Batting coach Jonathan Trott backs young batsmen's methods, suggests avoiding 'desperation'

England batting coach Jonathan Trott is not going hard at the batsmen, although they have flattered in the last two days and have allowed India to get back in the series after trailing 0-1. 

Trott said that aside does not become too bad over the course of two Test matches and that batsmen must not get desperate about getting runs against Indian spinners and instead focussing on the right mentality to keep challenging them on tricky pitches.

"Of course it's disappointing the way the last two Tests have gone, but you don't become a bad side over two Tests. It's about being clear in how they want to go about it and not being too desperate. Sometimes you can want it too much. So getting the right kind of mentality is important,” Trott said in a virtual press conference.

Trott also emphasized the importance of experience in playing on tricky surfaces such as in the last two Tests and highlighted the lack of it in the England batting order. All young batsmen such as Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, and Ollie Pope have been found out against the variations and accuracy of Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin, but Trott has backed their methods and ruled out any major changes in mid of a series.

"Ollie Pope, Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley have played 44 Tests all together and a combined 11 in Asia, so it is tricky for those younger guys. You'd like to be able to learn and still win Test matches but unfortunately, that wasn't the case in the previous two. All our batters, I think, have a pretty good method so it's about going out there and executing it and not perhaps trying to change too much mid-series,” Trott added.

The fourth and final Test of the series between India and England is scheduled to start on March 04 at the same venue as the third Test, and it is highly likely that the pitch will offer similar assistance to bowlers like it did in the last Test.