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  • 7 weeks ago
After the day's play, West Indies bowling coach Ravi Rampaul gave credit to his players for giving 100 percent.

He said the pitch provided no assistance to the bowlers, leaving India in a comfortable position.
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00:00Day two of the Ahmedabad test saw India adding another 327 runs against the West Indies and
00:06losing just three wickets. The lead is now 286 for the home side, with three batters
00:12getting sentries. At the post-match conference, Wendy's bowling coach Ravi Rampol said the
00:17men in Maroon gave it their best shot out in the middle.
00:20I think it was a very tough day on a nice wicket to bat on. We tried, we tried different
00:29tactical bowling strategies. I guess going forward, we could probably stick to that a
00:37little bit more, a little more in our execution, even though there was not much there for the
00:42bowlers throughout the day. But I think the bowlers tried hard. I can't fault them on that pitch.
00:49The way that they bowl, it could have been worse. Prior to the start of the series,
00:54the West Indies think tank was hoping to take inspiration from the Black Caps,
00:58who swept India 3-0 on the subcontinent last year. According to Rampol,
01:03the men from the Caribbean also tried replicating New Zealand's tactics.
01:07When we planned to get the right pace to bowl at, we looked at what the New Zealand spinners did and
01:14tried to replicate that amount of pace that they were delivering at. But it's two different pitches.
01:22This pitch is a lot more better for batting and less spin. So I don't think that the pace
01:28that we bowled affected the turn of the pitch.
01:33The Windies started the series without pacers Alzari Joseph and Shammar Joseph,
01:37both of whom are injured. That resulted in Johan Lane making his test debut,
01:43while Anderson Phillip flew into India to be included in the squad.
01:47It was very difficult. It was like a big hole to fill losing Shammar and Azari through injuries.
01:54And the next in line was Johan Lane, who was with us during the test series in Australia.
02:02So he was next in line, Anderson Phillip as well. But it was a big hole to fill and we could see it out
02:09there that in the fast bowling department, we really didn't have any assistant with Jaden to help Jaden
02:16through the bowling.
02:19Rampol had no regrets with the West Indies opting to bat first, despite being bundled out for 162.
02:26Vinod Nawani, Chiefs Exposed.
02:28Rampol has shattered once again.
02:37Rampol has shattered once again.
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