We understand that players are playing for their careers, says Bangar

Assistant coach Sanjay Bangar says India's batsmen are under tremendous pressure and "playing for their careers" after their horror run in the first two Tests against England resulted in embarrassing defeats.

World number one India trail the five-match series 0-2, but put up a solid batting display on the first day of the third game to 307 for six at stumps.

"...The players themselves are under tremendous pressure - they are playing for their careers. We understand that," Bangar said at the end of first day's play.

"To make at times when things don't really work in your favour, it is important to maintain composure, have the same sort of sense whether things are going well or not going well. Maintaining your equilibrium, that helps."
"And yes, handling pressure is part and parcel of any professional's job and we try and do whatever we can do, the support we can give and the plans that we can strategise."
About Cheteshwar Pujara's uncharacteristic hook shot dismissal, Bangar said, "That was a ball which had to be hit and it only goes on to show that things are only going to turn around pretty quickly for him because he is just one knock away."
"We all know the conditions were pretty harsh at Lord's and before that the Test we lost was by a gap of 30 runs. I agree the performances of the batsmen were not to our expectations."
Losing Hardik (Pandya) in the last ball before the end of the day's play, or losing Pujara before lunch, on the stroke of lunch, there are areas we still look at correcting."
"He has tremendous faith in his abilities. The moment he hit a six, my mind went back to Vinod Kambli, because even he started his first-class career with a six. It requires some sort of gumption to do that. The spunk was pretty evident."