‘When you do get him game time, he often ends up not doing a heck of a lot’: Ryan ten Doeschate blunt take on Nitish Reddy’s performance vs NZ in Rajkot

“For someone who’s making their way, particularly with the bat tonight (Wednesday), it was that perfect chance where you’re walking in that situation and you’ve got a chance to spend 15 overs at the wicket. You really have to take those chances to push your case to be selected,” he added.

The former Dutch player also said that in hindsight, India would have preferred to play a third spinner in place of Reddy.

“If you look at the combinations we have played in the past, we do like the extra spinner. To bring Ayush (Badoni) into the squad at the very last minute with Washy (Washington Sundar) going down in the (last) game, we thought Nitish should be better suited on this track. Looking at the way the New Zealand spinners bowled, we could have done (it) with another spinner,” he said.

He also said that Indian team needs to restore the fear of touring the country in minds of the opposition.

“We’re always trying to win every game with sort of managing the medium to long-term prospects of the team as well. But yeah, it’s certainly something we need to get back to, to guys really fearing coming in and playing India,” ten doeschate said.