India need to bat well for revival

India need to bat well for revival 

When you are in a corner and all exits look sealed, there is only one way out. You have to fight and scrap your way past your aggressor. Overpowering the enemy is the only alternative you have. Once you do that, you will find that not all exits are shut.
    For the Indian cricket team, the last Test in Nagpur is such a situation. Before this series began, India were favourites and after the first Test, almost certainties to win the whole thing, almost. England fought their way through the tiny gap given by that ‘almost.’
    India have been outplayed, outthought and cornered and now we have to see some real fight. It can be done. Firstly, though, the most important attribute that each and every player, including the debutants, have to take into this match is that attitude to fight. The batsmen must know that there are to be no easy shots, no soft dismissals. Only patience and determination to grind the England attack down, and then prosper. Then with the ball, to give England nothing and hold those catches and chase every ball like your life depends upon it.
    An Indian revival has to start with the bat. Winning Tests in India is about putting together totals of 450-plus minimum during your first turn at bat. To control the game, you just have to bat five sessions. In the first Test, Sehwag, Pujara & Co put together 521 and India prevailed.
    The foundations for victory must be set with the sheer weight of runs. So far in the series only Pujara and Sehwag have scored centuries for India, Pujara twice. In the last two Tests, batsman with first use of the wicket squandered the opportunity. Totals of around 300 on paper may look respectable, but they are simply not enough.
    It’s come to the time where the Indian batting has to stand up and deliver. Whatever your style this is, however you play, the end result must be delivery and performance. Batting for long periods of time in Tests is about rhythm.That rhythm is very simple.Getting a start and then get to drinks. Establish yourself again after the break and then make certain you walk off with the umpires for lunch. After lunch, back out there and get in again.
    Getting in after a break and getting to the break are both identical and equally critical. Ball by ball, hour by hour, session by session. Staying in the present and taking it one ball at a time. All the time with your goal — that you are going to bat all day — dug into the back of your mind.
    In the early editions of Don Bradman’s book The Art of Cricket, it is said that when batting, the Don’s approach was governed by two key thoughts. Firstly, he didn’t believe any bowler was good enough to get him out.
    Secondly, he played every ball as if it was his first. Not a bad place to start for Indian batsmen. 360 CORPORATE RELATIONS