"He is struggling because he is down in confidence at the moment. He is probably trying a little bit too hard which is easy to do when things are not going well. We are hoping he can turn it around quickly," Chappell said after the lynchpin of Indian attack went for 70 runs in his 11 overs against Antigua XI on the opening day of the two-day practice match on Tuesday.

"Maybe he is trying to bowl a little bit quicker. It is confidence thing getting the ball in the right areas. You really don't have a big margin for error.

"If you get it too full or too short, these players will hit it." Pathan's dismal form on this tour could probably lead to Chappell to rethink on his five-bowler theory.

"I still feel five bowlers is the way to go. But you want horses for courses and different conditions require different things," the coach said.

Chappell didn't want his team to repeat the mistakes which they did in the one-day series and ended up 4-1 losers.

"In the one-day series, I don't thing we adjusted to the conditions, batting or bowling. In bowling, we were just not consistent enough with the length. We varied too much."