Ross Taylor urges for ‘brave and courageous’ fight in Bangalore – Cricket News Update
New Zealand captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 has urged his players to put in a “brave and courageous” fight in the second Test of the two-match series against India, starting at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, today, August 31, 2012.
The New Zealand batting line up was ripped apart in the first Test by the Indian spinners, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198 (6 for 92), as they went on to lose the series opener by an innings and 115 runs. The Indian spin duo, sharing 18
wickets between them, bowled out the Kiwis for 159 in the first innings and 164 in the second, in reply to India’s first innings 438.
Taylor, who managed to score 2 and 7 in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792, admitted that an innings crushing is always morale sapping. However, he urged his batsmen to put that defeat at the back and make a strong comeback in the final Test, to regain some lost pride.
“It is never easy when you lose a Test by over an innings. We need to forget about it as quickly as possible and find ways of playing Ashwin and Ojha,” said the visiting skipper at the pre-match press conference on the eve of the second Test. “We have to
be brave and courageous and attack them and hopefully put pressure back on them,” he added further.
The Black Caps hold an unimpressive Test record in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915, a veteran of 40 Tests and 112 ODIs, is determined to clinch a victory at Bangalore and draw the series.
“Obviously, we are still in the series,” said the 28-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wellington-c864 born middle-order batsman.
“We are a young side and are learning both on and off the field. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 are normally fighters and we'll be trying to fight as hard as we can,” he added further, reiterating “we need to be brave and courageous in the way we go in this Test”.
The two-Test series will be followed by two T20 Internationals between the two outfits, to be played at Visakhapatnam (September 8) and Chennai (September 11).
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