Ahead of the historic second Test, Shami said he wants to keep things simple and leave the batsman guessing about what his next move is going to be.
Team India's inform pacer Mohammed Shami revealed how altering length would play a major role during the maiden Pink-ball Test match between India and Bangladesh in Kolkata.
Shami has been in tantalising form for the home side over the past few months and finished the Indore Test with lucrative figures of 3/27 and 4/31 to achieve his career-best ranking.
Ahead of the historic second Test, Shami said he wants to keep things simple and leave the batsman guessing about what his next move is going to be.
“What one thing bowlers should do is keep an eye on the wicket and how is it behaving, so what I do is as the pitch gets slower I keep pushing myself and when I notice that the batsman is uncomfortable I go over the top... so the length has to keep changing,” Shami said during an interview to StarSports.
Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar, however, has warned opener Mayank Agarwal about the opposition's plans to counter his batting style in Kolkata. Agarwal managed to smash another double hundred and secured his career-best figures as a batsman.
“He is enjoying Test cricket, this is his first year and hopefully he keeps scoring on the second year also because in the second season there is a lot more data available of you to the opposition.
“But he has been batting beautifully, the way he balances himself without falling on the offside as he plays so straight and his movement of the front and back foot has been fantastic making him the man in form who is full of confidence,” Gavaskar added.
Gautam Gambhir also lauded the "Men in Blue" for having a complete bowling attack with top pacers and spinners in their arsenal.
“If you see other oppositions, some teams have got quality fast bowling attacks, some have quality spinners but if you look at this Indian side, they’ve got two quality spinners, three quality seamers plus Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar who are not in the playing 11."
“So they’ve got proper 5 seamers plus Kuldeep Yadav which makes it 8 quality bowlers all capable of running through batting line-ups and that is why the Indian side has been able to take so many all-outs in the last 2 years,” he concluded.
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