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Team India's batting coach Vikram Rathour has backed batters Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer after questions were asked about their form after the shock defeat against England in the first Test. The Men in Blue were in cruise control in Hyderabad but fell short against Ollie Pope's 196 and Tom Hartley's 7-62 in the second innings.
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India was chasing a modest total of 231 runs but wickets at regular intervals always kept the hosts behind the eight ball and then cost them the game. After the match, Iyer and Gill had to face the fire with the duo failing to score big runs in crunch situations. But the Indian batting coach has backed the young duo and believes they will score runs eventually.
Gill, Jaiswal and Iyer will start getting big runs: Rathour
Speaking in the press conference on January 31, Rathour said, “There are young batters in our team who have not played much Test cricket. So, we need to be a bit patient with them. Batters like (Shubman) Gill, (Yashasvi) Jaiswal and (Shreyas) Iyer will eventually start getting big runs, I’m sure of it."
I want them to play with intent: Vikram Rathour
Further Vikram Rathour spoke about how he wants Indian batters to play with intent where they make decisions after taking into consideration various factors. Rathour said, "There’s a difference between playing with intent and playing attacking cricket."
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I want them to play with intent. If there is the opportunity to score some runs, they should take it. They need to decide by looking at the surface and conditions. So, the batters need to possess that intelligence as to which is the best or safest shot on the surface," the Indian batting coach added.