We Don’t Ask For The Kind Of Pitches We Get – Bharat Arun
Oct 9, 2019 at 12:22 PM
India’s bowling coach Bharat Arun says that the home side doesn’t ask for the kind of pitches that they get. Arun believes it is imperative for both sides to adjust their game according to the conditions. In fact, at the end of the day, both teams play on the same pitch and they must adapt to the track.
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Meanwhile, it is noted that the team which gets acclimatize to the conditions quickly holds an edge over the other team. Thus, the home team always has the wood on the visiting side because they have played more at home. India had a fine start to the three-match series as they were able to decimate the Proteas by 203 runs.
India was dominant right throughout the first Test.
“We don’t ask for the kind of pitches we get. To be a good number one team in the world, any conditions that come your way, you got to accept and say these are home conditions,” Arun told reporters.
“If you want to be the number team in the world, you got to look at the wickets and adapt your bowling instantaneously to be successful,” he added.
On the other hand, Bharat Arun fails to understand why there are always questions when the track helps the spinners in Indian conditions. There is always help for the pacers in the foreign conditions and thus Arun believes it is immature to compare the tracks.
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Meanwhile, Mohammed Shami had bowled with fire on the final day of the first Test match. Shami had got the ball to reverse swing and scalped five wickets in his spell.
“It was a purely magnificent spell by Shami that put us back in the game. Otherwise, I think given the conditions it would have been very very difficult,” said Arun.
On the other hand, South Africa had come up with a fine batting performance in the first innings as they posted 431 runs. However, the tourists could not repeat the same show as they skittled out for a paltry 191 in the second innings.
“I thought South African batted exceptionally well in the first innings, but in the second innings they were little hesitant to Shami’s kind of bowling,” said Arun.
The second Test match between India and South Africa will begin from October 10 at Pune.