ENG vs IND, 4th Test: Lack Of Swing Surprised Us, Says Paul Collingwood

“Lack of swing from the duke ball shocked us,” mentioned England assistant coach Paul Collingwood as India put themselves within the driver’s seat after day three of the fourth and penultimate Check on the Oval on Saturday. The match noticed 13 wickets falling on day one with India getting all out for 191, however the situations appeared to have improved for batting thereafter as England bowlers capped a irritating day, managing simply three wickets on Saturday. “I assumed we have been very disciplined and caught to job all day. However one factor that shocked us was the dearth of swing from the duke ball,” the previous England captain informed reporters in a digital interplay after the day’s proceedings.

“Everyone knows as soon as there’s some motion within the air, and the wicket with some carry it could bother the Indian batsmen. So we have been fairly shocked and couldn’t get the swing. We tried every thing with it, altering the shining aspect however couldn’t get motion,” he rued.

Rohit Sharma slammed his first Check hundred outdoors India — a watchful 127 off 256 balls — as India ended the day at 270 for 3, a lead of 171 runs when dangerous mild stopped the proceedings at The Oval.

After an 83-run opening stand with KL Rahul (46), Rohit stitched 153 runs for the second wicket with Cheteshwar Pujara (61).

England discovered some solace with the second new ball as Ollie Robinson (2/67) eliminated each Rohit and Pujara in a single over earlier than Virat Kohli (22 batting) and Ravindra Jadeja (9 batting) noticed the day by.

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Backing his bowlers, Collingwood mentioned: “I assumed we requested questions all day. However numerous credit score goes to the Indian batsmen with Rohit on the high of the order. We needed to watch for the breakthrough, fortunately we acquired it with the assistance of the second new ball.”

Speaking about Rohit’s innings, he mentioned: “He is acquired an excellent approach. He has performed rather well thus far within the sequence. Now we have discovered up to now he is fairly an attacking batsmen. However he has been very watchful within the sequence. It was arduous to create any probabilities within the sequence. You bought to offer him numerous credit score.” Collingwood, nonetheless, remained hopeful of capitalising their probabilities and mentioned they might not be fearful of any complete. “Now we have seen all through the Check sequence, momentum shifted in a short time. If we will get some motion, we will exploit the situations and put the center and tail order below strain. “The situations appeared good for batting so we shouldn’t be fearful of no matter complete they set. Hope we’ve a superb day tomorrow,” he mentioned. England defeated India by innings and 76 runs at Headingley within the third Check to stage the five-match sequence 1-1. The ultimate Check will probably be performed on the Outdated Trafford from September 10.