'If you want to dead bat then...' - Sunil Gavaskar comes up with suggestions for Indian batters on turning tracks

The performance of the Indian batters is under the scanner following the team’s embarrassing debacle in the third of the four-match Test series against Australia. Most of the cricket experts and fans talked about the raging turner of Indore where the match could last only for almost seven sessions; Australia won the match by a massive margin of nine wickets to keep their hopes alive in the tournament.

Meanwhile, the experts and fans are questioning the approach of the Indian batting lineup at the turning tracks; like the one provided in Indore. Notably, India could score only the totals of 109 and 163 in the Indore Test’s first and second innings respectively.

Recently, former legendary Indian skipper and one of the greatest batters of all time, Sunil Gavaskar has come up with a piece of advice for Indian players to tackle with rank turners.

“The top hand guides the bat and the bottom hand decides the speed. So, if you want to dead bat then the bottom hand has to have the slightest of holds on the handle. The top hand will bring the bat down as you want it, either straight or across the pads,” said Gavaskar to the Indian Express.

Standing upright does not give that advantage to turners - Sunil Gavaskar

“Bending a bit helps you as you are closer to the ball, so to speak. Just like a great wicketkeeper who gets up with the bounce, a batsman, if he crouches just a little bit – not too low – where his head is more in line with the delivery angle, he would get to know which one to play. How far to go forward or is it better to go on the back foot? Standing upright does not give that advantage to turners. They would be able to meet the deviation and bounce better if you crouch a little like a ’keeper,” he added later.

Now, India and Australia will lock horns in the fourth and last of the four-match Test series at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from Thursday, the 9th of March.