Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has provided some useful tips for the batters ahead of the five-match series against England. The tour to the UK marks the start of a new era for the Men in Blue under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. Ahead of the 1st Test in Leeds, Tendulkar came up with three golden tips for Gill and co. on how to deal with the challenging conditions in England.
Tendulkar’s advice to Indian batters in England
In an interview with RevSportz, Sachin named pitch conditions, overhead conditions and the air quality as the three things that will determine how a batter needs to play in England.
“In England, you always keep three things in mind when you play. First, the overhead conditions. Second, the air quality, and third, the pitch condition. Each one of these factors influences how you should play,” Sachin said.
Tendulkar then went on to elaborate as to how the batters need play according to conditions at a given point of time. He said that the batters must defend or leave the ball when there are overcast conditions, adding that leaving the ball did not mean that the batter was being defensive. Sachin further warned the Indian batters that batting will be difficult at the start of the game as conditions will allow the fast bowlers to have control.
“There will be phases of play when you will find it very difficult to play shots. So you need to be careful and identify such phases. It is not a defensive act to leave balls. Rather, it is also a show of intent to be able to correctly leave balls and play for the right time,” Tendulkar was quoted as saying.
Further, Tendulkar urged the Indian players to identify areas around the wicket where they can score runs & underlined the importance of mindset.
“So my advice is stay positive and deal with the challenge. And when I say stay positive, being defensive at times is also staying positive. Identify the areas where you can score runs. And play to the situation and the conditions. That’s how you succeed in England,” he added.
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