Newcomer left-armed slow bowler Axar Patel feels critics of spinner-friendly lanes need to change their mind, as the Indian cricket team has never complained about tackling friendly green jerseys. closers abroad.
The likes of former England captain Michael Vaughan called Chepauk’s field, used for the second test, “poorly prepared”, but India had two centurions with three players scoring half a ton in two innings and more than 180 overs.
“If you talk about throwing, I don’t think any ball hits the helmet. A normal twist is offered. We are playing on the same track and scoring runs, so I don’t think anyone should have a problem and feel like wicket is like this or that and so on, “said Axar.
The 27-year-old from Gujarat, who spins with his left arm and whose debut in the test is also his 50th international game for India, criticized English commentators and media for their take on Chepauk’s surface.
“Also, when we go abroad, we never complain while playing on the sewing court and we complain that there is more grass at the gate. I think people need to change their thinking instead of thinking about the window, ”he said at the end of the third day of play.
Axar explained that on this track, one needs to hit the platform hard to make use of the spin that is offered.
“At this gate, there is help for the spinners, so there is no need to do anything extra,” he said.
“When you put a little more effort and body into the ball, you are making the ball spin. When you hit the platform hard, only you can make the ball spin.
“If you release it slowly, there isn’t much help for slow bowlers. So hitting the platform with decent speed is important and that creates difficulties for hitters. If you pitch slow, the batter will move back and adjust, ”Axar said.
So was India’s hitting performance a statement to everyone who swept the court?
“When we play, we don’t think the outside world matters to us and we would like to give a message. We play normal cricket. If it was the fourth day, we would have thought of declaring but it was the third day and we had enough time. We thought we had to hit a lot, ”he spoke about the team’s strategy.
Having won four wickets of Ravichandran Ashwin’s six in the game so far, provisional replacement for the injured Ravindra Jadeja spoke about the respect he has for his senior national and IPL teammate.
“Ash and I have played a lot of cricket together and I have learned a lot from him over the years about mindset. We have different actions and variations, so we generally talk about mindsets and working with multiple hitters. “
He was in line to debut during the first test, but a knee discomfort at the eleventh hour knocked him out of the game.
“I really didn’t want to play my first game with a problem and if I broke down in the middle of the game, that would have put my team in trouble. It wouldn’t have been a good thing and he didn’t want that to happen.
“So it was a conscious decision made after consulting the physical therapist. I was frustrated, but the positive side is that I was able to give my 100 percent in the second game.
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