http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 feeling confident after a cameo in the second innings at Kolkata – Cricket News Update
Ian Bell, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 at Kolkata but feels confident after a little cameo in the second innings.
The 30-year-old cricketer failed to make an impact in the first Test at Ahmedabad, being dismissed for a duck and 22 in the two innings respectively, before flying back home due to personal reasons and missing the second match at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820.
Bell was drafted in the playing eleven straightaway in the third match upon his rejoining the team. The right-hander failed once again in the first innings as he was caught-behind off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566 for just five.
Chasing a target of 41 on the last day of the match to take an unassailable lead in the series, the visitors lost three early wickets; however, the situation provided Bell an opportunity to regain some confidence. The cricketer from
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 registered a run-a-ball 28 not out with the help of four boundaries.
In his column for The Independent, Bell wrote that the whole team is ecstatic to have won two Tests in a row and is happy to have performed well in the second innings.
“Alongside the celebrations come moments of reflection. To be honest, my match-clinching stint at the crease was exactly what my game needed. I've made no secret of the fact that I've been struggling for rhythm before this Test,” Bell
stated.
The right-hander has been an integral part of the England Test team in recent times and is tipped for greatness in the coming years, having already scored more than nine thousand runs at the ultimate level of the game, including 18
centuries.
Bell further added that rhythm and confidence are extremely crucial for a batsman to perform well at the international level.
He expressed, “Rhythm is such an elusive quality and is hard for a batsman to put into words, but let me try. There's a chemistry between your batting brain, the fluidity of your feet movement and your general feel at the crease, it
goes beyond technique and only comes about when all three are in synch.”
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