“It’s just that we were behind a couple of more wickets at mid-wicket, four to one,” Borovec said. “It’s always if, but and maybe, isn’t it? But we fell a little bit behind in the game. “We knew we probably didn’t have the breathing room that India had in those last ten overs.
“One of the key pillars of our game is intention. And you can’t fault that throughout the innings. Will mistakes be made? Of course. But if we make mistakes with good intentions, good decisions, good plans and If the execution does not go quite well, well, we will gladly accept it.
Another difference was that India scored 20 or more in an over on four occasions. Australia did it in two. Borovec acknowledged that the bowlers found it difficult to close the over after conceding boundaries on the first two balls.
“The first two balls of an over can be very important in T20 cricket,” he said. “If you’re conceding boundaries on those two balls, it can be difficult to get them back. You have fewer resources at your disposal since you’ve shown a couple of deliveries…if you’ve bowled a bouncer.
“What we saw tonight was that in those moments, the Indian players would get ahead in the count and almost get a good read on what potential ball could fall towards them. I think focusing on those first two balls and how we can structure those are better; it is usually a good starting point.
“We have a few things to consider – we need to look at different players in different conditions and one of the considerations today was to take a look at two spinners,” he said. “We thought he was going to be a good attacking option for us, so we decided to structure our bowling around that.
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“We had a great conversation with Jase about how good his bowling was. Also, when you look back, it was probably one of his best bowling performances for Australia. So it was a really difficult decision, but we made it around “We thought these conditions were going to help turn a little more than maybe Vizag.”
“The irony was that when the dew came, we had some good overs between the seventh and the 11th over,” Borovec said. “It just goes to show that in T20 cricket sometimes things like that happen that go against the grain. We’re probably a bit disappointed with our execution in the first six. And that’s where we thought the sweet spot was to take wickets and give it to our spinners. the opportunity to play against some new hitters.
“I was really proud of that fight in that early midgame period. Then, of course, the dew came and made it very difficult to execute, but you can’t fault the pitchers’ effort and plans.”
“We have a number of things we’re looking at,” he said. “We have ten games to include some of those things. Not everything is possible. One of the things we had in our planning for this series was to take a look at Steve at the top. And we’ve had the opportunity to do that from time to time. when. “We are very happy with that intention that he has shown with the bat.”
Hemant Brar is deputy editor of ESPNcricinfo
