India vs Australia | We just have to repeat what we did in Dubai, hints Nathan Lyon

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BySportsCafe Desk,SportsCafe Editor

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Nathan Lyon has said that the Australian cricket team should take inspiration from their performance against Pakistan a couple of months ago in Dubai and stated that if they can get a result in such an encounter, they can do it in Adelaide. Australia is chasing a target of 323 in the first Test.

On the fourth day of the first Test match between India and Australia, India set a target 323 runs for the hosts to win the match and also take a 1-0 lead in the four match series. At the end of the fourth day’s play, Australia trailed the Indian score by a total of 219 runs with six wickets in hand. But still Australian spinner Nathan Lyon was upbeat about a win at the Adelaide Oval on the fifth day tomorrow.

“We just spoke about Dubai. We still believe we can win this, and that’s the best thing. We still believe we’re in this game, it’s just about coming out tomorrow, winning the first ball, first over, first hour, just breaking it down, very simple. We need not complicate things, enjoy ourselves, compete hard and fight our backsides off. We’ve had that belief before when our backs have been against the wall, but we’ve got a massive sniff here, I believe anyway, in this Test match,” Lyon said after Day 4, reported PTI.

On the fourth day, though the opening bowlers for India in Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah failed to get any wickets, it was the day of Mohammed Shami who got two wickets in his kitty. The other two were picked by off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as Australia ended the day at 104/4. Earlier in the day, Nathan Lyon finished with the figures of 6-122 to bundle India for 307 runs.

“I think the pitch has quickened up a little bit and is doing a lot less for the seamers. It’s definitely spinning and they’ve got a world-class spinner. So it’s going to be a great challenge for our batters out there with two left-handers, with R Ashwin spinning away,” said Lyon.

Lyon, who has picked eight wickets in the match argued that the Australian side is a young side and don’t have much experience. Pointing to the fact the off-spinner said that despite being the best Test side in the World they have managed to give the visitors a stiff challenge.

“We are a very young cricket side and we are striving, building and training our backsides off to be the best cricket side we possibly can be. We’re challenging ourselves against the No. 1 Test side, so of course it's a massive learning curve.

On the personal front, Lyon said that his though process in the match was a simple one to just keep bowling his stock deliveries and he kept doing that. In doing so Lyon ended with a match figure of 8/205 in 70 overs he bowled in the match.

“My idea was just to keep bowling my off spin. That is what works here in Australia. My idea is to bowl my best ball and I kept doing that. It (coming forward) was a ploy he used to counter my bounce. Now I have to come up with mine,” he signed off.

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