Ten Doeschate on wanting to carry momentum in the semis and also resting their bowling attack on Sunday vs NZ.
Ten Doeschate has highlighted the need to keep the bowlers fresh with a day off between the team’s last group match and the semi-final.
It may come down to a few bowlers not bowling their whole quota because India, who are guaranteed a berth in the semi-finals, will not compromise on their balance, he added, adding that they also want to win the group.
The winner of Group A will be determined by Sunday’s encounter, and New Zealand has already advanced to the semi-finals.
“We’ve had two pretty tough training sessions, so that’s been the preparation,” ten Doeschate said. “In terms of the bench strength, I think the priority is making sure that we have our best guys available and fully fit for the second game [the semi-final on March 4].
“But we also don’t want to rest them for another two days [India have had a week off]. So to get that balance right, we might just try to share the bowling out a little bit. But we obviously want to win against New Zealand as well. It’s important that we keep that momentum going and obviously to top the group as well. So the balance of those two things I just mentioned [is] to be thought about.”
“They’ve had a lot of rest now. But it’s how you back the two games up. So if all the seamers are going to bowl 10 overs, and then say we bowl second in the first game, we’re bowling 36 hours later, we’re bowling first, that’s quite a workload.
“So that’s what I was alluding to. One of the options is to make sure the guys don’t bowl their full quota of overs, if that opportunity allows itself. But we’re ready to manage that in the field and try and keep the guys as fresh as possible for the first and the final.”