‘We want to get a good look at Nitish’

Just arsenic overcast clouds gave mode to a sliver of sunshine astatine the Arun Jaitley Stadium connected Wednesday afternoon, each the members of the Indian squad turned up for a three-and-a-half-hour nett league astatine precocious intensity. After winning the archetypal Test against West Indies by an innings and 140 runs successful Ahmedabad, different arsenic commanding show from Shubman Gill and Co. is expected erstwhile the 2 sides fastener horns present from Friday.

According to adjunct manager Ryan 10 Doeschate, the 2nd Test is an accidental for the squad absorption to person a bully look astatine Nitish Reddy’s all-round skills. In the opener, the 22-year-old was confined to bowling conscionable 4 overs of medium-pace. Slotted astatine No. 8 successful the order, helium didn’t get to bat.

“We are improbable to alteration the combination. One of the medium-term objectives is to make a seam-bowling all-rounder for India. It’s precise important erstwhile we spell distant that we person that presumption covered. We didn’t get a precise bully look astatine Nitish past week. It is simply a precise bully accidental to springiness Nitish different spell and not change the equilibrium of the team,” 10 Doeschate told the media connected Wednesday.

If Nitish is to carve a agelong Test career, the Dutchman sees the youngster’s fittingness arsenic holding the key.

“We deliberation he’s a fantastic seam-bowling all-rounder,” 10 Doeschate said. “The biggest regulation to what his ceiling could beryllium is going to beryllium his body. The situation for him is to get crippled clip betwixt distant series. In a bid similar this, it is much important to look up and spot however we tin acceptable him successful truthful that helium gets crippled time.”