Australian assistant coach Andrew McDonald on Saturday praised India’s inexperienced bowling attack for the last Test match, and in particular praised Washington Sunder, saying young off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had been bowled out for good. India include Washington (three for 89) and middle pacer T Natarajan (3 for 78), who debuted on Friday with multiple injuries in the series. Both teammates were net bowlers.
“I thought he (the Indian bowler) was very consistent,” McDonald said after the second day’s play at the virtual press conference. Washington Sundar in particular was very disciplined and played his part well in Ravi Ashwin’s place and bowled well and I think he managed to get some wickets in the meantime. “McDonald’s, the coach of the Indian Premier League media, has been strongly influenced by fast bowlers.
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Natarajan may be inexperienced but he has played enough first class matches to play his first Test on this tour and this is a big achievement, so I think he has done well. The left-handed bowler was impressed with his bowling during the limited overs tour of the tour, before he made a spectacular appearance in the IPL and became a part of the Indian team.
Australia were reduced to 369 in the first session of the second day of the rain-interrupted session. Shardul Thakur also took three wickets, as did Washington and Natarajan. The 39-year-old assistant coach of Australia said the (Indian bowlers) kept the pressure on throughout the innings and they were making it difficult for us. At a time when we thought we were going to dominate, they were able to come back and save our important wickets on important occasions. So, full credit goes to his attacks.
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