India v New Zealand, 1st Test, Kanpur: Bangar hopes India will bounce back On Day 3

KANPUR: Sanjay Bangar may not have been a big draw during his playing days, but the Mumbaikar who played most of his First Class cricket for Railways, is now making a name as one of the 'back room' boys of the Indian cricket team.
As an unassuming, but effective batting coach, Bangar has been one of the keys to India's success of late. But, he was a bit disappointed that the home side couldn't press home the advantage after winning the toss and batting first in India's historic 500th Test at Green Park stadium.
"It was a bit disappointing that five to six batsmen got starts, but couldn't capitalize. We should have scored more," he said, talking to media persons on Friday.
Though New Zealand have made a strong reply to India's score of 318, Bangar believes that there is a lot of cricket is still to be played in the match.
"Our spinners (R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja) bowled well on Friday, though they were unlucky not to get wickets."
He added, "India were also in a similar situation (when Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara had put on a good second wicket partnership) on Thursday.
And, this is a sort of track where a wicket can open the floodgates. It's difficult for a new batsman to get in."
Talking about the New Zealand batsmen Kane Williamson and Tom Latham using the sweep shot to good effect to collect runs at a good clip, Bangar said that teams from outside the sub-continent use the shot to negotiate spinners unlike us who step out and play.
"They are playing to their strength, and that is natural."