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New Delhi: Karun Nair scored an emphatic triple hundred in Chennai Test against England, a feat for which he overnight became a sensation. Nair’s emphatic knock was noticed all around the globe and Steve Smith wanting David warner to emulate the Indian during the upcoming Asian sub-continent tour, justified that.
While the whole of India was talking about Nair’s impressive feat of hitting 303 not-out in the 5th and final Test of the series, it seems the record made waves in Australia as well
“It’s pretty important that our senior players step up in those conditions and take control. It’s something we didn’t do overly well in Sri Lanka, and we didn’t get the results that we wanted there. The senior players – myself, Davey, (Mitchell) Starcy, Josh (Hazlewood) and Nathan Lyon – need to step up and really take control,” Smith told ESPNCricinfo.
“I’m going to do it differently to Davey. You don’t want to get rid of someone’s natural flair and the way they play. But if he gets to a hundred, it might be about knuckling down again and going big, get 200 or 300, like Karun Nair did a few weeks ago. Those are the big scores that set your team up, so just being hungry and willing to keep going and not let up.”
The Australian captain even lauded the performance of England team despite the visitors ending up as 4-0 losers in the 5-match Test series.
“India play incredibly well in their own backyard and each individual is going to have to have plans in place. Ashwin and Jadeja have been incredible for a while now. They have got a couple of good quicks who bowl good reverse swing, and their batsmen score big runs,” Smith said.
“Looking at the India-England series, England actually played reasonably well, they scored big runs, but India just went bigger and bigger. We are going to have to find ways to get them out and we are going to have to find ways to bat for long periods – 150 overs in your first innings and set the game up from there.
“If the game is dead and buried and we can’t win, you want to see the fight to do everything you can to stay out there and get the team a draw. That is something we haven’t done overly well in the past,” he further said.
