NAGPUR, Nov 26
WITH the team looking down the barrel, Sri Lankan bowling coach Rumesh Ratnayake feels that this side had done pretty well against India as compared to their previous record.
“The whole system has to think of that. What we have for the tour is what we have. We have to manage with that. Saying that with the past record in Sri Lanka against India, we have done quite well comparing that they have scored 600 runs in 176 overs compared to some of the runs they scored in Sri Lanka which was much earlier than that,” he said while stressing to look at the future.
Ratnayake said the wicket was good to bat on and his side should have put up more runs. “First and foremost, we have to say that it was a good track and we should have put on more than what we have done. India showed that (how to bat on such tracks).”
When informed that his side was unable to bowl out India
in last five games, the bowling coach said they came very close to doing so.
“We came quite close in the first Test. People then said that it was a green track. We took 17 wickets in Kolkata. It is a concern. I am not trying to say that we have the best bowlers. We have to do things in a way so that we have the best. In today’s context we have not done well. I would like to, still, encourage the bowlers saying that they have slowed the process a little bit. We need to take 20 wickets that’s for sure.”
No comments:
Post a Comment