ENG vs IND: Get Off Strike, That Is The Best Way To Face Jasprit Bumrah Says Dawid Malan

Indian pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah's angle at the crease, which is different from other bowlers, as well as his speed makes him a difficult bowler to face, said England batsman Dawid Malan. The Eng

"You don't win the game in the first hour of the day. By batting for two sessions is what earns [you] the right. We as a team probably didn't do that well enough. Yes, you have to put pressure on the bowlers. You have to find ways of scoring. There are different ways to win games. Looking back at it, India bowled fantastically well to win. We probably lost that game by not scoring enough runs in the first innings on a really good batting pitch. That put us under pressure on the last day," said Malan.

The 34-year-old batsman returned to Test cricket in the ongoing series after a gap three years. In the interim, he was earmarked only as a white-ball cricketer. Malan said it can be tough to switch to white-ball cricket from Test cricket.

"It can be tough at times. Fortunately for myself, I see myself more as a traditional batsman. I don't think I am a massive slogger of the ball. You know when I train for my white-ball cricket, I put a lot of emphasis on the basics. If I can do the basics really well, I believe I can play white-ball cricket really well. That is my template to cricket. I work a lot on that. It has helped me so far," explained Malan on the sidelines of joining GoNuts social media platform.

"The toughest challenge has been mentally going from facing 30 balls and influencing the game to having to bat for six hours and influencing the game. That is the challenge of Test cricket. That is what you need to do to become successful to score lot of runs and not make mistakes a lot of the time. That is the biggest challenge," said Malan.