“As someone who loves bowling it was pretty good to watch. But after we’ve played him once, we can try and put a bit of pressure back on him in this next Test.
“It’s definitely not panic stations in our change rooms. There’s also going to be some chats around individual performances, and everyone wants to perform really well every game they play. We’ve lost one game. It’s not toys out of the cot.”
Jasprit Bumrah’s eight wickets in Perth earned him man-of-the-match honours.Credit: AP
India’s own second Test preparations were hampered on Saturday when the first day of the Prime Minister’s XI match was washed out, shortening the pink-ball fixture to a one-day, 50-over affair on Sunday which was also affected by rain.
India’s last of four day-night Tests was in March 2022, and their last day-night Test in Adelaide ended with the tourists being bowled out for 36 in 2020.
Ashwin took 4-55 in the first innings of that Test and boasts an impressive 18 wickets at 13.83 in day-night games.
Boland is no slouch himself with the pink-ball – taking seven wickets at 13.71 from two day-night Tests, with his accuracy and seam movement a handful under lights.
“I feel like the teams that bat first can sort of time when they want to bowl, if they bat really well on their first day, because if you get a newish ball at night, it can be pretty lethal,” Boland said.
“If batters are coming in, they’ve batted through the daytime, they get through to the night session. I think it’s been a couple of instances where the ball hasn’t dominated the bat.
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“I think maybe last year at the Gabba [against West Indies] we took the new ball and didn’t get as many wickets as what we would have hoped in that night session.
“But now back to Adelaide, I think they produce a really good cricket wicket that really suits the pink ball and helps it last a bit longer because it does get a little bit softer after 30, 40 overs compared to a red ball.”
