4th Test: Team India banking on resilience against Australia | Cricket News – Times of India

The present squad touring Australia could lack the aura of some star-studded Indian groups of the previous however the during the last two months, the character and resilience proven by this crop of gamers has been second to none.
What has additionally made this tour extremely laborious for the gamers are the Covid-19 restrictions and bio-bubble environments they should abide by. A big majority of them have been away from house for nearly 5 months now, starting with the IPL in UAE.

The mounting checklist of cricketers on the casualty checklist with varied accidents has solely compounded India’s woes. But they’ve discovered a option to courageous via these challenges and are nonetheless in with an opportunity of successful the collection because the deciding fourth Test looms.

Former India participant Sujith Somasundar, a licensed psychological toughness and life efficiency coach, credit the teaching employees for this psychological toughness within the group. “I think a lot of credit goes to people who are around the Indian team. They receive a lot of brickbats. But let’s give them credit where it is due,” he mentioned.
“Sometimes breakdowns happen. It happened to us in Adelaide (2nd innings where India were all out for 36). But how you deal with it is important. I think our support staff dealt with it really well. If you make winning and losing highly significant, then you are making players emotionally attached to the results. But rather, the focus should be on improving the players’ work ethic. I think that’s where head coach Ravi Shastri and his team have done a commendable job,” mentioned Somasundar, the pinnacle of schooling on the Indian cricket board’s National Cricket Academy (NCA).
The former Karnataka cricketer thinks that the brand new gamers who’ve stepped in haven’t appeared out of their depth as a result of of the work that has gone behind the scenes. “I think they (coaching staff) have handled each player differently. They have treated each one of them according to their potential. They have made them aware of what is possible and tried to make them realise it,” he added.

Virat Kohli too had spoken extremely concerning the character of the group earlier than he took paternity depart. “We are a team that will show belief and not necessarily give up. That is one hallmark of this team,” Kohli had mentioned.
This ‘hallmark’ is what stand-in-skipper Ajinkya Rahane will financial institution on in Brisbane. “Physically we may be disadvantaged. However, mentally they will have a lot of gumption after Sydney, which was kind of a moral victory,” mentioned Somasundar.
If India can defy the chances in Brisbane too, their psychological toughness will change into the stuff of legend.