: 2nd Test, Day 3: Told those three guys to keep calm, no need to change fields often, reveals Rohit Sharma #IndiaNEWS #Sports,Cricket By Niharika RainaNew Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) After two days of roller-coaster

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2nd Test, Day 3: Told those three guys to keep calm, no need to change fields often, reveals Rohit Sharma #IndiaNEWS #Sports ,Cricket
By Niharika RainaNew Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) After two days of roller-coaster action in the second Test at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, there was huge anticipation around what would happen on day three of the match. Australia had ended Day Two with a slight edge 61/1 in 12 overs, with a healthy run rate of 5. 08 and a lead of 62 runs.
But India had other plans through Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who took three and seven wickets respectively, Australia were bamboozled and crashed to 113 all out. When the hosts looked under pressure in the final session on day two, they completely turned the tables on day three in spectacular fashion.
India skipper Rohit Sharma attributed the stunning turnaround to keeping things simple, being calm and not changing field placements consistently.
Sometimes you got to keep it simple; not complicate too much about what is happening. Yesterday, we bowled 12 overs and they were 61, which is more than five and a half.
I could see that we were panicking a little bit and trying to change fields way too many times. But in the morning, we wanted to tell those three guys that just keep it calm and we dont need to change fields as often we did last evening, he said in the post-match press conference.
Before day three began, Jadeja had conceded 31 in his first six overs while Ashwin himself was going over four runs in economy rate. But on Sunday, the duo got the ball to turn, and grip never gave any room for the batters to breathe easy, bowled deliveries which kept low and aided by Australias insipid batting as well as questionable shot selection, they were able to put India in the path of winning the match.
We keep it there, keep it tight and let batters make a mistake. I could sense that they wanted to play it that way and that was a wicket where you could not keep playing your shots. You got to find balance and try to put them under pressure. That is what we wanted to try and do this morning; just keep it tight. If they are playing some shots, so be it and we will not move away from what we want to do as a bowling unit.
Axar, Jaddu and Ash have played a lot of cricket in these conditions. You got to have trust in them when things are not going your way. Those batters in the opposition are quality batters too; they are bound to be partnerships and things that are not expected to be happening. Its Test cricket and they are one of the top teams as well. There will be times where we will be put under pressure and we need to absorb that pressure, keep it there and let the pitch do the rest, elaborated Rohit.
Asked about the importance of technique and having the confidence as well to execute it to perfection, Rohit felt that the pre-series camp in Nagpur gave them the clarity to make extensive plans as per venues and pitches for the four-game series.

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