“It was a leadership decision and I’m grateful for the opportunity,” Washington said of the debate around the summit. “I knew it was going to be a good opportunity for me to bat at No. 3 and I’m glad I was able to contribute.

“Without a doubt, I consider myself a top-class batsman. I am more than satisfied with the kind of alternative that was given to me, batting at Deny. 3. For me, something can be very notable: I would like to do it regardless of “The team requires it. This can be entertainment for the staff. That’s what I always keep in mind. With confidence, I’ll be able to deliver those punches consistently.”

Washington had 96 at stumps on the first day. When play resumed on Saturday, it didn’t take him long to complete his century. In the third over of the day, he guided Navdeep Saini between slip and gully for a four to achieve his second first-class century.

After Sudharsan fell for 213, Washington and Pradosh Ranjan Paul added 92 for the fourth wicket. Tamil Nadu finally declared their innings at 674 for 6. In reply, Delhi were 43 without loss at stumps.

“Sure, sure,” Washington said when asked if he would like to continue batting in the top order. “I’ve felt very confident in my abilities and how I’ve been hitting especially the last few years. I’ve just been trying to focus on what the team is asking me to do, it’s not necessary.” “It doesn’t matter what the status is, but fighting at the top of the environment is a lot of fun.”

Prior to this, Washington was with the Indian team for the three-match T20I series against Bangladesh.

“It’s exciting, isn’t it? You can play games with all the codecs and get a lot of alternatives,” he said.

“This can be an even more exciting meaning. Clearly, you have to do whatever you want to transfer codecs, especially in white ball, but as elite cricketers, we are very grateful to have some of these demanding situations. It’s about overcoming those demanding situations. Once we successfully get out of those demanding situations, it is vitally exciting.

“Obviously, Test cricket is the ultimate format. Everyone values ​​it a lot. For me, red-ball cricket means a lot. I hope I can play a lot of matches and continue to perform very well.”

“Overall, for me, I’ve been pretty on a roll, pretty hot and cold with the ball,” O’Rourke said at the end of the fourth class. “Pants and Sarfaraz [Khan] Obviously I batted really well for a long time there, but that second new ball came along and started to do a little bit for us.

“So, credit to Timmy [Tim Southee] for buying that first leap forward [of Sarfaraz] and closer I was lucky to get a small cut there [from Pant] to give us a little boost.”

Sarfaraz, in particular, handled O’Rourke well, picking him for 39 runs off 35 balls and repeatedly removing him from his position with late ramps and cuts. While O’Rourke said he and the rest of the bowling unit could have been tighter with their lengths, he credited Sarfaraz for using the angles and opening up the field.

“He [Sarfaraz] He played me very well,” O’Rourke said. “With that attitude where I run away, that modest touch opens up. Yes, we might have been in the game a little bit, but he did very well.

“I would have liked to be a little tighter. Obviously, one of its strengths is that [the late cut]. So, yes, I would have liked it to be a little tighter, but I needed a little more width and he pushed me away. So you have to give him credit.”

O’Rourke has had an exciting start to his Check career. This is his fifth Test and he has already taken 26 wickets at 18.84, which includes two five-fors. Fifteen of his 26 wickets were in the subcontinent. He had a magnificent tour of Sri Lanka which ended beyond where he took eight wickets in two Tests and has endured his excellent run in the Republic of India.

“I think we had a very good preparation in Tauranga and in Lincoln,” he mentioned of his good fortune in the subcontinent. “We had some grounds that were a little bit drier than we’re probably used to at that time of year in New Zealand. And yeah, learning from guys like Matt Henry, Tim Southee, who’ve been here before and done it. Before, it’s been huge for me to come here.”

In the first innings here, O’Rourke took four wickets, including Virat Kohli for a duck.

“Obviously it’s very special to get someone so big, one of the greats of our game, to come out like that,” he mentioned about Kohli’s field. “You grow up watching those guys. So to come here and take that wicket, it’s probably one of the best. [best] windows that I have.”

Year O’Rourke has been pleasantly surprised by the unmistakable jump he has on the Bengaluru pitch, he also loves to bowl with the SG ball.

“It has a slightly more pronounced seam than the Kookaburra. [that New Zealand use at home]so it seems nice and difficult to start. It fits very well and the large seams are always a big plus. [It’s] my first time here and [Bengaluru] I probably had a little more bounce, a little more pace than we expected coming here, which suits a bowler like me. So far, I’ve really enjoyed it.

“We definitely do our scouting and stuff before the games. I would say, considering the age in my career, I’m more of a feeling bowler. “I love repeating what I do, running and doing what I do. “But I certainly look at players in the past, I like to understand their strengths and weaknesses, but I think sometimes it’s just about being me and doing what I do.”

Terming the century “special”, Iyer mentioned: “Coming back after a long time, obviously I was feeling a bit down because of my injuries, but now to complete a century after a long time, it’s a great feeling.”

“I am completely willing to [Test] I return but yes, as we say, regulate the controllables and my activity is to store the performance and store the participation as much as possible and also see that my body is in perfect weather. So I will make the most efficient resolution imaginable consistent with that.”

“Not now,” he said. “But there was one section where I felt like it would happen again. But yeah, I trained a dozen to check that I’m in peak condition and it clearly comes here and there, but now my ability has advanced a dozen.”

And how did his body get there?

“Training. Yes, I clearly developed my long-term work and that’s what I was looking for. You know, developing my perseverance so well in the case of long-term structure and according to that I used to be a coach. [I did] Extensive training as if I was stressing my body, like pushing my body between 400 and 800 meters of running and looking to push my limits and optics to be in the best condition possible.

[Earlier]”Even if I could sit for a long time, stand up for a long time, my back would automatically stiffen and yeah, that’s basically what I wanted to strengthen.”

Did the fitness issues and the way he thought “no one used to agree” create an inaccurate perception about him for Test cricket?

“Look, I had addressed my feelings throughout the longer structure and things didn’t follow my approach,” he said, hinting that he was willing to put it behind him. “But I have also addressed it in the previous interviews I have given and I am at an adequate level at the moment. I am doing what I am supposed to do, which is training and playing suits constantly.” and I think all the suits I’ve played at the event today have helped me reach that level of condition as well, along with my training.”

Playing his sixth consecutive first-class match in the last six weeks, Iyer said: “The frame has taken a dozen charges at the same time. So we have to govern here and there and work out what strategy I have in mind.” In the case of how I play. Now I have to be sneaky about the selections I make, I want to make sure my frame is in the most efficient climate imaginable. As I mentioned above, too. I have to make a decision according to that, regardless of what society thinks about the outdoors. I have to listen to my structure because I know the amount of threshold transferred over the last few years and according to that, I. I will make the appropriate resolution and hope that my group can achieve it again. [that]”.

“You win three championships in one year, and what more could you ask for? All I see here are the positive things and that’s winning the trophy, and that’s what I want.”

 

Shreyas Iyer on missing out on India A team for Australia tour

 

“Nowadays, when teams emerge, they immediately put in a defensive field from the first ball,” he said. “So I was just looking to snatch at some point, between playing games more balls than scoring shots, so that was my plan. Play games from check to check and fight to see how much my body can Snatch When I said I played some clubs in the event, that was the reason I was given to understand that I would break every ball, but at the same time I have to bat longer if I need to. My structure was prepared for any position provided by the opposition And yes, we faced many situations. difficult at the event.

Then the game against Maharashtra, Iyer will play games, 3 additional league games. Mumbai are scheduled to play games at this pace before the Ranji Trophy season pauses for the 50-over and 20-over white-ball tournaments. It might be a bit of a stretch to say that Iyer would be a strong contender for the tour of Australia as he has not been named in the Bharat A squad for the start of the two red-ball games on October 31.

Does Iyer really feel like he has eaten a combo bag of sweets at this speed?

“You win three championships in one year, and what more could you ask for? All I see here are the positive things and that’s winning the trophy, and that’s what I want.”