Southampton: India medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has blamed the pitch here for the bowling attack's poor showing in the ongoing third Test against England. England declared at 569/7 in their first innings and in reply, India were placed at 25/1, trailing by 544 runs.


Bhuvneshwar Kumar 

"We were expecting a fight-back from England (after the defeat in the last Test)," said Kumar. "So we expected them to come back stronger. The wicket was good for batsmen and as a bowling unit we did our best. "Sometimes it happens," he added, referring to the poor performance in comparison with the way India bowled in the first two Tests.