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Young India batterDevdutt Padikkal will certainly require to welcome the obstacles that will certainly come his method if he obtains a possibility in the initial Test versus Australia beginning right here on Friday, feels his elderly Karnataka colleagueMayank Agarawal Padikkal, that was at first not a component of India’s big 18-member team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, was asked to remain back after A group’s informal Tests Down Under complying with an impact to Shubman Gill’s left hand in advance of the collection opener. If Gill continues to be sidelined, Padikkal remains in line to take area for the 2nd time in the layout, having actually made his launching versus England in March.
“They (Indian players) have had time to prepare. The good thing was (that) a lot of the guys went and played India A games,” Agarawal, that remained in a comparable scenario on the 2018-19 scenic tour when he was phoned for the 2nd Test at Melbourne, informed PTI on Thursday.
“They have had at least three weeks to prepare themselves for the conditions. But it then now boils down to the mindset — are you willing to get into the fight? Or are you willing to embrace that fight? If he can get into that mindset — which he has; he has got a lot of skill, a lot of flair (and he) works hard on his game.” In fact, Padikkal looked one step closer to being certain of playing the first Test with BCCI’s official handles sharing a video of his experience of being back with the national side one day before the game.
“It feels really surreal to be honest. The intensity of the practice sessions were quite high. You feel that challenge; you will feel that everyone is ready, raring to go for the big series ahead,” Padikkal stated.
“So, it is always pleasure to have training sessions with the Indian team because it feels as big as the match. Hopefully, it will translate to the game as well.” “I am glad that I am getting this opportunity, and hopefully I can make it count,” stated Padikkal, that racked up a great 88 in the initial informal Test at Mackay.
Agarawal backed the Indian batters to eradicate their current battles in Australia.
“They have prepared in the best way they can or they should, according to them, which we must trust. They are going to face challenges, definitely. It’s a place where cricket is played really hard,” stated Agarwal, component of India’s 2-1 win on the 2018-19 scenic tour.
“You want to put yourself out there with a mindset of saying, ‘I want to be in that tough situation, or, I want to be in a situation where the chips are down and I can find a way and win the situation and win the game for the team’,” he stated.
Agarawal backed his veteran friend KL Rahul, that is readied to open up instead of Rohit Sharma in the opening Test, attributing him for his adaptability in the batting line-up.
“The real question here is that whenever you are going to play for India, when you are going to represent your national team, there is going to be pressure. The situations have been (different), where he has been asked to open and he has been asked to play different roles,” he stated.
“I give him credit that he is somebody who is adapted to playing everywhere. We have seen that he has done really well overseas. He is very calm and he is very collected. He just needs to go about doing his routines, going about playing the way he plays and just stay calm,” he stated.
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