Playing with confidence without being reckless will be our motive while batting: Bumrah

 Indian batsmen would look to be "confident without being reckless" and take one session at a time, said pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah after a fine bowling performance put visitors in command against Australia on opening day of second Test here.

Bumrah took 4 for 56 and was complemented well by Ravichandran Ashwin (3 for 25) and debutant Mohammed Siraj (2 for 40) in engineering Australia's collapse to 195.

Asked what would be visitors' batting approach having finished day at 36 for 1 and memories of first Test's 36 all out still fresh, Bumrah replied: "We are t looking too far ahead. We are looking at one session at a time.

"We don't want to be conservative in our mindset and be positive. Control controllables. t being reckless but playing with confidence will be motive going forward," added bowler, well aware of challenge ahead.

One of striking moves by skipper Ajinkya Rahane was introducing Ashwin in first hour of play.

"When we were bowling in morning re was some moisture on wicket, so you saw Ashwin and Jaddu (Ravindra Jadeja) got some spin.

"...because we wanted to make most of moisture, we were trying to use m, he (Ashwin) was getting good bounce," Bumrah said after end of first day's play.

Rahane's field placements came in for a lot of praise from ne or than Shane Warne and Bumrah said that in second session, bowlers altered line kwing that pitch was becoming easier to bat on.

"re was constant discussions going on between bowlers and captain. wicket changed after first session. It got better to bat on in second session and moisture went away.

"We were just trying to communicate what kind of lines we wanted to bowl so that we can set field accordingly. When re was less help, we tried to change line accordingly," he said.

Bumrah, however, downplayed any suggestions about this being India's best day 1 bowling effort overseas Tests since he joined.

"We don't think like that and we just wanted to create pressure from both ends. Ash bowled brilliantly and so did Siraj. We were all trying to help each or," speedster said.

As a senior bowler, Bumrah was all praise for debutant Siraj, who was decent in his first outing in traditional format.

"He has worked really hard and come up ranks. He was er to bowl in first session itself. re wasn't a lot happening after lunch and he (Siraj) bowled with a lot of control," he said.

"Suddenly he started getting some movement and wanted to make best of it. Playing his first Test match, he bowled really well and had confidence of using all his skills. It's a heartening sign for us and hopefully he will continue doing that." Teams batting on second day have won more Test matches at MCG but Bumrah doesn't want to look into statistics like that.

"We are trying to focus on things that are in our hands. focus will be on first session tomorrow." Bumrah also brushed aside controversial decision by TV umpire Paul Wilson, ruling rival captain Tim Paine t out despite replays showing orwise. decision invited sharp criticism from Shane Warne.

Is it about time that ICC started to look at having neutral umpires on board by quarantining m just like players? "Look, se are things that we can't control, I understand that situations are difficult and all of se things are out of our hands, so I try t to focus on those things that we can't control.

"Yeah, it is unfortunate that umpires are t able to travel, but it is something that I don't have any power of changing, so we try to focus on things we can," said Bumrah about decision that didn't have much impact in how day panned out for India as Paine was dismissed shortly after. 

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