Australia vs India: Sighting the pink ball 'not easy', says Tim Paine
The HinduSighting a pink ball snaking this way and that under lights is “not easy”, Australian captain Tim Paine said after his laborious half-century against India’s menacing bowling attack in the first Day-Night Test here on Friday. “They bowled really well, put us under pressure, we just could not get any momentum or any partnerships together, we couldn’t quite do that today, but our top order has done a good job for a fair while now.” READ| Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed four wickets, while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah finished with three wickets. “We have got the ability to take quick wickets, and obviously we will try and do that tomorrow, keep the scoreboard under control and hopefully one of our great bowlers has bit of run-on and somewhat momentum and I think and hopefully keep that score as low as possible.” READ| Pat Cummins dismissed India opener Prithvi Shaw cheaply in the second innings and the Australian skipper said that the brand new ball was given to him, instead of Josh Hazlewood, as he gets to nip it off the seam. “That decision was made, I feel like most of this game, which has been unusual for pink ball, it hasn’t really swung, it has been nip of that swing and Patty has been our best in that.