Kumble confident top order will tame Mendis
India Test captain Anil Kumble is confident his experienced top order would cope with Sri Lanka's new spin sensation Ajantha Mendis. Mendis, 23, destroyed India's top order in the Asia Cup final earlier this month, claiming 6 for 13, but Kumble backed his strong Test line-up to cope better than the one-day team. "He is something we need to watch out for, although we respect every bowler we face," Kumble said at a media briefing after the team's arrival in Colombo for a three-Test series. "Test cricket is different and we have the quality. Our middle order has more than 30,000 Test runs and four of them have played more than 100 Tests. In Tests you get more time to figure out the bowler. It will be challenging, but I am sure our batsmen will cope." A confident Kumble is also pleased to have a full-strength bowling line-up for what he expects to be a tough series.
India Test captain Anil Kumble is confident his experienced top order would cope with Sri Lanka's new spin sensation Ajantha Mendis. Mendis, 23, destroyed India's top order in the Asia Cup final earlier this month, claiming 6 for 13, but Kumble backed his strong Test line-up to cope better than the one-day team. "He is something we need to watch out for, although we respect every bowler we face," Kumble said at a media briefing after the team's arrival in Colombo for a three-Test series. "Test cricket is different and we have the quality. Our middle order has more than 30,000 Test runs and four of them have played more than 100 Tests. In Tests you get more time to figure out the bowler. It will be challenging, but I am sure our batsmen will cope." A confident Kumble is also pleased to have a full-strength bowling line-up for what he expects to be a tough series.
Vow vow vow! What’s happening here with rediff? Or, is that with Anil?
I understand the words tame and cope as follows:
I understand the words tame and cope as follows:
Cope: to struggle to get on fairly even terms or with some degree of successTame: make someone/something less strong or less intense
The title of this news suggests something really promising, but towards the end, it seems like the captain will do every other possible thing to get things right. He sounds a little nervous, I should say.
There are two ways of looking at this contradiction:
1. Anil has not got all the confidence in the world. He is more bothered about the rookie’s Asia Cup heroics.
2. Rediff has misquoted Anil’s statements, something that has become a regular issue with the press.
So, is Jumbo really confident?
Decide it yourself!
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