Quality of Indian bowlers far better, says Parthiv. Image Source: BCCI[/caption]Internet Desk: Wicket-keeper batsman Parthiv Patel on Friday said the hosts are in a better position than the England cricket team, as the home team bowlers are not dependent on pitch conditions alone.
Leading 2-0 in the five match series, India made a strong reply with the bat to be well placed at 146 for one after off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up yet another five-wicket haul on day two of the fourth Test at Mumbai.
"More than the surface, the quality of (our) bowlers is far better, our bowlers definitely have more revolution on the ball than what their spinners are doing and obviously we vary pace very well. We deceive a lot of players in the air, rather than just get help from the wicket. There is a definite difference between the quality for sure," he said.
Parthiv added, "That's what even I felt in the last game also (in Mohali). The way our bowlers bowled in Mohali, where there was no turn and you could see how well they bowled in Mohali when we were batting second. We definitely have traditional bowlers who can vary their pace, and that's what Ashwin, Jaddu (Ravindra Jadeja) and Jayant (Yadav) have been doing and that is the reason we have kept them quiet.
After Ashwin took two more wickets today to return with innings figures of 6/112, Murali Vijay (70 batting) and Cheteshwar Pujara (47 batting) led a solid Indian reply to England's first innings 400 all out with a 107-run stand for the unbroken second wicket.
"On a red-soil wicket it is very difficult to contain scoring rate and we did that yesterday in the second session and we got wickets in the third season," Parthiv added.
On the other hand the dry Wankhede Stadium pitch on which Indian spinners claimed all the 10 wickets in England first innings in the fourth cricket Test here, was still good enough to bat on after two days of play, said visiting team batsman Joss Buttler today.
"It's still a good wicket for batting. The majority (of balls) are quite consistent (in behaviour) barring one with extreme turn. If you put that out of your mind and play, it's still good to bat on," said Buttler at the media conference after second day's play.
Buttler, not among the first-choice Test batsmen for the tourists, played a crucial knock of 76 in 137 balls, the second best score in England's score of 400, and was the last batsman out after putting on 54 runs with number 10 Jake Ball to frustrate the home team bowlers.
"Firstly, very pleasing. The knock was against quality bowlers in their conditions. I felt the team needs them and that's really satisfying. I really enjoyed the time in the middle and getting ourselves to what we feel is a good score on the board," he said about his innings.
Buttler felt that England need to bowl consistent line and length to reap rewards from the turning track when play resumes tomorrow with India on 146 for 1 in 52 overs with Murali Vijay (70 batting) and Cheteshwar Pujara (47 batting) at the crease.
"Two guys (Vijay and Pujara) have played very well for India, but there is still a lead of 250 (to catch up), and as you see in this part of the world the game can accelerate when the ball is spinning. When we build up pressure there are definitely wicket-taking balls on that surface. We need to land the ball a bit more consistently and get a string of dot balls, that's when things seem to happen," Buttler said.
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