Vikram Rathour: Good practice before Oz contest

The ongoing twomatch Test series against Bangladesh is a perfect preparation for the Indian batters before they take on Australia at home on ldquosimilar turning tracksrdquo for the highprofile BorderGavaskar Trophy batting coach Vikram Rathour said on WednesdayIndia thrashed Bangladesh by 188 runs on a difficult track in Chittagong to lead the series 10On second spot in the World Test Championships standings India will be keen to complete a clean sweep in Bangladesh before they take on tabletoppers Australia in the highprofile fourTest series set to begin in Nagpur on February 9Vikram RathourldquoYou expect wickets to turn in the subcontinent and after this we will be playing an important series against Australia where wickets are expected to turnrdquo Rathour said on the eve of the second and final Test hereldquoSo itrsquos good practice for us It will be good preparation for Indian batters We are not discussing anything tactically but looking forward to playing good cricketrdquoBatters come goodThe Indian batters came good in the opening Test with young opener Shubman Gill cracking his maiden century in the longest format and veteran Cheteshwar Pujara scoring a 130ball 102 not out in the second innings his 19th Test century after almost four yearsStandin skipper KL Rahul however found the going tough as he was dismissed for 22 and 23 while Virat Kohli was removed by leftarm spinner Taijul Islam with a beauty in the first innings in Chittagong The former India captain was unbeaten on 19 in the second essayRathour who had a long session with Rahul and Kohli hoped the two batters will come good in the second TestAsked what was he discussing with Rahul the batting coach said ldquoIrsquom not going to get into those discussions these discussions keep happening a few things he was looking at and therersquos nothing to be concerned about He was just working on somethingldquoWe are looking forward to both of them scoring runs Hoping to see big innings from both of them from this matchrdquoKohli has recently ended his long wait for an international century first getting to the mark in the T20Is against Afghanistan and then in the ODIs against BangladeshKohli is now due for a Test century which he last scored against Bangladesh in their first daynight Test at Eden Gardens Kolkata in 2019Also ReadlsquoWe have to be aggressiversquo KL RahullsquoKLrsquos injury not seriousrsquoMeanwhile Rahul got hit on his thumb while taking throwdowns from Rathour but the batting coach said it was not serious and he ldquoseemed finerdquoThe India opener was seen applying icepacks ldquoDoctors are looking after him he seems to be finerdquo Rathour saidAsked about the wicket Rathour said ldquoWersquore expecting this one to have a bit more bounce and turn than the previous one We look to play according to the situationldquoWe are fine whatever wicket we get We have absolutely no issues from our side However it plays we have to put up as many runs as we can and put up a good score if we bat firstrdquoRathour said the wicket in Chittagong was toughldquoWe batted well definitely but we bowled really well It was a tough surface to get 20 wicketsmdash slow and low especially in the second inningsrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever