Kumble’s advice to vary my pace on slow wicket helped me: Mishra

TIL Desk Sports/ India’s leg-spinner Amit Mishra revealed that head coach Anil Kumble’s advice to vary his pace on the slow wicket in the first cricket Test against the West Indies helped him. Mishra took three wickets in both the innings while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed seven wickets as the hosts followed on as India recorded a big win by an innings and 92 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the four match Test series.

“I am lucky to be getting to work with Anil bhai. He is a legend. He has told me about the importance of batting for a tailender and how it boosts his confidence when he performs with the bat,” Mishra said at a press conference. “He shares his experience with me and tells small things which make a difference in the overall outcome of the game. In the last game the wicket was slow, so he told me to vary my pace.”

Mishra said that India will look to carry on with their aggressive brand of cricket. “When you play aggressive cricket, it means as a bowler you are looking for wickets. Aggressive cricket does not mean you go out there on the field and fight or show disrespect. Aggressive cricket means you are looking at ways to pick wickets all the time,” he said.