out in difficult conditions to take them to 2347 declared setting New Zealand a 284-run target on the final day If we bat with some good intent there and sort of make the most of opportunities to score them then we certainly believe we can chase it down Ronchi also the New Zealand wicket-keeping coach said at the press conference after the fourth days play At close on day four New Zealand were 41 They need 280 runs on the final day on Monday with nine second innings wickets in hand No touring team has chased more than 276 runs in the fourth innings in Tests in India and the world test champions have their task cut out Weve to stay positive and take a leaf out of the Indian batters and the way they played and applied themselves said the former Kiwi wicketkeeper-batter There was positivity in their footwork and scoring options Thats what we need to do as well and bring that momentum in our favour and then hopefully through the game the more you do it the low the total becomes Shreyas Iyer became the first Indian batter in Test history to score a century and a fifty on debut when he again top-scored with a 65 in the second innings Braving a stiff neck wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha struck a stunning 61 not out while there were significant contributions from Ravichandran Ashwin 32 and Axar Patel 28 not out to put India in the drivers seat Obviously it was quite difficult for us to take wickets and put a bit of pressure on their batters but then leading into tomorrow I think all three results are possible Ronchi said From the Indian point of view theyll be full of confidence that they can stop us from doing that So I think its going to be a really exciting final day Test added the 40-year-old Regarding the Green Park pitch Ronchi said tackling the variable bounce will be the key for his batters Theres not a whole lot of turn on the surface and I think many people expected the surface to play There is a little bit of variable bounce So thats going to be the main thing Senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin got the crucial breakthrough in the final minutes of Day 4 as he dismissed Will Young on 1 after the batter failed to review in time The ball seemed to be missing the leg stump but Young and his opening partner Tom Latham took a long time to review the umpires decision They reviewed only after the DRS 10-second timer was over and it was denied I havent spoken to Young about the situation obviously From our point of view we were a bit disappointed Ronchi said But also when we look up on the big screen with the time that it was after the time had run out Obviously it came at a time we dont want to be losing wickets and its quite tense But Its a disappointment in order to understand that he did actually tell it up after the timer had finished Ronchi concluded PTI TAP PDS PDS
Kanpur Nov 28 PTI New Zealand fielding coach Luke Ronchi on Sunday said that the record target set by India to win the first Test here was chaseable and asked his players to take a leaf out of home sides batting approach From being 515 Indian lower order batters bailed the hosts out in difficult conditions to take them to 2347 declared setting New Zealand a 284-run target on the final day If we bat with some good intent there and sort of make the most of opportunities to score them then we certainly believe we can chase it down Ronchi also the New Zealand wicket-keeping coach said at the press conference after the fourth days play At close on day four New Zealand were 41 They need 280 runs on the final day on Monday with nine second innings wickets in hand No touring team has chased more than 276 runs in the fourth innings in Tests in India and the world test champions have their task cut out Weve to stay positive and take a leaf out of the Indian batters and the way they played and applied themselves said the former Kiwi wicketkeeper-batter There was positivity in their footwork and scoring options Thats what we need to do as well and bring that momentum in our favour and then hopefully through the game the more you do it the low the total becomes Shreyas Iyer became the first Indian batter in Test history to score a century and a fifty on debut when he again top-scored with a 65 in the second innings Braving a stiff neck wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha struck a stunning 61 not out while there were significant contributions from Ravichandran Ashwin 32 and Axar Patel 28 not out to put India in the drivers seat Obviously it was quite difficult for us to take wickets and put a bit of pressure on their batters but then leading into tomorrow I think all three results are possible Ronchi said From the Indian point of view theyll be full of confidence that they can stop us from doing that So I think its going to be a really exciting final day Test added the 40-year-old Regarding the Green Park pitch Ronchi said tackling the variable bounce will be the key for his batters Theres not a whole lot of turn on the surface and I think many people expected the surface to play There is a little bit of variable bounce So thats going to be the main thing Senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin got the crucial breakthrough in the final minutes of Day 4 as he dismissed Will Young on 1 after the batter failed to review in time The ball seemed to be missing the leg stump but Young and his opening partner Tom Latham took a long time to review the umpires decision They reviewed only after the DRS 10-second timer was over and it was denied I havent spoken to Young about the situation obviously From our point of view we were a bit disappointed Ronchi said But also when we look up on the big screen with the time that it was after the time had run out Obviously it came at a time we dont want to be losing wickets and its quite tense But Its a disappointment in order to understand that he did actually tell it up after the timer had finished Ronchi concluded PTI TAP PDS PDS
