Vijay differs with the match referee. File Pic[/caption]Internet Desk: Indian opening batsman Murali Vijay did not second with ICC match referee Chris Broad who rated the Pune wicket as "poor" as Vijay said the wicket as best could be termed as a challenging track.
All the Indian batsmen failed at random on the wicket as they could only manage a total of 212 runs in both innings with few Indian batsmen crossing the double figure mark.
"Pune wicket was not poor. It was a challenging wicket from ball one. As cricketers, we need to play on such wickets sometimes rather than playing on flat tracks. Actually it is a good thing to play on wickets which test your character and technique," he told reporters in the build-up to the second Test beginning here on Saturday.
Broad gave a negative feedback to ICC that the Pune pitch was very poor after the Test ended inside three days.
Vijay expects the wicket at the Chinnaswamy Stadium to be a good one but personally he is not fretting over the nature of the 22 yards.
"I go into the middle with an open mind and look to adapt according to the pitch conditions."
Talking about the unexpected surrender in Pune, the batsman said the Indian bowlers did a good job but conceding a big lead with a poor batting display in the first innings cost the team dear.
"I personally thought bowlers did a great job (restricting Australia to 260 in the first innings). After conceding a big first innings lead, it was always going to be difficult. We did not play ourselves well," said Vijay.
Dropped catches, especially of Steven Smith, also hurt India and so did the erratic use of the Decision Review System.
"Definitely, it (DRS usage) is not going our way. We got to take little more time I guess. We got to use those 15 seconds much better."
The team has spoken at length about went wrong in Pune and is looking forward to next game, having got an extra couple of days off.
"We had a chat about it and we have been working on few of the areas where we could have done much better in the last Test match. We are looking forward to starting afresh and take all catches coming our way," he said.
He said the trekking trip to the Western Ghats also helped team move on from the heavy defeat.
"(Team Bonding) Exercises like these gets you closer as a team. We have been on the road for a while now. So it was good to have a couple of days break, go for a trek and get some fresh air. It was fun," he added.
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