Eden Gardens to host the historic pink-ball Test from November 22 onwards.
Indian speedster Mohammad Shami on Tuesday, November 19, insisted to keep things simple in the historic pink-ball Test after Indore heroics, as both India and Bangladesh are gearing up to play their first-ever Day-Night Test at Eden Gardens on Friday, November 22, 2019.
In the longest format of the game, Shami has been dominating the batsmen both at home and away with his terrific form with the ball and recently gave his cruel treatment to Bangladesh in the first Test in Indore, where he finished with the figures of 3/27 and 4/31 to attain his career-best ranking.
Ahead of the historical Kolkata Test, Shami has given an insight into how he operates the pink-ball under the lights, saying altering length to keep the batsmen guessing would be his key against Bangladesh in the second and final Test on Friday.
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Shami said on Star Sports, “What one thing bowlers should do is keep an eye on the wicket and how is it behaving, so what I do is as the pitch gets slower I keep pushing myself and when I notice that the batsman is uncomfortable I go over the top. So the length has to keep changing.”
On the other hand, Gautam Gambhir said India has a complete bowling unit with quality spinners and pacers at their ranks, adding: “If you see other oppositions, some teams have got quality fast bowling attacks, some have quality spinners but if you look at this Indian side, they've got two quality spinners, three quality seamers plus Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar who are not in the playing 11.”
Gambhir signed off by saying, “So they've got proper 5 seamers plus Kuldeep Yadav which makes it 8 quality bowlers all capable of running through batting line-ups and that is why the Indian side has been able to take so many all-outs in the last 2 years.”
(With PTI Inputs)