Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene said playing on the Feroze Shah Kotla wicket was not a challenge, but the batsmen were actually feeling threatened.
Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene said playing on the Feroze Shah Kotla wicket was not a challenge, but the batsmen were actually feelingu00a0 threatened.
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"Batsmen have very little time to react (when the ballu00a0 takes off from the good length), especially with guys bowling at 135-140 kph, and that is a concern because you could get hit seriously. You've got to understand that in such a scenario it is no more a challenge. You are actually being threatened. Generally a batsman reacts to line and length. But in a situation like this you do not react. You just wait for something to happen,"u00a0 Jayawardene told Cricinfo.
Ridiculous
"That last ball, after which the game was stopped, from (Sudeep) Tyagi, the way it took off was ridiculous! That cannot happen," added the former Sri Lankan captain.
Jayawardene said the playing surface was different from the one he played on in the Champions League Twenty20 in September.
"The moment Dilly (Tillakaratne Dilshan) got hit, that was when we realised this was getting bad. Then Sanath (Jayasuriya) got hit couple of times on his fingers. Then (Muthumudalige) Pushpakumara got hit on his elbow as well. It was just ridiculous as it had taken off from a length. After that Kanda (Thilina Kandamby) faced a ball which had a funny sort of bounce. As it went over (Mahendra Singh) Dhoni, we felt our batsmen would not be comfortable anymore.
"As soon as Dilly returned into the dressing room they rushed him to the hospital for an X-ray, after he continued to feel uncomfortable despite applying the ice. His reaction was that it was unplayable," revealed Jayawardene.
He said, the Indians would have faced even tougher conditions batting in the afternoon. "It could've been worse," warned Jayawardene.
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