“We debated on this a little further and we discussed with Ajinkya also, if the wicket falls early, will it be a good time to send Pant.
“We then let him be at No 6 but then in the second innings, I said: ‘Boss this is the time he needs to go at No 5 irrespective of when we lose a wicket because it’s the last innings and we were looking to go for the runs’.
“The intent was not to draw the Test, and till the point we can, we go for the runs. So that was the right time to send him at No 5.
“All of us agreed, including Ravi bhai because he was big on left and right combinations.