Internet Desk: After an emphatic series win over Australia on Tuesday, India cricket team’s chief coach Anil Kumble thinks that the current World No.1 Indian team is good enough to continue their home dominance on the foreign soil as well.
India chased a target of 106 runs with ease on the fourth day of the final Test at Dharamsala to beat the World No.2 Aussies by eight wickets to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
“It’s fantastic. We spoke about it that we will take one series at a time, one match at a time, one session at a time.
To come back from 1-0 down, when you could see there were tired bodies around, it was brilliant,” Kumble said.
“After Virat’s injury the team stood up. (Ajinkya) Rahane led the team brilliantly after losing the toss. Then chasing 300 was a brilliant effort and yesterday the bowlers were brilliant.
“The fast bowlers throughout the season have bowled brilliantly. They bowled quick and the mind games done on the pitch that changed the way we approached the game,” he said.
“With this kind of line-up, with the lower-order contributions, I don’t see any reason why we can’t start winning abroad,” he added.
Asked about the positives his side can take from the hectic Test season, Kumble said: “The positives have been adapting to conditions. We have had almost 25 players starting from West Indies. All 25 have stood up in different conditions.
“Even the new home venues, we didn’t know how those pitches would behave. Everybody has put his hands up. The one area we need to improve is catching, that is something we have to look into.”
Praising all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, Kumble said: “Jaddu (Ravindra Jadeja) was brilliant through the season.
(Ravichandran) Ashwin of course we know what he is capable of but Jaddu has always been in the shadows. But he has now come out of it and to be the No. 1 spinner is brilliant.
With inputs from PTI.