“Say, on the third day of the match, considered the moving day of a Test, when nothing much is planned. You need the experience to handle the third day – say one spell at a time, maiden overs at a time, slowly work around the marathon. Ishant has seen a lot of such situations. There is absolutely no doubt that Bumrah will take over from Ishant, he will take time to overcome such situations where he will not only show how to do it but also take them along to do it.”
Balaji stated that for him Ishant was the chief of the pack and his stint with Sussex in 2018 can even profit his bowling on the tour.
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“At the moment, I will go with Ishant, Bumrah and Shami as the top three. I would look at how the English pitches behave. Ishant has done well there, bowled match-winning spells there, toured with the Test teams three times there. I will use his English county experience of the recent past (Sussex, 2018). He is the leader of the pack,” said Balaji.
Strategy-wise Balaji said that he would go along with Ishant on the offensive in opposition to left-handers with the new ball however in any other case use him as a defensive bowler bowling in the channels with a disciplined line and size. He added that Ishant had the means to steer a fightback if issues didn’t go effectively for India initially.
“I will put Bumrah and Shami with Ishant, three totally different bowlers where Ishant can play defence and the other two can be on the offence. Ishant with the new ball can be on the offence against the left-handers. I will fall back upon Ishant when the situation goes out of control. He can put things back in place.”
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