India were buried under tons from Joe Root, Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes. The visitor's effort was further boosted by some sloppy Indian fielding for the second day in a row
Ravindra Jadeja (right) celebrates a wicket with captain Virat Kohli at Saurashtra CA stadium in Rajkot yesterday, Pic/PTI
Ravindra Jadeja (right) celebrates a wicket with captain Virat Kohli at Saurashtra CA stadium in Rajkot yesterday, Pic/PTI
Rajkot: India were buried under tons from Joe Root, Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes. The visitor's effort was further boosted by some sloppy Indian fielding for the second day in a row.
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Local lad Ravindra Jadeja, who picked up three wickets, however said that losing the toss actually made their job much more difficult, and not just the dropped catches.
"It has always been like that.
Whenever a batsman got a life, he has gone on to score big. Yes, maybe things would have been different had we taken those chances, but that is cricket," said Jadeja and in the same breath added: "I actually think that the toss took the game away from us, because it is a known fact that the wicket in Rajkot favours batsmen on the first two days and the spinners only come into play as the game progresses."
In the coming days, a lot will depend on how England all-rounder Moeen Ali bowls and how India bat against him. Ali agreed that bounce will be a problem going ahead in the match.
"The pitch was very good for batting in the first two days, but as you can see, it has become a bit slower and some deliveries were also spinning towards the end of the day's play today.
"There was no help for the spinners on the first two days but I am sure the wicket will get tougher as the match progress," said Ali, who isn't surprised by England's revival here after losing 10 wickets in a session and with it, the match against Bangladesh two weeks ago.
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