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Pakistan will bounce back: Woolmer
Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer on Monday praised India for winning the second Test, but vowed his team will come back strongly in Bangalore.
Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer on Monday praised India for winning the second Test, but vowed his team will come back strongly in the final Test to salvage the series.
"I suppose India fared better than us for most of the Test. They deserved to win and it's now our turn to stage a comeback and we can do that in the final Test," Woolmer said.
India registered a convincing 195-run victory at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
The third Test begins at the Chinnaswamy stadium on Thursday.
Woolmer, who played 19 Tests for England and then coached South Africa between 1994-1999, admitted Pakistan were not able to contain the Indians as planned.
"We are not carrying out what's been discussed in meetings," he said. "We played smart cricket but it was not good enough to win.
"We lost the match on the third day. From a good position we failed to get a 100 or 150-run lead which was our specific plan."
Pakistan were set to gain a handsome lead after they resumed at 273/2 on the third morning in reply to India's 407 with Yousuf Youhana and Younis Khan batting with unbeaten centuries.
But the tourists lost their last eight wickets for 112 runs in a dramatic collapse.
"A Test match can change with the fall of one wicket. We lost Youhana, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Asim Kamal before lunch," Woolmer said.
"That really hurt our plans to take the lead.
