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Ahmedabad: Gary Kirsten is not reading too much into Virender Sehwag throwing his wicket at Motera on Thursday. “That’s the way he bats,” the Team India coach said at a news conference.
The following are excerpts
Indian batting on Thursday
191 for one would have been better. It is a good batting effort. I’m pleased with what the guys did there. Hopefully we can see it through…
The chances of saving the Test
We’ve got the batsmen; we’ve got the skill in our team to do what we need to. But it requires a lot of concentration and effort.
Gautam Gambhir’s presence
We know what he is capable of and he has proven that. Don’t forget Gautam and Rahul (Dravid) saved us the Test in Napier earlier this year.
The plan on the final day
It will be playing according to the situation and the bottom line is that we need to bat for 80 per cent of the day.
The target…
I think the quicker we get to 334, the better. Sehwag’s dismissal
We know the way he generally bats. We graciously accept the benefits when he makes a big contribution. At the same time there is always a risk attached to the way he plays cricket. That’s the way it is...
Around 1400 runs and only 19 wickets in the four days of this Test
We know that this wicket has favoured the batsmen, and so they are cashing in. We don’t often play on this sort of wicket.
Tackling Murali on the final day
Murali is always a threat, he’s a world class bowler and a threat to any team. It’s up to us to be able to make sure we prevent him from doing any major damage.
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