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Former Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara believes that if the Indian team wants turning wickets, then the batsmen will have to play differently. Team India had to face defeat by 30 runs in the first match of the Test series played against South Africa in Kolkata. In the second innings, Team India got the target of only 124 runs to win, but the host team was limited to only 93 runs.
From the very first day of the match, Pujara had raised questions on the attitude of the Indian batsmen on a pitch with uneven bounce and turn. However, he also said that only the batsmen are not responsible for this.
Cheteshwar Pujara said on ‘Geostar’, “I don’t believe that the Indian team is losing because of changes at home. If you had lost because of changes in England or Australia, it would have been acceptable, but this team has talent and potential. You look at the first-class records of Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill. Washington Sundar batted at number three in this match. Everyone’s records are very good. Despite this, if you lose at home, it means that something is wrong. Is.”
He said, “If you had played the same match on a good wicket, India’s chances of winning would have been very high. On such a track, your chances of winning are less and the opposition team is equal to you. India has so much talent that even the India A team can beat South Africa. So if you say that this defeat was due to changes, then it will not be acceptable.”
Pujara said, “You can’t just blame the batsmen for this kind of wicket because first of all, if you want to play on such a wicket, your preparation should be different. Gauti Bhai told that he had asked for this kind of wicket, but it was not easy to bat on. Look at the statistics of both the teams, only one batsman scored a half-century. This shows that it was not a good wicket.”
The former cricketer said, “If you have to play on such pitches, then the batsmen have to be prepared accordingly. It seemed that they were not prepared. It was expected that this wicket would be a little good, which would have a little turn and here you can bat well and score runs, but this wicket was not like that. If the Indian team wants such turning wickets, then the batsmen will have to play in a different way.”
The Indian team has lagged 0-1 in the two-match Test series. The second match of the series is to be played in Guwahati from 22nd November, by winning which Team India would like to end the series at 1-1.