So that’s it from me today, but you might want to join us tomorrow morning at 8.30 am - when India meet Pakistan in Ahmedabad. Thanks for all your emails today, impermeables and all. Have a lovely weekend, bye!
Busy, busy, busy!
— Test Match Special (@bbctms) October 13, 2023
This is the scene in Ahmedabad the night before India v Pakistan. 🇮🇳🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/s4UjUtDbvc
The captains. Well one of them, as Shakib ul Hassan is having a scan. Vice-captain Najmul Hossain Shanto “We didn’t bat well, we have to improve. I think we have to bat responsibly and we need to bat first 10-15 overs more carefully. Looks a good surface, with the new ball a bit of extra bounce. Very impressive from all three fast bowlers. If we bat better in future matches it will be a different ball game.”
Kane Williamson, with a bandaged thumb. “[thumb] got fat and colourful straight away, made holding a bat difficult so will get a scan tomorrow. Really nice performance from the team, nice to build partnerships and take the game deep. It was nice to be out there and scrap through some tough periods with the new ball and build those partnerships and get close tot hat target. Daryll is a great competitor, today was an outstanding knock. He’s a team-first guy.”
