Ryan Ten Doeschate provides update on Rinku Singh ahead of 4th T20I vs ENG | Cricket News
India assant coach Ryan Ten Doeschate on Thursday said that Rinku Singh is fit and will be available for the 4th T20I match against England in Pune on Friday.
The Kolkata Knight Riders batter was rested for the second and third matches of the series after he had back spasms. With Nitish Kumar Reddy also injured and out for the whole series, the Indian team management had added Shivam Dube and Ramandeep Singh in the squad.
“Rinku is fit. He played the first game, hurt himself and missed the next two. But I would imagine Rinku comes back in as soon as he’s proper fit. He batted the other night and I think he’ll be ready to go tomorrow,” Ten Doeschate said during the pre-match press conference.
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Ten Doeschate also said that head coach Gautam Gambhir’s philosophy of having at least eight batters in T20 cricket is sacrosanct and it is unlikely to change any time in near future.
“You could argue that we don’t want Dhruv Jurel batting at number 8. But I also think if you look at the blueprint of any of Gambhir’s teams that he has coached since he’s been coaching T20 cricket, it is a big part of how he likes to set up,” Ten Doeschate said.
“Particularly the other night, like I said, with Dhruv coming in at 8, I don’t think we got to see the best of him. But we do believe that it’s a big part of strategy in these games. Again, going back to my point, we want to give guys a long enough opportunity to show how good they are because we believe in the medium to long term, guys will show how good they are,” he added.
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