There will be a stiffer contest in Bangalore, claims http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 – Cricket News Update
New Zealand’s captain and middle-order batsman, Ross Taylor, claims that his side will give a tough competition to a strong Indian team in the second of the two-match Test series at Bangalore, but admits that countering the Indian
spinners remains a massive challenge for the Kiwi batsmen.
The Kiwis have been struggling to deliver the goods in international cricket over the last couple of years. They had a horrendous tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 before coming to India, losing in all three formats of the game.
Fortunes did not change much for Taylor’s men in the first Test either, failing to make an impression at all in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792, with the Men in Blue clinching the match by an innings and 115 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198, also bowled well and grabbed six wickets to help his team’s cause.
The Kiwi skipper expressed that both the spinners bowl well together and can be extremely destructive on supportive tracks.
"They put a lot of pressure on us, bowled in very good areas. They are both very good spinners in turning conditions. When the ball does turn and bounce a lot - when it does turn, it is a lot easier to play but when it bounces [as
it did in this game], it's a different ball game," he said.
The last match of the series will commence from August 31, before the two teams lock horns for the T20 series ahead of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 is confident that his side will prepare harder in the nets for the second Test to avoid a whitewash. The middle-order batsman understands that New Zealand is finding it hard to compete at the international level but hopes for
a turnaround in future.
The New Zealand captain added, "I think there will be a much stiffer contest in Bangalore, the [http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754] batsmen will come out with better plans. So we will also have to be up for it. The team had a tough year [in 2011]."
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