New Delhi, Oct 11: The plan to have rank turners against New Zealand last year had boomeranged and cost India a place in World Test Championship final and no wonder the team management didn’t ask for spin-friendly pitches against West Indies for the ongoing series.
Senior spinner Ravindra Jadeja on Saturday said as the team had only asked for a slow turner, the track at Kotla demands more physical effort and use of shoulder to get purchase from the pitch.
Jadeja got three wickets on the second day but didn’t seem too perturbed with the lack of help from the surface.
“No, I am not surprised because we have only asked for slow turners. We didn’t ask for rank turners.
This is what we had expected that once the game progresses, the pitch would start (offering) turn slowly,” Jadeja said when asked whether he is as surprised as his West Indies counterpart Jomel Warrican, who had other ideas after watching highlights of the New Zealand series.
“We have to work hard, bowl well throughout the innings and then only we will be able to get them out. We will continue to do it and hopefully produce good results.”
Jadeja feels that batters are finding it easier to play on the back foot due to the slower nature of the pitch and deliveries losing pace off the surface. (PTI)
