00:00As I remember, there is no instruction as long as you are wearing rubber spikes or you are barefoot.
00:07I think you can see the wicket from the past.
00:11I don't know what happened exactly yesterday in terms of why the curator made it.
00:17But we have played 4 matches before this and we have played.
00:22I don't know what the first was all about.
00:31Shubman, if you look at this series, between 2 test matches there is a gap of 8 days and 9 days.
00:38But some of the other test matches we have seen in turnaround time of just 3 days.
00:42And it has taken a toll on their bowlers.
00:45You will see the England item and also in our case also.
00:49So do you think the scheduling of a 5 match series needs to be much more customized?
00:59Also one of the most important things in the series has been that all the matches have gone up until 5 days.
01:07And not just 5 days, the last session of the 5 days.
01:13I can't remember a series where all the 4 test matches that were played went up until that last of a moment.
01:22So it's definitely hard.
01:243 days is too less of a turnaround when both the teams are playing such a hard cricket.
01:29But if you keep giving 5 or 6 days after every match, the tour becomes very long.
01:39So yes, it is something that I think the decision has been taken by the boards.
01:45And we trust the decision that they take.
01:49Shubanda, what are your thoughts on Jaspreet because he bowled 1 innings in Manchester.
01:55And after this test match we have got a month off.
01:58So when you think in terms of workload management also, nothing before the Asia Cup series decided on the line.
02:04He had not played in Birmingham.
02:05Is that enough rest for him to turn up for one final time?
02:09Or how are you all thinking about that?
02:12So we are going to take a decision tomorrow.
02:15The wicket looks pretty keen so we will see how it turns out.
02:19Shuban, this has been a long series and as you said all matches have gone to the last season.
02:25How does it affect you mentally?
02:28How much does it suck out of you?
02:30There has been a lot of ingenious between the teams as well.
02:33Does that impact that playing such grueling series?
02:36Does that influence your behavior on the field also?
02:39How much does that happen?
02:42Not really, you know.
02:43I think once you are done with the match, you are done with the match.
02:45And you move on to the next one.
02:47And you want to play the next one as competitive and as best as you can.
02:53And for us, I can say it doesn't really matter what we have done in the last match.
02:58Good or bad, whatever has happened in the last match has gone by.
03:02We want to move on and we want to perform the best in the next one that we can.
03:07We want to take care.
03:08Shuban, as a junior you have been involved in five match series earlier.
03:10This is the first time as a captain and you have come to a very hard country backing with
03:15him.
03:16As you said all gone to the last hour.
03:18So as a captain, physically, mentally and emotionally, what kind of role has this taken
03:22in comparison to Sabine or just a player?
03:26It's been very exciting.
03:27One day before the last test match, I am here and I am very excited and looking forward
03:33to play the last test match and hopefully win this one level series for us.
03:37It would be a great achievement for us.
03:39Shuban, obviously you would rather focus on yourself, but the fact that Ben Stokes is
03:46not playing for the country.
03:47He has had his hand in the series.
03:49How do you look at that?
03:50Do you want to move on in the next five minutes?
03:53A big miss for definitely England.
03:55I think the way whenever he comes on to bowl or bat, he always makes things interesting.
04:01He always makes something happen.
04:03So from their perspective, I think it is definitely a loss for them.
04:08But having said that, you know, the players who come in to play for the country, they are
04:14as competitive and they bring as much to the table as any other players.
04:18Shuban, I appreciate you answered this already, but can I ask you, in English, what
04:22you made of Gambia's outburst yesterday?
04:26Is he under pressure given everything the toil that this series has taken on him?
04:32Not really.
04:33I mean, if someone's, if a pitch creator is going to come and ask us to not look at the
04:39wicket and look at the wicket from three metres from behind, that's not something that has
04:43happened to us before.
04:44We have been playing cricket for such a long time and as long as, like I said, as long as
04:48you are under rubber spikes or you are barefoot, you are allowed to look at the wicket from
04:51close quarters and that's the job of the coach and the captain.
04:55So I don't know why the curator didn't let us or didn't allow us to do that.
05:01Hi Shuban, number three has been a little bit of, you know, a concern if that's the word,
05:08for you guys and also the fact that you have a lot of youngsters making their debut and like,
05:12you know, a lot of not so memorable performances.
05:15How do you handle them?
05:16Like as a captain, we have always spoken about, you know, communicating well and, you know,
05:21having your back around them.
05:23So how do you, you know, back youngster when they don't have a debut office or something like that?
05:29He scored a half century in the last test medal, so I don't think he had a bad game.
05:35He had a good game, he got out on the first ball in the second innings.
05:38That can happen to any player but I think, I was, someone was telling me I think he scored
05:43a half century outside of India after two or three years, so that's a big plus for us.
05:49Shuban, while you go into the series, with the opportunity to draw the series,
05:54you said it's a great achievement.
05:56Can you just kind of elaborate on that, how much you've learned yourself as a captain
06:00as well as the kind of team that now you can foresee in the future developing it?
06:06Like, on why and how significant this tour would be for you and your team?
06:11Very significant, I mean, if you look at the kind of cricket that we have played,
06:16sometimes the scorecard of the series, as in where we are in the series, doesn't determine that.
06:24I think every match that we have played, it was very difficult to decide which team is going to win
06:31after four days of cricket.
06:32If we are able to do that for every match, for four matches coming outside of India
06:36with a relatively young team, I think it is going to be a big achievement for us
06:42if we are able to level the series.
06:44And this series has been a great learning curve for me.
06:48You know, there are some things that you can only learn from experience
06:52and I have learned so much from these four matches that we have played.
06:55And hopefully we are going to finish on a high.
06:58If we are able to do that for four matches, for four matches in this match,
07:04what is our case?
07:05Because we have got extra rest for two days of our bowlers,
07:08so what is it?
07:10Yes sir, Farrakh, it is very difficult when we have been fielding for 160 over.
07:17It is not easy when you are fielding for three days,
07:21and especially in such wickets where there is a lot of fast bowling used in the spinners.
07:26So I think our fast bowlers and our team are in a good space.
07:31Luckily, we are not available as many players.
07:37But having said that,
07:40I haven't come to the game today and see how the weather will be for five days.
07:49So we will decide our combination of the game today.
07:55Shuman, first look of the wicket,
07:57you are saying that you will decide later,
07:59but England have not gone ahead with their specialist,
08:01Liam Dawson, for this game.
08:03Are India willing to think on those lines?
08:05And what is the status with Arshadip?
08:07Could we see a debut for him tomorrow?
08:09Like I said, we are going to take a decision on the playing eleven later this evening.
08:13And yes, they haven't gone with the front line spinner,
08:16but I think Bethel and Root,
08:20they are going to have their spinning options with them.
08:24And luckily for us, Washington and Jadeja,
08:27they have done such a good job with the bat and with the bowl.
08:29So on their front, it's a no-brainer for us.
08:33Actually, he is being asked to get ready.
08:36He is definitely, he is being asked to get ready.
08:39Like I said, we are going to take a decision later this evening.
08:42I will go have a look at the wicket.
08:44I haven't had a chance to look at the wicket.
08:46See how the weather is going to be in the next five days
08:48and then take a decision.
08:50Captain, if you can specify,
08:52what is the main reason that has convinced you
08:54to play a batter,
08:56a batting option in number eight,
08:57and not a specialist bowler so far in the series?
09:00I mean, if you look at Washington,
09:07he is someone who gives us so much control with the bowling.
09:11And his batting has been a really, really, really big plus for us.
09:15And we are fortunate to have players like that in our team,
09:18you know, who can prevent a collapse whenever it happens.
09:23In the lower middle order,
09:25we have seen that that was one of the areas
09:27where we thought we needed some work are lower middle order
09:30and with him coming in,
09:32I think we have improved that area.
09:34There have been several incidents
09:37like this series of teams coming together at a level,
09:41you know, arguing on the field.
09:42How would you describe the relationships
09:44between England and India teams?
09:46I think the relation is fantastic,
09:48but when you are on the field,
09:50you are trying to win a game at the end of the day
09:52and both the teams have been very competitive
09:55and sometimes when you are competitive,
09:57you know, in the heat of the moment,
09:58you do or say things that you might not do.
10:02But I think once the match is over,
10:04there is mutual respect between both the teams.
10:07So there were no regrets for anything that has gone on?
10:09No, not at all.
10:11Just on that,
10:16there have been three incidents at Lourdes
10:20at the end of the last game and the game yesterday.
10:23Are you looking at those as separate incidents,
10:26each individually,
10:27or do you think that over your trip
10:29maybe the, I don't know,
10:30the hospitality hasn't been the level that you would expect?
10:35No, nothing of that sort.
10:36I think these are three very separate moments,
10:38not correlated at all.
10:40I think I've already explained what happened at Lourdes
10:44and about the,
10:46even the incident that happened on the last day
10:48in the previous test match.
10:49I have given my thoughts and opinions on that.
10:52And what happened yesterday,
10:54I thought is just absolutely unnecessary.
10:56I mean,
10:57it's not the first time that we were having a look at the wicket.
10:59And we have,
11:01we have been here for almost,
11:03I think two months.
11:04And like I said,
11:06a coach has every right to be able to go close quarters
11:09and have a look at the wicket.
11:11And I didn't think that there was anything wrong with that.
11:14I actually don't know why,
11:16why the curator would not allow us to go have a look at the wicket.
11:21Last one.
11:22Shubhan,
11:23you just spoke about having all-rounders in your team
11:25in the lower world order.
11:27As a captain,
11:28what kind of challenges is it for you to sort of,
11:31if you have six bowling options to,
11:33you know, rationing the number of bowlers over six options,
11:36what are the thoughts that go through
11:38and how do you decide to be in the game?
11:40It's very difficult.
11:41You know,
11:42when you're playing six bowlers,
11:43you know that one or two bowlers are definitely going to go under bowl
11:46because you have to,
11:48sometimes what I,
11:50what I've felt in the series,
11:52like in the last match,
11:53lot of people also felt that Washington would have come in earlier,
11:56which is,
11:58which is a valid point.
11:59But sometimes when you're out in the middle,
12:01you see,
12:02with this ball,
12:03when there are two spinners bowling early in the innings,
12:05it's very hard to maintain the ball.
12:07And the fast bowlers go out of the game for about eight to ten overs
12:10because then you can need to maintain the ball.
12:13So,
12:14in,
12:15in hindsight,
12:16yeah,
12:17you can,
12:18there,
12:19there would always be opinions
12:20and there would always be thoughts and you could have done this,
12:21could have done that.
12:22But what matters is when you are out there in the middle,
12:24you want to be able to make a decision that you think would suit the best for that moment.
12:29And when you're playing with six bowling options,
12:31there would definitely be some opinions where,
12:34you know,
12:35one bowler is going to go under bowl.
12:38But,
12:39it's good to have more bowling options rather than not having bowling options for sure.
12:43So,
13:00Charles Hull,
13:01and with you
13:02the grenadineal War patchwork,
13:04the Patricia Hull,
13:05the Richard,
13:07which is in the Platform of the Channel,
13:08as well as at the우,
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