Melbourne: Lauding his fellow bowlers for executing the plans well on the opening day, Indian pacer Mohammed Shami said the tourists would now aim to send Australia packing in the first session on Day 2 in the ongoing third cricket Test. “Throughout the series, our intention has been to bowl to a plan, to bowl line and length,” said Shami.
“But plans don’t always work out. Sometimes it isn’t the bowlers’ day, so line and length goes awry. Sometimes you don’t get wickets or give away runs even when you bowl well. The focus was on line and length, and I am glad that we did that.”“My effort was to focus on line and length in the morning,” said Shami.
“If a bowler can achieve that then there is nothing difficult for him. I didn’t focus on pace because the conditions weren’t right and I only do that when I get help from the pitch. Otherwise I focus on line and length. It is great if one end is held tight, then you can attack from the other end. attack from the other end. Ashwin did that very well and I was able to attack from the other end. We have to bowl as a unit. Ishant was unlucky but he bowled really well. He has taken wickets earlier in the series so it’s not like he isn’t in form.”
