"Indian bowlers have not really used pink ball as well as they should have": Sunil Gavaskar

Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar expressed disappointment towards Team India bowlers lack of success with the pink ball on day one of the second Test match against Australia at the AdelaideAustralia were comfortably placed at 86 for one at stumps after bowling out India for 180 in their first innings thanks to pacer Mitchell Starcs sixwicket haulSpeaking on Star Sports Sunil Gavaskar said They have to make the batters play as much as they can And this is what happens when you make the batters play as much as you canYou can set them up by bowling a couple of deliveries outside and then get the ball to move back in as it did to Nathan McSweeney in the Perth Test or to Labuschagne in the Perth Test like what Bumrah did The Indian bowlers have not really used the pink ball as well as they should have Sunil GavaskarFormer Australia swashbuckling opening batsman Matthew Hayden called Mitchell Starc a magician with the pink ball after the speedster claimed six wickets in Indias first essay He conceded 48 runs in his 141 overs spellAlso ReadIND vs AUS 2nd Test Mitchell Starc registers career best figures in Test during clash at AdelaideSpeaking with the broadcaster about Starc Hayden said He has that scrambled seam delivery that goes across the righthander but when he does have that ability which he did I must admit I was a little surprised Ive never really seen the pink ball swing into the sort of 40th over and so aggressively swing as wellBy that stage he used a really important word and its a bit of an underrated word as well and thats momentum It was all in favour of IndiaA difficult position to come back from in life and sport is those opportunities to wrestle back momentum and Mitchell Starc did that in only the way he can when the lights are like the way they are and with that beautifulcoloured ball in his hand Hes just a magician with the pink ballHaving reduced the visitors to 82 for four at tea Australia took the remaining six wickets at the cost of 98 runs before the dinner break was takenStarc sizzled with his trademark inswingers to remove R Ashwin and Harshit Rana while Pat Cummins used the short ball effectivelyProviding his take on Australias bowling performance on day one Hayden said I think Australia bowled in two halves to be honest I thought their first maybe 20 overs they were very conservative It was like they knew that the pink ball was going to start to swingAnd when Scott Boland came around and just started getting into the line of the stumps that was the turnaround Around about that 35th over we saw some of those missiles that Mitchell Starc startedThat was 45 50 overs in and it started to swing Thats what earned them the strong position they find themselves in todayTeam Indias assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate also praised Starc for his excellent effort with the pink ballI think Ashs dismissal was a very good example of why hes so effective with the pink ballWhen the ball swings back to a certain degree a lesser degree the batters can generally figure it out But when youre guessing on both sides it makes him far more effective Just the areas he bowled today were superbAnd obviously he takes a lot of confidence from the pink ball having done well in the past And hes probably the main exponent of swing bowling out of the two teamsWith PTI Inputs