I am happy with the way they have shaped up. We would have liked them to play really better in the first game. Opening is a critical position. We want to go through the first two hours and the first three batsmen are very important. The coach too was happy with India's pace bowling options.
Obviously things are more optimistic now.
We have the players who can get four- five wickets. It is good because conditions here are different than India. So seam bowling and catching will be important areas. Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was banking on his battery of young pace bowlers to exploit the Indians' perceived discomfort against fast bowling on fast and bouncy tracks. Andy Blignaut and Baton Watamba are Zimbabwe's newest finds who along with Travis Friend and the skipper himself form a potent attack.